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If you are a short term trader, it is time to consider locking in some gains on the long side of your portfolio and increasing your short exposure going into next week. This weekend, Wall Street will be watching the healthcare vote with keen interest. It would seem that if the bill passes, as is expected, it could cause investor uncertainty about the political environment in Washington D.C.

With Natural Gas inventories grossly missing expectations for the past few weeks (coupled with bad fundamentals and a bad chart), the United States Natural Gas Fund (NYSE: UNG) has been falling like a stone. I have been an early and repeat short in the name and have suggested many times for readers to short as well.

After shooting higher over the past three days, Hartford Financial Services Group (NYSE: HIG) is taking a breather today, currently down less than 1.0% to $28.30. The company recently announced that the company may raise as much as $2.25 billion by selling a mix of common and preferred shares to repay the TRAP loans it took from the U.S. Government.

Royal Caribbean (NYSE: RCL) has enjoyed a monster breakout since late February, jumping from $25.45 to its current price of $31.49 during that period. One trader seems to be betting that the stock will make another significant move, though they are not sure which way it may run.