7/12/2007

What went up and What went down

You know majority is positioned for a wrong move, when you get panicky emails. Last I counted I had over 27 emails asking what to buy. The answer is simple, market does its own thing, you just follow your own method.

What went up:

AA AAON ABMD ACGY ACOR ACPW ADCT AEM AEO AL AMD AMMD ANF ANSW ANTP ANW APAC APD APOG ARNA ARWR ASFI ASIA AU AVD AWC AXP AZC BBD BDK BDSI BEC BGC BHE BHP BJ BLKB BLX BMC BMD
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BMI BOBJ BPUR BQI BTM BVN CACS CARN CBD CBH CBI CCBL CCMP CDZI CECE CENX CHKE CIB CLHB CLN CMED CMG CMG.B CMRG CNQR COBZ COH COOL CRA CRS CSUN CTR CTRN CTV DADE DBTK DDM DFS DNN DRYS
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EME EMU ERIC EROC ESIO EXM EZPW FAST FCSX FCTR FFIV FMDA FRG FRT FUL GAIA GFI GHM GIGM GLDN GLW GMO GMST GPK GROW GVA HAIN HAYN HCSG HDB HDNG HOV HXL IBN ICGN IFX ILMN INDB ININ INPC
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INTC IRBT IRN ISIS ISLN ISO ITU JAKK JCG JCP JCTCF KAD KAL KBR KNTA KOPN KOSN LAZ LBY LMC LPHI LXU MA MALL MATW MCU MCZ MEND METH MMR MRVC MSCS MTL MTLK MW NEXM NGA NHY NITE NMX
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NSU NTO NUVA NVTL NX NXXI OLGC ONNN ONT OPK ORCC OYOG OZRK PAAS PCR PEC PHG PKE PKX PLCM PLXS PMU POZN PRKR PSYS PTI PWER PXLW QNTA QTM RBN RBY RDCM RECN REDF RGLD RIO RMIX ROSE ROST
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ROY RRST RZ SBS SCA SCOR SCOX SEED SFD SFLY SFN SGP SI SID SLW SNDK SNMX SOV SPIR SPRD SRSL SSI SSYS STP STSI STXS SWAT SWHC SWIM SYNA SYX TBSI TGT TIF TLAB TSU TXI UBB UDW UNFI
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URRE URS URZ USNA VERT VEXP VICR VIMC VMI VMSI VOLV VRTX VSCN VSEA WCC WPSC XRA ZHNE ZTM ZUMZ

What went down:

AHM ARAY ARIA ATV BCON BGFV BHIP CAMP CAO CUB CYCC DXD EGO EPHC GOT HMB HUN IDSY IEAM IMH JOSB JSDA KMGB KOG MFLX MTOX MWRK NGS PFB PTN RT SBEI SMTX SPAN SPPI SSRX TASR VION WON XNL
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If you have well defined method, one day does not matter, one trade does not matter. You make money over period of time. Episodic Pivots, Double Trouble, Son of Double Trouble, IBD 200, IBD EPS 70 plus are the methods I keep trading no matter what happens on day to day level. If market enters bearish territory the bearish methods kick in.

7 comments:

mrstrader said...

Gee, maybe I am on the verge of "getting it". I ALMOST sent you an email asking what to sell.

intelqubed said...

I must say that your blog is one of the best that I have seen in terms of relevant commentary and information. Thanks alot for the info publishing. I do have a question though about the stocks that break out on the IBD 200. (Have a subscription). Do you set a stop loss when your order is confirmed just in case it is a false breakout? I have been running a hypothetical portfolio of about 20 stocks for the past month and have about a 7% return. A few of those stocks I have added for my real portfolio although I happen to have picked the ones with less success. Go figure. Thanks again.

Cool Cal said...

Pradeep, What method do you use to determine "if the market has entered bearish territory". How do you determine when to kick in your bearish methods?

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skyricho said...

intelqubed
Do you set a stop loss when your order is confirmed just in case it is a false breakout?

Stop is 2 days low. (if you want to give the stock a bit more room make it 3 day low).

There is also a 5 day time stop. The stock should move beyond the high of breakout price (this allows you to re-circulate capital into other faster moving opportunities).

Unknown said...

skytrader,
What percent of your total capital do you risk on such trades? Thanks.

Pradeep Bonde said...

I risk 1 to 2% on such trades.

Pradeep Bonde said...

David
See the post on market monitor methodology in sidebar.