puddles 2011 trade journal (formerly a 70k bet..)

Discussion in 'Journals' started by puddles, Jan 3, 2011.

  1. flattened it out for some pennies, gotta head out (it'll tank now)
     
    #401     Apr 14, 2011
  2. 14:56

    LONG APC 79.01
    STOP 78.90
    TGT 79.23

    out -0.14

    dirty

    15:08

    LONG CHKP 53.55
    STOP 53.43
    TGT 53.79

    out +0.22
     
    #402     Apr 14, 2011
  3. <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110414/spy.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110414/wdc.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110414/afl.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110414/dndn.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110414/nbr.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110414/mcp.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110414/apc.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110414/chkp.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110414/biib.png">

    9:46

    LONG WDC 38.16
    STOP 37.95
    TGT 38.58

    - SPY big gap down, WDC rips from the open
    - Long over the tight higher low, I thought I cancelled as it looked like SPY was going to tank
    - entry filled, SPY tanked, blah
    - out -0.28

    10:13

    SHORT AFL 51.49
    STOP 51.64
    TGT 51.19

    - AFL very weak from the open, ranging at the lows
    - Short the break of the lows as SPY puts in a down bar
    - out -0.17

    10:17

    LONG DNDN 40.12
    STOP 39.91
    TGT 40.54

    - Strong from the open, no real pullbacks
    - Get long as SPY puts in a higher low
    - out +0.42

    10:27

    LONG NBR 30.29
    STOP 30.16
    TGT 30.55

    - Scanner found this beauty, big rel strength to the market
    - out +0.25

    10:34

    LONG MCP 72.01
    STOP 71.80
    TGT 72.43

    - Was on daily long watch, missed an earlier entry
    - Beautiful triangle at a round #, long the break
    - out +0.40

    14:56

    LONG APC 79.01
    STOP 78.90
    TGT 79.23

    - from 1-3pm SPY is basically about no change
    - APC much stronger
    - Long over the higher low, reverses and stops out, then straight to tgt. dirty
    - out -0.14

    15:08

    LONG CHKP 53.55
    STOP 53.43
    TGT 53.79

    - Scanner finds this beauty, SPY still trending higher
    - Long over the HL
    - out +0.22

    15:36

    LONG BIIB 82.16
    STOP 82.08
    TGT 82.32

    - BIIB basically non stop all day
    - Holds over 82.00, long over the tight bar
    - out -0.1 (it stopped for me)

    http://puddles.humanfund.ca/wp/2011/04/14/2011-04-14-trades/
     
    #403     Apr 14, 2011
  4. <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110415/spy.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110415/bidu.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110415/mos.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110415/ppl.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110415/vmw.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110415/stj.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110415/gs.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110415/aapl.png">

    9:37

    SHORT BIDU 145.99
    STOP 146.2
    TGT 145.57

    - SPY gaps up and craps
    - BIDU opens flat and craps
    - Short the lower high, saw that it was on my long list so I decided to keep the stop tight with some arbitrary number
    - holy cow that was dumb
    - out -0.24

    9:40

    SHORT MOS 74.49
    STOP 74.66
    TGT 74.15

    - MOS gaps down vs SPY gap up
    - Short under tight bar with continued SPY weakness
    - Near perfect morning gap play
    - out +0.32

    9:57

    LONG PPL 27.01
    STOP 26.95
    TGT 27.13

    - PPL on daily long watch (beautiful daily)
    - Strong since the open vs weak market
    - out -0.08

    10:30

    LONG VMW 87.01
    STOP 86.81
    TGT 87.41

    - SPY puts in a big up move, pulls back and looks to be putting in a higher low for continuation
    - Turned out it was a headfake as noted on the SPY chart
    - As I was expecting SPY to continue higher I looked for strong stocks at the highs that didn't pull back with SPY
    - Scanner found me VMW and STJ
    - out -0.24

    10:31

    LONG STJ 53.01
    STOP 52.92
    TGT 53.19

    - see above
    - out -0.10

    10:37

    SHORT GS 154.99
    STOP 155.19
    TGT 153.59

    - SPY headfakes higher, tanks
    - Find a weak stock
    - GS at it's lows, little sloppy, little tilted
    - out -0.26

    14:38

    SHORT AAPL 329.99
    STOP 330.23
    TGT 329.5

    - AAPL tested 330.00 all day
    - Short the break
    - Prior to the break each 5min bar was maybe 20-25c high
    - Given how bad my day was going I debated letting this run but I thought better of it and took the winner at tgt (and leave 2 bucks on the table)
    - out +0.46

    10-17 week, 17-33 month

    http://puddles.humanfund.ca/wp/2011/04/15/2011-04-15-trades/
     
    #404     Apr 15, 2011
  5. <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110418/spy.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110418/flo.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110418/pwr.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110418/mos.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110418/lvs.png">

    10:54

    SHORT FLO 28.99
    STOP 29.07
    TGT 28.83

    - FLO on daily extended long watch
    - Little weaker than the market, market selling
    - Short under bar/round #
    - out -0.08

    11:18

    SHORT PWR 20.42
    STOP 28.47
    TGT 20.29

    - Not too happy with this entry
    - out -0.06

    15:10

    LONG MOS 74.04
    STOP 73.8
    TGT 74.46

    - MOS rel. strong through the day.. Goes green on a very down day
    - Take higher low as SPY looks to be making a higher low..
    - I could have probably passed based on that tail
    - out -0.21

    15:28

    LONG LVS 45.31
    STOP 45.16
    TGT 45.61

    - Beast all day
    - Nice HL at the highs as SPY appears to be trending up
    - out +0.2 (took it at time stop, easy tgt, standard)

    http://puddles.humanfund.ca/wp/2011/04/18/2011-04-18-trades/
     
    #405     Apr 18, 2011
  6. 9:55

    LONG X 52.25
    STOP 51.99
    TGT 52.77

    out b/e, got to .70, ughh

    10:00

    SHORT V 75.2
    STOP 75.35
    TGT 74.9

    out -0.18
     
    #406     Apr 19, 2011
  7. <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110419/spy.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110419/x.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110419/v.png">

    9:55

    LONG X 52.25
    STOP 51.99
    TGT 52.77

    - Market gaps up, SPY sells hard around 9:45
    - X holds at the highs
    - Long when SPY bounces
    - go to 7c from tgt
    - out b/e

    10:00

    SHORT V 75.2
    STOP 75.35
    TGT 74.9

    - V gapped down, tries to retrace and tanks
    - Get short under the lower high in case the market goes another leg down
    - out -0.18

    http://puddles.humanfund.ca/wp/2011/04/19/2011-04-19-trades/
     
    #407     Apr 19, 2011
  8. 9:33

    SHORT WFC 28.99
    STOP 29.11
    TGT 28.75

    out +0.23

    9:40

    SHORT WFC 28.79
    STOP 28.9
    TGT 28.57

    out +0.22

    10:02

    LONG COH 57.73
    STOP 57.59
    TGT 58.00
     
    #408     Apr 20, 2011
  9. 10:11

    SHORT ABT 50.66
    STOP 50.81
    TGT 50.36

    out +0.3

    coh just chillin..
     
    #409     Apr 20, 2011
  10. out -0.14
     
    #410     Apr 20, 2011