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NASDAQ:LIVE NASDAQ:SNTA OTCMKTS:GRNH NYSEMKT:MEA NASDAQ:RSOL NYSE:JKS NYSE:TSL NASDAQ:TNDM NYSEMKT:CRMD NASDAQ:CTIC NYSEMKT:SYN NASDAQ:SEED
CANN, which I posted about Friday, saved my morning and put me in the green. If not for a bit of a hit on TWTR, this morning would have been great. LIVE also paid off nicely. Will post my scanned potential picks later today.
WhisperFromWallStreet.com
January 5th, 2014
Hey Everybody,
So we're off to a good start this New Year.
Last Thursday's alert, was up almost 100%!
Looking to keep that winning momentum going, we found a company for Monday that might be even better!
Our alert for Monday is Cloud Star Corp., CLDS.
The stock closed Friday at 15.5 cents.
Detailed Quote:http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=CLDS
CLDS is in the red hot cloud computing sector.
Cloud computing just means the data and the software and even the processing
power live on somebody else's machine somewhere else.
It may be a server in Seattle. It may be a box in England. For all the users know, it's actually beaming down from the clouds, hence the name.
Several high profile investment websites are singing the praises of cloud computing such as; Wall Street Journal, Motely Fool, and Forbes.
This is an industry that has made positive strides and shows room for more growth.
That's where companies like CLDS come in.
With so many companies looking to enter the space, its going to take unique product portfolios to break through the noise.
We believe CLDS has those types of products. Their flagship- MyComputerKey™ - product provides the ability for remote access security to any computer around the world. The company has several other products you can read about here.
CLDS has also recently acquired App security technology which again will expand its unique product portfolio.
With cloud computing companies coming out of nowhere to score investors huge gains, its nice to find one just starting out around 15 cents.
Whether the company takes off on its own or attracts a buyout, traders and investors will benefit. This is why we think CLDS will excite investors learning about the stock on Monday.
If you look at the CLDS chart, at the beginning of December the company made a nice 120% move on the heels of their acquisition news.
Since that move CLDS stock has consolidated between 15 cents and that high of 21. Creating what technical traders like to call a channel.
CLDS is at the bottom end of that channel, and with an investor awareness campaign kicking off Monday, and more traders bound to be around as this is the first full week of the new year CLDS could see a ton of action, and with enough momentum could break through the top of that channel!
Make sure to put CLDS is on your radar for Monday.
Good Trading,
Mark
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After my post below, took another look at the OTC; CANN looks interesting, as does GRNH
Volume is too low and is down today - not looking good IMO. Don't like any OTC tickers today. CNTO, the play of the week, finally cracked today as expected. I took profits on the morning pot stock gapups - as usual, they burned out after a one day big run.
Had another good morning. For EOD today, I will consider the following for potential Monday gappers:
TWTR, SNTA, little QUNR, BSPM, BIOD if above 2.99, little XONE, bcrx, camt if above 4.74
Looking strong – Live, VJET, PLUG, FCEL, BLDP little
I ended up going with TRTC. Made good money off CNTO again today - that ticker has been an ATM. The big board tickers I picked up going into close - mostly from the list I posted - all rallied and are up AH. I have been on a great run for weeks now; hope the markets stay hot all January.
For my EOD buys today, in addition to the OTC pot stocks and CNTO, I am considering:
NASDAQ:FCEL NASDAQ:PLUG NYSE:JKS NYSEMKT:ERB NASDAQ:ORMP NASDAQ:HSOL NASDAQ:BLDP NYSE:VJET NASDAQ:CAMT NYSE:YGE NASDAQ:CSIQ NYSEARCA:TAN NASDAQ:WPCS
Solars flying high today. On the OTC CNTO is still hot, and the pot stocks exploded - of PHOT and TRTC, I like TRTC. PLUG is up again today also.
See also 1 MJNA Medical Marijuana, Inc. ( 0.1840 0.0290 18.71 4,830
2 CBIS Cannabis Science, Inc. (q 0.0825 0.0310 60.19 2,820
3 HEMP Hemp, Inc. (pc)
on the pot front
Another 30% up tomorrow? I predict yes. Trading days off normally leave pent up demand - gap 10% in the AM and hit 30% by EOD (or pass it early and then return to 30%)
GL to you also - we all have different trading styles and have to each find ways of narrowing down the tickers we may choose to trade
Scanned a lot of tickers with potential to pick up EOD. Will reassess the list at 3:30 and make decisions from there:
NASDAQ:ACRX, OTCBB:CNTO, NASDAQ:ICLD, NYSE:INVN, NASDAQ:FREE, NASDAQ:DRYS, AMEX:ONVO, NYSE:VJET, NASDAQ:AMBA, NYSE:NQ, NASDAQ:CMGE, NASDAQ:UBNT, NASDAQ:HIMX, NASDAQ:WPCS, NYSE:USU, NASDAQ:QDEL, NYSE:TWTR, NYSE:XON, NASDAQ:TWGP, NASDAQ:GALE, NASDAQ:NTWK
At .03 a share, 1M traded is only $30K in total dollar volume - I can't trade shares at such low dollar volume. See the intro to this board - I stick with the top traded tickers on the OTC for the day only.
Note for market hours today - Some investors and traders will welcome in the new year with an abbreviated trading session on Tuesday, Dec. 31. Others will have to tough it out to the end of the normal trading day before uncorking the champagne.
Stocks, including the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, will close at their regular time of 4 p.m. Eastern.
The bond market will observe a 2 p.m. recommended close from Sifma, though there is no official market close.
Oil and gold will both settle at their normal times: 1:30 p.m. for gold, and 2:30 p.m. for oil, according to NYMEX.
Had another big morning today - December is now my best month since May, and May was very high b/c of the easy money from the FNMA run. My scanners have done very well lately picking up tickers that will gap and run the following day - will be interesting to see if I can maintain this momentum into January. I think the market will stay hot in January, so should be possible.
Dollar volume is too low on this one for my. CNTO is the best ticker on the OTC right now (of course, every OTC pick is extremely short-term)
Yeah, I sold too early at $1.57. Chart looks really good. Hopefully, it keeps up and then I will load up during power hour as we should then get another gap and run Thursday.
Great ticker. Took some profits today as I was up so much I had to be prudent. If we stay strong as it looks like we will, I will buy back some shares EOD.
My scanner picked up these ones to watch after 3 to see if they are still running (from the OTC, watching AMBS and CNTO):
CLEARSIGN COMBUSTION... CLIR 11.28 +0.14 (1.25%) 99.38M 102,729.00 12 12 11.1635
Amyris Inc AMRS 5.65 +0.42 (8.03%) 430.93M 758,080.00 5 5.75 4.95
Kandi Technologies... KNDI 12.45 +2.11 (20.41%) 460.01M 6.45M 12.23 12.63 11.5
500.com Ltd WBAI 35.54 +0.70 (2.01%) 1.95B 374,028.00 34.9 39.42 34.9
BIOLASE Inc BIOL 3.03 +0.43 (16.54%) 106.48M 5.22M 3.15 3.55 2.97
InterCloud Systems Inc ICLD 17.09 +1.89 (12.43%) 109.48M 1.82M 16.48 17.8194 16.25
Vanda Pharmaceuticals... VNDA 12.72 +0.53 (4.34%) 422.11M 248,064.00 12.22 12.7599 12.2101
CytRx Corporation CYTR 5.93 +0.67 (12.74%) 248.96M 5.87M 5.46 6.3 5.45
Acceleron Pharma Inc XLRN 35.94 +0.69 (1.96%) 1.01B 61,626.00 35.58 37.6599 35.58
Pointer Telocation... PNTR 11.67 +0.21 (1.84%) 64.84M 69,644.00 11.63 12.1 11.46
AirMedia Group Inc (ADR) AMCN 1.90 +0.02 (1.06%) 116.00M 818,113.00 1.9 1.95 1.85
InvenSense Inc INVN 19.42 +1.38 (7.65%) 1.70B 3.63M 18.87 20.28 18.7
China Finance Online... JRJC 5.19 +0.19 (3.80%) 115.15M 502,388.00 5.17 5.48 4.95
Perceptron, Inc. PRCP 13.61 +1.61 (13.46%) 120.25M 314,168.00 12.93 13.93 12.5
Real Goods Solar, Inc. RSOL 3.03 +0.22 (7.83%) 91.59M 2.96M 2.9 3.08 2.82
Trina Solar Limited... TSL 14.07 +0.92 (7.00%) 1.12B 3.21M 13.59 14.25 13.56
Canadian Solar Inc. CSIQ 30.35 +1.16 (3.97%) 1.31B 1.56M 29.3 30.7 29.29
Centor Energy Inc CNTO 1.34* +0.24 (21.82%) 92.06M 531,759.00 1.19 1.34 1.18
AMARANTUS BIOSCI INC AMBS 0.0879* +0.0147 (20.08%) 40.84M 9.37M 0.0724 0.0925 0.0724
Jazz Pharmaceuticals... JAZZ 127.74 +4.45 (3.61%) 7.12B 189,974.00 123.69 128.096 123.5201
Andatee China Marine... AMCF 1.77 +0.09 (5.36%) 17.45M 89,551.00 1.75 1.785 1.65
Crocs, Inc. CROX 15.66 +2.33 (17.48%) 1.38B 8.32M 14.95 15.85 14.75
Tetralogic Pharmaceutica... TLOG 9.52 +1.03 (12.13%) 194.84M 155,664.00 8.98 9.8 8.75
Of the tickers below, VISN sure has been on an incredible run. I will check this one EOD to see if the momentum holds up.
I was traveling Friday and this is the first day since I can remember that I don't own any tickers at open. I may try to catch a runner after open; will be looking at the following PM movers:
Pre Market Movers
Top Gaining Stocks
Price %Change
KNDI Kandi Technologie... 11.90 15.09%
CROX Crocs Inc. 14.75 10.65%
BIOL Biolase, Inc 2.87 10.38%
CYTR Cytrx Corporation... 5.70 8.37%
PRCP Perceptron Inc. 12.99 8.25%
TSL Trina Solar Ltd. ... 14.05 6.84%
THLD Threshold Pharmac... 5.00 6.61%
DX Dynex Capital Inc... 8.50 5.20%
VISN Visionchina Media... 32.80 5.13%
RIBT Ricebran Technolo... 5.50 4.76%
NMM Navios Maritime P... 19.99 4.60%
PICK Ishares Msci Glob... 20.46 4.53%
HTHT China Lodging Gro... 31.96 4.51%
ALGN Align Technology ... 59.70 4.37%
YGE Yingli Green Ener... 4.98 4.18%
TUR ishares Msci Turk... 47.27 3.89%
JGBS Powershares Db In... 19.97 3.85%
ATHM Athm 36.25 3.84%
JDSU Jds Uniphase Corp... 13.50 3.61%
CYOU Changyou.com Limi... 32.71 3.55%
Top Losing Stocks
Price %Change
CANF Can-fite Biopharm... 5.42 -33.90%
CSTE Caeserstone Sdot-... 38.20 -20.86%
HPJ Highpower Interna... 2.08 -19.38%
WPCS Wpcs Internationa... 2.19 -13.44%
MYGN Myriad Genetics I... 20.95 -13.21%
XRS Tal Education Gro... 20.48 -6.18%
JNUG Direxion Daily Ju... 14.50 -4.86%
LONG elong Inc. 19.01 -4.76%
TWTR Twitter Inc 61.16 -4.06%
CETV Central European ... 3.62 -3.98%
AMTD TD Ameritrade Hol... 29.00 -3.97%
WX Wuxi Pharmatech I... 36.03 -3.97%
GSVC Gsv Capital Corp.... 11.76 -3.92%
CTB Cooper Tire & Rub... 22.10 -3.75%
AMC Amc Entertainment... 19.42 -3.57%
NUGT Direxion Daily Go... 27.05 -3.39%
FREE Freeseas Inc 2.45 -3.16%
VIPS Vipshop Holdings ... 81.56 -3.08%
WAG Walgreen Co. 55.75 -2.93%
OXBT Oxygen Biotherape... 4.70 -2.89%
Welcome to the January Effect
by Rob Goldman
We talk a lot about seasonality because most investors' gains occur during big but short runs in the market, and oftentimes, these big runs occur from the last week of December through January of the upcoming year. This year it is a little different than most because of the big moves already recorded in the Russell 200 Index (over 33% year to date) and its surprisingly strong upward momentum in recent days. Some market watchers view this recent performance as a sign that a seasonal trend/rally called the January Effect may have already begun. However, we believe it is representative of a narrow rally rather than the commencement of the January Effect since it has not been a scenario where a rising tide lifts all boats. Instead, we believe that we have experienced a small Santa Claus rally that will morph into a sustained and broad movement.
There are multiple definitions associated with the January Effect and its related Santa Claus rally moniker. In a nutshell, the January Effect is an historical Wall Street moniker for the belief that small-cap stocks outperform large caps from January through June, with the trigger based upon catalysts mentioned above. In fact, this event has occurred for 28 of the past 34 years, which is an 84% accuracy rate!
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True Wall Street Stories, Part I
by Rob Goldman
At the end of the year, as everyone winds down their workload, I have always felt it is an opportune time for a lighthearted teaching moment or two. There are things that occur behind the scenes that are bizarre and with this knowledge in hand you can find ways to either save yourself some money, or make a few bucks on a quick trade or two.
Without further ado, I give you a snapshot of a true Wall Street story that highlights what can happen to a stock when an ill-fated rumor makes its way to investors. I am sorry I cannot divulge the names of the parties involved. The names have been omitted to protect the innocent.
Loose Lips Sink Ships
When I was working as an analyst at Piper Jaffray, I covered a stock with a $500 million market cap that had a huge market share in its major product lines. One of the largest mutual fund companies in the country owned 10% or more of the stock and I routinely gave the mutual fund manager that owned the stock in his fund updates on the company and my channel checks in the industry. I even set up conference calls with customers in China for this important client. Naturally, I also covered the stock's biggest competitor, which frankly was a company that had a market cap a mere 10% of the bigger one.
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I love sector rallies - keep an eye on the rare earths to see if they can keep moving on Monday:
NYSE:MCP NYSEMKT:QRM NYSEMKT:REE NYSEMKT:AVL NYSEMKT:TAS
NVIV and AMBS may have more potential on Monday
I have traded this one in the past. It is a p&d ticker. If another promo starts up, I will consider it - I don't bother playing these tickers when volume is low.
HSOL looks interesting - I love tickers rallying off recent crashes. Made a lot off of the IMUC bounce recently, for example.
I have not been posting over the holidays but have been trading between family visits. Funny enough, it has been one of my best weeks of the year. As you all know on this board, I have been trading the shippers all year - well yesterday, Christmas came twice and they exploded like pumped penny stocks. The rally is still strong so keep an eye on them. I will take some more profits in the morning gapup, but will likely hold some positions in DRYS and FREE. FREE and NEWL are going to pay me nice at open, but not sure how today will go. If the rally continues into close, I suggest loading up after 3:30 for another big gap on Monday. I will use a rolling stop on my other shipping tickers such as EGLE and NM. Not at home right now and don't have time to watch all day but this should be another exciting one:
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Shipping stocks becoming unstoppable: Navios Maritime (NM), Baltic Trading Ltd (BALT), NewLead Holdings (NEWL), Eagle Bulk Shipping (EGLE), Genco Shipping (GNK)
Shipping stocks extended impressive run on the back of multiple catalysts. The Baltic Dry Index has hit 2,277 points. The market has started to take notice of the recovery in the industry and it looks like the shipping companies are again going to make a comeback.
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE:GNK), Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESEA) and Box Ships Inc (NYSE:TEU) each gained more than 10% while Baltic Trading Ltd (NYSE:BALT) added 4.8%, all extending gains after Maxim Group analyst Noah Parquette wrote in a note to investors that the dry bulk sector is at the beginning of a cyclical upturn.
The great news for the global shipping market is that rising demand for oil and refined products within Asia has led tanker rates to a three-and-a-half year high. What’s more, the rate for Jones Act tankers also hit an all-time high last week, as increasing domestic US oil output squeezes the market for US flagged vessels, Under the Jones Act only US flagged vessels are allowed to transport cargo between US domestic ports.
As a SA contributor reported “the shipping industry has been under immense pressure over the past five years due to the slowdown in the global economy and trade. There were some industry specific issues as well, such as oversupply to the operators resulting in record low shipping rates – this might have been sustainable if the global economy were in a boom; however, a recessionary environment coupled with oversupply of vessels is a recipe for disaster, which is exactly what happened”.
It is also believed that along with rising day rates and increasing demand, the number of new tankers and drybulk ships entering the global fleet has begun to fall, ending several years of market oversupply.
The dry bulk industry climbed following a broad-based rally on Tuesday, encouraged by a report that showed American companies were investing in their businesses at the fastest pace since January.
On Thursday, Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. (NYSE:NM) and Baltic Trading Ltd (NYSE:BALT) marked their new highs whereas NewLead Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:NEWL) 35.86% and Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ:EGLE) rose 20.49%.
Tags: BALT, Baltic Trading Ltd, Eagle Bulk Shipping, EGLE, Genco Shipping, GNK, Navios Maritime, NEWL, NewLead Holdings, NM
Funny, before even reading this I had bought XOMA today
Very true - just posted an article I read to my board RE how to trade around Christmas. I agreed with the author of the article in that the low volume does bring some nice opportunities; I will be trading throughout the holidays personally.
I am also with TD - TD alows trailing stops with high-volume OTC tickers; has always worked fine for FNMA
How to Trade Next Week
by: Rob Goldman
December 20, 2013 10:30am EST
Trading stocks during Christmas week can be lucrative and it can also be a bit tricky. Stocks that trade on the OTC markets have been especially weak of late in terms of volume and price performance. In fact, I can’t remember the last time it has been this way. Perhaps it has something to do with how the calendar sits this year as market makers see more activity in NASDAQ-listed stocks and don’t want to be caught short during the holidays. So, they short stock only to cover later as buying comes in.
With all of this in mind, what does one do to be so successful that a loud proclamation of "Merry Christmas" is in order, rather than a muttering of “Mary Franklin?” Here are some tips to serve as a stocking stuffer.
Keep Your Routine
If you are a day trader or enjoy trading frequently, continue to do so. If you monitor passively, do not materially change your schedule. Real opportunities occur during this time of year, which is why trading at year-end is often referred to as a Santa Claus rally. The weather often has an effect this time of year. If there is a lot of snow or even warm weather across much of the nation, it puts people in a good mood, which also plays to the upside. After all, there is still a large element of psychology in the stock market. Bad and dreary weather can be a drag on you and stocks.
Watch Your List, Check It Twice
We all have stocks on a watch list but on which we have not yet pulled the trigger. Keep a close eye on it. You are likely not the only one watching these stocks. If there is even a small modicum of strength in a specific stock, it is probably a good buy.
Be Nimble and Quick
Don’t be afraid to buy stocks, even those that have some weakness for the reasons we cited above. This time of year a rising tide can lift all boats. I know a number of people who save up some “play money” this time of year and put it to good use. Small retail, technology and industrials are always good targets this time of year, as are select biotechs that are in the midst of consecutive up days.
Use Time Effectively
Using this time for research or portfolio and stock comparisons, etc. may set you up for a strong start to 2014, or eliminate losses. We all need time to take stock in our stocks, and this is as good a time as any.
Plan Your Selling
It is basically too late to sell for year-end purposes at this juncture. But, planning on selling current and future positions is always a great idea. For example, stocks bought at the end of the year are usually good sell candidates sometime during the second week of the year. This is especially the case if the trading on Jan. 2 is strong and ends up being a heavy up-day; it bodes well for the future. Therefore it may not be a bad idea to buy short term calls on an index with the intention of selling it early in the year. Just watch out for the premiums.
I am just a flipper; I have core positions in my retirement portfolio, but only hold blue chippers long. I don't think it is a bad idea to hold this one long or anything, just not my style. This is a great lottery pick. Has the potential to go up 500% in a year; not many tickers have that potential. Of course, it also has the potential to crash, which is why I don't hold long.
GL (I will be trading this one continually as it moves up and down, but I don't short it, and ultimately want it to go up just as you do)
I knew we were in trouble after the weak gapup - all of FNMAs past big run days had large gapups. We only did 50M volume yesterday also - past big runs had 100M volume. Today had a lot of potential, but did not pan out; that is trading.
I sold before the drop - you? Always potential for a big run out of FNMA, but with that comes the obvious risk of a drop off. Been trading this one for 2 years now; I always using a trailing stop
Small gap is healthy - shows strong interest for our run this morning. I will be surprised if we don't gap at least 3%, as suggested by FANNIE MAE (FNM.MU)[very love volume makes it seem irrelevant but historically, even with low volume, it has been a very high correlation indicator of the morning gap]
We should gap and run to $3.75 tomorrow morning - great action today
They are still looking strong - this keeps up, I will load up again around 3:40 for an AM run tomorrow
I was having an off week until I made it all back this morning with FMCC - beauty play, for some reason, off the bat, it ran much slower than FNMA so I loaded up as much as possible and then flipped once it caught up. Easy money.
Oh right - he calls it the "irregulars" - no, I don't pay for it. Can't imagine it is worth paying for, but not sure what it involves so you would have to look up what others say. I like the free material for occasional ideas.
No, it is free. Anyone can sign up to "stock gumshoe" for free.