APOL

Well, that was a short day.. I entered APOL short below the 3rd bar and got sopped out for -1R loss on the 6th bar. I also picked SNDA for a short but it’s not borrowable (again). I think half my short picks end up as stock not borrowable.

The Perfect Place

A lot of people ask me about my impressions of country X vs. country Y, so I decided to think about and describe my ideal place based on the best of each country I’ve lived and worked in over the last decade or so. This ideal place would then have the following characteristics:
New Zealand’s
Company’s corporate […]

LOW

The market was going up this morning so I was looking long. My top candidates were GNBT and NVAX however they didn’t give a dummy spot in the morning. NVAX did setup towards noon time but by then I went with LOW. I don’t normally trade NYSE stocks simply since there are a lot of […]

Stocktickr is Live

I just noticed Stocktickr has come out of Beta and is now live. Anyone can sign up for the basic service which lets you track your trade ideas and see what other traders are buying and selling. If you want to add to that a more advanced tool which simulates real trading more closely and […]

No trades

Didn’t trade on Friday, I was planning to but was totally buggered after a week-long vacation of drinking sessions, 15 hours travel on Wednesday and a crazy day of fire-fighting in the office.

AMED

Market was looking weak in the morning so I was looking to short. Entered AMED on a break below the 5th bar but as the market picked up so did AMED which stopped me out on the 9th bar for a -1R loss.

Unusual Number of Prints

Trade-Ideas have added a new alert for Unusual Number of Prints. This type of prints measure is one of my main indicators for trade selection, helps find the crowds and the action.
I use IB’s Top Trade Rate scanner for this but it’s always good to see another tool offering this valuable indicator. The only other […]

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