I’ve mentioned I’m in the middle of a kitchen remodel? If not, I am and its having an effect on my memory lately and my concentration hasn’t been on the market as much.
Worked:
Forgot to mention that I went lightly long the NDX this morning. Made money on that trade of around 1%.
CAT, INTC, GILD, CPST,  [...]

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Sold:
ABAT - From the WTF?! department. I guess that move in ABAT on Friday was short covering before earnings. ABAT completely reversed and dropped large this morning. I got out with a 13% loss. Out @ 4.10. Crap trade.
VLO - Sold out of the remaining shares because its just not acting well. Took a 1% [...]

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This post is for Friday’s trading action of March 28th, but this is being posted on March 29th.
Worked:
Not jumping in this morning as the market was up about 1-2%. I said if we gapped down or the market saw morning weakness I would be a buyer. The smart thing was not taking the trade regardless [...]

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Worked:
Being short. Grabbed the profits this morning. I remained in cash and will look to get long tomorrow morning if the selling continues. Maybe if NDX touches 1765 or so.
CPST - New closing 52 week high today. CPST is a long and strong trender as well.
DAR - Inched higher.
POWI - Bought it today. POWI broke [...]

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Bought:
GILD @ 50.53
POWI @ 30.32. POWI is  Power Integrations Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary, high-voltage, analog integrated circuits (IC) for use primarily in alternating current (AC)-direct current (DC) and DC-DC power conversion in the consumer, communications, computer, and industrial electronics markets in North America and internationally.
Sold:
CREE - @ 29.15 for 1.8% gain on [...]

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Worked:
Not being heavy long. I cut back on my index longs by about 80% yesterday at the close. That preserved most of the gains made over the last 3 days.
CREE - Popped nice today. It was a good move getting back in when CREE broke upwards. Up 7% on the fresh buy. Since this was [...]

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Really this is a late day update, but wth.
Bought more CAT @ 76.89 and 76.77. CAT up 1% since then.
CREE popping today don’t know why.
Semis dipping today.
DRYS looks interesting again.
JRCC looks like a buy today.
ABAT looks like a buy today as well.

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Worked:
Long the indexes and going back into them yesterday for extra 1% in the NDX and RUT today. I cut back my longs severely at the close. Who knows what will happen tomorrow, but if we get a selloff, I’m buying it.
Bought:
CAT @ 76.79 down a little on the trade.
VLO - I sold VLO for [...]

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What didn’t work? Nearly everything was up big today for me.
6% gains in the NDX and RUT. Half of that was only a gain of 5%, while the QLD and UWM both gained at least 6% this morning as they outpaced their benchmark indexes.
GILD - I sold it today in a slight panic. It was [...]

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Sold:
UWM and QLD for gains of more than 6%. There was a big discrepancy between the pricing of UWM and the RUT this morning. Sometimes that price difference normalizes in favor of the RUT and then the UWM would drop. I took the extra gain in the UWM. << semi dumb move. Right now UWM [...]

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It looks like we might get the pop I was expecting. I went long Friday with most of my ammunition. The talk is BSC could get bought at a higher price - as much as $10 per share.
“I went long the indexes “heavy” with my 2x funds and the UWM and QLD in my accounts. [...]

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Worked:
AMAT, VLO, not being in SJT or other oil related stuff. (Crude dropped to 101 today. I said it would trade to 100.)
INTC  - Moved nicely today.
Sucked:
YHOO calls expired worthless…no deal from MS to save me. 100% loss.
CREE - POPPED 9% today! F$CK! Guess what? I bought it back for a different account this morning [...]

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INTC - Looks poised to break upwards. - Next few days are critical imo.
The rails are looking up. UNP, BNI, CSX, all have cracked resistance dating back to early February.
HAS - Cracking upwards. I like it even though its a slow mover. I just played some Hungry Hungry Hippos with my son today. Maybe JAKK [...]

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Worked:
It was a sweet move cashing out of the longs this morning because the market dumped hard. Saved myself more than a 5% loss. Thats a nice swing for my account.
VLO - Calls. Made 52% overnight from yesterday’s buy and sold it friggin perfectly @ 4.12. VLO was up over 4% earlier then finished down [...]

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Sold:
CPST - Took a 6% loss. I’m just not happy with the way its trading. I want to jump back in though at a moments notice.
VLO - call options were sold at 4.12. Thats a 52% gain overnight. Still holding VLO common though.
Got out of my index longs this morning with a loss in [...]

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