9:33 SHORT SPLS 16.57 STOP 16.75 TGT 16.21 out -0.2 lil aggressive on this short 9:47 LONG 27.75 STOP 27.62 TGT 28.00 out -0.16 9:50 SHORT TSN 18.26 STOP 18.31 TGT 18.16 out -0.07 (just dirty) 9:52 LONG LVS 41.66 STOP 41.47 TGT 42.04 out b/e, this hurt..
<img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110518/spy.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110518/spls.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110518/fto.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110518/tsn.png"> 9:33 SHORT SPLS 16.57 STOP 16.75 TGT 16.21 - Big gap down, SPY gap downs a little - Look to short any SPY weakness - Should have laid off this as a 15% gap down is just flat out extended - out -0.2 9:47 LONG FTO 27.75 STOP 27.62 TGT 28.00 - Market bouncing higher - Chase a long on a stock with rel. strength. blah. - out -0.16 9:50 SHORT TSN 18.26 STOP 18.31 TGT 18.16 - Weak from the open - Short the LH - Rips back at stop then tanks to target - out -0.07 http://puddles.humanfund.ca/wp/2011/05/18/2011-05-18-trades/
9:33 SHORT KLAC 40.96 STOP 41.11 TGT 40.68 out +0.28 9:50 SHORT GS 139.66 STOP 139.89 TGT 139.2 might close before the 10am #s
<img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110519/spy.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110519/klac.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110519/gs.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110519/rimm.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110519/teva.png"> 9:33 SHORT KLAC 40.96 STOP 41.11 TGT 40.68 - Morning gap play, <3 - SPY gap up, KLAC gap down - Short KLAC LH on 1min when SPY weakens - out +0.28 9:50 SHORT GS 139.66 STOP 139.89 TGT 139.2 - SPY bounces off the lows and retraces to new highs - GS great daily short, tight lower high at the lows - Little aggressive since SPY looked pretty strong - out -0.26 10:00 SHORT RIMM 44.86 STOP 45.04 TGT 44.5 - A few #s came out at 10am. - Had a long and a short tee'd up to send depending on how the news came out - News was very negative, send RIMM which was my short - Market tanks on bad #s, RIMM straight to TGt - out +0.35 10:28 LONG TEVA 50.04 STOP 49.94 TGT 50.24 - TEVA jamming up against 50.00 resistance in a very weak market after 10am - I was waiting for a bar to hold over 50.00 or for SPY to give me some strength - I knew I was going to be buying HOD as my entry. - SPY sets up a tiny HL off it's lows - TEVA hits HOD, I get long - I stepped out and in my journal I mentioned I had a b/e stop which would have ticked me out before it got to tgt. I actually had my stop at .98 and even attached a screenshot - out +0.2 <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110519/teva_execution.png"> http://puddles.humanfund.ca/wp/2011/05/19/2011-05-19-trades/
9:38 LONG SNDK 47.14 STOP 46.99 TGT 47.46 out -0.17 9:41 SHORT JCP 36.95 STOP 37.09 TGT 36.64 out +0.27 9:54 LONG AKAM 34.71 STOP 34.61 TGT 34.91 out -0.1
<img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110520/spy.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110520/sndk.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110520/jcp.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110520/akam.png"> 9:38 LONG SNDK 47.14 STOP 46.99 TGT 47.46 - Gap up vs SPY gap down - Long the higher low - Market with no help for this one - out -0.17 9:41 SHORT JCP 36.95 STOP 37.09 TGT 36.64 - Gapped down with SPY - SPY bounces a little, JCP (and sector) really weak - SPY with a weak retrace to it's highs (not very high at all though) and tanks - JCP with a tight LH at the lows - out +0.27 9:54 LONG AKAM 34.71 STOP 34.61 TGT 34.91 - Holding strong in a very weak market - Long over the tight HL - Shouldn't be long in such a weak market, dumb - out -0.1 5-6 week, 14-19 month (42%) so far http://puddles.humanfund.ca/wp/2011/05/20/2011-05-20-trades/