Archive for December, 2007

2007 Was A Volatile Year For Me – Lots of Changes

Monday, December 31st, 2007

by Das Brain

Australia 2007 Gold Coin chinese zodiac pig Year 2007 as the title of this post suggest was an extremely volatile year for me. At the beginning of 2007 I watched on CNN a gentleman from Hong Kong, talking about the Chinese pig or boar zodiac, and calendar prediction for 2007. The man said that usually years ending with the number 7 are very volatile, and he also mentioned that 2007 has metal, fire and water elements associated with it. Well, when you mix hot metal and water you get a lot of sizzle and volatility and that is exactly what I got for 2007.

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What Stocks I Am Now Looking At To Buy Now

Friday, December 28th, 2007

by Das Brain

loonies on stock quote newspaper page In my last post of “What Stocks I am Looking At To Buy In Recent Downturn” I specified a few stocks. They are Sandisk, Blue Coat Systems, Coach, Amazon and the Nasdaq ETF.  If you look at the charts for these companies the only one that did well was Amazon (AMZN), in my last post I mentioned getting in at $76, it is now at $95.24. Made about $1200 on AMZN options, got out early but “Profit is Profit.”

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When To Buy A Stock or Option – Market Timing – Part 3 Short-Term

Friday, December 21st, 2007

by Das Brain
stock chart and flat screen monitor

In this post called ”When To Buy A Stock or Option – Market Timing – Part 3″, I am going to mainly focus on short-term trading, as in Part 1 and Part 2 the subject of long-term and intermediate term timing was covered.

One thing to note, that the reference to “timing” here is a indication of entering a “long position” or buying a stock or option in anticipation the price would go up.

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Discount Broker Review #1a – TD WaterHouse Web Broker Platform Has No Sell Stop Order For Options

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

by Das Brain 

This is an addenum to Discount Broker Review #1 – TD WaterHouse Web Broker Trading Platform is Outdated.

In addition to the TD Web Broker platform being outdated, for investors who want to trade options there is no way for them to set “Sell Stop” or “Stop Loss” orders.

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My Master Trader Mentors – Daily Online Chat

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

active trader trading chat rooms 

 by Das Brain

As someone who only have been very actively trading for the last 7-8 months, it is nice to be able to chat online with veteran traders, and get feedback and answer questions about timing trades and trading strategies. The two professional turned home traders I am talking about have well over 10 years experience each actively trading from home each and every day and they have turned out very successful.

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