Posted by 31 December 2004

It’s Party Time!

I hope you all have a safe and happy new year. I’m going to try to finish reading ‘How to Make Money Selling Stocks Short‘ before I head out to celebrate the new year tonight. So look for the review over the weekend. I may also post some resolutions. I’ve never really been one to [...]

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Posted by 31 December 2004

Watchlist for December 31, 2004

My scans turned up absolutely nothing for today. The low volume and low volatility has created a ton of “nothing to see here” charts. So I’ll continue to just focus on managing my stops and a day trade or two. Speaking of day trades, I see that my new favorite stock, ANTP, is gapping up [...]

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Posted by 30 December 2004

Is ANTP Finally a Sell?

I rarely try counter-trend trades but ANTP was just begging to be shorted. And I figured that the 50 area might turn into resistance. This is one from the “try anything but use a stop” school. (An old Todd Harrison quote.) Here’s the intraday chart (15 minute candles) followed by the daily chart:

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Posted by 30 December 2004

2005 Stock Market Predictions and Resolutions

Alan Farley has written an article detailing his trading resolutions for 2005. Like Taylor, I like the the ‘delayed gratification’ resolution. I’m always striving to take a longer term approach to my trading. (via TaylorTree) As for predictions — I’m so sick of hearing/seeing people making market (and individual stock) predictions for next year. As [...]

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Posted by 30 December 2004

Watchlist for December 30, 2004

There’s not much on my swing lists today and that’s fine with me because I really don’t want to do much in this light volume. I’ll be content to just manage my stops on my current positions. I may make a sale or two just to free up some cash that’s been tied up in [...]

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