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Learning More About Options

April 18, 2022 By hedgehunter

This post is a follow-up to comments/requests made in response to my recent post on “Protecting Portfolio Performance” (https://itawealth.com/protecting-portfolio-performance/). Understanding Options can be a difficult subject – but understanding Options is nowhere near as difficult as learning how to make money trading Options – and this

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Rutherford-Darwin Portfolio Review: 7 February 2025

February 9, 2025 By hedgehunter Leave a Comment

Another rather volatile week in US equity markets with no clear indication of a short-term trend: ….. although we remain in the longer term uptrend channel that started last May. We have now been churning sideways for the past 3 months. US equities

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Rutherford-Darwin Portfolio Review: 14 February 2025

February 16, 2025 By hedgehunter 7 Comments

It was another week of choppy sideways movement in US equities although the SPX did close higher by ~1.5% and close to the all-time highs that have been providing strong resistance over the past 3 months: However, we remain well within the bullish uptrend channel so

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Rutherford-Darwin Portfolio Review: 21 February 2025

February 24, 2025 By hedgehunter Leave a Comment

After hitting new all-time highs on Wednesday, US Equities collapsed on Friday with prices now sitting on the lower boundary of the longer-term uptrend channel: Thus, we remain in the choppy sideways consolidation range that we have been in for the past

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Rutherford-Darwin Portfolio Review: 28 February 2025

March 2, 2025 By hedgehunter Leave a Comment

It was another volatile week in the US Equity markets with the bears beating the bulls by ~1%: with Friday’s bounce off the ~5840-5880 zone that is providing strong support we are back into the sideways consolidation channel that we have been in for the

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Rutherford-Darwin Portfolio Review: 7 March 2025

March 8, 2025 By hedgehunter Leave a Comment

It was a volatile week in the US Equity markets with the SPX (S&P 500 Index) closing down ~3% on the week once the dust had settled on Friday: Markets are looking a little weak here as we

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Dirac Portfolio Review: 4 August 2025

August 4, 2025 By hedgehunter 4 Comments

Since my last review on 18 July I have made a few adjustments to the Dirac Portfolio especially as a result of last Friday’s weakness in the US equity markets – since this portfolio is totally focused on these markets:

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Portfolio Hedging

March 12, 2026 By hedgehunter 1 Comment

Warning: This post is likely of no direct interest to most readers of this Blog – it is written for education and interest only, and outlines one of the potential advantages of using Options for portfolio insurance. These are nervous times and we should be concerned about

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