A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

Discussion in 'Journals' started by geez, Dec 21, 2008.

  1. out -0.38

    got raped on my stop (12c of slippage)

    took my day slighty red after commish/fees.. ugh
     
    #3091     Dec 29, 2010
  2. <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101229/spy.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101229/rig.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101229/mos.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101229/cstr.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101229/pot.png">

    9:40

    SHORT RIG 68.1
    STOP 68.17
    TGT 67.976

    - SPY gaps up, RIG gaps up slightly
    - RIG goes red, tight lower high
    - out +0.14 (xpert cover)

    9:59

    LONG MOS 72.56
    STOP 72.42
    TGT 72.84

    - Gap and go, tight higher low
    - out +0.27

    14:29

    SHORT CSTR 56.24
    STOP 56.44

    - SPY at the highs
    - CSTR at the lows, weak all day
    - out -0.12

    14:51

    LONG POT 154.23
    STOP 153.99
    TGT 154.71

    - POT and it's sector had been a beast all day
    - I had originally thought POT was overdone and to avoid it long
    - POT puts in a big pullback bar but immediately retraces the entire bar.
    - Given this show of strength i take a long over the last bar using the low of the current bar as the stop
    - out -0.38

    http://puddles.humanfund.ca/wp/2010/12/29/2010-12-29-trades/
     
    #3092     Dec 29, 2010
  3. Dr Who

    Dr Who

    In one of the earliest posts by Geez, he used the term 'extended' in the context of 'looking for extended stocks'.

    Do you guys have a hard and fast rule about how you define 'extended' or is it based on some TA + intuition ?
     
    #3093     Dec 30, 2010
  4. the latter.. i look for a multi day run up closing at the highs.. big % move over those few days (30+%)
     
    #3094     Dec 30, 2010
  5. 10:08

    SHORT NEM 60.99
    STOP 61.09
    TGT 60.79
     
    #3095     Dec 30, 2010
  6. 10:17

    LONG ECL 50.51
    STOP 50.40
    TGT 50.73
     
    #3096     Dec 30, 2010
  7. 10:18

    LONG APC 74.76
    STOP 74.48
    TGT 75.32

    out +0.54
     
    #3097     Dec 30, 2010
  8. out -0.13
     
    #3098     Dec 30, 2010
  9. Dr Who

    Dr Who

    Thanks for the info..
     
    #3099     Dec 30, 2010
  10. out -0.12
     
    #3100     Dec 30, 2010