The Market Speculator

I went short NTRS this morning. The stock has broke down below support, pulled back and shows a negative volume pattern.

I entered POT today as a bounce play at $125.10. As I have been preaching, postion size is small. Reasons for entry: 1. Stochastics oversol...

I took partial profits in DUG today for a big gain at two points, $40 and $42. I am still holding a position. I exited AAPL for a big loss. ...

Retail stocks are nearing my entry levels. However, the negative retail report could pull them down further. For this reason, I am taking ...

I am short 100 shares of POT at $208.77. This trade is similar to the failed trade I made in HAL. Basically, I set a short-limit order to...

I usually do not short extended stocks unless I see a major divergence signal or at least one distrubution day. However, I decided to take a...

I bought 100 shares of MTL at $143.46. The strong broke out over $140 yesterday on strong volume. It's one of the strongest stocks in a...

This post from August 2007 offers some timely advice on shorting momentum stocks: Those of you familiar with my trading style know I rarely...

There has been some confusion that I would like to clear up. Some of you think that I am bullish on the market because I am making long pla...

As mentioned in the comments section yesterday, I unloaded a number of shorts and entered a few longs: I covered 100 shares of FSLR (short ...

I added two shorts yesterday, AKAM and FCX . I also went long PBR , JASO and AAPL . Here are the stocks I've been keying on from my f...

Last night I created a video highlighting a few of my trades (MA, AAPL, GOOG, NOV). I had problems uploading, so the post is a little late....

NVDA broke out over a month long trading range yesterday, making new highs on strong volume. Voume patterns suggest accumulation. I used tod...

This morning I placed a buy stop for 100 shares of BIDU at $305, using my " buy the weakness " strategy for the stock. As you can ...

I bought 300 shares of AEM at $46.85. I've been waiting for a pullback to support in gold and it looks like we've finally got one. ...

I bought 100 shares of FWLT at $129.26. This is a small feeler position and I will buy more on a pullback into the $125-126 range. To the...

I entered MT this morning, buying 300 shares at $71.48. Stepping back from the trade, it looks like I may have entered a bit early. The la...

I bought 500 shares of RIMM at $82.71. This is a short term trend-pullback play. My intitial target is the high at $85, with a stop at $81. ...

I bought 500 shares of FLR at $120.20. The stock has been on my primary watchlist since the July breakout and has been a great trend pullba...

Those of you familiar with my trading style know I rarely short high flying stocks. While it seems logical to go against a stock that is ove...