Catching Tails

Discussion in 'Journals' started by Wide Tailz, Mar 25, 2012.

  1. Wide Tailz

    Wide Tailz

    The setup......

    Trendline then H/R breakout, strong divergence, higher low, MA bundle getting compressed, .618 fib level.

    Barring a general market crash, I expect it to retrace to the MAs where I will add shares and raise the stop.

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    #121     Aug 6, 2012
  2. Wide Tailz

    Wide Tailz

    What a strange day on BZH! The Market was skying and my stock sold off, then put in the weirdest flat line range I've ever seen.

    Even though I had planned to pick up more shares once it retraced to the MA bundle (this is a great place to buy a retrace), I lost my nerve, tightened the stop and shut down the console. I thought for sure the stock was dead, but it may have just been limit buying.


    Sure enough, a couple hours later it exploded to the upside.....

    The stock was just upgraded a couple days ago (providing the "displacement" that Jim Rogers talked about that gets a new trend going).

    It seems that things always happen after the price action as pushed me to the height of boredom.

    Initial target is in the $2.7 range.

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    #122     Aug 7, 2012
  3. Wide Tailz

    Wide Tailz

    Sold BZH @ 2.55 limit

    Account Balance: $17,822

    YTD Return: 10.3%

    Win Rate: .63

    Profit Factor: 2.19 (mistakenly calculated as expectancy last time)
     
    #123     Aug 8, 2012
  4. Wide Tailz

    Wide Tailz

    Hindsight Update:

    Sold too early..... should have sat and waited for $2.7 as I had planned.

    My excuse: it looked like wave 5 had come and gone.

    I should have just trailed the stop.

    :(

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    #124     Aug 8, 2012
  5. Wide Tailz

    Wide Tailz

    Absolutely juicy inverted HnS on FAZ this morning.

    Just look at that range compression ..... a low risk launch pad if I ever saw one.

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    #125     Aug 10, 2012
  6. Wide Tailz

    Wide Tailz

    Long FAZ @ 21.22, stop 20.79; 100 shares for .2% initial R
     
    #126     Aug 10, 2012
  7. Brass

    Brass

    Oh, sorry. I thought this was one of those dating threads.
     
    #127     Aug 10, 2012
  8. Wide Tailz

    Wide Tailz

    The same principles apply.

    :)

    It's all about timing.

    There are certain times when things are almost certain to happen........
     
    #128     Aug 10, 2012
  9. Wide Tailz

    Wide Tailz

    +200 FAZ @ 21.41, stop raised to 21.09 for .3% R
     
    #129     Aug 10, 2012
  10. Wide Tailz

    Wide Tailz

    Stopped out for .4% loss.

    In hindsight, this was obviously not one of those times. Was it worth .4% to indulge myself and try to call this top? I think so, because now I see my mistake...... FAZ patterns are of little value on their own, and must agree with the SPY which did not break its up trend on Friday.

    Tuition Fee......

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    Account Value: $17,736

    YTD Return: 9.7%

    Win Rate: .50

    Profit Factor: 1.93
     
    #130     Aug 11, 2012