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
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$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