Oh you bet I know that...Dawg is MONEY!! His talent caught my eye soon after he joined iHub last year. He is really starting to come into his own now....and the only person I considered handing off HMP Mod to.

Yup, seeing BALA pop on board is a great sign. I'm never jealous due to taking profit too early -- always happy to make money! So I hope you folks rock - be watching Monday for possible re-entry.

Very good. We will probably keep going how we were - posting buys and letting people take their own profits. I do really like SAVW for the future...it may even surge Monday and catch me off guard. I am DEFINITELY still keeping an eye on it, ready to get back in if the opportunity presents iteslf. Then I'll see how the trading goes and if it isn't getting over-traded with bid whackers I will hold much longer.

Sounds like you are playing SAVW like I am playing IFXY: mini-trading parts of a position while always holding shares overall. That is currently the only micro-cap I understand well enough to confidently hold shares "as long as it takes". There are others out there too....just don't have the 25 hours of DD time necessary to study another one each one thoroughly enough to make that level of commitment.

Thank you for the feedback! All I can say about your first question is that it wasn't for anything morally bad. iHub is strict about one ISP account representing one iHubber, even if that household has other traders living there. The person behind WOTW is retired and we keep in touch by email occasionally.

Message board premium is worth the extra dough IMO. The unlimited posting I could probably work around, but PMing is essential for coordinating this board "behind the scenes". You might be amazed at what Smit Dog and I discuss offline LOL. Another feature I find valuable is the ability to find anything posted on iHub (about a given topic) using full-text search.

To preface the point I am trying to make, here is a little board history for everyone:

The original HMP concept was extremely ambitious. We were actually calling a sell for every buy! Other boards don't do that for obvious reasons -- it can create dissonance from holding bulls. But we were primarily a 1-2 day trading board back then so it actually made some sense. The thinking was, if we were truly helping others make money with us, how could we leave them hanging with only buy calls? The "buy low" part of the equation is relatively easy IMO...what many traders need help with is the "sell high" piece.

Was it possible we could make a sell call on a ticker that went on to keep running, making us look bad? Yes, and that was a chance we were willing to take. Yet because of our short-term trading window and the fact that we only playing them immediately before and after huge MOMO moves, most of the sell calls were actually quite good. After dropping temporarily from the loss of MOMO, did some of the stocks recover, find a new base, and actually become decent longer-term holds? YES. But again, within the context of our board, a sell call didn't mean we hate the future of the stock; it meant this would be a good time to lock in profits.

Now that we have evolved to include other types of trading strategies, I completely understand why continuing to apply the original plan would be very awkward. I'd still like to find a way to incorporate something that stays within that original mission's spirit: giving our fellow traders guidance and suggestions on "when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em". A few months after we got started I started tempering the sell calls with posts like this:

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=57438124

I may start posting that way again (not speaking for the unified board like I used to do). You don't have to post any sells if you don't want to Dawg.

But I do think we need something that equates to calling any longer-term pick as "not currently being played anymore" aka off. Take the Sleeper-Creepers for example. They could sit for awhile, make a nice move, then retract below the call price all within days. Why would we move all Sleeper-Creepers to the iBox when some of them will have already made the move by that time? I think many bag-holders are created by people or boards 'endorsing' a stock without any indication of when the move has sufficiently lost steam. We have some smart followers here...still, if it's so easy to figure out, why are there so many bag-holders on iHub?

You can PM me your thoughts and let's see if there a way to accomplish what I am describing in a way that you can be comfortable with. I am posting this publicly because I am also interested in hearing feedback and suggestions from HMP followers -- any of you can PM me as well!

Best,
DrZ

Personally, I like how the stock has recovered from the obvious over-bought situation to one that is more sustainable. Only traders with the timeline of a gnat's would think QSGIQ is currently 'bad'.

I do like the market and position this company is in, but yep it behaves like flipper stock for now.

It looks like one of those companies that keeps reinventing itself, changing tickers and industries to find one that works:

Formerly=Shotgun Energy Corp. until 4-2009
Formerly=Avalon Energy Corp. until 9-07
Formerly=Avalon Gold Corp. until 3-05
Formerly=Iceberg Brands Corp. until 9-03
Formerly=Precise Life Sciences, Ltd. until 3-03
Formerly=Asdar Group until 5-02

Thanks for the heads-up. They still have ways to go, but a quick scan through the 10K shows they are definitely moving in the right direction:


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I also liked seeing they are planning to release shares from the AS in a controlled manner. It looks like they fully expect the Organa Gardens acquisition to bring revenue pretty soon:



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Does anyone know far along those products are until ready for sale? I am willing to call and find out about some of these things if/when I own more shares. To be honest, I am looking for a small PPS pullback before loading.

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Hey Draeg,

Did you take some profit on *you know what* (although we are still fine longer-term also).

Given how thin IFXY trades, with that profit I think you or I could move this over a penny single-handedly by walking up ask slaps. But after that, there is no way I'd be able to sell even 25% of my shares without bringing the PPS back down. Works both ways LOL.

Love it! I realize these are already on your bouncer board; still I really appreciate your bringing them here. My quick perusal of those charts found PASO and WGAT particularly intriguing.

HMP followers: if you don't know about BC's Bouncers, it is a hidden gem of iHub IMO. Check it out:
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/board.aspx?board_id=12543

Oh, I noticed that SHOM move alright pal! Sorry that I took down your Sleeper Creeper sticky...I just saw it was older than the rest and didn't realize all those picks were still "in play".

We are going to run into the same dilemma with my future Green From Here picks. We are getting more posts than before and our 'slow-momo' picks are getting buried quickly. Yet the calls with shorter trading windows are more suitable for sticky-ing.

Maybe we can sticky them for a few days, then move the remaining "live" picks to the top of the iBox? Right now our iBox doesn't contain time-sensitive information, but if it did, and we kept referring to that fact in other posts, do you think our readers will go there for updates?

Now THAT is a metaphor I can relate to!!

Not sure why RealityHurts let go of mod here, but look at the volume lately! My little starter from a month and a half ago is doing great. Let me take mod so I can at least update the iBox a bit...

YOU rock Awaken!! So many great stock pickers here, getting hard to figure out which 4 to sticky and 'feature'. Good problem to have though *heh heh*.

Keep 'em coming my friend. Still trying to think of a way to feature you with a catchy theme. "Awaken's Wake-Up Calls?"

SAVW, yes thank you for the first alert here. I wanted to make SAVW my first Green from Here call, but I would have looked like a copy-catty right after your post! As it was, I did pick up shares on Monday so I am happy. BeachCracker was on that one too, always great to have multiple members of the team profit together. I am still holding by the way...don't think it is done.

Don't you love profiting on the same stock in the same price range multiple times? Reminds me of an old airline commercial. It had some kind of efficiency expert pitching the board of ways to save money. "Plastic parsley. You use it over and over again." [rotating his hands forward and back each holding the plastic parsley]. You guys remember that one or am I too old?

Remember all of those days PPS kept sagging on low volume? Now we are creeping up without much volume. That my friends is a good sign.

New feature: DrZ’s 'Green from Here'

Smit Dog's "Biggest Loser" experiment was a resounding success and it has now become a regular feature. These plays with well-defined criteria and proven success using measurable statistics are exactly what I've been envisioning for our board.

We have Biggest Loser with its goal of a next-day bounce...we have Awaken and others with live calls to take advantage of sudden MOMO...and we have asst. mod slulaw and contributors like the cork that keep us abreast of some great buy-and-holders.

So in an effort to fill a niche and offer plays with different strategies behind them, my picks will be made in a series of posts called Green from Here.

With “Green from Here” picks, I am primarily looking at a combination of these factors:

1. Stocks that have established a solid support level, often after a period of capitulation. It might coincide with a chart bottom, but it doesn't have to. Along with technical indicators I’ll watch for things like insider purchases and loans made to the company in exchange for shares – things that hint at limited downside from a particular price.
2. Some kind of driver (news) coming on the event horizon. Real or imagined - often it does not matter!
3. Increased buzz or awareness coming from trading groups and newsletters. Some of the penny websites are notorious for p/d, but hey; if we know when they are going to pump, why not take advantage of it?

Metrics and tracking for this experiment

Because I can’t know exactly when the desired effect will kick-in, I am giving each pick a fairly liberal window of 12 trading days to make its move. Because I consider them “safely plays” (relatively speaking) a pick will immediately be ‘unsuccessful’ as soon as it drops 25% or more (from the picked price) at any time during that period.

The pick will only be considered successful if it rises 25% or more from the announced PPS within the time limit. I certainly expect many to run well past that, but for purposes of quantifying ‘success’ we need a standardized minimum. Also, if I see more room to run once it gains 25%, I have the option to re-call the ticker “Green from Here” from the new level.

In truth, these are similar to the types of HMP plays I’ve called here in the past. I like to day trade and 2-day flip also, but those types of calls are better made by some of the other mods here. Here’s to Green from Here showing there are many ways to play 'em!

Well I declare this stock "the FEEL good hit of the year"

BeachCracker now part of the Team!!!

I am happy to announce our latest addition to the HMP armada.

BeachCracker was the first iHubber person-marked after I was 'born' on iHub last fall. We look for many of the same precursors, and I've been running into him on the same boards so much I'm starting to look like his stalker! So I thought: instead of chasing him around iHub, maybe he would be kind enough to come here occasionally and tip us off on those low floater gems he finds LOL.

BC is a member of several boards that specialize in chart play bounces. But he is also adept at discovering other factors that can make a great penny play such as: CEO behavior, market trends, and analyzing the share structure in more depth than just AS, OS and float, ie. who owns shares and why.

Welcome to Hot Momo Plays, BeachCracker!

Haven't been bringing the board any original picks last several weeks, so this is what I'm reduced to - cheerleader and comic relief.

Thank you my fellow bottom feeder



And thank you BeachCracker for paying us a visit -- a true master of bottom feeding!

Righto. I've given up trying to use stop loss with pennies, but others may have some sitting.

.0012. We can't trust that trade data.

It is fascinating to observe how "The Fear" grips the minds of so many traders! "Know what you own" is an overused phrase, but really it's true...if somebody knows what they own, why would they be so shaken from a few day's trading? I feel very comfortable with my investment and *game plan* for QSGIQ

I see what you mean now. This trades like I*FY where if we don't buy at the ask, the MMs will immediately drop it down a notch and skew the records. That is my 1.1M near EOD, but it was a buy at .0012 not a bid sell. Then a micro trade came in right after to close us red.

Work takes me away from trading at inopportune times so I have to set more limit orders than I would like. Now that I am satisfied with my starter position, promise to buy "live" at ask now.

Best,
DrZ

SAVW up 14% today. It looks even more ready for a move up than yesterday. Today's bullish engulfing should attract some new interest Also I liked how the MMs were stacking when I briefly followed on L2. We probably won't get the huge one-day run like a few weeks ago....but I'm ready for another entry on Monday.

Hey Awaken, are you interested in playing this one with us? The more the merrier!

I'm lurking. Picked up a few cheapies today but I wasn't the lucky SOB that caught those .0011s.

That could be the problem. They may not understand the memo on your check,

"I WANT TO BVY SOME STOCK WITH THIS"

People still write checks? I can transfer money from a bank account to Fidelity and the money becomes available to trade in 2 minutes.

Looks like PPS has stabilized somewhat, so I think falling knife is a bit over-dramatic . Maybe you were trying to help out slapping the ask this morning and got frustrated. Stay positive smoke! Every share down here is a moneymaker.

I'll take some of those 49 asks, thank you.

I added another TA annotation to your chart:

Why answer the same question over and over again when it's already in the stickies:
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=60092442

BC, I know we are low on room, but can find a way to sticky your recent conversation? Maybe consolidate your 2 DD posts?

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=61281885

IFXY - did you see this post of a recent conversation with CEO?

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=61281885

In all of the contacts Beach Cracker and I have had with Mr. Talari, he always means what he says.

We WILL go big from these levels soon. Juice crew, just please be nice to my "baby" and sell into an uphill line rather than a downhill one! The MMs play IFXY hard when there are several bid price transactions in a row.

Best,
DrZ

I think many of the recent sellers are the more active traders taking profit, then looking to re-buy at certain levels. Looks like PPS has just settled into one those levels. As long as the material events haven't changed (and as I know, the haven't), QSGIQ is still the best under $1.00 stock to "set it and forget it" in a long-term account.

Thanks, I am glad you did. As long as people sell at ask, everyone can make money here. I still wanted to make my point in general, it wasn't directed at you personally.

We are going to be green today.