Paul J Singh

Category: Trade

  • Today’s Trades: TZOO, HOKU

    I sold 500 shares of TZOO at $37.51 (entry at $36.47) for a $520 gain (+2.9%). I bought 500 shares of TZOO at $36.28. I like the pattern, but did not think today’s up move could sustain itself. It still seems to be staying within the breakout range. I also…

  • Today’s Trade: TZOO

    Boy, I wish I would have held on to SMSI a little longer. Hindsight’s twenty-twenty, but maybe I violated my “micro-managing” rule that I just posted yesterday. Still, it did make a nice profit, so I’ll try to let it go. The stock might become attractive again on a pullback…

  • Today’s Trade: SMSI and TZOO

    I sold my remaining 500 share of SMSI at $17.98 (entry at for a $15.96) for a $1,010 gain (+12.6%). I entered on an NR7 pullback to the breakout point. My exit was timed at recent highs, although I do think this stock has the potential to breakout to new…

  • Trades: SBGI, CELG, VDSI, SMSI, RIG

    Yesterday, I sold 500 VDSI at $18.24 for a $285 gain (+3.2%). I am still holding 500 shares. Yesterady, I sold 500 SMSI at $16.42 for a $230 gain (+2.9%). I am still holding 500 shares. Today, I sold CELG at $54.90 for an $830 gain (+3.0%). Yesterday, I bought…

  • Trades and Vanity Performance Stats

    I sold 1000 shares of QID at an average price of $53.86 (entry at $55.50) for a $1640 loss (-2.9%). I covered 200 shares of AAPL at $92.05 (short at $90.10) for a $395 loss (-2.1%). I covered 500 shares of STLD at $41.08 (short at $39.08) for a $1000…

  • Trade Updates: QID, VLO, HAL, LEH, STLD, AAPL

    I was stopped out of my 350 share position of HAL at $30.44 for a $388 loss (-3.7%). I sold 350 shares LEH at $72.71 for a $231 gain (.9%). The total gain for the 700 share position was $696 (+1.4%). I was hoping for a bigger gain, and decided…

  • Trade: Playing the Lehman bounce

    Investment banking stocks such as LEH and MS have been crushed over the past couple of weeks. It’s always risky to go counter to a strong downtrend, but I think LEH is a low risk bounce setup right now. LEH almost broke down below to strong areas of support: the…

  • Another update: QID and HAL

    I bought 350 shares of HAL at $31.55. I bought 500 shares of QID at $56.64. See the last post for the rest of today’s trades.

  • Trade Update: QID, VLO, AAPL, SSRI, STLD

    I sold 1000 shares of QID at $57.21 (entry at an average price of $55.55) for a $1660 gain (+3.0%).I covered 500 shares of SSRI at $29.79 (entry at $32.24) for a $1225 gain (+8.1%). Yesterday I went short 500 shares STLD at $39.08. I am still long 200 shares…

  • Trades: AAPL and VLO

    Today I shorted 200 shares of AAPL at $90.10. Sunday night’s post explains the setup. Yesterday I bought 400 shares of VLO at $60.24. I sold 200 shares today at $61.29 for a $210 gain (+1.7%), and am holding on to the remaining 200 shares. I’ll post a chart later…

  • Today’s Trade: SSRI

    I’ve been eying metal related stocks for a short, and SSRI (Silver Standard Resources, Inc.) seems to be rolling over for a retest of last week’s lows. More than a few elements make this an attractive short. 1. The low volume pullback seems to be stalling right at resistance. 2.…

  • Today’s Trades: VLO and QID

    I covered my 400 share position in VLO at $60.21 (entry at $59.06) for a $460 loss (-1.9%). I bought 500 shares of QID at $55.23. I now have a 1000 share position in QID. Today’s gap up has the look and feel of a “fade the gap” short squeeze…

  • Today’s Trade; VLO and QID

    I’ve traded these stocks so much that past few days, they feel like family. I bought 500 shares of QID at $55.86. I’ve been trading in 1000 share blocks, but I’m not sure that there won’t be more of a bounce in the Q’s, so I’m keeping the position size…

  • Today’s Trade: QID and VLO

    I sold 1000 shares of QID at $57.98 (entry at average price of $55.23) for a $2750 gain (+5.0%). Over the weekend I placed a sell limit order at $57.50. My thinking was if the market opened weak, there would be a bounce later in the day where I could…

  • Today’s Trades: VLO and QID

    I sold 300 shares of VLO at $57.90 (entry at $56.90) for a $300 gain (+1.7%). I still like the stock, but in this market enviroment I’m going with shorter hold times and quick profits. I reserve the right to re-enter. I bought another 500 shares of QID at $55.25.…

  • Trade Update: QID, QID (not a typo) and VLO

    I sold 1000 shares of QID at $56.55 (entry at $53.82) for a $2730 gain (+4.8 %). To be honest, I probably would have held on if it was not for the fact that I had a limit order in place overnight. So I re-entered a few minutes ago. I…

  • How I will play this market and Trades

    Here are the notes I wrote to myself last night: Control your emotions. Do not feel the need to make any big bets or predictions. Do not feel the need to make money out of this fall. It’s okay to make some bets, but make sure to use a small…

  • Quick Update

    I’ve received a number of emails looking for updates. Sorry for the delay, guys. Yesterday was a crazy day. Along with the market tumble, things went haywire at work and my daughter was sick. I hope to have an update within a few hours. I’ve made a number of trades…

  • Trade updates: QID, STLD, GS, VLO, EWZ

    Man, I’m kicking myself for getting rid of QID yesterday! Stupid, stupid, stupid! I hate myself right now. I should have let the trade play out until it hit my target or stop. Micro-managing at its worst. I’m holding on to most of my positions right now, and actually made…

  • Today’s Trades, Watchlist

    I sold all 600 shares of QID at $50.61 (entry at $49.85) for a $456 gain (+1.5%). I exited before hitting my target price. I’m worried that the recent strength in semis could lead to an upward breakout in the Nasdaq. I bought 100 shares of GS at $214.45. It…

  • Today’s Trades: CENX, STLD, RL and LEH

    I’ve had a busy day at work, so I’ll have to detail the trades in more depth tonight. I bought 500 shares of STLD at $40.02, 500 shares of CENX $47.64 and 300 shares of RL at $87.10. I also got stopped out of my 250 shares of LEH at…