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
<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/
<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/
<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/
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
<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/
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