February 2012

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Bernanke speaks as stocks reverse hard closing out the Month

Big volume throughout the day signal a distribution day across the market making the count up to four for the NASDAQ. Four distribution days is certainly a cause for concern and after today’s reversal on big volume it does call into question if a correction is on the horizon. Market pundits certainly had a field [...]

Market Direction Model Switches to NEUTRAL; Four New Long Positions And No New Short Positions For Thursday’s Stock Market Session

Market Direction Model Switches to NEUTRAL; Four New Long Positions And No New Short Positions For Thursday’s Stock Market Session

Our Market Timing Model has switched from BUY to a NEUTRAL signal following the action in the indexes, individual stocks, and ETFs the past two sessions. Multiple issues in technical indicators showing massive negative divergence has us acting quicker than normal on this model switch. The market will have to prove itself via price and [...]

Small Caps lag, but NASDAQ powers higher

A mixed bag right now for the markets and it was the same for economic news this morning. A poor report from durable goods, but a better than expected rise in Consumer Confidence. A few leaders lagged the market today and with the end of the month arrive tomorrow we’d expect shuffling amongst the market [...]

Four New Long Positions And No New Short Positions For Wednesday’s Stock Market Session

Four New Long Positions And No New Short Positions For Wednesday’s Stock Market Session

Today was a near 2% divergence today from my margin accounts to the Nasdaq today (Nasdaq +0.69%, my margin account -0.97%). This, along with the past eight of nine trades being total duds with no immediate follow through, is going to cause me to pullback even greater. No position will be over 2% of account [...]

Stocks find big support; PCLN books after-hours gains

Warren Buffet’s CNBC interview was not well received by the futures market as the market was shaping up to open lower. While I don’t think nor care if Buffet was really pushing the market lower pre-market what I do care about was the market’s ability to find support. A rush of support showed up just [...]

Four New Long Positions, One Stock I Am Adding To My Existing Long Position, And No New Short Positions For Tuesday’s Stock Market Session

Four New Long Positions, One Stock I Am Adding To My Existing Long Position, And No New Short Positions For Tuesday’s Stock Market Session

My friend has family in from Michigan and I have to do the usual tour guide thing. Therefore, this site will be updated late tonight but will be fully updated by tomorrow morning for eastern time zone individuals and by 10pm for the west coast tonight. Minimum. I also missed my PEIX limit and watched [...]

Big Wave Trading Portfolio Update And Top Current Holdings

The Big Wave Trading margin and retirement accounts remain fully invested. There have been two distribution days in the Nasdaq in the past week but the selling has been orderly. While we remain cautious on new positions with the market in a non-stop uptrend, we continue to ride the trend higher. We do not know [...]

Five New Long Positions And No New Short Positions For Monday’s Stock Market Session

Five New Long Positions And No New Short Positions For Monday’s Stock Market Session

Friday was a tight ranged trading session with a hint of intraday weakness. That weakness was supported in the final two hours which led to stocks finishing basically unchanged. Overall, not bad. It was not good and it was not bad. That is the best way to describe the action on Friday as volume was [...]

Salesforce.com Dazzles in After-Hours as Stocks Close higher

Volume rose on the NASDAQ as the index was able to find its footing again. The S&P 500 had a good day, but volume continues to be below average a sign institutional investors continue to stake out in NASDAQ listed stocks. Jobless claims fell more than expected and the Kansas City Manufacturing index rose more [...]

Eight New Long Positions, Two Stocks I Am Adding To My Existing Long Positions, And No New Shorts For Friday’s Stock Market Session

Eight New Long Positions, Two Stocks I Am Adding To My Existing Long Positions, And No New Shorts For Friday’s Stock Market Session

I apologize for the late update. I have had a powerful ugly cold all week long and it hit me with a ton of bricks today. It’s been a very rough day as my head feels like it is going to explode. However, I got the scanning done finally and am sad to say I [...]

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