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Trying a trade on Monday

Published on July 31, 2011 By Raymond Popowich

I picked up a trade idea here and will give it a go on Monday as long as VHC doesn’t open below $28.90. One buy, and only one buy, and it will either stop itself out at $28.90 or I’ll let it run to $37.90. If it gets stuck in the middle I’ll close it [...]

Recent Mistakes

Published on July 18, 2011 By Raymond Popowich

Hey, you already got to watch me make a mistake!  I pulled the combo of taking action based on a headline (incorrectly taking some GLD profits) during a busy day  at work AND moving that money into tech that we know over and over again is generally not a good thing until the fall.  If [...]

Buy AKAM @ 29.74, last EK buy at 2.7195

Published on July 15, 2011 By Raymond Popowich

I picked up some AKAM today.  Looking for $45 before taking any sell or let the profits ride action. I also picked up my last block of EK @ 2.7195.  That trade is just a bingo longshot hoping for good news in the lawsuits that locks a gain above $3.40.  My avg s now $2.86

Sell GDXJ @ 36.61 – Buy C @ 4.83

Published on January 19, 2011 By Raymond Popowich

This is actually a trade I wanted to make near the end of the day yesterday but I sat on it for the night before making it early this morning.  My trade frequency jumped in January shortly after I started commenting about them online and I wanted to double check with myself that I’m not [...]

Buy AA @ 16.46

Published on January 10, 2011 By Raymond Popowich

I got into AA late this morning after the early jump sold off back to yesterdays close. Reasons I bought : 1) More diversification + a small dividend 2) I have had a good history with stocks Cramer mentions as a buy almost daily. Reasons I’d sell: 1) I’m looking to get at least $22/share [...]