John Mylant's  Instablog

I am going to dedicate this blog to research on stocks that can make you money when they are going down. I have two blogs.

One I research the S&P 500 area for people. That can be found at:

mylantsmoneyblog.typepad.com/

I have another blog where I research ETF info. That can be found at:

johnsblog.empoweredinvestingnow.com/

Buy we don't have to cry when stocks go down. There is a world of opportunity out there to make money! So I have decided to dedicate this blog site to researching stocks going down so that people can make money in every market.

I just don't see that!

So if you are following...look for gloom and doom news from me here so that you can make money!

These 5 stocks are great investment for Option Traders who enjoy put option trading:

GAZ, VXX, CYOU, ZSL, HTLD

They all have extremely high volume and are on a downward trend. Look for good entry points.

iPath DJ AIG Natural Gas TR Sub-Idx ETN (GAZ)

The investment seeks results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees
and expenses, of the Dow Jones-AIG Natural Gas Total Return Sub–Index. The fund is designed to reflect the performance of natural gas. The index is composed of the Henry Hub Natural Gas futures contract traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX)

The investment seeks to replicate, net of expenses, the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Total Return
Index. The index offers exposure to a daily rolling long position in the first and second month VIX futures contracts and reflects the implied volatility of the S&P 500 index at various points along the volatility forward curve. The index futures roll continuously throughout each month from the first month VIX futures contract into the second month VIX futures contract.

Changyou.com Limited (CYOU)

Changyou.com Limited develops and operates online games in the People’s Republic of China. It
engages in the development, operation, and licensing of massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPGs), which are interactive online games that are played simultaneously by various game players. The company operates two MMORPGs, including TLBB, which it developed in-house; and Blade Online (BO), which it licensed from a third party. As of December 31, 2008, it had approximately 1.8 million active paying accounts for TLBB, and approximately 159,000 active paying accounts for BO.

UltraShort Silver ProShares (ZSL)

The investment will seek to replicate, net of expenses, twice the inverse daily performance of silver
bullion as measured by the U.S. Dollar fixing price for delivery in London. The fund normally invests assets in financial instruments with economic characteristics inverse to the index. It may employ leveraged investment techniques in seeking its investment objective.

Heartland Express Inc. (HTLD)

Heartland Express, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a short-to-medium haul truckload
carrier of general commodities in the United States. The company provides transportation services, such as regional dry van truckload services to shippers using equipment and a combined fleet of company-owned and owner-operator tractors. It transports appliances, automotive parts, consumer products, paper products, packaged foodstuffs, and retail goods. As of December 31, 2008, the company served short-to-medium haul market, including retailers and manufacturers with approximately 514 mile average length of haul. Heartland Express, Inc. was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in North Liberty, Iowa.