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July 24th, 2014 at 9:16:24 AM permalink
(1) PENN is a good buy today.

(2) This thread is getting too long, start a Stock Picks-2 ???
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July 24th, 2014 at 9:39:16 AM permalink
A++++ triple quality post. BUY BUY BUY!
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July 24th, 2014 at 10:01:45 AM permalink
Quote: UCivan

PENN is a good buy today.


.......just can't do it. It looks like a no growth company.
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July 24th, 2014 at 10:08:40 AM permalink
Two reasons to buy:

(1) prices swing between 10+ and 13. Getting in at 10+ out at 13 for a easy 25%+ profit.
(2) It's a good target for merger and / or acquisition. Not many small casinos around now. Who cares about the growth, this is not high tech.
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July 24th, 2014 at 10:18:15 AM permalink
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It will be determined by the system for you. Say your stock is at $100 today, the limit will be set at $95. If the stock goes higher than $100, then the limit will rise accordingly.


Yes. Well more accurately, one order has to buy your entire batch.


If you are not using all-or-none, and it is a limit order to sell at 9.25, yes. If you are using all-or-none, then your order would not have filled because there was not a buyer of 1000sh @9.25.



I could be mistaken, but I thought I had read that many times one of the market makers will step in and take the other half of an All or None (AON) order.
So if level 2 quotes are showing 5 bids of 200 shrs, and you have an AON ask of 1000 shrs, one of the market makers will buy your 1000 shrs, and then resell them as lots of 200 shrs
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July 25th, 2014 at 7:30:43 AM permalink
psem is dropping like a rock.
I have a buy order at $8. (it's at 8.70 now. was 9.70 last week)
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July 25th, 2014 at 9:36:11 AM permalink
Anyone else getting a little pessimistic with the Market? I've been generally positive except for a period in early 2013 where I bought into the "gloom and doom" for a period of time, but thankfully didn't take any extreme action. That's different than today, where I've taken a position in VIXY. While I admittedly may be wrong, it's hard to get over the fact of how far we've come while staring into the face of multiple wars, the end of QE, and the eventual rise of interest rates. As such, put me down for a correction before year's end...
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July 25th, 2014 at 2:20:30 PM permalink
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Anyone else getting a little pessimistic with the Market? I've been generally positive except for a period in early 2013 where I bought into the "gloom and doom" for a period of time, but thankfully didn't take any extreme action. That's different than today, where I've taken a position in VIXY. While I admittedly may be wrong, it's hard to get over the fact of how far we've come while staring into the face of multiple wars, the end of QE, and the eventual rise of interest rates. As such, put me down for a correction before year's end...



I've been expecting that market correct since the fall of 2013, or thereabouts. I had liquidated about 2/3's of the portfolio and have kind of kept that level.
I'm tired of having been wrong for nearly a year now. However, the items that I liquidated haven't gone to the moon, and as a matter of fact I bought one back recently. So at this point it's not been terrible.

I do think that when I see stuff like PUMA jumping 200%-300% in a day, that correction that I have been waiting for is coming closer. And since I expect a deep one, I still believe that I will make up for sitting on cash for all of this time.
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July 25th, 2014 at 2:29:30 PM permalink
Quote: steeldco

I've been expecting that market correct since the fall of 2013, or thereabouts. I had liquidated about 2/3's of the portfolio and have kind of kept that level.
I'm tired of having been wrong for nearly a year now. However, the items that I liquidated haven't gone to the moon, and as a matter of fact I bought one back recently. So at this point it's not been terrible.

I do think that when I see stuff like PUMA jumping 200%-300% in a day, that correction that I have been waiting for is coming closer. And since I expect a deep one, I still believe that I will make up for sitting on cash for all of this time.



This, of course, is the trap: getting out too soon and then getting back in appropriately so you have to be right twice to really make it work out. But I agree, if you follow things closely you see a lot of little items that make you go, "huh?"

I guess we won't/can't know until it happens, but as this is a gambling forum, I'll put it out there that I've placed a bet...
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July 26th, 2014 at 6:56:51 AM permalink
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Anyone else getting a little pessimistic with the Market? I've been generally positive except for a period in early 2013 where I bought into the "gloom and doom" for a period of time, but thankfully didn't take any extreme action. That's different than today, where I've taken a position in VIXY. While I admittedly may be wrong, it's hard to get over the fact of how far we've come while staring into the face of multiple wars, the end of QE, and the eventual rise of interest rates. As such, put me down for a correction before year's end...



short term futures is a stock symbol?!

how does vixy work?
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July 28th, 2014 at 4:36:59 AM permalink
Quote: 100xOdds

short term futures is a stock symbol?!

how does vixy work?



It's a way to "invest" in S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures: basically it's a bet that has "volatility" goes up, so does the VIX and consequently this ETF. I put "volatility" in quotation marks as what we're really talking about is essentially volatility when the Market goes down, not when it goes up in a volatile fashion. If you look at VIXY's chart over the past 5 years, it's an absolute train-wreck if you were long, as the Market marched on to new highs, but when negative events occur and Market goes down, it spikes up. If the market were to crash, it would be very green for that day, not that I expect a market crash. But I do expect increased negative volatility in the short to medium term, but of course, what do I know, as I accept you can't ultimately time things. But we're in a gambling forum, so it's an option(no pun intended) to protect your portfolio in case things start to go south, without selling out of everything, for those interested.
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July 28th, 2014 at 5:41:44 AM permalink
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It's a way to "invest" in S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures: basically it's a bet that has "volatility" goes up, so does the VIX and consequently this ETF. I put "volatility" in quotation marks as what we're really talking about is essentially volatility when the Market goes down, not when it goes up in a volatile fashion. If you look at VIXY's chart over the past 5 years, it's an absolute train-wreck if you were long, as the Market marched on to new highs, but when negative events occur and Market goes down, it spikes up. If the market were to crash, it would be very green for that day, not that I expect a market crash. But I do expect increased negative volatility in the short to medium term, but of course, what do I know, as I accept you can't ultimately time things. But we're in a gambling forum, so it's an option(no pun intended) to protect your portfolio in case things start to go south, without selling out of everything, for those interested.



ahh.. so it's basically a short.
whats the opposite symbol? (ie: long)
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July 28th, 2014 at 5:56:03 AM permalink
Quote: 100xOdds

ahh.. so it's basically a short.
whats the opposite symbol? (ie: long)



I believe it may be SVXY, but haven't really looked into it.
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July 29th, 2014 at 5:07:45 AM permalink
so if I think theres going to be a 10%+ correction near term, what should I buy?

precious metals EFT?
vixy?
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July 29th, 2014 at 5:21:12 AM permalink
Quote: 100xOdds

so if I think theres going to be a 10%+ correction near term, what should I buy?

precious metals EFT?
vixy?



I don't think there's a clear-cut way to answer that as it would likely depend on your goals, investment timeframe, and current portfolio holdings. For me, I like VIXY as it fulfills the goal of providing a counter-balance in case of a dip to my other holdings, at least in principle. I also think it's a reasonable bet for a short to medium term profit given everything going on even though in the short term I could be wrong and corporate earnings and acquisitions could continue to move things forward. Things looks strong again today in pre-market, but who knows where we'll end up. Please be advised as with any hedge, it's certainly not without risk, of course.
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July 29th, 2014 at 8:31:48 PM permalink
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I don't think there's a clear-cut way to answer that as it would likely depend on your goals, investment timeframe, and current portfolio holdings. For me, I like VIXY as it fulfills the goal of providing a counter-balance in case of a dip to my other holdings, at least in principle. I also think it's a reasonable bet for a short to medium term profit given everything going on even though in the short term I could be wrong and corporate earnings and acquisitions could continue to move things forward. Things looks strong again today in pre-market, but who knows where we'll end up. Please be advised as with any hedge, it's certainly not without risk, of course.



I'm speculating.
I have $5k I can afford to lose.
the other $5k is in Ntek (aligh's company) and it's doing poorly :(
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July 30th, 2014 at 8:42:07 AM permalink
Quote: 100xOdds

I'm speculating.
I have $5k I can afford to lose.
the other $5k is in Ntek (aligh's company) and it's doing poorly :(



To me, the Market just seems weird right now, and I get the feeling the pros are already reducing exposure in certain equities while leaving the larger caps for last so people don't see what's going on. Not to be conspiratorial, but I do feel most retail is always the last to know. I read articles that are bullish and articles that are bearish: take today, for example, the economy beats on GDP(MoM) and yet the Dow is down- and likely would be the case for the Nasdaq if not for Twitter. Maybe people are bracing for interest rates to be hiked sooner than later because of this GDP strength? With the report coming out later today, maybe some clues will be given.

Anyway, I find it hard to recommend adding money into the Market at this stage(but what do I know) and would never advise shorting because of the potential for unlimited losses. Right or wrong, VIXY is my attempt with UVXY even a more volatile way to play it. Others may have better options(no pun intended) to offer...
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July 31st, 2014 at 4:27:51 AM permalink
I've decided to add a very, very speculative pick to the posted portfolio. I'm going to adding NVIV today. Good amount of risk, probable future large dilution, but a possible ten bagger. Time will tell.
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July 31st, 2014 at 5:31:14 AM permalink
Quote: steeldco

I've decided to add a very, very speculative pick to the posted portfolio. I'm going to adding NVIV today. Good amount of risk, probable future large dilution, but a possible ten bagger. Time will tell.



hm.. my brokerage firm charges 1/2 cent per share surcharge on stocks under $1, so $25 extra for 5000 shares. lol
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July 31st, 2014 at 5:32:41 AM permalink
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To me, the Market just seems weird right now, and I get the feeling the pros are already reducing exposure in certain equities while leaving the larger caps for last so people don't see what's going on. Not to be conspiratorial, but I do feel most retail is always the last to know. I read articles that are bullish and articles that are bearish: take today, for example, the economy beats on GDP(MoM) and yet the Dow is down- and likely would be the case for the Nasdaq if not for Twitter. Maybe people are bracing for interest rates to be hiked sooner than later because of this GDP strength? With the report coming out later today, maybe some clues will be given.

Anyway, I find it hard to recommend adding money into the Market at this stage(but what do I know) and would never advise shorting because of the potential for unlimited losses. Right or wrong, VIXY is my attempt with UVXY even a more volatile way to play it. Others may have better options(no pun intended) to offer...



if u want volatility, why not buy both triple long and triple shorts of say, financials?
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July 31st, 2014 at 6:17:20 AM permalink
Quote: 100xOdds

if u want volatility, why not buy both triple long and triple shorts of say, financials?



I'm not sophisticated enough to attempt something like that- not even sure how I would go about doing it!
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August 1st, 2014 at 4:34:04 AM permalink
Current Portfolio activity after having added NVIV:


Symbol Price Price Paid Gain % Gain Annualized Gain
CKSW 7.57 8.04 ($478.00) -5.94% -3.15%
EGHT 8.08 7.28 $792.00 10.87% 59.20%
NVIV 0.92 0.93 ($88.00) -1.18% -431.26%
SIMG 4.99 4.61 $562.00 8.12% 5.18%
SVA 5.54 3.72 $3,905.00 48.78% 37.88%
YNDX 30.28 32.16 ($478.00) -5.94% -14.26%
Total $4,215.00 9.21%




Symbol Time & Price Price Shares Mkt Value Price Paid Cost Gain & % Gain % Gain Annualized Gain
Purchased 9/23/2012
OPTR 23-Oct $12.78 571 $7,297.38 $14.00 $7,994.00 ($704.62) -8.71% -7.94%
Purchased 7/3/2013
CCIH 6-Dec $8.74 2,025 $17,698.50 $3.95 $7,998.75 $9,699.75 121.27% 279.84%
$15,992.75 $8,995.13
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August 1st, 2014 at 5:27:09 AM permalink
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It's a way to "invest" in S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures: basically it's a bet that has "volatility" goes up, so does the VIX and consequently this ETF. I put "volatility" in quotation marks as what we're really talking about is essentially volatility when the Market goes down, not when it goes up in a volatile fashion. If you look at VIXY's chart over the past 5 years, it's an absolute train-wreck if you were long, as the Market marched on to new highs, but when negative events occur and Market goes down, it spikes up. If the market were to crash, it would be very green for that day, not that I expect a market crash. But I do expect increased negative volatility in the short to medium term, but of course, what do I know, as I accept you can't ultimately time things. But we're in a gambling forum, so it's an option(no pun intended) to protect your portfolio in case things start to go south, without selling out of everything, for those interested.



Just a quick note that my description above isn't 100% accurate(I'm still learning!) so anyone who read that will want to do some further research to gain a better understanding. That said, I think it's still a true statement to say that generally speaking, as the Market goes down, the VIX will rise, as it has been doing the past few days, so the idea of using the VIXY ETF as a hedge is still fundamentally a reasonable choice.
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August 1st, 2014 at 8:24:07 AM permalink
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Current Portfolio activity after having added NVIV:



nviv back to .88

this is the 3rd time it hit it's 52wk low. seems like a lot of support there.
going to buy some
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August 1st, 2014 at 8:36:04 AM permalink
Good Luck! I was reading a power point presentation that was available this morning. It's pretty wild stuff (I think). Awfully, awfully speculative though.
Amazing what science can do these days.
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August 5th, 2014 at 10:31:24 AM permalink
class action lawsuit against nviv announced today.

already priced into the stock?
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August 5th, 2014 at 11:18:12 AM permalink
I would thought that it was. Especially since the time frame is relatively short, the damages at most, around $3 per share on that 4 or 5 month volume. I would think that it's easily covered by the insurance policy. I'm not seeing any cash out of pocket, unless some punitive type of damages can be assessed. So my guess is that this is just a case of traders acting on the headline.
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August 5th, 2014 at 7:21:15 PM permalink
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I would thought that it was. Especially since the time frame is relatively short, the damages at most, around $3 per share on that 4 or 5 month volume. I would think that it's easily covered by the insurance policy. I'm not seeing any cash out of pocket, unless some punitive type of damages can be assessed. So my guess is that this is just a case of traders acting on the headline.



nviv had a 52wk low of $0.88.
that low was tested 3 times in the past weeks and held.

today, it dropped all the way down to $0.75.

WTF?!
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August 6th, 2014 at 4:40:50 AM permalink
On a different topic, does anyone have an opinion on Scientific Games? They had bought WMS and announced the intention to buy Bally(which owns Shuffle Entertainment). I don't know too much about them except that for both of these transactions, they have and intend to take on a lot of debt and also help run lotteries.

At least on the service, the combined entity seems like a winner with large recurring revenues from SHFL and lottery operations balanced with great slot content from WMS and Bally. With the stock under $10 bucks and a relatively low float, the only obvious stumbling blocks are that the Bally acquisition won't close till 2015 and the debt level. Anyone?
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August 6th, 2014 at 5:31:44 AM permalink
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On a different topic, does anyone have an opinion on Scientific Games? They had bought WMS and announced the intention to buy Bally(which owns Shuffle Entertainment). I don't know too much about them except that for both of these transactions, they have and intend to take on a lot of debt and also help run lotteries.

At least on the service, the combined entity seems like a winner with large recurring revenues from SHFL and lottery operations balanced with great slot content from WMS and Bally. With the stock under $10 bucks and a relatively low float, the only obvious stumbling blocks are that the Bally acquisition won't close till 2015 and the debt level. Anyone?



I'm afraid that the combination of debt and, according to the analysts, continued losses into next year would prevent me from from giving it any consideration. They'll run out of cash pretty quickly.
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August 6th, 2014 at 5:41:48 AM permalink
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I'm afraid that the combination of debt and, according to the analysts, continued losses into next year would prevent me from from giving it any consideration. They'll run out of cash pretty quickly.



From what I understand, while there may be losses, they are still generating significant cashflow as will the combined entity. But I hear your concern and agree that especially in this environment, a lot of debt isn't good. That said, I do think Gavin Isaacs is the right man for the job. Time will tell!
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August 9th, 2014 at 7:07:41 AM permalink
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Just a quick note that my description above isn't 100% accurate(I'm still learning!) so anyone who read that will want to do some further research to gain a better understanding. That said, I think it's still a true statement to say that generally speaking, as the Market goes down, the VIX will rise, as it has been doing the past few days, so the idea of using the VIXY ETF as a hedge is still fundamentally a reasonable choice.



VIX isn't an ETF. It's an index. You can't go long without trading options. I've traded complex options on the VIX many times. Counter-intuitively the spreads are high and the volume is low.

But understand there is no underlying security to the options so no covered calls but you can do cash-covered puts.

Options traders know the VIX but it's used like a barometer not like an ETF most of the time.

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August 9th, 2014 at 6:52:50 PM permalink
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VIX isn't an ETF. It's an index. You can't go long without trading options. I've traded complex options on the VIX many times. Counter-intuitively the spreads are high and the volume is low.

But understand there is no underlying security to the options so no covered calls but you can do cash-covered puts.

Options traders know the VIX but it's used like a barometer not like an ETF most of the time.

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!



make your stock go higher.
I bought at .10
down $2000... lol
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August 11th, 2014 at 6:00:23 AM permalink
Quote: Ahigh

VIX isn't an ETF. It's an index. You can't go long without trading options. I've traded complex options on the VIX many times. Counter-intuitively the spreads are high and the volume is low.

But understand there is no underlying security to the options so no covered calls but you can do cash-covered puts.

Options traders know the VIX but it's used like a barometer not like an ETF most of the time.

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!



Correct- although to be clear the ETF I was referring to was VIXY, which is correlated with the VIX. While I came close to my $25 price target, the Market has regained some strength so sold 20% of my position close to $23 on Friday and probably another 20% of the original position at open today- and then see where things go over the coming weeks/months. Even though available, Wells Fargo won't let me do options on VIXY, so that throws a wrench into my strategy on how I intended to use it...
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August 14th, 2014 at 7:24:39 AM permalink
Nothing like adding an issue to a port and watching it free fall.......friggin' ridiculous.
Under .62 I will to double up the position. There will be no tripling up.
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August 16th, 2014 at 9:17:48 AM permalink
The below table shows the results of each month's stock screen since I had thought that maybe just playing the entire screen is profitable. So after nearly a year, I was wrong.

Last month's screen was culled down to just those sectors that I felt would be growing. It has only been 30 days, but it is the only screen that is currently beating the S&P 500 (my measuring stick). So in the future I will drop keeping data on all of the prior months' screens and have this past July as the starting point. I will publish this month's screen later today.



Summary S&P $ Invested $ Gain % Gain Stk Screen $ Invested $ Gain (Loss) % Gain
Screen Run of 09/09/13: $1,653.08 301.98 18.27% $3,966.82 537.91 13.56%
Screen Run of 10/09/13: $1,656.40 298.66 18.03% $1,235.33 110.57 8.95%
Screen Run of 11/09/13: $1,770.61 184.45 10.42% $726.58 46.01 6.33%
Screen Run of 12/07/13: $1,805.09 149.97 8.31% $141.70 (21.11) -14.90%
Screen Run of 01/10/14: $1,842.37 112.69 6.12% $1,233.47 (20.23) -1.64%
Screen Run of 02/08/14: $1,797.02 158.04 8.79% $1,618.39 (16.60) -1.03%
Screen Run of 03/08/14: $1,878.04 77.02 4.10% $1,681.25 (74.04) -4.40%
Screen Run of 04/12/14: $1,815.69 139.37 7.68% $1,022.51 6.73 0.66%
Screen Run of 05/11/14: $1,878.48 76.58 4.08% $1,246.53 (11.38) -0.91%
Screen Run of 06/11/14: $1,936.16 18.90 0.98% $1,590.80 (30.70) -1.93%
Screen Run of 07/19/14: $1,978.22 (23.16) -1.17% $129.91 (0.54) -0.42%
Total $20,011.16 1494.50 7.47% $14,593.29 $526.61 3.61%
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steeldco
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August 16th, 2014 at 9:40:06 AM permalink
This month's screen, and again, reduced to just those sectors that I believe can show high sales growth:


Company Name Ticker Last Close
AEHR TEST SYS AEHR $2.58
ADV ENERGY INDS AEIS $18.49
ON ASSIGNMENT ASGN $29.83
BLUCORA INC BCOR $15.54
BEL FUSE INC-A BELFA $22.88
BEL FUSE INC-B BELFB $22.93
BIOTA PHARMACT BOTA $2.50
CPS TECHNOLOGYS CPSH $2.75
CYAN INC CYNI $3.62
CYNOSURE INC-A CYNO $22.58
DIODES INC DIOD $25.44
EPIQ SYS INC EPIQ $14.76
ELECSYS CORP ESYS $12.31
FAB UNIVL CP FABU $2.89
FINISAR CORP FNSR $19.77
FORMFACTOR INC FORM $7.17
FURMANITE CORP FRM $9.08
ROCKET FUEL INC FUEL $15.61
GEOSPACE TEC CP GEOS $38.98
GSI GROUP INC GSIG $12.31
HICKOK INC-CL A HICKA $2.00
INFINERA CORP INFN $9.10
INSIGNIA SYS ISIG $2.92
IXYS CORP IXYS $11.57
COMMUN SYS INC JCS $10.98
CHINA FIN ONLIN JRJC $4.45
METHODE ELECT-A MEI $32.73
MILLENNIAL MEDA MM $2.37
MAXIMUS INC MMS $39.80
MAXWELL TECH MXWL $9.30
NETQIN MOBILE NQ $6.48
NETSOL TECH INC NTWK $3.59
ONCOGENEX PHARM OGXI $3.30
PERFORMANT FINL PFMT $9.30
RF INDUSTRIES RFIL $5.41
SKYSTAR BIO-PHA SKBI $5.60
SUPER MICRO COM SMCI $25.32
SUPPORT.COM INC SPRT $2.49
TRUEBLUE INC TBI $26.33
TREMOR VIDEO TRMR $2.97
VBI VACCINES VBIV $3.20
VIASAT INC VSAT $54.47
WAFERGEN BIOSYS WGBS $8.75
YUME INC YUME $5.00
Total $589.45
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August 16th, 2014 at 10:33:02 AM permalink
Quote: steeldco

The below table shows the results of each month's stock screen since I had thought that maybe just playing the entire screen is profitable. So after nearly a year, I was wrong.

Last month's screen was culled down to just those sectors that I felt would be growing. It has only been 30 days, but it is the only screen that is currently beating the S&P 500 (my measuring stick). So in the future I will drop keeping data on all of the prior months' screens and have this past July as the starting point. I will publish this month's screen later today.



Summary S&P $ Invested $ Gain % Gain Stk Screen $ Invested $ Gain (Loss) % Gain
Screen Run of 09/09/13: $1,653.08 301.98 18.27% $3,966.82 537.91 13.56%
Screen Run of 10/09/13: $1,656.40 298.66 18.03% $1,235.33 110.57 8.95%
Screen Run of 11/09/13: $1,770.61 184.45 10.42% $726.58 46.01 6.33%
Screen Run of 12/07/13: $1,805.09 149.97 8.31% $141.70 (21.11) -14.90%
Screen Run of 01/10/14: $1,842.37 112.69 6.12% $1,233.47 (20.23) -1.64%
Screen Run of 02/08/14: $1,797.02 158.04 8.79% $1,618.39 (16.60) -1.03%
Screen Run of 03/08/14: $1,878.04 77.02 4.10% $1,681.25 (74.04) -4.40%
Screen Run of 04/12/14: $1,815.69 139.37 7.68% $1,022.51 6.73 0.66%
Screen Run of 05/11/14: $1,878.48 76.58 4.08% $1,246.53 (11.38) -0.91%
Screen Run of 06/11/14: $1,936.16 18.90 0.98% $1,590.80 (30.70) -1.93%
Screen Run of 07/19/14: $1,978.22 (23.16) -1.17% $129.91 (0.54) -0.42%
Total $20,011.16 1494.50 7.47% $14,593.29 $526.61 3.61%



Am I reading this chart right that 9 of your last 10 screens are lagging the S & P?
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August 16th, 2014 at 10:39:15 AM permalink
Yep. Quite a change from early on. That's why I have revised it to more mimic what I do on a personal basis. My first cut out of the screen is always the no growth, or slow growth sectors.
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August 16th, 2014 at 11:00:45 AM permalink
Soopoo, also note the below.


As of 07/31/14:
S&P 500 returned 5.0%
Actively Managed Stock Funds returned 3.5%
All Index Funds returned 3.2%
All US stock Index Funds returned 3.0%
Active US stock funds returned 2.1%

My screens returned pretty much what the funds and indexes have, but that's not the performance that I want. At the beginning I had said that these screens were always my starting point in picking stocks. I then thought that maybe the entire screen was worth buying, but I was wrong on that. It remains a starting point. I've now added in the fact that I don't want to buy into particular sectors. The first month of that looks good. We'll see how it goes.
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August 16th, 2014 at 11:45:39 AM permalink
Someone needs some help with their tables. http://miplet.net/table/index.php Just copy and paste your spreadsheet data.
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August 16th, 2014 at 11:52:58 AM permalink
miplet, thank you for trying to help me on this, but this thick headed old man feels lost. I took my spreadsheet data and pasted into your table and hit submit. Was there something more that I was to do?
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August 16th, 2014 at 12:13:02 PM permalink
Quote: steeldco

miplet, thank you for trying to help me on this, but this thick headed old man feels lost. I took my spreadsheet data and pasted into your table and hit submit. Was there something more that I was to do?


Just copy the text that it outputs below the box. Be sure to include the opening and closing tbl tags.
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August 16th, 2014 at 12:17:19 PM permalink
Company NameTickerSharesCost
AEHR TEST SYSAEHR1$2.58
ADV ENERGY INDSAEIS1$18.49
ON ASSIGNMENTASGN1$29.83
BLUCORA INCBCOR1$15.54
BEL FUSE INC-ABELFA1$22.88
BEL FUSE INC-BBELFB1$22.93
BIOTA PHARMACTBOTA1$2.50
CPS TECHNOLOGYSCPSH1$2.75
CYAN INCCYNI1$3.62
CYNOSURE INC-ACYNO1$22.58
DIODES INCDIOD1$25.44
EPIQ SYS INCEPIQ1$14.76
ELECSYS CORPESYS1$12.31
FAB UNIVL CPFABU1$2.89
FINISAR CORPFNSR1$19.77
FORMFACTOR INCFORM1$7.17
FURMANITE CORPFRM1$9.08
ROCKET FUEL INCFUEL1$15.61
GEOSPACE TEC CPGEOS1$38.98
GSI GROUP INCGSIG1$12.31
HICKOK INC-CL AHICKA1$2.00
INFINERA CORPINFN1$9.10
INSIGNIA SYSISIG1$2.92
IXYS CORPIXYS1$11.57
COMMUN SYS INCJCS1$10.98
CHINA FIN ONLINJRJC1$4.45
METHODE ELECT-AMEI1$32.73
MILLENNIAL MEDAMM1$2.37
MAXIMUS INCMMS1$39.80
MAXWELL TECHMXWL1$9.30
NETQIN MOBILENQ1$6.48
NETSOL TECH INCNTWK1$3.59
ONCOGENEX PHARMOGXI1$3.30
PERFORMANT FINLPFMT1$9.30
RF INDUSTRIESRFIL1$5.41
SKYSTAR BIO-PHASKBI1$5.60
SUPER MICRO COMSMCI1$25.32
SUPPORT.COM INCSPRT1$2.49
TRUEBLUE INCTBI1$26.33
TREMOR VIDEOTRMR1$2.97
VBI VACCINESVBIV1$3.20
VIASAT INCVSAT1$54.47
WAFERGEN BIOSYSWGBS1$8.75
YUME INCYUME1$5.00
Total44$589.45


Like this? But isn't this the way the table appeared when I did it on my own? Sorry to be a pain..........
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August 20th, 2014 at 3:15:51 PM permalink
Quote: steeldco

Company NameTickerSharesCost
AEHR TEST SYSAEHR1$2.58
ADV ENERGY INDSAEIS1$18.49
ON ASSIGNMENTASGN1$29.83
BLUCORA INCBCOR1$15.54
BEL FUSE INC-ABELFA1$22.88
BEL FUSE INC-BBELFB1$22.93
BIOTA PHARMACTBOTA1$2.50
CPS TECHNOLOGYSCPSH1$2.75
CYAN INCCYNI1$3.62
CYNOSURE INC-ACYNO1$22.58
DIODES INCDIOD1$25.44
EPIQ SYS INCEPIQ1$14.76
ELECSYS CORPESYS1$12.31
FAB UNIVL CPFABU1$2.89
FINISAR CORPFNSR1$19.77
FORMFACTOR INCFORM1$7.17
FURMANITE CORPFRM1$9.08
ROCKET FUEL INCFUEL1$15.61
GEOSPACE TEC CPGEOS1$38.98
GSI GROUP INCGSIG1$12.31
HICKOK INC-CL AHICKA1$2.00
INFINERA CORPINFN1$9.10
INSIGNIA SYSISIG1$2.92
IXYS CORPIXYS1$11.57
COMMUN SYS INCJCS1$10.98
CHINA FIN ONLINJRJC1$4.45
METHODE ELECT-AMEI1$32.73
MILLENNIAL MEDAMM1$2.37
MAXIMUS INCMMS1$39.80
MAXWELL TECHMXWL1$9.30
NETQIN MOBILENQ1$6.48
NETSOL TECH INCNTWK1$3.59
ONCOGENEX PHARMOGXI1$3.30
PERFORMANT FINLPFMT1$9.30
RF INDUSTRIESRFIL1$5.41
SKYSTAR BIO-PHASKBI1$5.60
SUPER MICRO COMSMCI1$25.32
SUPPORT.COM INCSPRT1$2.49
TRUEBLUE INCTBI1$26.33
TREMOR VIDEOTRMR1$2.97
VBI VACCINESVBIV1$3.20
VIASAT INCVSAT1$54.47
WAFERGEN BIOSYSWGBS1$8.75
YUME INCYUME1$5.00
Total44$589.45


Boy, I hope someone was lucky enough to have jumped on JRJC. Unfortunately, I did not, but am hoping someone did. Over 100% in a few days.......
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August 22nd, 2014 at 4:44:36 AM permalink
if ntek drops to $0.04, I might double down on it
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August 22nd, 2014 at 4:47:39 AM permalink
someone on here I can't remember who said they've invested in NVIV right? Invivo.

I just bought in at a low .65 cents a few days ago. I can only see it going up from here. Any thoughts?
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August 22nd, 2014 at 5:05:52 AM permalink
Yep. In on NVIV. Long term buy, hold, and continually re-assess type here. Not a trader.

Hoping that this one may be one of those lotto tickets. Long term $10 billion market size if this product works. First and foremost though is what a possible life changer this may be for those with spinal injuries.
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August 22nd, 2014 at 6:06:06 AM permalink
Agreed on the long term hold of NVIV. We should see a 'hype' bump when they announce they've selected their first human for the trail. Would be great to see this technique help change lives. Cheers!
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August 25th, 2014 at 12:01:18 PM permalink
Quote: UCivan

I like JCP today. It's going nowhere but up.



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what? it dropped 8% today.
no place to go but up? how about down to 0 like Sears a few years ago.

I made a great call on JCP before. It is over $10 now, a 40% profit. Some analysts think there is still room to go, but I am taking the $ and run.
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