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Friday, June 29, 2007

Choppy Friday

General notes
Has just added a new rule to my trading to make it more profit proof. From now on I will check the Industry Group RS and will only make a trade if the underlying stock is in an industry group of A- or better.

Filtered Trade Candidates for the Day

GAPHV: MBT (has to wait to clear buy-point on heavy volume), SPWR (cleared buying point shall spot the upswing and set target)

Trade Session Notes
Nikkei...18138.36...+206.09...+1.2%.
Hang Seng
...21772.73...-165.49...-0.8%.
FTSE...6551.30...-20.00...-0.3%.
DAX...7915.37...-5.99...-0.1%.

9:51:45 AM Market sentiment: bullish
CBOE VIX 14.88-0.66
Market Adv Decl Unch
Nasdaq 3,324 1,290 226
NYSE 2,128 573 118

10:23:37 AM Market sentiment: bullish
CBOE VIX 14.84-0.70
Market Adv Decl Unch
Nasdaq 3,610 1,493 220
NYSE 2,145 678 104

10:58:54 AM Market sentiment: bullish
CBOE VIX 14.91-0.63
Market Adv Decl Unch
Nasdaq 3,733 1,584 244
NYSE 2,167 708 115

11:31:15 AM Market sentiment: bullish
CBOE VIX 15.05-0.49
Market Adv Decl Unch
Nasdaq 3,734 1,741 248
NYSE 2,129 789 111

12:49:15 PM Market sentiment: nervous (based on Terror news from London)
CBOE VIX 15.74+0.20
Market Adv Decl Unch
Nasdaq 3,176 2,504 257
NYSE 1,792 1,162 129

1:28:49 PM Market sentiment: undecided
CBOE VIX 15.73+0.19
Market Adv Decl Unch
Nasdaq 3,250 2,506 255
NYSE 1,844 1,140 112


Open Trades as of EOD 28 June
.UPUGR CTSH JUL 90 Call
$76.60 $0 ($560.00)
Notes Break even at $4.55. Time close at 22 June, Friday. Loosing trade!
.PAQHR PCAR AUG 90 Call $87.45 $2.95 ($105.00)
Notes Open GAPHV day 8 light retracement
.SWQSV SNDK JUL 42.5 Put $48.64 $0.1 ($440.00)
Notes Complete looser part!!!
.TEXJQ TEX OCT 85 Call $81.01 $5.2 ($380.00)
Notes TTC-A, watch for %Williams -50!!! bounce or not, 81.5 support