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EFII found bottom at Tues close; oversold bounce begun
look at vol spikes on Tues before Turkey day & last Mon and at the close on Tuesday.
steady buying today turned the short term oscillator
those gaps obviously are troublesome and have not checked the news to see why EFII has been chopped up. will probably check the filings later.
btw last night's oversold pick PFSW did finally come back to the 8dy BB top at 3.08. so many issues are formful on that indicator. if it can complete the cup/handle thingie you'd be back in Y2K looking for support/resistance points!
off the wall rant: MDT
why don't they do the AT&T thing and break the puppy up into it's many operating segments. the sum of the parts must be worth WAAAYYY more than it's whole. cardiac pacing, vascular, neurology, urology, spinal systems yada yada yada
oops ....violating my own dictum of more signal less noise....sry
DFIB CNBC report: analyst @"Lazard Freres" states he owns DFIB outright
states that as a pure play DFIB is better positioned than Philips or Medtronic...obviously
CPST acting well on volume breaking highs of last 2 months
my buy point was a week ago but on vacation so am a voyeur at the moment
PFSW eclipses short term target at top of 8dy BB in 10'
blood sub sector: HMSL BPUR NFLD on recent tear
NFLD furthest along toward profitability
HMSL has world class Meadowpine facility in Mississauga Ontario but had setback re. adverse events with it's "Hemolink" HBOC (hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier)
HMSL
BPUR had even worse problems than HMSL but hit 3WS scan, up 10% today
PFSW Heavy buying 2nd hour of the day;
hit oversold scan
SUMU http://www.summus.com
The Wall Street Journal Mobile from WSJ Online
play demo on middle of homepage...can get charts & graphs, most actives
FD: long in both LT and trading accounts
as previously stated...buy a comfortable chunk and don't watch for next few months
SUMU news at 9am today http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/041130/305467_1.html
should be interesting
thx for your vacation directive :)
rebought CNXT near close as it was an obvious oversold scan hit
when i got back from airport
ECGI waking up
ASTM will probably demonstrate followthrough on stemcell coattails
ARTX hits oversold scan
what a rapid cycler. notice how troughs and peaks in the 432 are mirrored in the share price movement in the uptrend since early August. i refer to these patterns as formful
"as usual, if you decide to take this mission and are caught in a loss, this Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your existence"
http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv/mission-impossible.wav
MOBE shareholder lawsuit stemming from loss of Fellowes distribution a year ago was dismissed per an 8K on the 12th. seems like a weight has been lifted.
now this is a set of indicators (adapted from kgoodrich's seasonality profile):
NFLX 4Q guidance positive; SFE also still owns a chunk of EMRG
was getting a haircut yesterday and told stylist that NFLX had a nice biz model at a fairly reasonable monthly fee...had just heard a new commercial on the radio.
did i follow my tout with a buy before the close today? noooo :)
the future is in live ondemand broadband delivery, but there's $ to be made before that day.
SFE: missed the change in accounting when scanning a 10Q for SFE. they held 7.524 million shares of EMRG valued at .86/share at September's end. They've just gotten a $6 million asset goose on paper in the last 2 weeks on this holding alone. I thought they had a "mad cow" investment...hmmmm
FD: own SFE in a LT account
SFE has some 25 million shares of CVSN
at beginning of year i looked for delayed trading opportunities in SFE when it was slow to move on ADSX & EMRG news, but it wasn't a game that smallfry me could play well at the time
TXCC ASTM finishing at HOD on a bit of vol
SFE this "tech incubator holding company"
has or had positions both in ADSX and PACW so it's sp movement is linked to the performance of their holdings. they have a chunk 57% as of 6/30 of CVSN too. check the 10K/Qs. playing CVSN directly might be better. it's really been clobbered and may be rounding itself up for oversold gains.
btw, the mad cow plays like get overheated easily. took gain this a.m. in DOC from low 4s.
EELN after lunch crowd nibbling
NGPS iconoawesome intermediate legs? alltimehigh
Need 2 week plays help!
going on vacation after close tomorrow. will be exiting all my ST swing plays and looking for 2 week type plays that don't require minute by minute tending. pls ideas?
am considering SANM FDRY MRY TKO AWRE SSTI FLSH
am holding newly CREAF VSEC
thx
MRY on AMEX new HOY on vol; ASTM bottom yesterday?
longerterm view
ASTM midpoint from most recent high in mid1.60s to yesterday's low in mid.80s means 1.20 on 50% retrace bounce. worth watching for volume. other MAs: 8=1.02 55=1.04 13=1.10
CPTH good call deedee
CPTH good call deedee
MRVC going targets: 4.20 4.50 HOY 5.00 (not today)
EFJI BEAS MRVC
spoke with the broker who got me started in EFJI. told me that the margins on this latest contract are in the 80% range.
part of the Transcrpyt segment
http://www.efji.com/news_releases.asp
BEAS retesting pivot...expect some bounce
MRVC digested it's recent move...now ready for more? don't know if there is a wall at 4
EFJI news today
right technology in right sector...own in LT acc't...worth your DD when you have time
CREAF news looks bright..yet another icono-metric forecast
had .50 of fade following yesterday am's accumulation high
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/quotes.asp?ticker=creaf
EELN nice when a big mover early shows buying late
looks like there's more to come...thx
VVUS IRIS
VVUS 3WS
IRIS particularly interesting is the technical divergence of higher sp highs being made at successively lower highs in the 432s over the past month. this one hit an oversold scan tonite.
AUDC also hit the 3WS...looking great now that i've left 5% on the table...It's interesting that 2 weeks ago when they announced that convertible the share price took a hit, but nary a whimper when they announced that an additional 25% was subscribed for on Tuesday. Oh well...still long in the LT acc't.
Thx for your detailed reply re. my comments about posting bare tickers.
I understand that in fast trending markets and issues time is of the essence. I, of course, was not suggesting that "tickers without substantiation" means the poster isn't a serious chart watcher. If it sounded that way pls pardonnez moi.
Here is the top of our Ibox:
"***Welcome to the ChartStalker Board***
MAKE SURE YOU SIGN UP FOR OUR EMAIL LIST NEWSLETTER WILL BE FORTHCOMING
WE STALK CHARTS HERE SO POST THEM WITH YOUR COMMENTARY WHY YOU THINK THE STOCK IS GOING TO MOVE."
... It is requested that you post your entry price; however, you do not have to post your exit price. Each trader has different levels of trading risk; therefore, exits do not need to be posted."
I thought I was quite clear re. my motives. I do not care how popular the board is, in fact, if bunches of posts with everyone's favorite deadmoney stuckholder tickers begins to happen we are all the worse for having to wade through that "noise". There can be a price for popularity and I believe quality out weighs quantity without question.
I want to learn, to engage in constructive dialog, and be part of a likeminded small community. I try to follow the Ibox guidelines and enjoy responses to my analyses, wordy as they may be.
Maybe it IS saying something when one scans the symbols in the first lines of posts and finds a lot of big movers there. The true validation for me, however, comes from posts like teapeeb & deedee last fri on WOLV's awakening, or your post
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=4507031
or the charts that susan and icono & others offer even if the chart doesn't come attached with "check the ADX, or MA xover or whatever & buqq's chart builds.
I can post CNXT on it's volume spike above 1.80, but to me, that's not a "call" but merely an intraday observation. If someone posts that WOLV found support at 1.28 just after noon and said watch for volume, now that's a CALL!
Keeping score on how savvy we are (or not LOL) pales in front of the power we might have to score better in our trading. I'll now adopt a quote for myself...
GILTF needs to hold 6.67 for 4whitesoldiers
6.92 June hi resistance
draw horizontal from end of june '03 thru june '04 on the weekly
POCI takes very little buying to move this one CNXT flies
BEAS took a break for lunch :)
took a nickel from ARTX, CNXT more dynamic
VSEC pennant resolved to upside
CPTH volume today BEAS gap filling
BEAS hit my oversold scan last Fri.
oddly enough...is also a postgap bounce play if it breaches 8.81 there is barely any resistance to the 9 area and beyond where the May 14 gap lies.
GIGM ARTX BEAS RMBS
ARTX bottomed yesterday?
frontrunning on my own oversold scan
squeeze on at RMBS?
upcoming earnings
http://biz.yahoo.com/research/earncal/today.html
answered own Q.
holding thru earnings is not for the faint of heart.
As valuable as this board is...
"Oh like INCX on 11/4?
Had a High today of 27.90
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=4478774 or
ECST 11.37 HOD today 20.55
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=4466521"
don't strike me as reasonable claims for "calls". anyone can post a ticker with nothing more than ABCD, ABCD .45, ABCD up 1.25, or somesuch, but what validity is there in that?
I want to hear about a target, or "expect followon buying" etc.
I don't even understand the term "on watch". How about "stalking for b.o. above pivot at 1.65" or "waiting for volume confirmation" yada
claims for tickers posted without any substantiation seem empty to me. jmho. i frankly could care less how many eyeballs are viewing this thread. i want to hear from serious chart watchers about what they are doing and why.
this is not to take anything away from the numerous great ideas that have made it to the thread with or without extra substantiation.
kudos to icono for great charts tonite
p.s. one more thing in my rant: i really appreciate when folks posting charts mention a particular indicator that is signalling something significant for them. i try to be as informative as i can whenever i can...maybe to the point of being blathersome. obviously in fast markets sometimes a ticker is all that one has time for.
GILTF
ty for the observation. i think you mean serious resistance at the 200dy SMA. Frankly, I've never quite understood whether or not it should be simple vs. exponential or which numbers most matter.
I see on most charts for MACD that 8&17 or 12&26 are the primary crosses to watch. Many use the 50 & 200 on the main chart. In my short term work I use fibonacci #s 8 13 21 34 55. I shouldn't wait for a stock to break down below the 50day MA, I want to be selling if it can't hold one of the shorter MAs depending on the previous strength of the uptrend.
If you switch from a daily to a weekly, or an hourly or shorter do the same MA numbers have the same meaning? I just don't know.
I do know that once resistance IS broken, then the previous resistance point becomes a support point. I like to think about these areas as congestion points and draw horizontal lines across charts at points where uptrends faltered previously or downtrends held support.
I typically use 8day Bollinger Bands with 2 std.deviations for targets on swing trades. I've found that the stocks I like to trade typically oscillate primarily between the upper and lower bands of the BB8.
I've been posting about AUDC over the last few sessions. I lost patience midday today, and sure enough by EOD AUDC kissed the top of the band.
What attracted me to GILTF was the late trading action on top of the candlestick pattern. Just because a stock has increasing volume over the last 3 sessions and gained more today than yesterday, and more yesterday than the previous one is no guarantee of course.
Selected Chart snapshots: GILTF BRKS EXAR NANO ALTI
3 White Soldiers & coming off oversold
BRKS closing in on breakout opportunity?
oversold in uptrend
NANO: a couple of nice upgaps on volume since August; super price/volume action today
NANO is actually coiling? to break a longterm downtrendline going back 4 years
ALTI: the nanotech sector heating up on many tickers? not going to deluge you with a bunch more charts but EMKR & VECO were also up over 5% today. Notice in ALTI that the last big volume spikes led to price appreciation over a few days...more room to move i'd bet
FD stalking all, long none, panting over ALTI ::)
a nice post gapdown play?! TWN the short & long views
just completed a bullish engulfing pattern
was basically in free fall at the end of April. this looks like a reasonable intermediate play to me
& the long view
Late nice action POCI LOOK
not a whole lot of liquidity here
stalking both of these
a standing order to buy EGHT at 3.31 and sell at 3.33 would be an ATM this last hour! needless to say i don't trade the kind of volume to make a living on .02 moves in a $3 stock. got nicked for .01 this trip
i see i shortsheeted myself on AUDC also nice in last 1/2 hour
EGHT back in at 3.33