Why I Went Long RIMM Before Earnings

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December 17, 2009

Intraday I use a 60 min chart for stuff I feel like trading intraday which could be for options or stocks. I use this with stocks that often have big intraday moves, options on 2x etf’s such as SSO, or options on highly liquid stocks like BAC and AIG.
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With my daily chart I use the 21 ema and look for price going up above it and then retesting it from the topside.
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I then use weekly charts for value related swing trades. This is something I’ve gotten away from and am going back to it. RIMM met all the criteria today for everything.
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I bought RIMM stock, Jan 66.625 calls, and March 70 calls. All the charts were green and my fundamental screeners have RIMM at a much higher valuation than the 63.46 trading price.

I’ll talk about other positions tomorrow, except I’ll say this, HITK broke out to a new 52w high today. This was a “value swing” type trade.

I’m still long the indexes, but lightened up by 50% today. Market is flipping back and forth at every breakout or breakdown point. With this pattern, market should go higher tomorrow. If it doesn’t, be worried if your bullish.