Gap Plays

Discussion in 'Journals' started by gapster, May 31, 2005.

  1. chud

    chud

    What ever happened to Gapster?

    Did he just start this thread to advertise Alliance?
     
    #91     Aug 22, 2005
  2. He actually had some good picks and opened my mind up to a interesting way to trade. I do wonder what happened to him myself.






     
    #92     Aug 23, 2005
  3. Faded the gap up on OVTI.

    Shorted 15.22 @ 9:41
    Covered at 14.88 @ 9.48

    I was looking for it to drop under 15 and cover there. It passed through 15 and kept going, covered when decline stalled.
     
    #93     Aug 26, 2005
  4. one of the few threads i truly miss............a classic..........thanks
     
    #94     Feb 20, 2006
  5. I liked this thread too.

    If you are interested in gaps, I did find a great blog mentioned on ET a few months back. Check it out:

    http://traderx.blogspot.com/
     
    #95     Feb 20, 2006
  6. nice job for resurrecting this thread: perfect environment now to fade.
     
    #96     Feb 20, 2006
  7. I don't post on this anymore cause I'm paper trading my strategy again after I modified it a little. I'm hitting around 66% win rate. Seems like I have 1/3 small losers, 1/3 small winners(which cancel out the losers), and 1/3 that are significant winners.

    This morning I'm looking at HD, XMSR, and RCL.
     
    #97     Feb 21, 2006
  8. XMSR didn't trigger.

    RCL Long at $44.83, stoped out at $44.91 from the shake out around 45. Still had some movement in it though. +.08

    HD Short from $42.47, closed the gap and covered at $41.93. + .54
     
    #98     Feb 21, 2006
  9. List for today.

    AMED
    KOSP
    FNM
    SINA

    I've found that in NASDAQ stocks that they tend to have more noise off the open and take a little while longer to settle into a trend. For NYSE stocks, they seem to behave better and I can enter earlier.
     
    #99     Feb 23, 2006
  10. AMED - Didn't trigger
    KOSP - Didn't trigger
    FNM - Short at 57.86, cover at 57.63 +.23
    SINA - Long 21.93 Stoped out 22.27 +.34
     
    #100     Feb 23, 2006