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DBA continues higher

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Stock Trade Journal

The PowerShares agriculture ETF (DBA) keeps on moving higher with a gap at the open today. It continues to print very large candles and displaying relative strength against the broad market and other sectors. For that reason, I took a … Continue reading →

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DryShips stuck in trading range?

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Stock Trade Journal

It looks like Dry Ships (DRYS) is stuck in a trading range for now as it is unable to trade past $4. Price action appears to be pulling this stock lower towards $3.23. What is interesting now is that, after … Continue reading →

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Agriculture ETF keeps rising

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Stock Trade Journal

The PowerShares agriculture ETF (DBA) printed another strong move yesterday that easily cut through resistance around $26.40. It closed on high volume while the broad market continued to sell. It is important to keep an eye on stocks / sectors … Continue reading →

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Molycorp’s On Balance Volume rising again.

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Stock Trade Journal

Molycorp (MCP) had a very strong move yesterday after touching support around $5.20 in early morning trading. You know it was a strong move when price stays within the first standard deviation and never even touches the VWAP (see 5 … Continue reading →

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Colfax Monster breakout

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Stock Trade Journal

I had bought some Colfax (CFX) shares last year and it is time to sell a few today after the monster move yesterday. Taking some profits allows me to have cash on hand to either re-enter at a better price … Continue reading →

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Agriculture ETF may have found bottom

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Stock Trade Journal

The agriculture ETF (DBA) printed a very strong rally this month and it looks like it has found strong support around $24 This may be the start of a long term bull trend, but I need to see it trade … Continue reading →

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Russel 2000 reaching key resistance

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Stock Trade Journal

The Russel 2000 ETF (IWM) is approaching a key level of resistance marked by its broken trend line and the $113.50 price tops of late November and January. It has been lagging the QQQ and SPY in recent weeks which … Continue reading →

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Baidu heading towards support

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Stock Trade Journal

Baidu (BIDU) shares look like they are headed towards support area around $154 -$150. I am keeping my eye out for a bounce there, but it may ultimately retreat to $140 in the short term. On Balance Volume is still … Continue reading →

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Dryships back in trading range

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Stock Trade Journal

Dryships is back in the trading range that started in October last year and might have found support around $3.23 yesterday. The ATR trailing stop is still keeping me in the trade and it would have to close below $3 … Continue reading →

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Many stops triggered, but short EEM working

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Stock Trade Journal

I’ve written a few times in my journal that a good way to mitigate risk is to hedge long positions by shorting the weakest markets. A few of my stop loss orders were triggered during this down turn and made … Continue reading →

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