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12-19-13 I started the day in pre-market and stayed in trades pretty much the whole day. I even traded Nike (NKE) in after hours for a bonus round. As a total the day was ok, but (IACI) was a thorn in my side as I carefully monitored my dual position with it and (BITA) at the same time. My...

12-18-13 Busy day with lots of shares. I found bitcoin's fall from grace today to be interesting. I can't recommend buying bitcoin to anyone at these levels. I did look into shorting it after writing my second (TST) article, but there isn't an efficient (and seemingly safe to me) method to do...

Yes, for now. until/if my wife brings it up again. Takes too long to calculate the numbers

12-17-13 I had a fair amount of shares traded today. I started by buying (LULU) in premarket at $57.76, shorting (FTR) right before the bell, and shorted (BIOD) almost right after the bell. My biggest trade today was with (IRBT) and that made up the lion's share of trading today. I kept...

12-16-13 Only one ticker today. I traded (AER) for much of the day. I wanted to buy (LULU) at the end, but I went to a school project for my son instead. Some investments are better than money and this is one of them. I will try again to buy (LULU) in pre-market and have left my bids live...

12-13-13 I traded this week starting again on Wednesday,and today was the best day, but I haven't been writing much and that includes the journal. Wrist issues and have held me back. All three days were decently profitable, although Wednesday I carried overnight one that I wasn't comfortable...

LOVE that one!!!

12-3-12 Traded (OMED) for a win and then a loss and (GOGO) for a win. Will update tomorrow as I need to take care of snow because I neglected to put up the driveway poles for the snowplow service. Urggg

11-29-13 It was a day of making something out of nothing. No signals and I didn't expect any. A few stocks I wanted to short didn't have borrows so they were obviously quickly dismissed. I did manage to short (FRO) several times including in premarket. I worked it from $3.20ish down to...

11-27-13 Ok, I have to admit, I wasn't expecting much today,and I did receive much more than I was hoping for yesterday, but as today played out I really wanted more. The big play of the day was with (OCZ) and I "Hunt For Red Octobered" it. After it was halted and gave a press release that it...

11-26-13 Overall the day was ok. I didn't have any really solid winners, but I did manage to grab enough from several trades to put together a halfway decent day. I started out shorting (JOSB) shortly after the opening bell when it appeared the open would be at or near the high of the...

11-25-13 Back home from Vegas and I'm glad to be back. One of my suitcases was delayed, but United (UAL) was good enough to have it delivered to my home today. The bummer though was my mouse was in the suitcase and I had to use an old one that wasn't as good. For most people that may not be a...

My signals are so much different today than they were five years ago. Much better (albeit less frequent) and they allow me now to lower my variance considerably. I guess we all keep adjusting to the present market conditions or risk getting left behind. Wouldn't you agree?

Thursday 11-22-13 slow day of sorts, I attended the SMX Social Media Marketing show in Vegas for the second day. The show was great, but I only traded the open and only had one quick trade before moving on. (WSM) + .19

11-19-13 No trades today. I'm in Chicago airport on my way to Vegas. I looked for trades at the open but no signals triggered, although one did come close. I probably won't make many trades if anyuntil Friday. I'm also not sure how many trades I will make on Friday. I did bring three...

11-18-13 Quick report today because I am preparing for two conventions this week in Vegas. First is the Social Media Marketing convention and the second is the Trader's expo. Look for article at TheStreet (TST) about each. Four tickers traded today. Two of them (ICLD) and (VJET) I traded...

11-15-13 Crazy day today. Lots of shares traded, but I wasn't able to monetize much of it. From the glass is half full point of view, I didn't take a hit like I may have. I started with VNDA in premarket and it went great. Made a bunch of cash and thought today had strong possibilities. In...

11-14-13 I can't call today the most active day this month, but I can call it one of the best. Knowing that stocks like (GOGO) often gap higher as the last blow-off top, i was ready to pounce on it during the open. I wasn't able to directly short it as I didn't have shares available, but I...

11-13-13 Great day of trading. If everyday was like today, I might consider making a living at it...lol I started out buying another swing trade. (SRPT) option premium is so high that even though I don't like to buy crashes until the third day, I felt if I could buy while lower and sell...

11-12-13 As I posted earlier, i closed out (JKS) for a nice gain in my main trading account. I had to wait until after the open to close out the options, and that was a mixed bag. It's hard to manage several accounts at once (I did setup some exits before the bell), but the options didn't...