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On Saturday I calculated my total portfolio risk based on my adjusted rules: trade must be larger than $800 to lower the cost ratio when buying stocks existing positions must be positive or the total current risk exposure to stop loss must be less than 3% or the total liquidation value of the portfolio must Continue reading →

Picks 02/15 – 02/19

Trading Account: New [tag]stock picks[/tag] this week: Stocks bought or added to portfolio this week: none Stocks dropped from portfolio this week: none Existing & new [tag]holdings[/tag]: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) [tag]V[/tag] 10 86.81 23.10 2.73 Contribution this week: $0 Current [tag]capital exposure[/tag]: -3.32%      New positions available to open: 1      Starting [tag]account value[/tag] = Continue reading →

Picks 02/08 – 02/12

Trading Account: New [tag]stock picks[/tag] this week: Stocks bought or added to portfolio this week: Bought 10 V @ 84.5 Stocks dropped from portfolio this week: none Existing & new [tag]holdings[/tag]: Symbol Qty Last Gain($) Gain(%) [tag]V[/tag] 10 84.78 2.80 0.33 Contribution this week: $0 Current [tag]capital exposure[/tag]: -2.71%      New positions available to open: 1      Continue reading →

Posted by MartZee February 11, 2010

Visa bought back with the market pick up

The market is improving again and I am adding Visa (V) back to my portfolio. Tomorrow I am going to buy 10 shares of this stock. The total estimated trade should be $851 as per my adjusted rules. I will report this trade tomorrow morning after the shares will have been bought. I am limiting Continue reading →

Picks 02/01 – 02/05

Trading Account: New [tag]stock picks[/tag] this week: Stocks bought or added to portfolio this week: none Stocks dropped from portfolio this week: none Existing & new [tag]holdings[/tag]: 100% cash Contribution this week: $100 Current [tag]capital exposure[/tag]: 0.0%      New positions available to open: 0      Starting [tag]account value[/tag] = $2,037.17 Account value = $2,037.17 (without margin) Buying Continue reading →

Picks 01/25 – 01/29

Trading Account: New [tag]stock picks[/tag] this week: Stocks bought or added to portfolio this week: none Stocks dropped from portfolio this week: Rackspace Hosting, Inc (RAX) Stryker Corp. (SYK) Existing & new [tag]holdings[/tag]: Contribution this week: $0 Current [tag]capital exposure[/tag]: 0.0%      New positions available to open: 0      Starting [tag]account value[/tag] = $1,996.76 Account value = Continue reading →

Posted by MartZee January 27, 2010

SYK slid -4.56% in the morning and was sold on stop loss

Stryker Corp. (SYK) hit my stop loss order at the opening and has been sold: 01/27/2010    09:35:05    Sold  15  SYK  @  53.3806 The stock continued sliding significantly down. By now I am 100% cash waiting for the market to recover from the correction. I will also work on adjusting my trading rules to avoid loses such as this month. I again Continue reading →