ICE

The bears are pounding ICE this morning even with the positive earnings outlook. Humm?

Tough market, so so choices

Let me say that my directional choices (whether moving up or moving down) has been less then perfect lately way too many holdings are fractionaly lower then where i bought them, let me say my timing is still good I'm buying minutes before they start moving, all be it in the other direction. ie: ACI three days ago, and today i shorted ATI again, just before the big volume piled in about an hour before the close. SIRF had a time of it today, as did DIVX. Well i held ACI as opposed to buying more and selling into the breakeven zone this morning, held INTC as opposed to taking a dime loss.


ICE made a nice move today, i was busy watching my charts, and didn't notice it until it was was trading@ 126.60, i'll get the trade next time (hehehe). There are quite a few stocks making small moves if your looking for intraday trades.

Market

More choppy trading today.
No trades of note.

overview of current holdings

INTC, I bought this knowing it's a slow mover, well it's putting me to sleep. I haven't even tried to trade Intel in well over 2 and a 1/2 years. I believe it will go up here ( if not down and then up) but will most likely unload it and put the money to use elsewhere.


SIRF, Holding this one unless catastrophe strikes.

DIVX, I may be putting too much faith in this one due to it being one of my seven long term stock investments. Not enough bulls in this one to trade effectively, I will continue to hold , but will keep a careful eye on it, not to mention a hard stop.

ACI, what a mistake this trade was, i was anticipating a bullish style reversal but got the opposite, did anyone see the ultra bearish reversal at 31.35, yikes, i will either unload this for a small loss or try and trade my way out for a 10 to 20 cent loss if possible.


I will take a few day trades or overnight trades this week.
Stocks i'm watching NYX, BSC, ICE, ATI and a few others.
I'll trade em as I see em.

ATI

A Trade Trigger covered my short @105.95, i will revisit this stock when trading begins on monday.

Friday

It's Friday and i have to leave early.
Choppy markets today which should be best for daytrading.
I will set a couple of hard stops to prevent any massive losses, just in case.

Metals

The steel makers are recieving a lot of upgrades this am.

Review

INTC, came back strong in the later stages of todays trading.
SIRF, held it's own
DIVX, pulled back and took a third of my shares, will continue to hold a decent sized position, also i will add at lower levels.
ACI, i started a position, this is a slow mover that immediatly pulled back, i will unload this one if it doesn't start moving up soooooooon.
ATI, added a bit more on the short side @107.96, very very risky



overall the account stood up fairly well, i will not allow a huge drawdown in my account though.

BSC

BSC seems to be holding it's strength the overall market seems to be weakening

Lost access

Lost my internet access from about 20 minutes into the trading day to 5 minutes ago, NOT GOOD!

Select strength

Let's see which stocks keep running and which ones don't.

Holdings summary

INTC a bit concerning however i'm not about to give up on it yet.
SIRF made a solid reversal off it's short term support level @26.43, today's action post bounce is a bit more constructive than the prior 2 days.
DIVX the volume is lightening up a bit, with a strong green day in the overall market i believe this will get up and run, without overall market strength DIVX may just drift around, no DIVX does not track the market.


Re-entered ATI on the short side @106.26


I left about 2 hours early today, therefore my read on tommorows action may be incomplete.

Tommorow looks like more of what we saw today.

ATI

covered my ATI short a bit too soon it seems 105.10

BZH

out of beazer @28.60

Beazer

Started a small position in BZH @26.10 in afterhours, anyways this should be interesting tommorow morning, yes it feels a bit like gambling which is something i really try to avoid so there is no explaining this purchase except to say " watch all the short sellers cover in the am"

Beazer Homes

Yes, let me watch BZH tommorow for a quick trade, it's @ 26.03 right now in AH's. FBI probe of mortgage practices at BZH.

Added yet some more DIVX @20.53 ,


Still holding INTC, DIVX, SIRF.
Short ATI @107.07, this is still one of the most bullish stocks in the market, very very risky to short here it's a small position and i will add to it if it retests it breakout level and fails.

SIRF started to look strong early on in the trading day but ran into resistance and sold off.

Dip buyers

The dip buyers aren't moving many stocks today, i will start to look for more potential short entries, however i will scale in slowly. No clear direction for this market most likely we will see some minor swings back and forth.

ATI

Just shorted some ATI , I consider this a very risky trade.

Nice reversal in the indices

Wow what a climb back from the lows of this morning, NYX was about the strongest stock that i was watching today. I do not trust this move to continue too much higher, some nervous bears covering most likely helped today.

Added more DIVX @ 20.54, will set a stop prior to market opening tommorow.

Still holding SIRF and INTC.