bah, just ticked out out +0.05 on front 2/3, out -0.07 on back 1/3. little green after commish, counting as a b/e trade.
14:42 LONG MCK 64.86 STOP 64.77 TGT 65.04 out -0.09 14:54 SHORT FSLR 123.89 STOP 124.08 TGT 123.51 out -0.25
<img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101117/spy.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101117/mos.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101117/ibm.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101117/wmt.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101117/akam.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101117/mck.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101117/fslr.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101117/fcx.png"> 9:57 (2min play) LONG MOS 67.21 STOP 66.99 TGT 67.65 - MOS didn't sell off as hard as SPY after the open - Look to get long as SPY hits it's highs - out +0.43 10:11 SHORT IBM 141.73 STOP 141.93 TGT 141.33 - Weak from the open - Ranging at the lows while SPY is making highs - out -0.23 10:25 SHORT WMT 53.76 STOP 53.87 TGT 53.54 - Clean weakness from the open - see next trade 11:33 adding half SHORT WMT 53.64 STOP 53.71 TGT 52.5 - WMT seems to slowly leg down, add on half, move all stops/tgts - out +0.05 on front 2/3, out -0.07 on back 1/3 10:53 LONG AKAM 48.64 STOP 48.47 - Clean strength from the open - I passed on this earlier as I wasn't sure it would get through yesterdays high - Chased it - out -0.18 14:42 LONG MCK 64.86 STOP 64.77 TGT 65.04 - From noon on MCK very strong making new highs - SPY drifting lower since noon - out -0.09 14:54 SHORT FSLR 123.89 STOP 124.08 TGT 123.51 - Playing the break of 124.00 support - Cheated on the stop (top of entry bar) - out -0.25 (10 minutes early it seems) 15:43 SHORT FCX 96.75 STOP 96.9 - Entire market sells off, SPY puts in a huge bounce off the lows - FCX no bounce - out -0.25 http://puddles.humanfund.ca/wp/2010/11/17/2010-11-17-trades/
chasing entries.. not good. 10:02 SHORT HGSI 24.09 STOP 24.23 TGT 23.81 out -0.15 10:16 LONG WYNN 110.27 STOP 109.99 TGT 110.83 out -0.29 10:28 LONG AKAM 49.14 STOP 48.99 TGT 49.44 out -0.18
<img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101118/spy.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101118/hgsi.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101118/wynn.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101118/akam.png"> 10:02 (2min play) SHORT HGSI 24.09 STOP 24.23 TGT 23.81 - One of the few stocks to gap down - Probably shouldnt' be shorting in a market so strong - out -0.15 10:16 LONG WYNN 110.27 STOP 109.99 TGT 110.83 - Tryign to chase the SPY breakout - out -0.29 10:28 LONG AKAM 49.14 STOP 48.99 TGT 49.44 - SPY pull back after 3 big bars after 10am - AKAM keeps moving, look for continuation - out -0.18 Bought 2 tops today, impressive... http://puddles.humanfund.ca/wp/2010/11/18/2010-11-18-trades/
<img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101119/spy.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101119/bp.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101119/v.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101119/gs.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101119/hum.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101119/wlp.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101119/ntap.png"> 9:50 (2min play) SHORT BP 41.44 STOP 41.51 TGT 41.3 - Gap down and weak with market - tight lower high - got 2c from tgt.. - out b/e 10:12 (2min play) LONG V 77.41 STOP 77.33 TGT 55.57 - V strong from the open in a very weak market.. - Look to get long as SPY appears to be bouncing off the lows at 10am - 1c from tgt, was on the phone so i forgot to move the stop - Also shouldn't have been using 2min charts past 10am (again, cuz of phone call) - Counting as a b/e in my stats, just poor execution - out -0.11 11:11 SHORT GS 165.79 STOP 166.04 TGT 164.29 - From 10-11am SPY almost retraced it's entire selloff - GS held in a range at it's lows - Look to short the break of the range (as well as expecting SPY's retracement to fail) - out -0.3 13:22 SHORT HUM 55.95 STOP 56.06 TGT 55.75 - SPY slow drift up from 11am-1pm - HUM flat and rangy during the time - SPY shows some weakness from 1pm - HUM breaks range to the lows, look for continuation with SPY - out +0.2 15:22 LONG WLP 58.00 STOP 57.93 TGT 58.15 - WLP the inverse of HUM, great strength through the day including a big push up at 2pm - Look for continuation over the tight bar over round # - got 1c from tgt - out b/e 15:29 SHORT NTAP 51.34 STOP 51.54 TGT 50.94 - Great daily chart looking like it was headed for another down session after a pause yesterday - Weak all day running inverse to SPY - I was aware of the prior days low (.48) but it had held under it for 2 bars. - Short the lower high - out -0.2 1-2-3 day, brokers best friend.. 6-13-4 week, 24-42 month. http://puddles.humanfund.ca/wp/2010/11/20/2010-11-19-trades/