A few weeks back, I entered into some synthetic options plays on oil and I started to get nervous as it approached $120 per barrel that I was going to get toasted, but at $112, oil's actually below the price where I started the position ($113), so things are moving in the right direction there.

To capture some gains, I sold a few shares of Google after a nice runup and my oil play banking on a downward move has payed off.

Financials continue to perform well. My only regret is that I didn't buy more. UYG, the 2X sector ETF was up another 8% today to previous highs. AFN in the self-directed IRA is holding up as well. Citi preferred shares would have been nice, but I didn't make the move in time.

Next up...High Yield Munis. Deal of a lifetime in some of these. Some of the ones I posted on recently have payed off nicely already but I think there's still room to catch the runup, plus the tax free 6% yield to boot. I will likely be buying some in the coming weeks, that nice stimulus check and tax rebate will be time just right.