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soooooooooooooooo what are you trading Jer? : )
Whats the good word TS? Ihub.. tooo funny. those were the days..
stay well
hey- once a mooch? always a mooch : )
I did ADSK and JWN.. ADSK cost me .70, and JWN gained me 1. Im really digging this gap fade..
Just not so sure I know what to do with the rest of my day.. 9:40 and its over.. have a great weekend Susan!
gee I was getting worried.. your late today : )
Its funny because I have 3 sites I use to get premarket gapper/tankers? but each of those is so unreliable its a battle each day to get what I need.. but when all else fails? I come here and you never miss a day.. Add that iou to my credit...
Ill be doing DCI and ADSK gap fades today probably.. or JWN.. not sure which ones better JWN or ADSK... flip a coin..
Ya just gotta love this...
AIG selling $6 billion of AIA shares, to repay bail-out
So let me see if I got this.... we fraud billions, and now 'we, the stupid people' basically bought shares to pay back the fraud debt... Amazing.. simply amazing.. All those fund managers have to rush to buy - wow, what a show they are putting on for us..
AD- this is becoming the greatest show in the history of mankind- the old Roman SEnate would feel dirty if they saw this display.. and given the indices performance this year you have to really wonder when or if its ever going to end? may your god continue to bless this world and its sheep with ignorance beyond belief... amazing.. glad I bought a ticket to this show- hope I dont live to catch the end because this cant have a happy ending outside of these fabricated conclusions...
sooo I take it you came into today loaded up- margin and all on the long side? I mean, because lets face it- it was so obvious with all the broken charts yesterday that we would have a 250 point rally right?
grrrrrrrrrrrr!! I had 1 long.. and 1 short.. thankfully my short was RHT after earnings so I was able to wiggle out for break even... RHT is going lower me thinks fwiw but im flat for now.. Im really REALLY digging this idea of pre/post market trading- wish I could send you a bottle of wine as a thank you but you may have to settle for a written thank you :)
I have been mooching off this thread for quite some time- I owe you and others alot of thanks.. Tough market.. ready to start 2012 and end this year : )
o/t- Good stuff in that posting AD, thanks!
I enjoyed the small cap/momentum immunity for a long time so it was only a matter of time before that dried up along with everything else.. Everything coming down to just a few key stocks and if thats how I have to play in 2012 so be it? but its just so boring you know? I guess I kinda like looking at the stories and the latest and greatest 50% mover.. CAT, IBM... maybe ill actually have time to get a life if I start playing them ; 0
I caught a nice daytrade on MAGS yesterday- Remember Zeev use to play that? but catching trades like that these days very rare.. but still, all the complaining im doing? Im still pretty happy all things considered that my account hasnt taken many big hits.. would be nice to actually 'make' gains but lets face it- this has been one tough year.. what Id give for just 1 week where we dont have a monster gap or crap- just one week : )
I need to get into Yoga.. with all the stress? I have been doing a ton of hiking and I started getting edgy/moody/anxious, only to find out that if you push too hard? your body will thank you for a hard workout with anxiety and a horrible mood.. I guess im getting old. Hiking not the cure all anymore.. Funny you mention reading- I was thinking books on tape while sitting here during the day might not be a bad idea...
o/t- Ico- but hey, we know the justice system will work and Corzine will be locked up for life real soon... Ok ok too early for a joke like that : )
I was just thinking of you as I turned a small closet in the house into a little bedroom for my Althena.. Shes finally learning to tolerate me- wow, its been almost a year... Im thinking whenever/if ever I get some spare cash I may get Her one of those really cool kitty play houses.. My last cat didnt like to be in closed spaces or under covers, but this gal is completely different and alot of times I have to be carefull when sitting down because if She can get under something? She does.. Security I guess :0
Ok.. Im selling the few momo longs I had overnight and heading out for a hike.. not much I can do with a 2-300 point open and Im too scared to take a TZA or QID this early.. Make some money off this insanity will ya???
: )
Morning AD : )
Been one tough year, and thats an understatement.. I guess the only positive for me was that although I didnt make a dime this year? I didnt get taken out of the game.. I just cant seem to make and hold any gains, like trying to run on a conveyer belt : )
Kinda like today.. who went home loaded up with shares long last night? and if they did, id have to ask them why? Man oh man I wish we could go back to the days where you didnt have to turn on the tv every 15 minutes to see if we are headed for an up 200 or down 200 open.. The last few months- just to reduce stress? when I wake up I dont even turn on the tv or computer.. Ill do my routine or go for a morning walk/hike, and whatever it is at 9-9:30? so be it..heck, between 6am-9:30 it usually changes about 2-3 times anyhow..
Bring on 2012... I have had enough of this one... : 0
HEya Ico/Thread! boy.. reading about Gerald CElente and his MF global money... wow.. I mean, how humbling is that?? Cant get that out of my head all morning even tho it isnt recent news... I love that guy Celente..This market is not being selective with who it rips off/cheats thats for sure...
gapper - SPY
: ) ok ok im kidding but cmon... I want some of what this market is smoking, geeesh!?!?!
What the heck is up with Gold????
gapper - USU
just because im long, and its strong here if it can hold into the close.. USEG another nice looker... m
Ico from the way my momo screen looks? it appears they are just hitting anything/everything that had recent 'juice'..
Im going to regret not getting majorly loaded on the bearish side here, but the technicals just dont support what I think is coming.. but how can any news out of europe be good? regardless of what they do..its a lose lose.. I think the markets just been so eager to go up that it approached this 1250 in such a fragile fashion..
I have a small TZA position since a little goes a long way.., I have reduced all my longs to small trackers.. I think the most frustrating part about this market the last 3-6 months is I cant get any size in anything im doing because its all just such a guessing game.. a true gamble..
sooo hard lately.. bbut the positive being im in better shape then ever before- sometimes banging out 2 hikes in a day hehe... I need to buy that metal detector to keep myself busy, im just afraid to have run ins with the local rangers.. NJ is very anti-metal detector.. what else is new..
I need to know when the price of aluminum starts moving pal.. then I can start hiking with a 'mission'.. to collect cans for a living : )
When I was much younger alot of my buddies got into the electrical union and as journeymen they would let them take home the spare copper wire? so the deal was, I would skin it so we got full price and then we cut the 'take' in half.., paid for soooo many vacations in those days.. Id give anything these days to see my buddy backing up his truck and dumping off 1000lbs of thick wire...
Hey- do people still pan for gold??? : 0
Looks like this morning gold has once again become the safety as futures are getting slammed.. So happy to see us set to tank this morning even tho I have nada on the short side? We really need to just wash this out.. ahhh geesh, you know I checked the futes about 15 minutes ago and just now as I sent this I rechecked and they put in a huge bounce.. Unreal.. sooooo sick of these bounces and greece saved over and over and over..
Glad to see gold strong tho, maybe get some trades in on these.. I took a beating early last week on the gold drop but overall they have been providing me with a good trading vehicle so no ill will there : 0
MWM funny you say that- I was just reading the moderator on one of the paysites I use and he just posted something very similar.. and heck, look at all the Chinese stocks that trade here- almost all of them are scams..
I think your right on with this..
You watching this?
I mean.. are you really watching this circus?? holy toledo.. just when you thought you saw it all... bam slam...
Im hiding under my desk kiddo.. hope your making cash scalping this insanity...
o/t-
dont forget, the end of the world IS in fact coming again.. this time on October 21st.. and apparently THIS time its real...
Just saying.. dont shoot the messenger.. you know god cut off my direct communication with him years ago so hes not giving me any hints.. but you know what? he sucks as a friend anyhow so who cares... friends like that who needs enemies.. at least thats what I told him last time we spoke..
: )
Starting to look that way- I took small QID shares, and will tip toe into it.. So hard to have conviction and put down any size bets in this slop/circus of a market tho.. so so hard..
but you can clearly cut the frustration out there with a knife... I find it so hard to believe this is all going to resolve to the upside.. and I still think the next leg down is going to be measured in 1000 point dow moves daily, not this silly -200/-300... the machines everyone goes so out of their way to support and cheer about are going to leave this market high and dry when the music stops.. im convinced of that..
I really believe the only thing holding this market up is that the fundamentals are so poor everyones stumbling over themselves to short, which explains why even a rumor of a phone call to Greece from Germany creates a 400 point rally.. This market is beyond broken.. nuff said...
hey Renshen? hows life treating you! I wont ask about the market : )
seems the only thing I can do right lately is sit it out.. im definately taking about 1/8th the amount of trades I use to average..Mostly just trade the first hour and last hour... I simply cant find the pulse of this market so all I can do is play it safe and only take my favorite setups.. SDS and TZA have been great to me- mostly just overnight swings with super small shares.. A little goes a long way when you keep havbing these huge gap up/down moves..
Stay safe.. this is pure slop....
o/t-
forgot I wanted to share this with you.. Saw this on saturday morning- was 2 cubs playing right alongside the trail I walk on.. I dont know much about nature, but I do know I didnt want to stick around long so I just snapped this, it came out crappy but you get the point.. Figure I made it this far in life despite doing alot of dumb things? sure dont want to die being ripped apart by bear : 0
http://s303.photobucket.com/albums/nn138/paulaaa1234/?action=view¤t=b.jpg
this is a sick market...
gold about all im playing here... I think the only thing holding this market up is the fact that almost everyone realizes just how terrible things are both with the economy and the market action..
just saying
looks like the entire market followed suit into the close.. toooo funnny...The problem now is everyone (wisely so) has become a flipper... CXDC had that seller for weeks, but there wasnt much volume so apparently that was/is his only trigger as you can see on a previous runup.. He simply doesnt want to sell it below 5 so he just takes all he can and then stops once the volume dries or he crushes the price back to $5.. fundamentally a very cheap stock, but we know what that gets you in this game : )
I sold the shares I bought on the break and took a nice loss on those, but the core stays unless it drops under $5.. Thats one thing I do like about thinsters is you you play/watch it long enough you pretty much know whos doing what and how they care to do it.. I thought todays move would clear him but it didnt...
Carl has a break over 1200 in his forcast.. wonder if we see that? Hard to hold anything long or short at this point.. the frustration level is so high..
CXDC- that same type of intrade thing happened to me yesterday on UAN.. makes it real hard because you know I chase the volume highs and bam it got slammed.. lucky on that one the seller got finished and it made new highs and all was fine under the sun..
CXDC not very liquid so that seller just crushed it.. its funny, they just want out at all cost and once volume comes in theyll take what they can.. Im obviously still long but I highly doubt we will see the gapper play I was hoping for..
Such a sick market.. and yet its up 200 fueled by a handfull of stocks such as AAPL... zzzzzzz at least im still psychic and I clear as day can see a liquor store in my future.. somewhere around 4-4:15... yup, its clear as day.. I can see myself walking straight to the fridge for the 12 pack.. : ) : )
sorry.. just hadda complain.. they spiked that one right in my face hehe
hehe shoulda said tanker instead of gapper..
what a market... so much for that trade :)
geithner on cramer.. was I still intoxicated? or was that for real...
its like- its like a circus :0
Gapper - CXDC
been playing this one for a while and its been a real nice, low float but low volatily play with excellent fundamentals.. in this market thats about as odd as an ablino squirrel.. Dont laugh hehe theres one where I hike but whenever I see him/her I dont have my freakn camera : )
CXDC not a daytrade.. only post my swings here now which is actually pretty much all I do..I very rarely day trade anymore, tired of competing against la-machine.. edit- all my swings ARE short term still of course, some things wont ever change but not more 5 minute scalpers..
Hey I was wondering, does Tokyo Joe even exist anymore? remember him??
will you look at this? I didnt realize an earthqwake dip was the dip to buy.. holy toledo.. cant wait for the aftershocks for another 100 point move..
SDS looking real good.. but Im going to wait, not taking it today..
o/t- funny thing, im miffed I didnt feel the earthqwake? but whats funnier is now you cant even make a phone call in NJ.. all the lines are stretched with bored people making phone calls to talk about how they felt it blah blah...
Market shook it off.. it was a buy after all :)_
weird- felt nothing here in my part of NJ...
Just what we need- a rare earthqwake in this neck of the woods so now all the end of the world jerks will get on soapboxes.. again.. I think the world is supposed to end now on october 21st, right? They keep changing it of course.. but this is the sign!!!
: )
I remember several times over the last few years you told me that and funnier still I choose to somewhat ignore it because I was addicted to the scalping and being active.. Took some time to break that habbit but as the account kept sinking it too started to sink into my head.. Now I remember your words very clearly.. wish I listened earlier :0
Hey- I dont spend enough time here.. I just noticed as your message was sent to me a little box appeared on my screen telling me there was a message.. now THATS pretty dang cool..
you know there definately is something to be said for trading alot less.. I think Teresa lo use to push that big time- why take 5-10 trades in a day when you can take maybe 1-3 setups.. It definately allows me to compose myself alot more and takes alot of stress off too..
My streamer is about 80% gold/silver plays.. theres a first :0
amazing BAC.. I have too much time on my hands right now- im not much for scalping anymore so really im being forced to just sit on the sidelines here. Playing some golds here and there, but being super selective with my longs.. Im watching SDS here for a reload maybe later in the day but this market sure seems strong..
WETF is one of my longs.. they do etfs.. figure thats a good story stock right about now. Id go out for a liquid lunch but kinda hard when gains arent plentifull :)
If I had a dime for every person on CNBC/Bloomberge this week saying we WONT see a double dip.. and of course it goes without saying I believe we are already in one, and heck they know that too..
BAC barely clinging to life here.. 6.01 low.. geeesh!
Im really enjoying your postings on MS fwiw.. Thanks..
You said it best last night- whats worth owning here? One big mess this all is.. Everyone praised the high frequency criminals/slimebags last week because they showed an orderly decline but just wait until there is REAL fear and panic you watch how fast they pull those plugs.. Americans will be sitting in their 9-5 cubicals in utter disbelief seeing the dow down 3-4000 points, 401k money gone... The buy and hold mentallity is going to destroy millions of lives I believe real soon..
geesh futes just plummeted even more- I gotta admit, I certainly didnt expect this kinda drop!
Kiddo I am now long a monster position SDS..
A swing, not a 1-2 day trade.. I have no doubt the PPT and all these computers will keep trying to ramp us.. but seriously, what on this planet is worth owning right here?
remember TASR? and they would get on CNBC with black shirts, black panths looking like some militant group.. I swear those guys just watched their chart all day and plugged it constantly whenever the TA issued a buy : 0
I was just thinking.. right now this market needs a boring day.. Im praying tomorrow surprises everyone and we have a really tight range.. A tall order ahead of the weekend but sure would like to stop these monster swings..