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SWKS averaged down to 17.35

Posted by on November 21, 2011 at 1:18 pm

I averaged down my SWKS to 17.35. I’m looking to let the profit ride around 21.50, but could get out sooner if I need the cash.

Buy SWKS @ 18.12, Buy AMZN at 186.66

Posted by on November 21, 2011 at 10:13 am

I started buying back into SWKS again at 18.12 last week. I also picked up some Amazon at 186.66 this morning. The SWKS is yet another SWKS trade looking to make some more short term cash. My plan for AMZN is to let the profit ride at $240.

Buy SWKS @ 18.85

Posted by on November 2, 2011 at 12:55 pm

I picked up some SWKS today. Earnings come out tomorrow. This has been one of my favorite trades to be in and out of this year. We’ll see how things go tomorrow before I decide what happens next, but the general plan is to hold at least until Friday and no longer than the end [...]

Stock Update – AAPL C FTR NUE SPF

Posted by on October 22, 2011 at 5:03 pm

Quick weekend update. I’m continuing to lock in my gains and generate extra cash. I sold my AAPL after it started to come down after earnings for a nice overall gain over the last couple years. I picked up lots of Apple in the mid 100′s (more than doubled!), low 200′s, low 300′s, around $390 [...]

Sell KMP @ $74.73

Posted by on October 18, 2011 at 9:04 am

I sold my KMP this morning after yesterdays nice jump up on the El Paso news. I picked up an average 20% gain + some healthy dividends. The original shares were up around 50%. I’ll buy back into KMP in the 68′s or lower as it comes back down. This one is in my Roth [...]

Sell IBM @ $189.42

Posted by on October 17, 2011 at 11:39 am

I sold my IBM this morning (before earnings) at $189.42 locking in a 10% gain. There were several motivations for me to sell IBM for now including : IBM picked up a 10% gain while other stocks I picked at the same time (and most of the rest of the market) is down 10-20% over [...]

AA INTC NLY SWKS Stocks Update

Posted by on October 11, 2011 at 3:26 pm

I closed out the SWKS last week and only got a couple percent gain out of it. I’m back off the margin and have some cash in my trading account. Last week I used some cash in my trading account to average down my Alcoa (AA) to $13.42. Earnings come out after hours today. Today [...]

Buy SWKS @ 19.28

Posted by on September 29, 2011 at 3:20 pm

Here we go again, and this time it’s tech season!

Buy SWKS @ 18.68

Posted by on September 6, 2011 at 1:46 pm

SWKS got under 19 faster than I was expecting.  I already got to pick some up at 18.68.

September Update

Posted by on September 2, 2011 at 8:25 am

I had a busy July and August which resulted in not all of my buys and sells getting a blog entry.  I think to make things easier going forward I’m going to save the routine moves for a larger monthly or quarterly update post but continue to post the exceptions at the end of the [...]