Stenzrob's specials

Bought some OMCL today at $24.30.

Executed a few small flips on OMCL the last few days, selling at $24.55 on Tuesday, buying it back again at $24.24 on Wednesday, and sold again today at $24.49. I was bored.

The difference is enough to cover commissions plus the short term cap gains tax, and I sometimes get back in just a smidge cheaper.

Each in/out trade has been for only 1%. But, the original buy was at $24.30, and it closed today at $24.36 (+0.25%). Meanwhile, my two trades have netted +2%.

Bought some AOB today at $9.40.

Bought some OMCL today at $24.30.

Couldn't resist. Got a piece of VDSI back at $26.15.
Either it will bounce off the 50 day, or it won't.

Back out at $27. Pocket change.

Well, in hindsight, 8/9 seems like a good day to have gone mostly to cash.

VDSI, sold at $31.40, is now down to $27.45. <-12.6%>
It's nice to do something right every now and thin.

This partially makes up for my misadventure with QID back in late February. As panicy as the market looks right now, I have no intention of betting against it again via an inverse fund like QID.

Couldn't resist. Got a piece of VDSI back at $26.15.
Either it will bounce off the 50 day, or it won't.

Sold my VDSI position today at $31.40.
The VDSI chart looks like a climax peak, just as the market is getting really volatile. Now I'm only holding SCLD and $cash.

Well, in hindsight, 8/9 seems like a good day to have gone mostly to cash.

VDSI, sold at $31.40, is now down to $27.45. <-12.6%>
It's nice to do something right every now and thin.

This partially makes up for my misadventure with QID back in late February. As panicy as the market looks right now, I have no intention of betting against it again via an inverse fund like QID.

Sold my VDSI position today at $31.40.
The VDSI chart looks like a climax peak, just as the market is getting really volatile. Now I'm only holding SCLD and $cash.

Nice trade! What's next? I kinda liked your BLUD long position.... I was envious of your entry and told myself that it might be worth a shot. Just my thought, but it might still have some steam to rise at least to the old highs if can't make a new one.

What do you think of HANS?

HANS looks good, peanuts. Not ridiculously overvalued, and nearing a high after a year of basing.

BLUD was starting to look like a head and shoulders to me. It just hasn't followed through well after that recent jump. What's next? I'm not sure yet, gonna' have to run through some screens and such. I am still holding VDSI and SCLD.

[peanuts]

I keep learning the same lesson over and over about letting winners run.... If I had just held the original position, I would be up 158%. When I sold, there was no good reason to, other than that there was money to be made elsewhere. Some of those "elsewhere's" worked out for me, some not so much.

Sold BLUD today for about a 7% gain.
It just looks like it's run out of steam.

Nice trade! What's next? I kinda liked your BLUD long position.... I was envious of your entry and told myself that it might be worth a shot. Just my thought, but it might still have some steam to rise at least to the old highs if can't make a new one.

What do you think of HANS?

Sold BLUD today for about a 7% gain.
It just looks like it's run out of steam.

[Nummerkins]

And I've just had my first lesson in this. Before I read your reply I re-purchased this morning and I'm up 1.5%, but I missed out on close to 4% simply because I sold.

Same here. Sold today for a 17.1% gain. I exceeded my 15% target so I cashed out. I'm sure it had more growth potential as it was breaking the 52-week high for the better part of the day and they seem to be snapping up bank customers left and right. There's always money to be made elsewhere

I keep learning the same lesson over and over about letting winners run. I first bought VDSI back in Dec 2006 at $12.00. Sold that in January 2007 at $14.35, a 19.5% gain. Bought again on June 1 for $23.09, having missed quite a bit of the run, and am currently up just over 34%. If I had just held the original position, I would be up 158%. When I sold, there was no good reason to, other than that there was money to be made elsewhere. Some of those "elsewhere's" worked out for me, some not so much.

[Nummerkins]

I love VDSI.

Same here. Sold today for a 17.1% gain. I exceeded my 15% target so I cashed out. I'm sure it had more growth potential as it was breaking the 52-week high for the better part of the day and they seem to be snapping up bank customers left and right. There's always money to be made elsewhere

I love VDSI.

I was holding VDSI, BLUD and AEIS as they all reported recently.
AEIS disappointed, but the other two did nicely enough.

I shoulda' dumped AEIS as soon as they reported, finally got around to it today.

Plan to hold the other two for at least another quarter. Also still holding SCLD.

Sometimes it's best to just stop the bleeding. When I sold AEIS on 7/31, it was for a 28% loss at $17.82. Since then, it's down another $2.00, or a bit more than 10% from where I dumped it. I get the tax writeoff on my loss, and if I feel like it after 30 days, I should still be able to pick it up for less than I sold.

VDSI and BLUD are both up about 10% since then, and SCLD still has the potential to take off again.