http://seekingalpha.com/article/1986071-vxx-and-vxz-now-5-years-old
Long & strong @ VXZ sucks, compared to the SPY. Tracks inversely, but not well for investors. Swing trading on the other hand;

Was thinking about your play & plan. Suggestion;
If I wanted to short the S&P at a reversal or retrace point. I'd look at an ETF which tracks better, with larger gain returns. My old fav FAZ

So bottom fishing FAZ will preform better, even if you do need to average down on farther decline in an inverse S&P product.

While the VXZ tracks the S&P inversely;
FAZ does it better, with larger price moves;
Compare,
VXZ
http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=VXZ&p=D&yr=0&mn=6&dy=0&id=p26397468468
SPX
http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=$SPX&p=D&yr=0&mn=6&dy=0&id=p27073323153
FAZ
http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=FAZ&p=D&yr=0&mn=6&dy=0&id=p37280072853

Look at the April 4th SPX retrace, then calculate VXZ vs. FAZ gains at that time. VXZ had 6% and FAZ had 18%. The power of a 3X ETF.

Food for thought.

Now that's a bottom fishers strategy if I ever heard one. But since it's not a .0001 stock, your plan must not only contain "long term hold" but step in on 3 or 4 steps. Because no one can call bottoms accurately. And you may need to use completely counter productive technique called averaging down.


Good Luck The strategy works with patience and reserve cash.

Bang-al-lang S&P hit 1950 (IMO way to quick) or should I say 1949.26. Is everyone ready for the retrace NOW? LOL Way over bought and extended. FIB 38% @ 1920 and 50% @ 1910. We want a bounce above them.

That's a hard question. What do you mean by importance? What are the stipulations within the series B preferred? What does MINE do?

But normally any debit converted to preferred shows the investor has longer term plans with the company. And their evaluation for the companies future success is positive. On the OTC there could be various advantages for the investor you don't see at the big boards. On the get rich sooner or gain control side.

Conversion from debit to preferred shouldn't effect price though.

You did a lot of work and at all the right places, sifting thru the info. But it all boils down to there is nothing happening there, other then the resent volume spike. If anything happens, probably won't be for some time.

The more you see something happen, the more you can rely on it !

Was checking what's hot at the OTC and found this; FOGE

The play is over, but it's been along time since I've seen a Pond Fishing Play show it's head at the OTC.

MSO stopped out -4% and on the OTC my small $500 starter position was closed for a 50% loss at FLST. Down to 2 stocks at the big boards and none at the OTC.

On a positive note, the S&P is approaching my 1950 target. I'm just not benefitting with my under $5 trading plans. LOL

There are all kinds of ways to trade ones capital for profits. I find nothing wrong with exploring the various markets available.

As long as you don't fall into the markets advertising and open a active trading account before you know what your doing. If you can't or aren't offered a paper trading platform to practice and learn on first. Stay where your at and have experience in.

Personally, I don't like gimmicks used I some markets to make their market attractive to little guys. Meaning cheap contract buying. Lowering the cash needed to play in that market. Just seems to me like the system is trying to take advantage. Like offering penny slots at a casino. Which creates a predictable income stream for the business. Or selling fries cheap at a fast food store because you'll buy an expensive drink.

IMO Nadex.com is a gimmick and Forex a high risk market for little guys. As the underlying Forex market moves on big money actions. IMO offering a little guy a piece of their market is just like penny slots and fries. A way to generate predictable profits for the Nadex business system. If one wants to trade FOREX why not trade the Forex market. Paper trading; http://www.forex.com/land-forex-demo-platform-sh.html?src=201401CLO45&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Forex&utm_term=forex&gclid=COC3tNG3474CFU0T4AodtyoA0w&gclsrc=ds

Not saying one can't become successful at one of these markets. Experience works everywhere, but most of the time without practice, one doesn't gain experience. Nadex binary options for Stock indexes, Forex, Communities, and Events, seems to be like a Vagas betting parlor for little guys.

cash

Compare OS in the last 2 Q filings. Read debit conversions or new fund info in last Q filing. And read PRs.

Big board heads up (F) Ford During car market out performance. 4 months of higher lows is nice, with chart pattern and good TA. Could use some volume increase though.

Here's one I had on strong watch, but it wasn't in the 1 to $5 range. Closed standing order @ 16.60 today. Plan 6% play -3% trailing stop.

play at your own risk

Target happens to be all time high @ 17.50. Logical place to stall.

Big board LEE closed @ 4.25
and AT stopped out @ $3.26 today.
Hold;
LEE
MSO

Closed;
RAD +5%
TSYS -6%
UEC -5%
ETRM even
AT -4%

Not doing very well on my 2 week swing trading plans so far. To many single bottom bounce plays with entry on fake pops.

OTC

Hold;
FLST small starter position @ .006; down 40% .004, acceptable loss 50% or .003 (plan large entry @ .012 target .024)

Closed;
AEGY + 40%
AMBS + 20%

Do me a favor. Go beat your alpha male chest some where else. We completely disagree. Proof is in the history and I've been showing swing trading beats, investing on the OTC for 10 years. History my friend, not opinion. Show me 10 years of long & strong successes you've posted, like swing trading at this board. Then I'll stop preaching Long & Strong on the OTC, is the dumbest thing one can do.

Been trying to not comment on your line of thought. But come on. We trade "Short term price fluctuations". And don't hold entry mistakes, for a year, because some other stock ran once.

You are 100% correct, there is always a CHANCE an OTC stock will run big in the next year, 6 months, 3 months. But that's not a logical reason to hold long & strong and not sell when profits exist.

I teach trading, not hoping. If your not interested in learning trading. Please don't bother the board with excuses for mistakes. And IMO any one which holds long & strong for what may happen months down the road, is only making excuses, for a buying high on emotion and not taking profits, error.

UNGS still on strong watch for 1st resistance break entry.

Chart below opinion
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=102729073&txt2find=UNGS

Maybe I am getting lucky. Took early profits at AMBS and look what happened at rush hour today. .108 was great timing. LOL

Back on strong watch.

http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=AMBS&p=D&yr=0&mn=3&dy=0&id=p80181170514

(link back)

Volume without price says accumulation, not manipulation. In the OTC game. In a darkside play. accumulation usually proceeds any possible manipulation play by a couple weeks. And indicates one should research changes in OS or new funding info. Many times the large volumes are just bottom fishers moving in, not insiders and friends loading before a VC driven run for profits.

IMO this is not the time to load up large. Could take a small starter position on hopes of possible run. But volume alone does not an attention pop make. Bottom fishers more likely, unless you find large amounts of new shares in big guys hands in your research.

Good work

chart wise 1st resistance entry. Darkside wise, any time you see price and volume pop or daily ask buying.

Most all dividend stock ownership is thru a brokers account. So you can just use what your broker offers in their synthetic DRIP plan = (direct re-investment plan)

Some companies offer DRIPs without broker accounts, usually at a discount. You need to contact the company for that info. Company offered DRIP's or a Traditional DRIP. Unlike a broker DRIP, synthetic, you can reinvest portioned shares, if the dividend doesn't equal 1 share evenly.

Oh yea I forgot; you can hold the dividend cash in your trading account and choose when to buy more shares yourself. This option will allow you to put off reinvestment until a lower price opportunity shows up. In an attempt to keep your core basis point from rising if the dividend comes at a high price point.

Keep an eye on MINE again. Just issued 105 mil shares.

Big boards

UEC stopped out @ 1.66 from 1.90 high for -5% loss, removed LFVN from watch.

OTC just close AMBS early @ .108 for +20%. Had lowered target from .12 to .11 due to emotion seen this AM. Didn't reach .11 so closed on retrace start. Protect those gains.

Watching paint dry isn't my thing. If you got caught up on the March emotion, write it off as a learning experience, and don't buy dead stocks that string like lightning again.

PS; You used a terrible chart look. Try using a 6 month to peek at history and move to a 3 month for any trade evaluation.

http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=CSLI&p=D&yr=0&mn=3&dy=0&id=p67776533740

I've been in and out at AEGY (.003 to .0044) on plan and have on strong watch for .0045 break to next resistance level @ .0063. Right now it has 5 day green and I expect a stall or retrace.

Watching.

Entered Jan 2013 and while I have played it's pops and drops for gains and basis repositioning in 2013. I have no plans on adjustments this year. My core basis is under 6 bucks. I think $5.90 or so, now.

This does not mean one can't add on price drops, around divvy time and trade that new position for gain & dividend, while holding a core position. That's what I did twice before.

OTC UNGS

This one is with my Tin Foil Hat on, logic. All darkside speculation. UNGS was 1 of the reverse merger stocks I posted about a month ago. And when I checked in on all reverse merger watch stocks, this one popped out. Most of the others are at new lows or down & dead flat, as expected, while new management works on a story & funding.

UNGS has had NO news since the April merger PR and the price has been in steady decline since. Leaving a huge retail herd full of bag holders. They really really seem very excited about Fridays 1 day pop. Their biting at the bit to buy more low. Claiming they have been correct all the time. The stock is going to pennies. Event though the original company they invested long & strong in doesn't exist any longer and there is no idea what the new company is doing or going to do! LOL Typical NEW bag holder pennylanders logic!!!

So I put on my tin foil hat and tried to think dark. What would I do, if I wanted to scam some money out of a bunch of bag holders?

I'd accumulate in the decline is steps. Then manipulate a price and volume surge for profits. So I looked for that in the chart an saw 3 accumulation points.

HUMM,; I THINK there is a trading group about to run this dead stock for profits. I'm sure if correct; the trading group read the Friday posts all excited and see the same "scam the dummies" opportunity I saw there. So I, Expect a possible run to the groups highest price accumulation. If my tin foil hat mind is in sync with the darkside on this one. And of course if there is a darkside trading group which has accumulated. LOL Over all target is around .003+++ ?, on a single bottom bounce play. Entry is 1st resistance break on volume.

Trade at your own risk.

Been working on the OTC tonight. This could become interesting. Someone got the herds attention with 100 mil volume and 35% price pop. Bet there was even some buying from bag holder dumping, on the pop, by trading group. (strong volume, Strong watch a few days.

OTC PZOO on strong watch. Flag & free trading - little guy play. Only trades $20k a day, max position $2k or 10%.

UNDER the radar TA & Chart play stock.

Side note; 10% OS increase in 2 months. Mar. to May. Was probably start of the first run. May be more funding behind the curtain.

Flag top resistance break entry.

Added CPST to watch list at big boards.
Removed MDW.

OTC closed AMBS @ .09 target .125 14%

Was looking at some videos I've done and found this one on how I work. looking for trades. It went to my personal YouTube channel, not LOWTRADE. Really gives some insight to how my mind works and how things fly in and out, during my search & eval process.

Thought it worth a repost, lasts about 35 minutes. And ended not finding anything to trade, back early Jan. What was interesting was the 2 stocks I put on watch.
IO & CPST. I missed IO because it gapped past my entry, but I did trade CPST 3 times for good gains, starting in Jan on the emotion short squeeze and Feb & Mar flags.

Since this post on dividend stocks. Both ARR. which I hold and CYS which I'm watching, has NOT retraced, but climbed. For that matter my main REIT; NTMT has also climbed.

REIT Dividend post;
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=102241204&txt2find=reit

So right now I don't recommend entry in any of these, until they retrace some and you can get a lower entry point. Which produces a higher ROI around 15%. Right now they are 13 / 14% because price is high.

I've been in these;
ARR
NYMT
CIM

Or research any of these, above 10%
Residential REIT
http://www.finviz.com/screener.ashx?v=161&f=ind_reitresidential&o=-dividendyield
Mortgage Investment
http://www.finviz.com/screener.ashx?v=161&f=ind_mortgageinvestment&o=-dividendyield
Diversified REIT
http://www.finviz.com/screener.ashx?v=161&f=ind_reitdiversified&o=-dividendyield

You can check history at this site. Enter lookup symbol; check info, then click dividend paid since to zero in on history.
http://www.dividendinvestor.com/

Big board

Closed TSYS early down -6% not -9%

RAD +5%
TSYS -6%

Hold

MSO
UEC
ETRM
AT

Your a good grandfather. Think about getting him in a REIT for college. At 15%, it doubles in 5 years with compounding. This could help pay down his student loan right after graduation.

Pennyland AEGY close @ .0044 target for 45%.


FLST
Last night I decided to pick up a small starter position at .006. Not liking todays lack of rush hour follow thru. Doesn't speak well for darkside support on strong volume. May have jumped the gun with my standing order. LOL

TA supports entry on a single bottom bounce play. Actual entry should be above .325 resistance break. Target next resistance .50. With a gap needing fill @ .45.

Just to many different reasons to choose a personal broker. So I don't get into broker choice.

Expect others may help, with recommendations. Pennyland is not a main reason for me.

Pennyland heads up again

Notice pennyland has been real slow (boring) lately. Been looking myself and finding it hard to get excited about anything.

Had NIOBF, AMBS, on watch and just posted about AEGY. Which I bought. Just did some research on FLST and like what I see. Both chart wise and share structure.

FLST on strong watch, .012 entry (1st resistance).025 target (next resistance) on single bottom bounce and 10 mil increase of OS, from annual filing to Q1 filing. 50 mil to 60 mil, is huge for a low OS stock. Plus new shares in big guys hands timing matches chart action. So the recent chart price and volume pop's could be the attention pop and manipulated run start today. Have no idea what the company does or it's story line.

http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=FLST&p=D&yr=0&mn=3&dy=0&id=p91418168210

Big board; AT just closed @ 3.35. Back to holding 5 stocks.

MSO
UEC
ETRM
TSYS
AT

RAD 5% gain

YIPI

Rectangle channel .42 to .52; Target already reached @ .62.

Should be sold. IMO plan the trade and trade the plan.

http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=YIPI&p=D&yr=0&mn=3&dy=0&id=p63966233714

Big board closed RAD 5% in the bank.

Holding 4 stocks now, 1 sold, RAD's replacement looks like AT @ 3.35; hit 3.34 so far today.

In AEGY @ .003 target .0044. 1st resistance @ .0029 broken. .0044 next resistance. 40% +/-

Nice volume increases, but only 1 day till 5 days green. Tomorrow could be important.

http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=AEGY&p=D&yr=0&mn=3&dy=0&id=p39648358582

AMBS trade chart

Single bottom bounce from falling long term wedge.

Concern about volume support for continuation.

Remember on these, there will be a resistance point which can't be broken and retail sentiment is just not behind more.