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I haven't been investing in pinchers lately, but wanted to point out that the $INDU looks like it is starting to setup for a pinch.
Out TSTR @ .66
In CENX @ 3.90
Yesterday - "Bought SBGI at 2.115 a few days ago and profitting. Bought FITB yesterday and down so averaged down to 2.79 Bought UFI this morning at 1.73 and has moved up to 1.84 up .15 as I write."
Today as I write SBGI up 13.48%, FITB up 24%, UFI up 8.1%.
Yesterday - "In the case of my last loss MI not enough time has passed to determine a high for the stock - usually within 2 weeks."
Originally bought MI at 7.16 sold at 5.99, spiked today to 7.84
Summary: Of the 18 stocks I bought and sold since Dec 5, I lost money on four by selling too soon and should not have lost money on ANY, had I waited long enough (8 days).
* This is not a recommnedation to buy or sell stocks.
Bought SBGI at 2.115 a few days ago and profitting. Bought FITB yesterday and down so averaged down to 2.79 Bought UFI this morning at 1.73 and has moved up to 1.84 up .15 as I write.
I did a spreadsheet off all of my trades and what I found is that in most cases I did not keep the stocks long enough and as a result only achieved a small percent of the potential profit.
I am targeting keeping the stocks for roughly 4 to 8 days depending on technicals.
Of the 13 stocks purchased I had a loss on 3 which only occurred due to selling too soon. Two were ultimately were up 26% and 147% respectively.
In the case of my last loss MI not enough time has passed to determine a high for the stock - usually within 2 weeks.
Also, if I buy into a pincher I will probably average down as the planned and most frequent result is an ultimate rise in the stock price.
Best Regards
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Sold out of MI at 5.99 pretty significant loss of 15%.
No patience, trading at 6.35 now so recovering.
Bought some TRGL at average price of 2.70
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I think MI is trying to put in a bottom.
I bought early at 7.16
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Junkie Note
I have my buy order at $0.30 and will set my sell order at $0.45 for a 50% gain.
ABTL is on watch this morning, if the chart turns then I expect an easy 50% on this one. However, be very careful with this one, as with all stock this is could be very dangerous right now.
ABTL ($0.3712)
Watching ABTL for an entry point on Monday. This company shows no long term debt and no short term debt. I suspect the drop in PPS is going to be short lived.
Got lucky today....
I had bought HEV at 4.85 it dropped to 3.85 and recovered today to a high of 4.99 (one trade)closing at 4.75
I sold at 4.98 while I was gone.
Technically it should go higher tomorrow, due to this being the first day that the stock has turned up.
* This is not a recommendation to buy or sell HEV.
From what I have seen, pinchers in a bear market do not produce as accurately or as explosively as they do in a bull market.
From what I have seen, pinchers in a bear market do not produce as accurately or as explosively as they do in a bull market.
Question for you....
CNBC guests have said that until the last few days the market has been trending up since Nov 20 , 2008.
I have only been investing in "pinchers" since about the end of November.
My question is, How do Pinchers behave when the market trend is down? Do they still recover just not as strongly?
TIA
Everything is very slow lot of apprehension. Santa Claus rally faded, maybe a run up to Obama inauguration.
Sorry to hear that, hopefully things will turn for you. I haven't had enough time to watch the market today, and I won't have much time tomorrow either (sigh).
HEV - Not very well at all. MSFG looks like it is turning.
There seems to be a general sell off in the penny stocks.
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How's the HEV doing?
Finally bought some HEV at 4.85
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Looks like HEV still tracking lower at 5.20 but so far has had higher lows for the day.
Daily indictators have not turned yet.
So hard to tell.
I know that after trading for years that you never catch the top and you never catch the bottom.
It looks like HEV has just bottomed at 5.04 now 5.37 Ask.
I will not be buying, waiting for funds to settle.
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Never get down if you made profit. Make a note of why you exited where you did, then follow up with it later and see if you were following the indicators properly.
The best that we can hope for is to continue learning this world of stocks.
I really need to work on my timing GGC just popped up another .20 to 1.68 - 1.70
Excellent gains my friend, keep up the good work!
Closed GNBT and GGC positions today...
GNBT Bought .3097 Sold .3404 Incr 10%
GGC Bought 1.03 Sold 1.485 Incr 44%
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Agreed, I'm watching it right now, along with some others, but what I notice is that it does not want to go below the 50DMA to easily, that seems to be support.
As long as it keeps trending upwards, we will be fine. Looking at the 15 minute chart shows that it is beginning to base here and that the other indicators are turning up; however, it should be noted that the 15 minute chart is not a good base, just a good start.
Until I see the 60 minute chart turn up, I think we stay at about this level until the next uprising.
cycc just needs some buys and we will be off to the races!
i mean insiders and hwedge funds added a ton at .42!
This will be higher.. just a matter of time!
My watch list for today...
UMPQ, BABY, LSC, BORL
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thanks!
Nice to a board!
It will have its day very soon .. hopefully. Anyways, welcome to the board.
nice myself as well!
OT FYI - FEEC hit .28
Got to go for a while.
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CYCC though not a pincher appears to be in the first correction of an up trend.
FYI - My FEEC hit .26 today, a long term investment for me. May be starting to run this morning - has the characteristics.
* this is not a recommendation to buy or sell.
Small and micro-caps have been strong and continue to be today (so far) and typically are the first to recover. Consequently, it appears to be a "Bear Market" rally.
Hopefully it will last a while.
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CPWM looking good today as is GGC (spiked to 1.32, now 1.10 up .06)GNBT trying to move up.
Link to chart but activity delayed:
http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=GGC&p=D&yr=0&mn=5&dy=0&id=p11788318197&a=155271931&listNum=1
Real hard to pick a bottom, CPWN turned up at end of yesterday in the last hour .75 to .93 I bought GGC and it turned down from 1.06 to 1.00 closing at 1.04.
Today all are up.
Good morning, looks real nice!
ARIA looking pretty good at this level.
These look really good!
Theory # 10001 (Day 1, Friday - January 2, 2009):
Stocks Between: $1.00 and $1.50:
A01. BBI
Day 1: $1.30 (+3.17%)
Day 2: $1.47 (+13.08%)
Day 3: $1.59 (+8.16%)
A02. DTG
Day 1: $1.23 (+12.84%)
Day 2: $1.30 (+5.69%)
Day 3: $1.58 (+21.54%)
A03. EMKR
Day 1: $1.08 (-16.92%)
Day 2: $1.11 (+2.78%)
Day 3: $1.40 (+26.13%)
A04. GBE
Day 1: $1.12 (-9.68%)
Day 2: $1.16 (+3.57%)
Day 3: $1.28 (+10.34%)
A05. GPK
Day 1: $1.25 (+9.65%)
Day 2: $1.18 (-5.60%)
Day 3: $1.17 (-0.85%)
A06. ICOG
Day 1: $1.01 (-10.62%)
Day 2: $1.18 (+16.83%)
Day 3: $1.10 (-6.78%)
A07. LEA
Day 1: $1.52 (+7.80%)
Day 2: $1.76 (+16.79%)
Day 3: $2.01 (+14.20%)
A08. MTSN
Day 1: $1.34 (-4.96%)
Day 2: $1.32 (-1.49%)
Day 3: $1.42 (+7.58%)
A09. PWER
Day 1: $1.28 (+7.56%)
Day 2: $1.35 (+5.47%)
Day 3: $1.35 (+0.00%)
Stocks Between: $1.50 and $2.00:
A10. ARTG
Day 1: $1.88 (-2.59%)
Day 2: $1.95 (+3.72%)
Day 3: $1.96 (+0.51%)
A11. GU
Day 1: $1.90 (+3.26%)
Day 2: $2.29 (+20.53%)
Day 3: $2.37 (+3.49%)
A12. TIV
Day 1: $1.95 (+8.33%)
Day 2: $1.77 (-9.23%)
Day 3: $1.71 (-3.39%)
Stocks Between: $2.00 and $2.50:
A13. CNB
Day 1: $2.13 (+2.90%)
Day 2: $2.10 (-1.41%)
Day 3: $2.43 (+15.71%)
A14. DFT
Day 1: $2.39 (+15.46%)
Day 2: $2.75 (+15.06%)
Day 3: $3.68 (+33.82%)
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Day 1 % Gain / Loss: +26.20%
Day 2 % Gain / Loss: +84.79%
Day 3 % Gain / Loss: +130.46%
As long as your are making money, that is all that matters. Keep up the great work. Also, the IBox changed some. I hope that you like it.
Provide any input you feel will help.
Sold my XOMA at .75
Bought some GGC at 1.03 average. Huge block came through of close to 50,000 shares. Result was a price drop to 1.00, now steady buying of 100 shares has moved price to 1.05
Bought a few shares of GNBT at .3097 average price.
* This not a recommendation to buy or sell.
Very uncertain of GNBT, so will watch for now.
BBI looks good still, even after three days of pop. Be careful and fast though with this one.
If you do buy GBNT be careful, some of the indicators still are showing a down trend; this is not to scare you out or anything.
You seem to be doing pretty well on your own thus far and that is awesome!
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