Once gold and silver drop to

$1300/oz and $24/oz respectively, I will be looking to add physical metals.

Good read for what we are up against

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/21/us-trading-blackbox-idUSBRE84K07320120521

On Feb 8 and 9, 2012, the world’s “best known” money managers (Buffoon and Black Rock) called for jumping into stocks with both feet:

February 8, 2012  ”Investors should have 100 percent of investments in equities because of valuations and higher returns than bonds, said Laurence D. Fink, chief executive officer of BlackRock Inc. (BLK), the world’s largest money manager.” DJIA (12,889), sp500 (1347), NASD (2915)

February 9, 2012 Stocks, or investments in any “productive” asset, will “prove to be the runaway winner” over bonds or gold ”over any extended period of time” .. and “more important, it will be by far the safest.” Buffet Feb 9, 2012 DJIA (12,908), sp500 (1354), NASD (2926)

The investment world was extremely bullish, at least on TV and in public.

Personally I thought they were trying to unload their shares to us little guys. So as the market ramped higher, on Feb 22, I made a bold call.

The Nasdaq would drop to 2750-2800 by April.

The Nasdaq topped out, at least short-term, on March 27.

While I am 30 trading days off, it won’t be long now:

Stop on AEM is 31.94

Don’t let the news fool you – the Bankers elect politicians (aka puppets) – not the people.

Pile on more debt, tax more of the world, bail out and extend terms – extract more blood.

Bankers want to get money from your grandchildren’s children.

Money is already digital.

The stock markets are nothing but electronic digits.

Guess whose fingers are on the keyboard?

So every time I start to enter a new trade, I watch this short clip.

I am the man on the ground, and Bernokio as THE MAN.

Ben Bernokio

There is increasing interest for me to post more frequently….

The markets have sold off down to their 50-day moving averages…..we will probably stabilize in this area and then I will have to see if they intend to take it down further or back to new highs. My guess right now is they will take it down more after a bounce and put pressure on Congress to allow Bernokio to put more digital money into the stock market to prop it up, and run it higher through the election.

Year to Date Numbers

14.3 % gain, based on allocating 10k per trade.

Win: Loss ratio:  1 : 1   (47 wins, 47 losses)

average loss  = .5%  = ($248)

maximum trade loss =  1.8% = ($891)

average win = .8% ($400)

maximum win = 7% ($3520)

average hold time = approximately 3 days

Other Notes:

My long trades have been more profitable gaining 21%, while my short trades have cost me 6.7% in losses (makes sense in strong uptrend).

The 10k/trade idea has been the best way to maximize performance. 

When I base the number of shares I trade on Reward-Risk ratio (maximum projected upside divided by the distance to my stop loss), the gain is significantly lower.

However, I have been taking into account the Reward-Risk ratio when selecting stocks to enter.

A lot to cover…..topics : 1) metals, 2) graphene stocks, 3) IPO stocks, 4) trading portfolio: I am going to get more aggressive 5) Mar 28 buys

5) I held off buying a lot today (Mar 27) because I saw weakness coming…..but I plan to buy as long as the Fed prints; commodities are looking better, rare earths like MCP, Application software, and some biotechs (especially those involved in nanotechnology) are my main focus right now

4) When this next pullback occurs, and I think it is happening now, I will go in more aggressive and include some IPO stocks

3) Some IPO stocks that I like: TEAR, HLSS, YELP, BV, TRIP, AVG, NLST, EPAM, UBNT, WIFI, FFN, ANGI, MX, SVVC

2) Graphene Stocks – there is a lot of buzz going on with this new discovery, and I don’t think this will be going away. I am very tempted to spread risk money among several graphene players…..most of the small stocks are Pink Sheet or Canadian stocks…..some bigger players include IBM, SNDK, and INTC. The small ones that interest me most are: CHGI, FMS, NGPHF, and SGH.

1) metals

How to Fish

How to find growth stocks before everyone else.

I could just “give you the fish and feed you a day, or teach you to fish and feed you a lifetime.”

Today I will teach you to see the water ripple created by the fish swimming, then you will know where to cast your net.

While the Federal Private Reserve Banking Cartel pumps trillions of printed dollars into the stock market to prop up underfunded Pension funds, it’s easy to make money in this market if you are a rookie – just buy AAPL or PCLN and go back to sleep. I proposed a “Too Big to Fail” model portfolio of stocks on my website February 15, and by the close yesterday it had gained 10.2% (120% annualized). The Banks (and Obama’s Administration) are going to do all in their power to support the markets through the November elections.

One day, maybe a 100 years from now, we might see a stock market that is less manipulated. When that time comes, you will need to know how to find fish for yourself. I use a few searches to find my fish, and these searches work even today. The reason I like to find stocks few people know about is because they are much less manipulated by market makers and computers, and these stocks can make large gains before institutions enter them. Often times it is institutional buying that my searches find, which means I can usually get the stock early in a run.

Ready for it?

“Volume footprint” – I started using this phrase about 15 years ago and I don’t recall seeing anyone else using it – so here’s my definition. A volume footprint is a period of 3-7 days of higher than average trading volume in a stock, while the stock is in a basing pattern, or just leaving a basing pattern.

I simply have a search I use that finds these little footprints for me, and I watch the price and action of the stock price as the volume increases.

Here’s some examples from today’s search…..