Showing posts with label buy stop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label buy stop. Show all posts

Thursday, June 05, 2008

APPL Buy Point and Negative Divergence

I am thinking about putting a buy stop in place for AAPL just above $190. As you can see from the chart, that would be the logical breakout entry.

A major concern of mine is the RSI divergence that is developing. Last year I did a study of breakouts accompanied by a negative RSI divergence. My findings surprised me. Contrary to popular opinion, the failure rate was about the same as without the divergence. However, and this is key, the rise is not as high. From where I'd have to place my stop, my reward to risk right now would only be 1.5:1.

I probably won't put in a buy stop since I can't monitor the volume with this type of entry. However, if I do so a volume surge I may jump in.

You guys can probably tell I'm conflicted about this trade setup.

Monday, May 19, 2008

Watchlist and Trade

Here are the stocks that made my weekly watchlist:

drys hma x ewz lufk cybs aks bzp mtl csiq gnk rimm fls sol fslr crk (bo-htf) jrjc flr apa dvn vip

I bought CRK on today's breakout, using a buy stop with a limit place just above the consolidation area.