Swing Trader Watch List

Swing Trading Watch List – Oct 28, 2011

Today we had a large gap up in the market, let’s look at how we got into the trend on these gap days and how to identify relative strength and weakness. Stocks to Watch on 10/28: Another Goose Egg… Here’s Why: Relative Strength and Relative Weakness As we move up in the broader market we are looking for the strong stocks to move MORE than the broader market (higher). The weak stocks we look to move up less and when…

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Swing Trading Watch List – Oct 27, 2011

Short and sweet. We are starting to see more setups, keep in mind we are still in the thick of earnings announcements which can cause gaps at the open. If you stock gaps up and you were looking to get long, try and wait for a pullback on the 15-min chart and buy over the high of the lowest 15-min candle (vice versa for shorts). Stocks to Watch on 10/27: Longs: RL, NUAN, GIS, LTD, SO, PETM Shorts: UPL, WDC…

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Swing Trading Watch List – Oct 26, 2011

A choppy time in the markets. This is easily identifiable with the setups that give potential entry signals each night. As compared to a few weeks ago with a plethora of long signals, there isn’t much. Stocks to Watch on 10/26: Longs: CBST Shorts: UPL Grab the RSS Feed to get the daily watch list delivered to your email.

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Swing Trading Watch List – Oct 25, 2011

A good day for our past longs, LTD, DLTR, DECK, STMP to name a few. Note both DECK and STMP have earnings Thursday. Stocks to Watch on 10/25: …Goose Egg… The reason being, given the positions currently held, it would only add risk to the portfolio building more long positions, and there are no short setups that stuck out when going through our scans tonight. Just as a Cheetah hunts’ its prey, sometimes it’s best to sit tight and wait…

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Swing Trading Watch List – Oct 24, 2011

Watch out for earning! As we get into the thick of earnings season make sure to note the earnings announcements for your stocks. I personally don’t hold positions over earnings unless I have a substantial profit and have scaled out of the bulk of my position. This leaves a small amount which is really looked at as a gamble when holding over an earnings announcement. Stocks to Watch on 10/24: Longs: none Shorts: CYOU, FSLR, OVTI, RBA Compare the NASDAQ…

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Swing Trading Watch List – Oct 21, 2011

Options Expiry! It’s that time of the month, the third Friday. Markets tend to be pretty wild in the morning on options expiry as traders close out positions and hedge as their front month positions expire. I stop accumulating front month options about 2 weeks before expiry, this is because the theta (for one) dramatically eats away if you are long an option as we inch closer to expiry. Stocks to Watch on 10/21: Longs: CRI, DECK, GWW, STMP Shorts:…

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Swing Trading Watch List – Oct 20, 2011

That’s right! We’re brining back the daily watch list. As most of you know we primarily trade options on the stocks outlined here, but the underlying stock can also be traded in the same way. Stay tuned for a more detailed description of the trade setups and the HLB/LHB strategy. Stocks to Watch on 10/20: Longs: GIS, RAI, LTD Shorts: CRZO, SPN, RIG Current Positions: DLTR (long), CNP (long), NFLX (short) The Strategy To briefly outline the strategy, we are…

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