Friday, August 31, 2007

30 Minute Gap & Go - NVDA

5 Minute Chart

Daily Chart

Stock: NVDA 5 Minute chart
Entry: 50.06
Stop: 49.87
Volume > previous day: yes
Daily chart: Blue sky's
Result: .36 to.46 gain

5 Minute Gap & GO - ADS

5 Minute Chart

Daily Chart

Stock: ADS 5 Minute chart
Entry: 77.31
Stop: 77.14
Daily chart: Breakout of down trend, catching the bears
Entered off strong Green candle: yes
Result: .59 to .75 gain

Thursday, August 30, 2007

30 Min Breakout, 5 Min Bars - CELG

5 Minute Chart

Daily Chart

Stock: CELG 5 Minute chart
Entry: 63.02
Stop: 62.84
Volume > previous day: yes
Daily chart: Strong at 3 month high
Entered off strong Green candle: yes
Result: .43-.87 Gain

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

EMINI - YM Fade

2 Minute Chart

Entry: 13173
Stop: 13165
First Test of Fade Point: Yes, fading the pivot point with 200 EMA support
Result: 5 to 11 point gain
Note: Liked the low risk setup with low volume, nice little single

30 Min Breakout, 5 Min Bars - GRMN

5 Minute Chart

Daily Chart

Stock: GRMN 5 Minute chart
Entry: 99.81
Stop: 99.46
Volume > previous day: yes
Daily chart: shorts trapped on gap up after big down day
Entered off strong Green candle: yes
Result: .76 - 1.04 gain

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

15 Min Candlestick OR breakdown - NUE

15 Minute Chart

Daily Chart

Stock: NUE 15 Minute chart
Entry: 52.29 Short
Stop: 52.55
Volume > previous day: yes
Daily chart: Resistance at 50 EMA, extended
Entered off weak red candle: yes
Result: .31 to .54 gain

Monday, August 27, 2007

30 Min Candlestick OR breakout - CHL

30 Minute Chart

Daily Chart

Stock: CHL 30 Minute chart
Entry: 65.89
Stop: 65.18
Volume > previous day: yes
Daily chart: Blue sky's
Entered off strong Green candle: yes
Result: 1.42 to 1.99 gain
Note: Large stop = less shares

Gap & Fade 123 Fade - IBN

5 Minute Chart

Daily Chart

Stock: IBN 5 Minute Chart
Entry: 44.74 Short
Stop: 45
Daily chart: Gaping into slop and 50 EMA resistance
Entered off strong red candle: yes
Result: .51 to .73 gain
Notes: Trail your stop and be sure you are scalling out

Sunday, August 26, 2007

Rocket - SFD

5 Minute Chart Entry

15 Minute Chart

Stock: SFD 5 Minute chart
Entry: 34.81 - Short
Stop: 34.99
Entered off Red candle: yes
Result: 1.01 to 1.16 gain
Notes: Scale out as you go

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

On Vacation

I will be away for the next 2 weeks for the annual family vacation.

I will try and do some sporadic trading.

Feel free to post any trades you would like comments on.

Regular daily posting of trades will start again August 27th

Thanks to everyone for there great comments on the business Plan - glad it helped.

30 Minute Gap Fill - EBAY



Stock: EBAY 15 Minute chart
Entry: 35.52
Stop: 35.06
Volume > previous day: Yes
Gap Fill: matched the market, gap down and filled.
Daily chart: room to run
Entered off strong Green candle: yes
Result: .02 to .27 gain
Notes: Large stop with less risk, nice breakout on the Daily with Volume, didn't take off but still if your using my money management plan you would have had a small gain.

30 Minute Gap Fill - WLP

15 minute chart

Daily chart

Stock: WLP 15 Minute Chart

Entry: 76.42
Stop: 76.16
Volume > previous day: NO - but strong volume previous day
Strong WRB 30 Minutes gap fill: yes
Type of entry: Breakout ISB
Entered off strong green candle: yes
Result: .47 to .62 gain
Notes: The trade matched the market, gaping down and retracing. Scale out as it goes your way

Monday, August 6, 2007

Sling Shot - CBG

30 Minute Chart

Daily Chart

Stock: CBG 30 Minute Chart
Entry: 29.31
Stop: 28.29
Volume > previous day: yes
Daily chart: down 15% over the past 5 days, heavy volume
Entered off strong Green candle: yes
Result: 2.82 to 2.98 gain -sell at close
Notes: Less shares and ride the wave

Sling Shot - OIS

30 Minute Chart

Daily Chart

Stock: OIS 30 Minute Chart
Entry: 38.33
Stop: 37.80
Volume > previous day: yes
Daily chart: down 10% in two days heavy volume
Entered off strong Green candle: yes
Result: 1.20 to 1.33 gain -sell at close

EMINI - YM 123 Pullback

2 Minute YM

Entry: 13407
Stop: 13390
Pullback Point: 20 EMA
Pullback Orderly: Yes going with the trend
Result: 71 to 89 point gain
Notes: Be sure you are scaling out

Friday, August 3, 2007

Free Fall - CIT

2 Minute Chart - entry

15 Minute chart

Stock: CIT 2 Minute chart
Entry: 33.50
Stop: 32.85
Volume increasing on 15 minute chart: yes
Entry away from 5 EMA: Yes
Entered off Green candle: yes
Result: 1.10 to 1.84 gain
Notes: Follow my scale out chart, wide stop less shares

Thursday, August 2, 2007

60 Minute ISB breakout

60 Minute Chart

Daily Chart

Stock: BIG 60 Minute chart
Entry: 26.16
Stop: 25.98
Confirmation: several down days on the daily - snap back
Support from 5 or 20 EMA: Yes the 20 EMA
Entered off Green candle: no, with ISB setups I look more at retracement and a solid green WRB
Result: .13 to .27 gain
Note: Volume wasnt great but several down days with yesterday on heavier volume leads me to a snap back day. Scale out, my money management plan again made money even with the drop later in the day.

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

EMINI - YM Fade

Fading the Gap 2 minute chart

Entry: 13294 Short Gap
Stop: 13314
First Test of Fade Point: Fading the Gap
Result: 65 to 92 point gain
Note: After scaling out you can trail the remaining contracts with the 2 minute chart or try for a larger gain and use the 5 minute chart.

Disclaimer

I DO NOT MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO BUY OR SELL SECURITIES - I JUST POST TRADES I MAKE OR FIT THE RULES OF MY TRADING PLAN ON A DAILY BASIS. DO YOUR OWN DUE DILIGENCE - YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR TRADES, INVESTMENTS, AND DECISIONS! ALL CHARTS COURTESY OF TRADESTATION & SCHWAB.

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