RUT gave me 3.2% today while the SPX gave me a mild 1/2% gain.
FXP and SRS both didn’t yield any gains for me today, in fact SRS pulled back.
I bought TWM early this morning. When the market rallied midday I was down on that trade around 2%, however, the market sold off again, making the [...]

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Last week was a great trading week. Almost everything was profitable.
My index trading which basically consisted of being long, and trimming a little then throwing it back to the long side on a down day was good for around 12%. Maybe more, pain in the butt to calculate at this hour.
Worked:
CPST, YGE, LDK, POWI, DRYS [...]

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Market has rebounded from its morning malaise. I took alot of my index longs to cash this morning to preserve the greater than 10% gains in them, however, right now I’m missing out on some really nice upside in the RUT and NDX. I still have some longs in the indexes though so its not [...]

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Machinery stocks: BUCY, JOYG, ASTE are showing up on my screens. Of the 3 BUCY is the best and JOYG is second favorite. I bought JOYG today.
Wind Power/Utility: FPL
Biotech: BIIB, GILD - I own GILD.
Copper: PCU, FCX
Solars: LDK, YGE - I owned them both recently and sold them yesterday.
Oil Services: NE, SLB, RIG
Financials: TROW, AMP
Alternative [...]

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Yesterdays post is dated incorrectly.
Worked:
YGE - I sold out of YGE today completely for a 21% gain.
CPST - I sold half my CPST this morning @ 2.4 and the other half 2.44 for total gain of 20.7%.
INTC - I really have no patience for this stock. Its still good, but I dropped it today for [...]

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Worked:
YGE - Caught it on the breakout and it ran all day. I sold more than half of my position today to lock in the gains @ 20.33 or 11%. The other half that I still hold is up about 10%.
CPST - Inched higher. Up 18% on the trade so far. Chart looks amazing.
POWI - [...]

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More like a late day update. Did a couple of trades today.
Bought:
YGE @ 18.04, 18.50 up about 6% from the buy point.
LDK @ 28.56 up 3.5% from the buy point.
DAR @ 12.58
The CAT sell yesterday was a good call. Its down 2% today. I want to wait at least one more day to buy it [...]

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Bought: GBT @ 4.15, AKNS @ 8.3 (bought it a too early should be in around 8.25), DSTI @ 3.59
Sold: Some FRPT @ 5 (holding most of position) for a gain of 8.6%, ABK @ 12.38 for a  5.7% loss, ABK @ 12.37 for a 4% loss
DAR is ripping again today up 5%.
All solar stocks [...]

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I bought and sold LDK calls on Friday…sold at 3.9…thats 1 trading day ago. Today LDK popped 30%. The calls I dropped are standing at 14 on the bid and 17 on the ask…F$CK!!!! 241%…damn again.

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Being long the indexes. Its so obvious they were going to sell this down. I’m in it now. Lost 4% in the RUT and 2% in the NDX. I was realllllly close to bailing, but smarts got the better of me and hung on. Next week should be wild with big brokers reporting and options [...]

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Bought FRPT @ 5.57 this morning, stopped out at 6.75. Gain of 21%.
DNDN - Started acting funny this morning, I bought back Jan 7.5 calls on the dip and then DNDN started acting scary again so I dumped all the Jan 7.5’s. BIG MISTAKE. Kept all my Feb’s though which are now approaching 100% gain. [...]

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Alec writes:
Nice pick on CRDC, can you put the chart/ indicators/oscilators volume macd whatever you use, of it ,showing what take you a buyer?
Alec,
Thanks for the question. I use a variety of techniques for stock picks not all I’m comfortable sharing. However, this one was easy. I scan for stocks that already have a [...]

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