Critique my trade please!

Discussion in 'Stocks' started by pkny, May 1, 2007.

  1. LOL...yea, Penny, I dont think your charts are colorful enough :p
     
    #21     May 4, 2007
  2. Out of the thousands of stocks to choose from..why this one?.. Maybe it's just me, but if I cant find a setup on a chart within seconds, I pass up on it.

    Were you unsure about this trade to begin with?

    cm
     
    #22     May 4, 2007
  3. pkny

    pkny

    I came across it when I was scanning some charts. My reasoning was the gap down and BOP bars pointed to heavy selling, and the price was below the MAs...the day I noticed it, the close was lower than the last several days, which I saw as a consolidation.

    I'm just wondering why it was a very bad play, was it mostly support nearby?
    What was the biggest reason not to take it?

    I would say to some extent I did feel unsure, but that's going to happen to me a lot at this stage. I'm also trying to train myself not to be too nervous to put on a position.


    thanks for any advice....
     
    #23     May 5, 2007
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    Pkny;
    Looks like a good short in most respects, below 200ma, 50dma;
    looks like its going down again now .

    They are bottom fishing /covering @31.31 area,[see recent bottom tail on 4-23-07candle] & 30.30 area, 1 year charts.

    Its still much weaker than DIA, SPY, thats what you want;
    watch 50dma, & 36.36 area, with exception of typical strong 4th quarter, this stock has been mostly staying below 50 dma , all year.
    :cool:
     
    #24     May 5, 2007
  5. a lot of support level from 07/06-10/06...i wouldn't have taken a short trade due to that. i would have been waitng for an RSI oversold looking to get long to due the support levels. trading is not a science but an art form.....you need a gut feeling beyond all the indicators....
     
    #25     May 6, 2007
  6. True, probable heads to $37s based on weekly.

    Quick bounce off 61.8% fibonacci retracement:

    This is the same chart I posted Friday except updated price:

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    On daily chart, it is closed right at 50 day WMA, indicators have not topped:

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    On weekly chart just started to turn upside:

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    #26     May 7, 2007
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  8. pkny

    pkny

    #28     May 8, 2007