Breaking the Pattern Day Trading Barrier

Discussion in 'Journals' started by expiated, Nov 18, 2019.

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    I just designed a screen to uncover stocks evidencing recent momentum, and this is what I got. So, I'll be observing them for a few weeks to see if the filter turned up companies that are on their way to higher ground, or ones that have just peaked and are now poised to fizzle out.

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    Seeing what would have happened had I run this screen one year ago, I got CHWY, PDD, NVAX, LRN IOVA, PROSY, and PSAG; and all but IOVA and PSAG are significantly higher today. However, even IOVA and PASG could have been sold at a significant profit if the positions had been exited when they began to display signs of serious weakness, which I find encouraging, at least for the time being.
     
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    #81     Apr 11, 2021
  2. You might also want to correct against the trend of the market. For instance if a stock is in the S&P and the S&P is up 1.1% and your stock is up .9%, then you aren't really looking at a winner, just a follower.

    It's Sunday so please don't try to trade these tomorrow without looking at fresh data, but here's just a quick random scan with TradingView that turned up a couple of stocks showing recent power. Not trying to point out stock picks, just showing an example of something you can do with TradingView.


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    #82     Apr 11, 2021
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    Seeing as how BRPHF has been climbing more-or-less steadily over the last year, I went ahead and bought into the company this morning. (Had I invested a mere $740 to buy 1000 shares in April of last year, I'd be looking at over $28,000 today. However, the stock shot up to just under $20 in January of 2018, only to plunge back down to $2.17 by August, and then to 78ȼ by the end of the year, so I have no idea if this is going to pay off in the long run.)

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    According to SeekingAlpha, Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd., is an asset management firm that operates in the digital asset, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technology industry. It operates in five business lines, which include trading, asset management, principal investments, investment banking, and mining. The company buys, sells, lends, and borrows cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, which include over-the-counter (OTC) liquidity provision, on-exchange market-making, OTC derivative trading, options, futures, borrowing and lending, proprietary quantitative, arbitrage, and macro trading strategies. It also manages third party capital across various traditional asset classes comprising macro hedge funds, long/short equity hedge funds, venture capital, and various structured credit and direct lending funds. In addition, the company offers advisory services, such as general corporate, strategic, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and restructuring advisory services, as well as equity, debt, and project finance capital markets services to public and private clients. Further, it manages various products and services related to bitcoin mining by sourcing clients, creating miner focused products, and identify new solutions; and provides trade and risk management solutions, and principal lending and equity investments, as well as advisory services for bitcoin miners. Additionally, the company manages a portfolio of private and public principal investments across digital asset, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technology sector, including early- and later-stage equity, secured lending, pre-initial coin offering contributions, and other structured alternative investments. Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. is headquartered in New York, New York.
     
    #83     Apr 12, 2021
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    BRPHF Stock: The Bitcoin ETF News Sending Galaxy Digital Climbing

    By Chris MacDonald, InvestorPlace Contributor Apr 12, 2021, 4:09 pm EDT

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    Today, investors in Galaxy Digital Holdings (OTCMKTS:BRPHF) and BRPHF stock are seeing gains of approximately 20% at the time of writing. News that Galaxy is pursuing a Bitcoin (CCC:BTC-USD) ETF has sent shares on this wild ride today.

    Today, the crypto craze is in full swing. Retail investors are looking for any way to pile into this trade. With most technically sophisticated investors already likely in this trade via holding cryptos in their digital wallets, a swath of other investors is seeking an easier route to Bitcoin ownership.

    Enter the rise of Bitcoin ETFs. While not currently allowed in the United States, Bitcoin ETFs have taken off in recent months. Investors have piled into this relatively liquid way of buying and selling Bitcoin. These retail-focused ETFs are likely to continue to see massive capital inflows, if Bitcoin prices remain elevated. Currently, the price of a single Bitcoin remains around the $60,000 level. A number of impressive six-figure price targets on Bitcoin has further accelerated the hysteria in this sector.
     
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    #84     Apr 13, 2021
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    Hey...what happened to GFL Environmental Inc?

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    #85     Apr 13, 2021
  6. Chasing stuff like that is fun and challenging, but for every huge win you make, you make a bunch of losses. There are easier, steady-Eddie ways to get up over the magic ceiling that will actually get most traders there a lot quicker. I'm not greedy but I made 5% today nice and easy, on MNQ. I didn't do any scans or watch patterns or even read the news. I just entered and kept my position between the gutters. Maybe I'll jump back in at the next reversion to the mean, I don't know. It's raining and I really kind of feel like taking a nap instead.
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    #86     Apr 13, 2021
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    I'm locking in the available gains from INVU, now that it's looking short-term bearish (though I will keep it on my watch list for the future), and I'm planning to replace it with shares of NSA the next time this stock evidences a pullback...

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    #87     Apr 14, 2021
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    Add RIOT and MARA to you watch list, bro.

    By the way, so you don't have to keep logging into E*Trade due to your not remembering what's still in your portfolio, it's BRPHF and GFL. (Everything else you sold at a profit—except for KOPN.)
     
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    #88     Apr 21, 2021
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    Bitfarms Ltd. (BFARF) is a blockchain infrastructure company, mines for cryptocurrency coins and tokens in North America. The company owns and operates server farms comprising computers that primarily validates transactions on the Bitcoin Blockchain and earning cryptocurrency from block rewards and transaction fees. It also provides electrician services to commercial and residential customers in Quebec, Canada. It also provides hosting of third-party mining hardware. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
     
    #89     Apr 22, 2021
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    Tuesday / May 11, 2021 / 12:00 Noon

    I don't know if it will stay there, but for me, as of today, the NASDAQ has entered bearish territory.
     
    #90     May 11, 2021