The Shorting of Frauds, Overhyped and Bankrupt Stocks Journal

Discussion in 'Journals' started by Daal, Jun 8, 2012.

  1. m22au

    m22au

    RNN is a "me too" biotech play.

    CNAT (and GALT) is a "me too" biotech play on ICPT.

    I am thinking of starting a company called m22au pharmaceuticals and applying for an IPO.
     
    #751     Jan 16, 2014
  2. jb514

    jb514

    Yeah there was tons of ICPT sympathy, a lot of which faded quite a bit.
     
    #752     Jan 16, 2014
  3. Daal

    Daal

    Yes but only in a daytrading maybe overnight basis. Got really unlucky on RNN, I shorted the day before the big tank in the last hour at $1.56ish, the stock put one last squeeze to $1.75 before tanking straight down to $1 the next day (I was going to carry overnight). I couldn't take the pain and closed at $1.72. I'm not sure what I did wrong there. Guess you have to short the rallies and not chase these plays down but I just sensed it was bounded to tank, I was right but the noise caught me. PLUG I made a bit, not a lot
     
    #753     Jan 17, 2014
  4. jb514

    jb514

    I did okay on RNN actually. I was short 1.56ish hoping to add if it squeezed to 2, but it never did. A lot of the guys I see trade this stuff risk pretty wide stops and hold multiple days.
    I think when trading these things, you have to think big picture, which often mean shorting on the way up and covering days later on the way down. I think they are kind of difficult to solely trade intraday since they rarely dump all at once. RNN being an exception.

    KONE could have been a decent trade. I don't think you could have sized in since it probably could have gone 20+, but it would have been good for a few points on starter size.
     
    #754     Jan 18, 2014
  5. jb514

    jb514

    LIVE is something to look at. Started the year at 4.06 and closed Friday at 21.18
     
    #755     Jan 26, 2014
  6. YEs. I started a sep. thread on LIVE ...can't find shares to borrow though.
    Digging deeper and hope to locate stock if this is a real pig.
     
    #756     Jan 27, 2014
  7. jb514

    jb514

    LIVE was etb at a lot of brokers last week so you could have boxed

    Was short CTIC, which came in nicely. I think there could be edge in shorting a lot of these over extended small/micro caps.
     
    #757     Jan 27, 2014
  8. Good call on LIVE
    Thanks guys
     
    #758     Jan 28, 2014
  9. m22au

    m22au

    #759     Feb 7, 2014
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