The Shawshank Redemption
'Hope' that your losing stock picks can come back can drive you poor!
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Winning is ... finding Momentum , grabbing it, profiting from it, and then releasing it.
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The 'portfolio' will follow 'The daily log'
The 'portfolio' will follow 'The daily log'
The Daily Log
Friday / Thursday
"Currently sitting on 100 free commission trades, have used 5 ". I have only 60 days to use the free commission trades from my broker. I am geared up with a new broker, flat rate commissions of 3.95 plus 100 free trades. Will use both brokers for awhile, so some trades will show 8.95 per and others for the first 100 will show zero commission then 3.95 per. Broker's name is Optionshouse.
Monday Monday
Getting back to risk management. The way to control risk is to buy at the breakout and put a mental stop (selling point) if the stocks drops below it’s previous resistence. By following this strategy your gains can be very big and your losses small. All time highs have no overall resistence and can hit new highs hundreds of times during a bull market.
“Research studies have shown that most of the collective return in the US stock market is attributable to a small minority of stocks that spend a disproportionate amount of time making multi-year highs”
William O’Neil, who oversaw the IBD stock market newspaper and author of the best selling book “How to make Money in Stocks’ made the following observation
“What seems too high in price and risky to the majority usually goes higher eventually, and what seems low and cheap usually goes lower”
8:21am Futures up. AAPL showing some strength. FENG rocking.
8:51pm Sat on my behind today, relaxed and watched my portfolio holdings get even fatter. Hit another all-time portfolio gain high...over $13,000 gain in less than 4 months of active public real account trading here.
My annualized portfolio rate of return now standing at a fab 60.06%.!
Tuesday
My annualized portfolio rate of return now standing at a fab 60.06%.!
8:02am Futures up...
8:36am Sold COP... frees up 5k.
8:39am Sold FB.... used up another free commission trade
8:45am Netflix on fire
8:49am Bought QIHU (paid commission as bought in my old account)
8:53am Go with the one you love. Bought TSLA. (this one in new account, no commission charge).
8:57am Added to position on RPRX, another stock I 'love'. (commission paid).
8:58am This morning during the first half hour of the session, I have relined my holdings, taking out COP FB and YELP and added TSLA QIHU and more RPRX.
8:59am Love it, NFLX continues the azz kickin! QIHU hitting all time highs!
9:16am FENG bought 300 shrs...
9:46am Bought addl 10 shrs NFLX
10:41am Status quo... no changes in last hour
12:23pm Sold FENG.. timing mistake.. just gotta move on
12:57pm Apple event going on now. Will new phone have fingerprint feature? This is huge...the peanut gallery media doesn't realize how big this is...
1:07pm Actually the media is taking notice of 'fingerprint'. Now will investors ?
1:08pm Bought into SBUX... Corporate types love the image of having a starbucks cup of overpriced coffee.
1:23pm Apple very likely to announce selling iphone in china.. event scheduled within 24 hours in big event in China. If I didn't own a lot of apple in my private account I would be buying more in this public account. (have owned apple since 2009 without selling a single share)
2:10pm In last hour of session, market continues to hold up
2:23pm DOW continues to hold up.. last half hour will be interesting ..be ready for apple movement (but which way?) NFLX and QIHU continues to remain strong.
2:27pm Although I like my portfolio holdings, I like money better.... might sell a little near the close. Stay tuned.... but again... Obama's speech tonight and Syria's capitulation might drive the market even higher tomorrow.......
2:41pm First time here. I'm going to tell you in advance about a stock sell I will do between now and the end of the daily session. I'm going to sell 20 shrs NFLX.
3:00pm market closed. Sold 20 shr NFLX at 312.97 at 2:57pm cst. Net profit 414.50.
NFLX closed at 313.00.
3:10pm Portfolio gain in less than 4 months of trading is $13,900 with an annualized rate of return at +64.25 !
6:00pm Our site hits by viewers today at 6pm stands at 374 hits. Thanks to all of you.
I know it's difficult for a stock market blogger who doesn't recommend stocks nor analyze stocks to have a very high readership. However, that number is substantially more than I expected when I started this site less than 4 months ago. However, I have one thing going and that's the results of our stock portfolio. As of today, I have an aannualized rate of return of 64.25%. That'll keep our readership up. Thanks again.
Our site hits by viewers at 6pm yesterday at 374 hits. Thanks to all of you.
I know it's difficult for a stock market blogger who doesn't recommend stocks nor analyze stocks to have a very high readership. However, that number is substantially more than I expected when I started this site less than 4 months ago. However, I have one thing going and that's the results of our stock portfolio. As of today, I have an annualized rate of return of 64.25%. That'll keep our readership up. Thanks again.
I keep coming back to 3 stocks as holdings in my portfolio. They are NFLX, TSLA, QIHU.
8:57am Cst As noted on stocktwits a few minutes ago, doubled up on our position on BLOX.
9:15am As noted on stocktwits several minutes ago, bought into NTES, 65 shrs.
9:25am Sold all of RPRX
Thursday
One thing about my stock portfolio that I like. Yesterday AAPL (apple) took a beating, an azz kickin if you may.... and yet the profit in our portfolio is still $13,000 !
That's means the holdings in the portfolio are strong enough to hold on even when one of the holding takes a major beating. I feel real good overall and I think it's just a matter of time before AAPL rights itself up.
8:45am bought 75 more shrs of BLOX.
9:25am Not ready to sell anything yet so gonna take an estate sale hike and see what 'robberies' are available and then come back here and lock in some good profit and buy into better opportunities. Be back soon!
12:45pm Back from a hobby, estate sale buying. Bought 20 books dated from 1890 to 1930 at $3.00 each for a total purchase of $60.00. One book alone in that group can easily be sold for $75.00 ! Another 'Rob the estate sales Blind' day.
12:55pm BLOX doing well today, TSLA coming back nicely. QQQ continues steady climb.
1:08pm Ripped right back into FB with a purchase of 150 shrs.
1:11pm Walgreen on fire. Bought 75 shrs WAG.
1:42pm Sold all CGNX for a loss. Wanted to cut my losses short on this one. Took a hit.
2:11pm I'm going all out the next 50 minutes to try to gain another $500.00. Right now portfolio shows $13,270 profit. Watch me!
2:13 in for 100 shr TRLA.....
2:16 portfolio up to 13,300.
2:17 DOW going down hurts.
2:18 will I need DXD?
2:20 TRLA doing ok but I need another one !
2:23 Into SU for 150 shrs
2:24 FB not showing the love today, sold out.
2:26 Just got 75 shrs HLF
2:28 While I'm at it, closing out 100 shrs BLOX. I can do this since I'm commission free with my new broker
2:29 Down to last 30 minutes of session, holding my own but not gaining....
2:32 DATA I'm back in for 100 shrs
2:34 BIDU doing nothing ..out of BIDU.. again I can do all this trading since I have no commission cost with my new broker for 100 trades.
2:39 nothing is matriculating... need a stock to get red hot in last 15 minutes
2:40 market indexes and DOW not helping...
2:42 NQ got 200
2:44 that's it NQ keep it going
2:46 closed out NTES
2:47 Oh no oh no NQ dropping
2:48 DOW crapping out on me.. looks like this is a failure
2:50 ten minutes to go DATA is killing me. I need a stock to show some love now!
2:53 7 more minutes of pain
2:54 DOW has dropped about 30 points in last half hour
2:58 NQ rocks back but not enough
3:00 market closed.
Did this only because of no commission costs. Exercise cost me $44.00. Went from $13270 to $13226. Not bad for trying this out.
8:45am bought 75 more shrs of BLOX.
9:25am Not ready to sell anything yet so gonna take an estate sale hike and see what 'robberies' are available and then come back here and lock in some good profit and buy into better opportunities. Be back soon!
12:45pm Back from a hobby, estate sale buying. Bought 20 books dated from 1890 to 1930 at $3.00 each for a total purchase of $60.00. One book alone in that group can easily be sold for $75.00 ! Another 'Rob the estate sales Blind' day.
12:55pm BLOX doing well today, TSLA coming back nicely. QQQ continues steady climb.
1:08pm Ripped right back into FB with a purchase of 150 shrs.
1:11pm Walgreen on fire. Bought 75 shrs WAG.
1:42pm Sold all CGNX for a loss. Wanted to cut my losses short on this one. Took a hit.
2:11pm I'm going all out the next 50 minutes to try to gain another $500.00. Right now portfolio shows $13,270 profit. Watch me!
2:13 in for 100 shr TRLA.....
2:16 portfolio up to 13,300.
2:17 DOW going down hurts.
2:18 will I need DXD?
2:20 TRLA doing ok but I need another one !
2:23 Into SU for 150 shrs
2:24 FB not showing the love today, sold out.
2:26 Just got 75 shrs HLF
2:28 While I'm at it, closing out 100 shrs BLOX. I can do this since I'm commission free with my new broker
2:29 Down to last 30 minutes of session, holding my own but not gaining....
2:32 DATA I'm back in for 100 shrs
2:34 BIDU doing nothing ..out of BIDU.. again I can do all this trading since I have no commission cost with my new broker for 100 trades.
2:39 nothing is matriculating... need a stock to get red hot in last 15 minutes
2:40 market indexes and DOW not helping...
2:42 NQ got 200
2:44 that's it NQ keep it going
2:46 closed out NTES
2:47 Oh no oh no NQ dropping
2:48 DOW crapping out on me.. looks like this is a failure
2:50 ten minutes to go DATA is killing me. I need a stock to show some love now!
2:53 7 more minutes of pain
2:54 DOW has dropped about 30 points in last half hour
2:58 NQ rocks back but not enough
3:00 market closed.
Did this only because of no commission costs. Exercise cost me $44.00. Went from $13270 to $13226. Not bad for trying this out.
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This site is more than stock transactions. I currently show art paintings and now will shortly feature my top 100 best poems. It will be in a new section on this site called 'Best Poem Selections'. It will consist of favorites that are considered the best by the masses plus a few of my personal favorites. I will be doing this from time to time. It replaces the 'Beautiful Towns' feature.
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: Annualized rate of return calculation.
It is shown on the first and last page of the portfolio spreadsheet. It is based on an average portfolio cost basis of $80,000. More times than not I am below that amount. My rules as stated at the beginning of our blog site is that I will not have more than $100,000 at risk at any given time and no more than 12 equities in the portfolio.
My annualized return is based on a 365 year, the formula is provided by Google Drive spreadsheet software.
The rate will be calculated each day after market closing. I might add a second rate of return based on an average equity cost of $85,000 or $90,000 if I start putting more money in at risk. Right now , $80,000 is an average on the high side.
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My real account live portfolio (started Mid May 2013) This same portfolio is shown in a larger frame at the end of this posting
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Price... follow the Price.. Money does and money flows to where money grows. I don't care about moving averages of any kind or flavor. I have no clue what oversold or overbought means nor do I care. Even volume numbers can be deceptive. I look at Price. Price is the result of the entire spectrum thoughts of those who are buying and selling stocks. Price is true. Price is honest. Price at any given time provides the result of anyone's and everyone's analysis, comments, posts, blogs, manipulations, media news, etc etc etc. I don't have the time or inclination to purchase an entity and see if it's a winner in 5 years. My preference is to find out in 5 minutes. I love to purchase a stock that hits a first time new high, whether the new high is a 52wk high, a yearly high, an all-time high ..because... the odds are that it's more than likely to continue to hit even more highs. The 'first new high' is likely to be the lowest high.
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Are you watching the right stocks ?
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...In case you would like to follow our stock trades up to the very minute. I try to 'print' the trade within a minute or seconds on 'Stock Twits' (STOCKTWITS.COM) before I update them on here. You can follow me on stock twits by going to stocktwits.com and signing in (it's free). Then follow ROBMARKETBLIND.
Pictures
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Painter/Painting of the Day
Paintings that you would want to walk into!
This is the awe-inspiring work of Russian artist Evgeny Lushpin – capturing the lure of city and landscape paintings. His work kind of romanticize the notion of human dwellings such as cities, streets and alleys in a very visually rich and ideally realistic manner that tickles fantasy
Eugene Lushpin, born in Moscow in November of 1966, is a celebrated contemporary artist whose work graces private collections throughout the United States, Russia and abroad. Greatly influenced by the Russian Realism School, his inspiring paintings of still life and landscape reflect a complex rendering of texture, illusionistic light and an intricate attention to detail.
In his first creative stage, the artist followed the traditional technique of the Russian Realism School, elaborately painting his surfaces with the finest glazes. Possessing a strong interest in the effect of illusions, his early work reflects a strong sense of symbolism. Skillfully mastering the complex technique of texture painting with glimmering, lustrous or reflective surfaces, Lushpin created a series of photorealistic landscapes. At first glance, they are often mistaken for large color photographs.
Recently, the artist’s interests have become more focused on the image of the city. He has a unique gift for capturing the dynamic energy of a crowded sidewalk or the serene mood of a quiet neighborhood. Rooftops are often a prominent subject in much of his work, representing the theme of fairy tales from the artist’s childhood – man rising above everyday problems and the bustle of the world. His brilliant use of color and sharp contrast combined with loose Impressionistic brushstrokes bring a dynamic quality to his impressive artwork.
Le Consulat
Other works by other painters
John Robert Peck-Viola
Paintings by PİNO ( Giuseppe Dangelico )
.... noted for his exceptional ability to capture the movements and expressions of his subjects.
PINO - Dreaming Madrid
Raphael Soyer
Russian-born American painter.. He is identified as a Social Realist because of his interest in men and women viewed in contemporary settings which included the streets, subways, salons and artists' studios of New York City
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LADIES OF THE DAY
Classic Auto of the Day
Thought for the Day
Famous vintage picture : Jane Russell
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