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Position Update
GRMN (long), POT (short), SDS, AAPL (short), DRYS (long), AMZN (short), LMT (short), VPRT (short)
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Quickie Game Plan
The market’s very extended. The low risk trade right now is to short with a tight, logical stop. Aside from RIMM, and possibly DRYS tomorrow, I am not looking to get long. My current short positions are SPY via SDS, AAPL, LMT and AMZN (pair trade with RIMM)
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The Obvious Line
The chart below shows the obvious breakout-breakdown level. A break below that level would mark a failed breakout. See my last post on current strategy.
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Bearish Engulfing Pattern Forming in X
A bearish engulfing pattern is forming in X right near resistance. This trade is easily managed by shorting the next intra day bounce, placing a stop above today’s high with a target near the 50 day moving average.
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Follow Me On Twitter
I am now going to start posting market thoughts and trades on twitter when I don’t have time to post to the site. See the sidebar to the right.
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Partial Profits in SDS
I took partial profits in SDS at $60.22. I’ve been unwinding my shorts that were based on a market pullback and looking for longs to setup in the coming days.
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7 New Additions to the Focus List
Here are the new additions to my focus list. All require pullbacks.
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Monday Short
While I am still bullish on the market, I am looking to short on a very short term time frame. The market is overbought and nearing resistance. I will only short strength that moves strong to the February highs.
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Correcton: Overbought Market
In the previous post I said the market is oversold. Obviously I meant it is overbought. Thanks to those who commented and e-mailed me.
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USD
One of my favorite bottom plays going into yesterday’s bounce was USD (semiconductor ETF). While I am still holding a partial positions, it’s now moved right into resistance. I may add to it on a pullback.
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Update
For those wondering why I haven’t posted much lately, I’ve been ill and have spent little time on the computer. I am holding SSO and GOOG, was recently stopped out of MOS and took profits in USO.
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Elite Traders Are Not Afraid to Fail
I have started group and private chats with subscribers, and one thing that keeps coming up is how afraid many are of taking small losses. This makes them gun shy when a low risk trade is there for the taking. Here is a previous post that encapsulated my thoughts on…
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Trade Review and Video
I am working on my trade review and results and hope to have them posted some time tomorrow. Trade Report members should expect a video tomorrow, along with the Trade Report.
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New Feature: Trade Stats and Review
I plan to do a better job this year of posting stats of the trades that I post here and, more importantly, review the trades post trade. Check back tonight or tomorrow morning.