Smart Money's Swing Trades Thru T.A.

Discussion in 'Journals' started by Smart Money, Jun 9, 2010.

  1. Same old, same old. As price rises volume is dropping on these, so that's encouraging. Market seems to be turning around some too, so I'm staying the course even though I think I could get out evenly. Interestingly, of the stocks that I track, these have the better looking charts.
     
    #221     Aug 14, 2015
  2. Added some SDS at 20.37 as a hedge.
     
    #222     Aug 17, 2015
  3. Sold it for a scant 11 cents a share profit. Just wanted some assurance the market wasn't going to plunge. Looks like the market is just twisting around without direction.
     
    #223     Aug 17, 2015
  4. Bought more SDS again this morning since futures are down. Got in at 20.15. Just enough to hedge my long positions.
     
    #224     Aug 18, 2015
  5. Sold SO at 46.03 for a loss. Put a trailing stop on SDS.
     
    #225     Aug 18, 2015
  6. Bought sbux at 57.83. Nice pattern on this one.
     
    #226     Aug 18, 2015
  7. Stopped out of SBUX and COST. Lost 2% and 3% respectively. I shouldn't have stayed in after the market started going south. Bought some SCO this morning. I have a really wide stop on it. Just going to hold that for now.
     
    #227     Aug 21, 2015
  8. Alrighty then! That sure worked! Offset my losses in SBUX and COST. I think rather than lock in a profit on SCO, I'll try to hold for a bit. I like where this is going.
     
    #228     Aug 21, 2015
  9. OK, well that was quick. Sold at 123. Made close to 3.5%. That's plenty enough to avoid holding over the weekend.
     
    #229     Aug 21, 2015
  10. Decided its best to stay on the sidelines and wait and see what shakes out of this Asian market drop. European Markets fell 3+ percent in sympathy, and futures on U.S. markets say we're already down that much. So playing either direction can get a guy whipsawed. Probably fun if you're a day trader, but not for me.
     
    #230     Aug 24, 2015