Tuesday, January 26, 2010

DIS – Adjusted Stop Triggered

DIS - 2010-01-26 185112 - 1y1m17d - 1w

  • As called out over the weekend, the Trend Line of DIS (Disney) was broken as of last week
  • I moved up my Stop to $29.45 level and it was triggered today

Sunday, January 24, 2010

MDY – Will Trend line Hold?

MDY - 2010-01-24 014602 - 1y1m18d - 1w

  • With 2 consecutive weeks of red bar, I certainly hope that the trend line will hold in this coming week. 

KRE – Bullish Cup and Handle Pattern

KRE - 2010-01-24 013930 - 1y1m18d - 1w

  • A Cup and Handle pattern that started back in May of last year
  • It was finally broken 2 weeks ago
  • The bullish pattern is further confirmed by another strong bullish week

DIS – Disney’s Broken Trend Line

DIS - 2010-01-24 010921 - 1y4m25d - 1w

  • I was Long on DIS since September of last year
  • This week’s inverted hammer painted a very bearish picture
  • Along with 3 consecutive (weeks) of red bars,
  • And a broken Trend Line
  • I’m going to adjust my Stop to the $28 range

Thursday, September 17, 2009

The PUMA Index

Where was this program this time last year?  Now Howard Lindzon and the StockTwits team need to come up with something like this for its Users!




Tuesday, September 8, 2009

$SUSQ Swing Trade Potential

$SUSQ

  • Long > 5.39
  • Stop < 5.18
  • Target = 5.60 ~ 5.67

$DBC Swing Trade Potential

$DBC

  • Entry > 21.67
  • Stop < 21.42
  • Target 22.05 ~ 22.30

$EFA Review

iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund (ETF)

  • Moved my Stop to 42.45 level. 

Monday, April 13, 2009

Swing Trade - Positioned - TDS

TDS - 2009-04-13 152827 - 1d

Here’s a trade on TDS that I took position last week.  Things are looking good and I have just adjusted my Stop to $28.15 (Break-even).  It’s no longer at $29.35 anymore!

Daytrade – Result – Win – INTU

INTU - 2009-04-13 140409 - 15m

My second trade of the day.  What I saw…

  • 2 consecutive inside bars and NR7 combination
  • A downward pressing 5ema
  • No Entry Bar
  • It’s obvious that I was trying to force a trade here
  • My Entry was under the white line below the low of the 2 combo bars
  • My Target was the Opening Low
  • My Short was triggered by the 8th bar
  • I thought I was Stopped Out when prices retraced back above my Stop, but it didn’t happen (see white circle on chart)
  • The long upper shadow on the 9th bar was caused by bad data
  • Another entry point could be the break of the 11th bar bottom
  • My Target was reached during the 12:30 bar

Daytrade – Result – Loss - STX

 STX - 2009-04-13 081306 - 15m

STX - 2009-04-13 140504 - 15m

 

It’s been a long while since I last day-traded, and I’m thrilled to be participating this morning.  My first trade was STX.  What I saw was…

  • 2 consecutive combo’s of Inside Bar + NR7
  • Although the 2 inside bars did not signal an entry for me, I decided to gamble and hope that prices will reach its Opening Low, for a small gain
  • Set Entry just below the Low of the 2 Inside Bars (see white line)
  • Stop was above the Red Bar
  • My Entry was triggered by the following bar (see 2nd chart)
  • Unfortunately, I was stopped out 15 minutes or so later during the next bar

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Long Term Trade - FXE

FXE - 2009-04-12 150757 - 1w

  • Here’s another Long Term trade that I took position from last week
  • Please note that if my Target of $124 is reached, I intend to stay in position and evaluate the situation
  • Looking at this chart over the weekend, I noticed that the Target does not yield a full 2R return
  • The 2R minimum return is the new standard of all my entries from now on

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Swing Trade – Positioned – TDS

TDS - 2009-04-09 205059 - 1d TDS - 2009-04-09 205114 - 1w

  • Here’s a Short position that I’ve taken a few days ago that was able to weather the rally-storm today
  • Let’s hope that I can hit my Target on this one so that I can recover some of my losses from today

Swing Trade – Result – Loss – HCP

HCP - 2009-04-09 203757 - 1d HCP - 2009-04-09 203810 - 1w

  • HCP looked a bit promising for about 2 days. 
  • When I saw that red Doji yesterday, I was already a bit concern
  • I didn’t expect it to rally so strong!

Swing Trade – Result – Loss – AIV

AIV - 2009-04-09 202743 - 1d

AIV - 2009-04-09 203018 - 1w

  • I was hoping for a quick Swing Trade of AIV
  • I entered Short when prices fell below $6.11
  • Looking back at my setup now, I think I was a bit optimistic.  $5.00 mark should be my Target instead of the mid-$4 range. 
  • It never got there anyway