You should be looking good pre-markey today, too.
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You should be looking good pre-markey today, too.
Here's what my portfolio looks like today. I harvested my gains on SINA and CMG. I'm thinking of adding some EEM but will hold off until after this long weekend to buy it.
A couple of weeks ago I bought TZOO in the mid-60's, then sold when it hit $70, not because anything in the technical chart or the fundamentals said to, but because I thought it had come too far too fast. It closed yesterday at $94.22.
I HATE it when that happens! <disgusted face>
I know how you feel. Even when I set trailing stops, I seem to get stopped out and then the big move comes. I really believe we are being played by the folks who know how small traders will react to a shake up (paranoid?). So I rarely catch the big moves in stocks, even if I've held them for some time.
Silver's price moves are starting to concern me. I've made a lot of money from SLV but I think it's time to set a trailing stop and bail. But I still want to hold precious metals because the dollar's free fall makes that seem to be a good idea. I'll be looking to purchase more IAU or get some CEF(which holds the physical metal).
FWIW
My positions have been hitting their stops right and left the last two days. I'm almost totally into cash right now.
Cash is good. :) Now we just need a 5% pullback.
First of all, I REALLY like the new look! Very chic. ;oP
And I'm dipping a toe back in. Bought a big chunk of KKD today at $8.51. I love the doughnuts, I hope I like the stock as well.
Thanks. The ETF Talk guinea pig site. I tried to keep the old ETF Talk look, but it's amazing how many changes have to be made to turn the blue things into a matching color. IT will be an ongoing adventure.
I heard Krispy had a nice quarter but this was the first time I looked at the chart. Big gap that may eventually get filled, but maybe not. It looks like there is momentum here. Good luck!
It's way past time I updated my account page.
Taking the summer off and having time to rethink things, I've totally revamped my account. I had started by using a few large positions, thinking that it would be easier to track what was going on that way. I learned that, for me, a few bad decisions can have too much ramifications that way. So I'm using a much smaller position size now and it's working much better for me. I currently have 33 positions and most of them are doing very well. And I must admit that all but a very few of my positions are in stocks rather than EFTs at the moment.
My most profitable positions currently are GOV, NUS, TPX and F.
My only large position is CEF, which is physical gold and silver.
My most recent purchase was OPNT at $45.40 (down to 44.65 currently) PAA at 61.80 (currently at 65.84) and STEV, which is a penny stock I purchased at 0.88, currently at 0.89. I bought it because I believe in the product, stevia, my favorite sweetener.
And FWIW I'm trying to find reasonable places to put my $ that also pay a dividend. Because I think that is going to be important as the EU implodes.
Good to see you lady! I hope you enjoyed your summer.
It's been quiet here. I have been playing mainly with long / short ultra ETF's and while it has been a wild ride, it's pretty boring to talk about.
For dividends, you might want to check out what ocean has been talking about over on TSP Talk...
http://www.tsptalk.com/mb/showthread...523#post332523
Thanks for the tip, Tom. I'll head right over there. Which leveraged funds are you playing with, anything special or does it depend on the day? And are you holding your positions overnight?
Mostly TNA / TNZ and FAS / FAZ. I made a ton of money from late Aug - early Oct, but gave about 1/2 the gains back in the latter half of Oct. I think I will move to SSO / SDS as the 3X ETF's are getting to be a little too much for me. I'm starting to develop a twitch. :D
I usually hold at least 3 days because of the 3 day settlement rule in my IRA. Sometime I will own both TNA and TZA at the same time because of that rule not allowing me to sell one, so I own both basically to bring me back to a flat position. Fun stuff. :)