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2014-02-10T16:12:00.002-08:00

Quoted from AntiFragility - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

"Traders trade and academics find formulas based on how they trade, and then new traders believe academia is right and follow formulas to make blow ups happen."

Formulas don’t work because what came first was how the trader’s traded.

more... Financial Food for the thought ....is still less

2013-01-09T23:15:00.003-08:00

What the market is and how it works ?
1. Markets adjust bad news instantaneously, and adjust to good news gradually over period of time
2. Where you bot a stock is ir-relevant its all about where its going to go
3. Portfolio investment is very complex because wall.st made it so to get a portion of your money

Investments in 3 buckets
1. Money that will be safe no matter what
2. equities of world class companies with long term commitment to bucket
3. go for the gusto high risk - holdings 5-10% - just like going to las vegas

How To Learn
1. Disciplined strategy having a goal
2. You always have to pay the stupid tax to learn
3. Managements projections are wrong, they lie.
3. Stock market is a losers game - analyze downside before looking for upside
4. Speaking to mgmt is not best for negative they will always put their best foot forward
5. Financial statements needed to look for value of future earnings
6. Have the ability to sell stock when the value of stock based on Future Earnings has " peaked "
7. No guts no glory

Eleven More Tips
1. Attempt to predict market moves is a failure
2. Accurate economic forecast are unnecessary, interest rate and future cash flow is only information needed
3. Current news is not useful
4. Price is the most important aspect
5. Investment Mgr's making fewest errors are the best long-term performers ( +1 this many times over)
6. Are you buying excess cash flow at discount to value
7. Patience
8. Desire to be right every-time is a like a black light bulb
9. Search for value cannot be limited to value stocks
10. Strict sell discipline is utmost important
11. Last of all even best Mgr's go through periods of under perform, so again go and read # 7.

Market is has 2 P's which are unlike Marketing's 4P's

2013-01-09T23:08:00.000-08:00

Patience

Perseverance

there is no such thing as time to market or first mover advantage

Again it depends on the type of investor you are

Financial Food for the mind

2013-01-06T09:55:00.001-08:00

Here is a list of good books if you would like to learn focused approach to trading

Must Read in order

Come into my trading room - Elder alexander
The way of the turtle
Bollinger on Bollinger bands
Trading by DeNapoli Levels

More to be added

Weekly Trending Stocks : July 10th

2011-07-10T07:45:00.000-07:00

Upate from last week :

Exit : dar, ghdx
Hold : ssi, rol
Exit - hit price target : ipar, peet, beav, byi, fosl, bexp, mini, msa, mtd
fto merged to hoc new ticker hfc.

New Stocks
Volume buzzers : mgm, brks, clp, prxl, smrt, chtp, avid, catm

Finviz charts

Volume buzzers : http://bit.ly/qGrBYJ

Weekly Trending Stocks : Happy 4th of July.

2011-07-04T18:20:00.000-07:00

Upate from last week :

Exit : dar, ghdx
Hold : ipar, peet, beav, byi, fto fosl
Exit - hit price target : pdc, dgii, bre, alk, rli, hans, flo, crl

New Stocks
Volume buzzers : bexp, ssi, mini, rol, msa, mtd

Finviz charts
Volume Buzzers : http://bit.ly/kg7ell

Weekly Trending Stocks : June 26th

2011-06-26T06:13:00.000-07:00

Upate from last week :

Exit : fto
Hold : pdc, dgii, bre, dar, ipar, peet, alk, beav, byi, fto fosl
Exit - hit price target : none

New Stocks
Volume buzzers : rli, hans, ghdx, crl, flo

Finviz charts
Volume Buzzers :http://tinyurl.com/6b5ghdt

Weekly Trending Stocks : June 18th

2011-06-18T21:51:00.000-07:00

Upate from last week :
Exit : rax, tklc, ntgr, wcg, plcm, sptn, ezpw
Hold : pdc, dgii, bre, dar, ipar, peet
Exit - hit price target : kfy

New Stocks
Volume buzzers : alk, beav, byi, fto, fosl

Finviz charts
Volume Buzzers : http://tinyurl.com/3srtjh3

Weekly Trending Stocks : June 11th

2011-06-11T08:24:00.001-07:00

Upate from last week :
Exit : bmr, smci, ssri, fl faro, wrb, cy, kmt,cnl, rno
Hold : tklc, kfy, rax, pdc, ntgr, dgii, wcg bre, plcm
Exit - hit price target :

New Stocks
Volume buzzers : ipar ,peet, sptn, dar, ezpw

Finviz charts
Volume Buzzers : http://bit.ly/lb89f5

Weekly Trending Stocks : June 4th

2011-06-04T21:55:00.000-07:00

Upate from last week :
Exit : idti, isil, nve, blud, tin, cuz, wor nhp, www, cas, hrg, cdns, in, ugi, mdu, ocr, uns,ntls, hibb
Hold : kmt, tklc, smci, ssri, cnl, rno, kfy, rax
Exit - hit price target : infa, smci, ash, finl

New Stocks
Trend pullback to 50 DMA : fl, pdc, bmr, faro, ntgr, dgii
Volume buzzers : cy, wcg, wrb, bre, plcm

Finviz charts

Pullback : http://tinyurl.com/6hpsjzt

Volume Buzzers : http://tinyurl.com/3c5m23v

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2011-05-29T09:49:00.000-07:00

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Weekly Trending Stocks : May 29th

2011-05-28T22:56:00.000-07:00

Markets recovered a bit towards end of this week. I expect momentum to continue into the next 2 weeks, CPI has turned bullish non confirming : http://bit.ly/c1SLOH

All stocks that were hold did very well , some of them are making new highs, expect to hold for about 2 more weeks. Updates will be posted accordingly

Upate from last week :

Exit : cts, sorl

Hold : infa, smci, www, kmt, cdns, ash, cas hrg, tklc, in, smci, ssri, sptn, cnl, ugi, mdu, ocr, uns, ntls, hibb, rno, finl

Exit - hit price target : sptn

New Stocks
Trend pullback to 50 DMA : idti, isil, nve,vclk, blud, tin
Volume buzzers : cuz, wor, kfy, nhp, rax

Weekly Trending Stocks : May 22th

2011-05-22T16:16:00.000-07:00

Markets are down for last few days into the options expiry. Sector watch; u

tilities, healthcare and consumer goods are performing well,

with services not far behind. Materials have broadly underperformed the market amid margin scares as seen by pull back in silver and other metals. Industrials and conglomerates have moderately underperformed with technology largely staying flat.

Upate from last week :

Exit : vphm, hzo, psec, praa, vivo, axti, byod, chbt, endp, mmsi, hpy, avd, hway, mov, tsys

Hold : infa, smci, www, kmt, cdns, ash, cts, cas hrg, tklc, , in, smci, sorl, ssri, sptn

Exit - hit price target : mdca

New Stocks
Trend pullback to 50 DMA :cnl, ugi, mdu, ocr
Volume buzzers : uns, ntls, hibb, rno, finl

Weekly Trending Stocks : May 15th

2011-05-15T22:23:00.000-07:00

Upate from last week :

Exit : pten, praa, rnow, sug, tup
Hold : infa, vphm, hzo, psec praa, smci, vivo , www, kmt, axti, chbt, byod, cdns, endp, ash
Exit - hit price target : gxp

New Stocks
Trend pullback to 50 DMA : cts, hrg, cas, mmsi, hpy
Volume buzzers : tklc, avd, in, hway, mov, smci, mdca, ssrl, sorl, sptn, tsys

Weekly Trending Stocks : May 8th

2011-05-07T09:02:00.000-07:00

Upate from last week :

Some stocks have pulled back others have broken down

Exit : io, eig, pdc, tyl tti, sxi, utr, kid
Hold : infa, pten, vphm, hzo, psec praa
Exit - hit price target : exbd, mscc

New Stocks
Trend pullback to 50 DMA : rnow, vivo, smci, www, kmt, sug
Volume buzzers : axti, chbt, byod, cdns, tup, endp, ash, gxp

Weekly Trending Stocks : May 1st

2011-05-01T21:13:00.000-07:00

Upate from last week : $SPX
All new picks from last week did great. CENX, VRTX, SMP, had a great run,
Others on hold are looking good
Exit :  baby, amsf
Hold : tyl, pdc, eig, io, tti, infa, pten,
Exit - hit price target : cenx, tti, rtec, trad, liz, vrtx, smp

New Stocks
Trend pullback to 50 DMA : vphm, hzo, sxi, utr, exbd
Volume buzzers : kid, psec, praa, mscc, cbu, trak

FinViz Charts :
Pullback :  http://tinyurl.com/44oadzh
Volume :  http://tinyurl.com/4xlc3yh

Playing the mutually exclusive advantage : $SPX $IWM

2011-04-26T00:06:00.000-07:00

Option Delta: An underlying stock has a delta of 100 & at the money call & put's delta add up to 100. Holding an at the money covered call the reduces the delta of the position by about 50% and hence is able to hedge partially in to a risk reduced position

But if you are confident of the markets direction, you can enhance your profits by adding a put sell to the above trade. The beauty is in the fact that it's mutually exclusive but still is able to bring the delta back to 100 since it cancels out the delta of the sold covered call.

As long as the position is active it cancels the hedge for the sold call but at expiry plays to your advantage since only one of the two contracts gets assigned. This can be played to the advantage of doubling your total profits even when reducing your position size by half. This can then be classified as risk management at its best and works very well when the option strikes are $1 apart. This strategy can be used to capture monthly return on investment of about 20-25% on a give position essentially doubling your investment capital in a period of 4-6 months.

Weekly Trending Stocks : April 24th

2011-04-24T08:31:00.000-07:00

Upate from last week
Exit : holx, fcfs, stl, puls, gtiv
Hold : tyl, pdc, trad ( stock shot up due to buyout ), eig, io, amsf
Exit - hit price target : hs, lfus, hott

New Stocks
Trend pullback to 50 DMA : cenx, tti, baby, orb, rtek
Volume buzzers : infa, wor, pten, vrtx, liz, smp

FinViz Charts :
Pullback : http://tinyurl.com/3vxve5m
Volume : http://tinyurl.com/3vvy5le

Weekly Trending Stocks : April 17th

2011-04-17T09:36:00.000-07:00

Upate from last week
Exit : cvg, hnt, lpnt, hway, ahs, asgn,
Hold : holx, fcfs, hs, lfus, hott
Exit - hit price target : oih

New Stocks
Trend pullback to 50 DMA : puls, eig, gtiv, io, amsf
Volume buzzers : pdc, hott, stl, tyl, hain, trad

FinViz Charts :
Pullback : http://tinyurl.com/3bexcuc
Volume :http://tinyurl.com/3sgmfo6

Weekly Trending Stocks : April 10th

2011-04-10T08:21:00.000-07:00

Update from last week
Exit : avav, faf, skyw, puls these have broken down
Exit : geo, kamn, io, these have hit price targets
Hold : npbc, prft

New Stocks
Trend pullback to 50 DMA :cvg, holx, hnt, lpnt, avid, hway
Volume buzzers : hott, ahs, asgn, ois, fcfs, hs, lfus

FinViz Charts :
Pullback :http://tinyurl.com/3jnhmvf
Volume : http://tinyurl.com/3hp6wfx

Weekly Trending Stocks : April 3rd

2011-04-03T22:57:00.000-07:00

Update from last week :
All stocks are holding well, GRB has hit the target and should be sold, all volume buzzers have broken out well. Please move you stop to break even. Trend pull back stocks didn't move much are still basing.

New Stocks
Trend pullback to 50 DMA : skyw, gtiv, avav, faf, ment, ohi
Volume buzzers : puls, cibr, trst, ssys, io, geo, kamn, npbc, prft

FinViz Charts :

Pullback :http://tinyurl.com/3z5oq5h

Volume : http://tinyurl.com/3bu2dy6

Weekly Trending Stocks : March 26th

2011-03-26T17:42:00.000-07:00

Update from last week :
All picks are holding up well. sbib, akr, isis, have broken down & should be sold.

Trend pullback to 50 DMA : pbh, sfn, mtrh, nsit, fult
Volume buzzers : gpor, bc, mmsi, mli, grb, spar, lqdt

FinViz Charts :

Pullback : http://tinyurl.com/4693ez6

Volume : http://tinyurl.com/5vebaab

Weekly Trending Stocks : March 20th

2011-03-20T20:54:00.000-07:00

Trend pullback to 50 DMA : psec, brks, sbib, io, akr, jakk, orb
Volume buzzers : kpon, gy, mgam, hw, cbr, smrt, isys, pdc, pq

FinViz Charts :

Pullback : http://tinyurl.com/4aa5hm8

Volume : http://tinyurl.com/4vb4ot5

Weekly Trending Stocks : March 12th

2011-03-14T19:59:00.000-07:00

Trend pullback to 50 DMA : lab, grb, sbib, io, mtrx, sfn, psec, nfp
Volume buzzers :hw, thqi, epic, esio, ssi, rgr, bas, avid, eth, amsg

FinViz Charts :

Pullback : http://tinyurl.com/4l4vzyt

Volume : http://tinyurl.com/4nktwwx

Weekly Trending Stocks : Feb 28th

2011-02-28T10:21:00.000-08:00

Trend pullback to 50 DMA : pzza, lcav, pery, cy, dar, smci, csgs, powl mksi skt
Volume buzzers : puls, smsc, gb, skyw, hr, uht, cell, ebix, fire, gpor

FinViz Charts :

Pullback : http://tinyurl.com/4sskhf4

Volume : http://tinyurl.com/4ojmbdn