A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

<img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20100922/spy.png">

<img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20100922/gld.png">

<img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20100922/mon.png">

<img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20100922/rimm.png">

<img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20100922/brcm.png">

<img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20100922/gs.png">

<img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20100922/nfg.png">

9:35

(2min play)
LONG GLD 126.58
STOP 126.49
TGT bleh

- gap up, GLD so hot these days
- long over the bar
- out -0.06 (got a sweet fill on the way in)

9:44

(2min play)
SHORT MON 53.99
STOP 54.10 (picked out outta thin air for wiggle)
TGT 53.77

- Market real strong from the open
- MON weak, hitting support at 54.00
- Short the break
- out +0.2 (slip in)

9:50

(2min play)
LONG RIMM 48.41
STOP 48.29
TGT 48.65

- RIMM a beast from the open (much stronger vs spy on the 2 min)
- Tight higher low
- out +0.24 real fast

10:18

SHORT BRCM 32.24
STOP 32.34
TGT 32.04

- Very weak vs SPY
- tight lower high
- After it heads lower it stays in a range, move stop to the top of the range (which happens to be b/e)
- out b/e

11:02

SHORT BRCM 32.25
STOP 32.33
TGT 32.11

- at 11am SPY puts in a big green bar
- BRCM puts in a small red bar showing continued weakness
- short under it
- out +0.14

14:56

SHORT GS 148.54
STOP 148.64
TGT 148.34

- GS weak through the day
- tight lower high
- I should have passed on this, 10c is too tight for GS
- out -0.12 (slip)

14:56

LONG NFG 49.37
STOP 49.24
TGT 49.63

- NFG a monster all day
- Tight higer low
- out -0.2 (slip)

http://puddles.humanfund.ca/wp/2010/09/22/2010-09-22-trades/
 
Quote from puddles:

10:11

SHORT RIMM 47.17
STOP 47.32
TGT 46.87
More...

trailed the stop down, got stopped out +0.07

i think i played this too tight but we'll see.. i should have taken it when it touched .90 (1.8:1 tgt)
 
<img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20100923/spy.png">

<img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20100923/akam.png">

<img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20100923/rimm.png">

9:38

(2min play)
LONG AKAM 51.01
STOP 50.83
TGT 51.37

- gap up vs spy gap down
- long over bar over round #
out +0.33

10:11

SHORT RIMM 47.17
STOP 47.32
TGT 46.87

- the 10:05 and 10:10 SPY bars are very strong
- RIMM stays within its range and tests support
- short the break of support
- out +0.07 (b/e)
- this just touched .90 which I could have taken as it was my 1.8:1 target but it bounced off it quite rapidly.

http://puddles.humanfund.ca/wp/2010/09/23/2010-09-23-trades/
 
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