This week was an emotional rollercoaster for investors. The volatility was probably embraced by traders, but I’m sure it wasn’t easy for them either. I can say for a fact that although I made out ok, there were times where if I didn’t act quickly, I would have been in trouble.

Investor’s Daily Edge editors Rick Pendergraft and Andrew Gordon, speaking with Today’s Financial News editor J. Christoph Amberger, recommend four investments to make now to leverage volatility in the crude oil and currency markets.

My trading day, short energy and long financials. And how not to get to comfortable.

Should you place these trades? No. Should you even think about it? No. If you’re in the New York metro area, should you spend today outside instead, enjoying the not unpleasant 55 degree weather? Most definitely.

This morning, we’re following up on three bonus trades that we’ve posted recently.

Our Energy ETF (XLE) trade, published on Tuesday, has worked out beautifully so far, so let’s start there! XLE fell $2.09 today, or 2.74%. We published three different ways to trade options on this ETF, and all of them have worked out nicely:

Energy is still a hot sector, China and India keep using more oil, yadda yadda. You probably know the fundamentals of this story by now as well as or better than we do. But this is a trade, not an investment.