Today's Stocks in an Uptrend

[billyjoe]

Mega,
I've got a combination of Mr.Market picks, uptrenders, and my long term dividend reinvestors along with AAPL. Currently 9 winners with 7 between 20 and 83% gains and 4 losers , only 1 over 10%.

Biggest problem is not enough $$ to buy without selling something else and there's nothing to sell, maybe will free up some next week.

On my shorter term trades with Mr.Market and the uptrenders I'll sell at around 15-16% gain (or when the wife secretly increases my life insurance policy) . Earlier if somethings not right with the company and will hold above 16% if it's really hot, like ALTR right now. But I'll probably be out of ALTR before earnings Monday or is it Tuesday?

The reinvesting div. picks, NYB, NJR, HQL, and PM are way up and I'll not sell them. All different sectors, and AAPL won't be sold either.

My portfolio is at a lifetime high or at most .5% off alltime high.

Fewer trades and longer holdtime work well for me but a portion will always be for play money. Still working on optimum buy and sell points.

Options are not for me. I'll stick to my study of common trading until I perfect it.

-------------------billy

[Megafauna]

4/21

NEU, TDSC, BIIB, SLV, TZOO, DBS


-----------billy

So billyjoe are you actually playing these stocks you post almost everyday and are you profiting from them? About what % gain do you average per trade?

Why not just play the calls and profit a LOT more? After all they are stocks in an uptrend?

[billyjoe]

4/21

NEU, TDSC, BIIB, SLV, TZOO, DBS


-----------billy

[billyjoe]

4/20

ALB, PII

---------billy

[billyjoe]

4/19

SINA, WWW, VHC


----------billy

[billyjoe]

4/18

PSLV

---------billy

[riverbabe]

So you were holding those for at least a month?

Did you play the option calls on any of those? You realize the options for stock that goes up 15% would up 100%-300%+!

yes. but I'm not good at options. some people are, some not. got my option stake wiped out once. still have bitter taste. yeah, i've taken the courses, read the books. have hole in my brain also when it comes to certain physics, esp. optics & elect circuits. so, figure options a hole too. playing only to my strenghs.

[em26jamie]

4/15

EXK and BRNC 3X

BRNC is a buy at 11.00 with target of 12.76

-----------billy

BRNC bumped up to 11.00 today because of a buyout agreement with Chesapeake for $315M, or ~$11.00. Not sure how much more this will go up. There is an apparent shareholder investigation over the buyout price brewing though.

[billyjoe]

4/15

EXK and BRNC 3X

BRNC is a buy at 11.00 with target of 12.76

-----------billy

[Megafauna]

no day trades. held on to try for 15%. made it with the majority. sold three with profit before it disappeared when market started tanking a couple of days in a row. turns out was a good thing as they kept going down.

So you were holding those for at least a month?

Did you play the option calls on any of those? You realize the options for stock that goes up 15% would up 100%-300%+!

[riverbabe]

Did you daytrade most of those or any of those? How long were you holding before you sold? Did you profit on ALL of them?

no day trades. held on to try for 15%. made it with the majority. sold three with profit before it disappeared when market started tanking a couple of days in a row. turns out was a good thing as they kept going down.

[billyjoe]

4/14

ACTG, AXU, BTM

-------billy

[Megafauna]

billy, I didn't have enough free cash to buy all of them. I gained on INTT (early sell, small gain), OPLK, NVMI, ICO, MGIC, TQNT but lost on AXTI, which I sold early at 7.24 a month or so ago. ORBK sold at break even in down market.

Overall a gain. But have learned from this that I would have to buy them all to have the best overall gain. Can't cherry pick only winners.

Like MrM's picks, all or none to match his results. Can't cherry pick just a few.
But, both of you are getting great results overall. Your system appears to be working really well. MrM's system is also working well.

Did you daytrade most of those or any of those? How long were you holding before you sold? Did you profit on ALL of them?

[riverbabe]

billy, I didn't have enough free cash to buy all of them. I gained on INTT (early sell, small gain), OPLK, NVMI, ICO, MGIC, TQNT but lost on AXTI, which I sold early at 7.24 a month or so ago. ORBK sold at break even in down market.

Overall a gain. But have learned from this that I would have to buy them all to have the best overall gain. Can't cherry pick only winners.

Like MrM's picks, all or none to match his results. Can't cherry pick just a few.
But, both of you are getting great results overall. Your system appears to be working really well. MrM's system is also working well.

[billyjoe]

I was considering not listing 3X uptrenders under 5.00 since the low priced jobs are so volatile and my list showed that 2 of the biggest losers (ACLS,TIII) started under 5.00. Then I looked up all the 3Xers under 5 and was surprised at the results. 9 out of 65 on the list were first posted at prices between 3.24 and 4.53. Here's what they did.

Date----Stock-----Price----------%Gain/Loss (either current price or high)

9-1------NSU*------4.53----------7.75----+65.6%

11-2-----QTM-----3.24-----------4.45----+37.3

11-23----URZ------3.43----------5.93-----+72.9

12-13----DNN------3.37----------4.52-----+34.1

12-21---ACLS------3.53----------2.24------(36.5)

12-22---FSII-------4.46----------4.10-------(8.1)

1-10----WAVX*-----4.27----------5.31------+23.5

2-7-----INTT------4.06-----------3.94------(3.0)

3-8-----TIII--------3.93----------2.78------(29.3)

*NSU never dropped below 4.68 so that number was used to calculate gain
*WAVX never dropped below 4.30 " " " " "
So I'll keep posting even the under $5 stocks since only 2 were big losers more than redeemed by 5 big winners.

--------------billy