The Short Club

Discussion in 'Stocks' started by enrick71, Jan 5, 2010.

  1. enrick71

    enrick71

  2. It's harder to do this than shortscreen suggests, but maybe it works.

    http://shortscreen.com/

    Also Jan.18 and Jan.25 The Barron's roundtable usually has good trade ideas for longs and shorts... Their shorts tend to be big liquid and optionable stocks, so you can get a couple of good ideas from there.
     
  3. enrick71

    enrick71

    Both got good ideas, just adding some stock to the list as vmed and sbac.
    Thanks a lot
     
  4. It takes brass balls to short in this market. Good luck.
     
  5. enrick71

    enrick71

    I've got a mixed portafolio. After the 10th Jan I want to balance all my long, and, if market condition will be confirmed, I will be 60% Short, 40% long. You don't need even stop loss if you read carefully balance, gold will never rust, and sh*t will never be Nutella
     
  6. muller

    muller

    in my opinion that ain't a good premise to look for an investment.
    I'd look for a stock that makes money...

    you are looking for a stock that is exceeding its upward trading channel or making a "parabolic upward move"...
    to find such stocks you'd need a stock screener to pick em out for you. MetaStock does offer codeable screens.

    sure stocks are falling faster than they rise.
    but you can only find them with a screener which cost some money..
    or you can increase your inventory of setups which are rather cheap if you are willing to study.
    http://www.amazon.com/Technical-Ana...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262730957&sr=1-1
     
  7. enrick71

    enrick71

    I don't need any screener based on indicators. I need only ideas cause I buy and sell ONLY on value, so I need candidate stocks. After I go by myself studing balances, and then, only then, a graphic analysis to find an entry point.
    But the most important factor is value: if I think a stock is worth 10 and is trading even under 30% of my entry, I will stay in. Value doesn't lie in the long run, there were a lot of stock depressed in march now trading 4/5/600% up. Short s. is much more dangerous than long, but with it I mainly cover my portfolio trying to stay with the trend.
     
  8. Study IBD. (O'neil canslim method). Stocks making new highs, breakouts, pivot points. Just think the opposite.
     
  9. enrick71

    enrick71

    I follow more or less this method, I have more balance parameters to evaluate, then I go with graphic analysis to find entry and exit point. I would advice anyone to go with this method.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN_SLIM