Monday, August 19, 2013

Aug 19 2013

Not the worst way to start the day


With 4 wins out of 4 trades as of 11 am, you can call it a good morning, especially for a Monday.

11:40. Make that 5 for 5.
13:40. 6 for 6. 2 1:3ers, 2 1:2ers, 2 scalps. 
Finishing at 100% win.


[09:03] {dino} gm
01[09:03] {&Threei}  morning dino
[09:23] {Alexs} gm
[09:23] {cipher} gm
01[09:23] {&Threei}  alex, cipher :)
[09:25] {RonS} hi y'all...
01[09:26] {&Threei}  ron :)
01[09:28] {&Threei}  Market Focal Points: Summer vacations have kept market volumes light as traders have taken profits ahead of the release of US Fed minutes later this week and the Kansas City Fed's Jackson Hole symposium this weekend
01[09:28] {&Threei}  - German Chancellor Merkel and Fin Min Schaeuble reiterate view that there would be no additional haircut on Greek debt
01[09:28] {&Threei}  I'll take the other side of that bet
01[09:32] {&Threei} Short Setup: GDX  .70 break
01[09:32] {&Threei}  If holds  .80
01[09:33] {&Threei}  let's trail to .76
01[09:35] {&Threei}  half out
01[09:35] {&Threei}  1:1
01[09:35] {&Threei}  1:2
[09:36] {robbers} Out in full, thanks.
01[09:36] {&Threei}  yw
[09:37] {+cc_9} SPY reversing slightly here
[09:37] {nemo} it'll tag the 50 day
01[09:37] {&Threei}  1:3 close enough, out in full
01[09:38] {&Threei}  .43
01[09:38] {&Threei}  wow... even that too soon?
[09:39] {+cc_9} SPY rejected @ Friday's close.
[09:40] {nemo} 50 day 165.80
[09:40] {nemo} be interesting if it can't hold that today
[09:41] {+cc_9} SPY back to HOD test
[09:41] {dino} ntls sm l .65
01[09:41] {&Threei} Short Setup: C  .90 break
[09:41] {+cc_9} SUPN fluff play
01[09:42] {&Threei}  If holds  .95
01[09:45] {&Threei}  1:1
[09:45] {dino} ntls stop .35, -.30
01[09:46] {&Threei}  come to think of it... can we go home?
01[09:46] {&Threei}  1:3, 1:1 (and still on)... and it's Monday for crisssake
[09:51] {dino} ntls sm l .20
01[09:52] {&Threei}  1/4 more out
01[09:52] {&Threei}  stop to .85
[09:53] {dino} gj
01[09:53] {&Threei}  to .81
01[09:53] {&Threei}  ty
[09:54] {+cc_9} SUPN fluff trying to curl
[09:55] {dino} efut?
[09:55] {+cc_9} QQQ ahead, SPY @ friday's close. DIA / IWM lagging behind
01[09:56] {&Threei}  Efuture Information Technology Inc. To Engage Rainbow Department Store on myStore Platform- Signed an agreement with Rainbow Department Store Company Limited (002419, "Rainbow Department Store") to launch myStore, a one-on-one engagement platform designed to facilitate easy access between sales clerks and their customers. - Source TradeTheNews.com
01[09:57] {&Threei}  The platform also provides a social shopping network for consumers and their friends to connect to the consumer society at large.
01[09:57] {&Threei}  that's all I have on EFUT
[09:57] {dino} same, guess it deserves 100% pop
01[09:57] {&Threei}  hehe
01[09:57] {&Threei}  "It ain't gotta do nothin' with deservin'"
[09:58] {dino} indeed
[09:58] {robbers} Out C, thank you.
[09:58] {nemo} even if you butchered the quote
01[10:02] {&Threei}  :)
01[10:03] {&Threei}  well, kudos to you if you remember it's exactly... otherwise, I didn't have time to google it and you did {G}
[10:06] {RonS} took ntls .41 to .95 +.54  thanks dino
01[10:07] {&Threei}  wtg
[10:07] {nemo} Gene Hackman:  "I don't deserve this."
[10:07] {nemo} Clint: "Deservin' ain't got nothin' to do with it..."
[10:08] {nemo} I didn't google...favorite line in the movie
[10:09] {RonS} hlf pressure
[10:10] {dino} out ntls .10, +.90
[10:11] {RonS} gj
[10:11] {robbers} Nice Dino.
01[10:11] {&Threei}  good one
[10:16] {+cc_9} SUPN 40% float trading
[10:22] {+cc_9} HLF fresh lows
01[10:23] {&Threei} Short Setup: CAT  .75 break hl
01[10:23] {&Threei}  If holds  .85
01[10:24] {&Threei}  1:1
01[10:24] {&Threei}  1:2
[10:25] {robbers} Out Cat, thx.
01[10:25] {&Threei}  yw
[10:25] {+cc_9} HLF another $1.00 crash
[10:28] {RonS} wow, this reported on Marketwatch this a.m.:  The suicide of a wealthy Herbalife distributor, who earned about $3 million last year, is grabbing upvotes on Reddit.
[10:29] {RonS} EPD sm l .40
[10:32] {nemo} hfc
[10:34] {dino} hlf sm l .60
[10:36] {+cc_9} Just reading that now Ron
[10:37] {dino} stop hlf .35 -.25
[10:39] {RonS} meltdown in India these days...does anyone care?
01[10:41] {&Threei}  ummm
01[10:41] {&Threei}  no
[10:42] {nemo} frickin' dot heads
[10:43] {+cc_9} HLF continues to flush
[10:43] {RonS} American Standard never stops...
[10:44] {RonS} ...flushing...
[10:44] {RonS} ...toilet manufacturer...
[10:44] {RonS} ...bada bing...
[10:44] {nemo} I remember there was a regional rock band when I was physiologically young called the American Standard Band....I didn't get the joke until I was puking in the bathroom of a club and saw the stencil on the porcelain god
[10:44] {RonS} lol
[10:46] {nemo} I remember the night.  It was "Jack's" in Cambridge (became a victim of Zionist lightning in 1988).  My college roommate was the bartender.  Everybody else got their drinks in glasses.  I got mine in mugs...next mornings were never pretty
[10:48] {+cc_9} SUPN trying this dog L 7.70 with stop loss 7.45
[10:48] {+cc_9} first sign of reversal on the gap open fade
[10:49] {RonS} got an approval of an epilepsy drug...not a bad try...
[10:50] {+cc_9} 50% float already exchanged hands
[10:50] {+cc_9} and not 1 move up since the open
[10:50] {+cc_9} Make that since 8:20AM
[10:50] {+cc_9} HLF first bounce
[10:51] {+cc_9} some volume with it as well
01[10:51] {&Threei} Long Setup:  TZA  .90 break
01[10:52] {&Threei}  If holds  .85
[10:55] {RonS} cc...re supn...ever wonder that instead of 50% it might really be 5% 10 times?
01[10:57] {&Threei}  1:1 close enough
[10:57] {dino} hlf sm l .00
01[10:58] {&Threei}  that's 4:4 today... let me go home...
[10:59] {+cc_9} SUPN trying here for a reversal
[10:59] {nemo} that should go over well with the wife
[11:00] {dino} amap spike
[11:01] {+cc_9} HLF deep V. Back near 62.50
[11:02] {RonS} mst 3000:  "deeeep V"...
[11:03] {dino} out hlf .40, +.40
[11:04] {+cc_9} nice trade dino
[11:04] {RonS} AMAP & Alibaba Alliance to Create Maps Based eCommerce Ecosystem
[11:04] {dino} ty
[11:09] {nemo} rcl week
[11:09] {nemo} weak
[11:09] {+cc_9} SUPN no traction in mid .70s
[11:09] {+cc_9} NEeds 7.80 for reversal
[11:14] {dino} ntls sm l .15
[11:15] {nemo} len looks short here
[11:17] {dino} srpt sm l .01
[11:23] {+cc_9} SUPN no go, sl trigger
01[11:30] {&Threei} Short Setup: CAT  .80 break
01[11:31] {&Threei}  hl
01[11:33] {&Threei}  If holds  .90
[11:33] {dino} onxx blood
[11:36] {RonS} wow:  Big put spread buyer in $EEM , Dec 35 - 27 just over 100,000 trade (contracts). Yowza
01[11:40] {&Threei}  1:1
01[12:19] {&Threei}  NYSE volume 210M shares, about 17% below its three-month average; - NASDAQ volume 585M shares, about 19% below its three-month average
[12:21] {dino} srpt to .12
[12:21] {dino} ntls to b/e
[12:23] {dino} out srpt +.11
[12:26] {dino} taho spike
[12:39] {dino} out ntls .55, +.40
01[12:39] {&Threei}  wtg
[12:40] {dino} ty
[13:01] {nemo} kss
01[13:01] {&Threei}  keep calm nemo
[13:01] {nemo} thik it might be nice short
[13:01] {nemo} fas too
01[13:20] {&Threei} Short Setup: CAT  .50 break
01[13:20] {&Threei}  hl
[13:27] {+cc_9} QIHU looking for a short on 74.40 break
[13:33] {+cc_9} ONXX racing down
01[13:33] {&Threei}  1:1
01[13:36] {&Threei}  6:6... you guys have no mercy at all
[13:36] {Alexs} yeah you are the best Vad
[13:36] {Alexs} ty
01[13:37] {&Threei}  yw, and thanks for the good word
[13:38] {goinshort} very nice!
01[13:39] {&Threei}  weekend's excitement:
01[13:40] {&Threei}  Engadget, allegedly accidentally, places online a 5 min video showcasing a new Olympus flagship camera that is supposed to be announced mid-Sept
01[13:41] {&Threei}  they don't link or index or mention url anywhere, probably assuming it makes it safe
01[13:41] {&Threei}  within 5 min it's found and propagated all over the net, lol
01[13:42] {&Threei}  They take it offline, make Youtube take down the one placed there by someone,
01[13:42] {&Threei}  but people place it in their dropboxes
01[13:42] {&Threei}  so the cat is out of the bag - abou8t a month before manufacturer was going to release it
01[13:43] {&Threei}  this is brutal world, lol... but I now know how my next camera looks
01[13:43] {&Threei}  1:2
01[13:44] {&Threei}  1:3 close enough, out
01[13:48] {&Threei}  (US) Fed's Lacker: Data from first half of 2013 confirm that asset purchases did not help boost growth; US GDP growth should be around +2% annually for the next couple of years- Views on the FOMC are very different at times. **On July 28th, Lacker said QE has done little to aid the economy, forecasted US 2013 GDP at 2%, 2014 at 2.25%
01[13:48] {&Threei}  frikin imbeciles
[13:48] {Alexs} looks like you made a good sacrifice to the trading gods last weekend Vad
[13:49] {Alexs} a lot of bacon?
01[13:49] {&Threei}  ate it all myself
[13:50] {Alexs} lol
[14:33] {dino} ioc sm l .00
[14:40] {dino} psix drop
[14:46] {dino} psix vsm l .05
[14:53] {dino} .
[14:54] {dino} ioc stop .71, -.29
[14:59] {nemo} http://bo.st/16DzD8o
[15:05] {nemo} http://bit.ly/16DAMwP
[15:06] {nemo} hey cc, 10:1 reverse split in nugt tomorrow
[15:07] {dino} out psix .85, +.80
[15:07] {nemo} might get index bounces here
01[15:18] {&Threei} Long Setup:  C  .60 break
01[15:18] {&Threei}  If holds  .55
01[15:23] {&Threei}  needless to say, invalidated
[15:45] {bbobr} Great calls today, Vad. To bad i was away most of the time.    Gn all.
01[15:45] {&Threei}  thank you all
01[15:45] {&Threei}  have a great evening, see you tomorrow
[15:46] {goinshort} thanks
[15:46] {goinshort} !!
[15:46] {goinshort} Thanks !!!
01[15:46] {&Threei}  :)
[15:46] {robbers} !!!
[15:46] {robbers} Great day.
[15:48] {dino} gj
[15:52] {dino} calling it a day, good one. thx all for ideas