Friday, October 19, 2007

Followup about the short

After my first ever short QQQQ, it went up 4~5%. I decided to stick to my original strategy. So I shorted another 200 shares of QQQQ.

After that, the market keeps going up. I am little bit worried.

Lessons learned:

  • Short shares include dividend as well. That means if the stock gives dividend, then I have to cover that.
  • A clear exit strategy is always required before opening any position.
If it goes up another 4~5%, I will short more shares.
If it goes down to my target(50.00), I will cover all my positions and complete this round.

We will see.