Hello all,
I realize I am WAY behind all you guys, but I thought this would be the place to post this since it is the descendant of Spyder's previous journals. I started a few months ago, but took a break. I am looking to start trading again. I am rereading journal one and working my way through journal two and Jack's journal. I do have a couple of questions though, mostly to do with the way to carry out Spyders excellent summary at the end of Journal I. I'd like to summarize what I do and make sure I have it down, and then ask my questions.
1. Check the stocks on stocktables.com. using Spyder's parameters.
2. Copy these symbols into my Initial Universe Watchlist on wealthlab.com and run Hershey Equities Score Scan v. 5.0.0. Take the stocks that have rank and make sure they fit the following criteria.
a. Have a float less than 60,000,000
b. Have a float greater than 5,000,000
c. Have a 65-day average volume above 200,000 shares
d. Have positive EPS.
3. I copy those stocks into my Hotlist, if they are not already there.
4. Run the Hotlist through the Dry Up (Final) Scan Version 5.0 Script.
5. Take the stocks in Dry Up, and run them through Hershey Equities Chartscript Version 4.2 Script in order to find DU and FRV.
6. Watch the stocks. If a stock reaches DU volume by 11:30, is positive, and has the correct MACD and Stoch, buy it.
7. Continue to watch the stocks. If any reach FRV by 4, are up, have the correct MACD and Stoch, buy them.
8. When to sell. There are two different rules for when to sell. The first set of rules applies to day 1.
1. Sell the stock if it goes negative, loses 2%, or does not reach FRV.
2. After the first day, sell the stock if it loses 5%, 15-30 minutes after the opening on the morning after peak volume is reached, if it reaches my price target, are after 4-5 days.
Please correct any of the above if I have misunderstood anything.
Now for my questions:
1) I am not quite familiar with what would be an acceptable "rank" from step 2. Do I just take the 7's, or anything other than 0's?
2) In Step 2, is there a way to automate the "checking" for the four criteria? I have found some spreadsheets that are supposed to do so, however I run office 2007, and the macros do not seem to work quite right. If there is not a way, I'll just do it manually at quote.com, unless someone can point me towards a better resource.
3) My final question has to do with trendlines. I have been practicing them in my spare time, just trying to see if I can understand and draw them. How much attention do you pay to these when deciding whether or not to purchase a stock when all signals say go?
Thanks All! I hope my questions are placed in the right forum. If not, please let me know where to go!