December 30, 2007 - January 16, 2008 USA

ARCHIVED Traders' NOTEBOOK

CLOSED TRADES AND TRADERS NOTES

2008 Traders' Notes, The Start of the Bear Market.

Date
TICKER
PRICE
STOP
TARGET
Comments , Please us a stop loss  
jan 16
SRS

130

Stopped out,. Real Estate shorting was a sure thing. Still climbing on the upper Bollinger Band. You make the call. Could be ok.
jan 15
SRS
134.10
130

Ultrashort Real Estate, Profund shares, 135 is breakout.
jan 16
BZP

12.90

Stop out
jan 14
BZP
13.75
12.90

Breakout on increase volume
jan 17


48.10

Break - even
jan 16
PPDI
48.99
48.10

Increase stop.
Jan 12
PPDI
47.71
45

lower volume traded, Breakout
jan 15
GILD

47.50

Stop out, on market open, Nice uptrend in place.
jan 12
GILD
48.68
47.50
53
Triple Top Breakout,
jan 15
GTRE

2.97

Stop Out, Retracing TO $2.40
jan 12
GTRE
3.13
2.97

Explosive upside move $10% Friday - Monday follow-up ?, Use stop loss !
jan 16
BVN

64

Stop out, New support at 63. Just not ready for take-off.
jan 12
BVN
68.04
64
76
Double top breakout.
jan 12
cnc

26.60

stopped out Thursday, jan 10
jan 07
cnc
27.94
26.60

Breakout, Steady rise
jan 14
hum
86.98
84.68

Volume up, increase stop-loss
jan 12
hum
84.28
82.60

up 3.3%, Rally is weakening, on lower volumes.
jan 07
hum
81.56
77.56
85
Breakout
jan 12
pze

14.80

Stop Out
jan 07
pze
15.75
14.80

Breakout
jan 15
bg

130.50

stop out, 3.6% return
jan 14
bg
133
130.50

raise stop-loss, nice breakout
jan 12
bg
129.35
122.50

up 2.7%, Breakout from resistance of 125
jan07
bg
125.92
120

Breakout
jan 14
teva

47

stop-out
jan 12
teva
47.98
47

close to 47 stop out, but some buying Friday. Do not change stop at 47
jan 3
teva
48.72
47

Breakout
jan 7
oxy

77.50

stop out
jan 3
oxy
80.51
77.50

Breakout
jan 15
mon

124

Stopped out 124, Market Tuesday meltdown, 2.5% return
jan 12
mon
127.25
124

Another move-up, increase stop-loss
jan 12
mon
120.63


124.60 Reached Friday jan 11, The rally is weakening.
jan 3
mon
120.92
115

A continued stellar breakout, We could see a sell off, shorting to start ?
jan 12
mhs



After reaching 109.25, we are out of this position. 3.3% return
jan 3
mhs
105.69
102

Breakout continues - almost .35% every day
jan 12
esrx



After reaching $79.10, we sold Jan 09. 6.13% return
jan 7
esrx
77.85


up 5.52% from initial signal. close at 77.58
jan 3
esrx
74.53
73.50

A steady climb
jan 15
bdx

91.05

stopped out, 3.75% return
jan 14
bdx
91.59
91.05

up , increase stop-loss
jan 12
bdx
91.21
90.50

Steady uptrend, up-stop loss
jan 7
bdx
90.35


up 2.95% today, from initial 88.19 signal
jan 3
bdx
88.19
86

Triple top Breakout on high volumes.
jan 3




Golds Have rallied, watch the USD, any Rally will slow the golds.
jan 15
abx

50.98

stop out, 10.8% return - market meltdown.
jan 14
abx
51.48
50.98

Trend is weaker, Topping, up stop loss
jan 12
abx
51.20
49
57
Barrick just cleared the old 47 top. $57 target from technicals.
jan 5
ABX
47.93
46.50

Barrick Gold,
Jan 2
ABX
46
44

Barrick gold
jan 15
GG

38.19

Stopped out, 4.6% return
Jan 14
GG
38.38
38.19

Volume + trend weaker, stop-loss increased.
jan 12
GG
38.06
36

up 4.2% from jan 02.
jan 5
GG
37.51
36

A double top could be near 38, we need volumes to break out to 39
Jan 2
GG
36.50
35.50

Goldcorp
jan 15
GLD

89

stopped out, 7.8% return
jan 14
GLD
89.54
89

Increase stop-loss
jan 12
GLD
88.58
86.25

up 7.3% from jan 02. stop-loss protection now increased
Jan 2
GLD

82.50


Exchange traded ETF,
Gold tends to rise as fast as profits are taken, use caution and set stops.
jan7
solf

35

stopped out, still on upward trend in longer term, 2.7% loss
jan 5
solf
37.64
35

Volumes continue to build , set stop at 35, so far up 4.5%
jan 2
solf
35.99
31.70

Solar is on fire, Up 10.23% on another breakout.
jan 12
apa



112.49 was reached, sold. This looks like a major top. 102 is support.
Jan 2
APA
110.31
107
115
Breakout
jan 08
SCHW

24

Stopped out
Dec 30
SCHW
25.54
24
27
Steady rise on upper Bollinger band
jan 14
ENS
>>
>>>

$28.15 reached, slowing trend, out at $ 27 or 7.2% return
jan 07
ENS
27.00


up from buy signal on 560,000 shares.
Dec 30
ENS
25.17
23.50
28
BREAKOUT, Volume up over last 3 weeks