Recent content by comp652

I thought 50% short float was a bearish sign and it was time to sell. Wrong?

I don't get it. Why are they down after their earnings? Sounded pretty good to me. What's going on?

When I look at Yahoo Keystatistics for GOOG I see that they have a Short Ratio of 1.2 http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=goog What does this number tell me? Is 1.2 considered a lot? - Little? I see other stocks that have a short ratio of 5. Is that a lot? How do I read into this number...

Yes it's definately CANSLIM. This stock has been no. 1 on IBD's recomended list for a few weeks. The problem though is that he most likely didn't to the other half of CANSLIM which is to stop-loss at 8% of when you get in. I still say hold it though. Some people are going to be knocked out...

Hold it. It'll go back up. Before you know it'll be at 200 +. They are a very good stock. It fell today for no reason what so ever. Just institutional zig zag and play. Nothing negative in the news about them. As a matter of fact they just bought out another company. They are growing and...

What are some of the things you consider before shorting a stock? Must there be a general downtrend in the market -- the sector the stock belongs to? If so how long? Surely you never just say "Ok that has to be high enough for this stock, now I'm gonna short". There must be something more...

Are there any cheap (or free) good scanners out there? I've used the Java based scanner from Yahoo but don't like going to Yahoo all the time. Would much rather have a software I can download and run from my computer. How about it? Thanks Comp

Hydroblunt, Thanks a lot. I practically live on Yahoo, or so it feels, but I hadn't checked out the Key Statistics links. Thanks again Comp

This probably sounds silly to most. But how could I possibly tell if a stock has a "massive short interest" or long interest? I must not have the right software to be able to tell. Please tell me what I need for this. Thanks Comp

Coud you please recommend a decent scanning software? I am currently running a trial version of AmiBroker. I thought I could do some scanning in it but that doesn't seem to be possible. So, is there anything out there where I can do "end of day" and pay for the software once instead of...