Penny Trader

Cyrff645

2006-06-10T10:31:00.000-04:00

Cyrff645

Week Ending Review

2006-02-18T10:57:00.000-05:00

GNLB and VLNC both finished up. Both of these picks have gone into a down slide. We'll see what happens.

HH finished up while DDDC finished down slightly. HH is showing a strong uptrend. DDDC shows support around 3.00 so if it moves up to 3.30 next week we'll take a 10% profit.

New Picks and Information

2006-02-16T19:15:00.000-05:00

GNLB is still trading sideways. Will it ever move up?
VLNC is down 11.50% since I picked it. Should have sold it when it was up 10%. If it hits 1.75 tomorrow is will be sold.

DDDC will be our next pick. I've watched this for 2 days and it has gone from 2.90 to 3.06. It just reported it's first profitable quarter. Take a look at the chart. It should move back up to 3.50 shortly.

HH has moved from 2.68 to 3.10 over the last two days. It to should be trading around 3.50 soon.

Trying a little reverse psychology on these picks. I found them during a downtrend trading below their support line. Let's see if it pays off.

Today's Information

2006-02-14T16:27:00.000-05:00

GNVC stopped out at 7% today from our buy of 1.97.
NENG stopped out at 4% today from our buy of 2.32

Two more winners. Still waiting for VLNC and GNLB to get over 5% so we can sell.

Today's Summary

2006-02-13T16:57:00.000-05:00

GNLB closed up today by.93% with mid-level volume. Trading sideways with 3 days of up volume.
VLNC closed down by 5% with a third less than average volume.
GNVC closed up 5.61% with higher than average volume. Solid looking uptrend.
NENG closed up 3.03% with 2x's higher than average volume.

VLNC is getting close to hittng our stop loss mark. I'll set the stop loss mark at 1.85. This could be another lose, but I'm not going to let it get much bigger 8%.

I'll post some sell marks for GNVC, NENG for Tuesday morning. I think we might sell GNVC for an 8-10% profit. NENG might could turn us a 5% profit by tomorrow. Two more winners will be nice. Now that I think back, I should have sold VLNC on Feb, 6th or 7th for a 10% profit. I was getting greedy. Should have set a stop loss at 8%. Just being honest.

New Picks for this week

2006-02-11T10:54:00.000-05:00

GNVC: Buy in at 1.97. If it breaks 2.00 it should continue its uptrend.

NENG: Buy in at 2.27. If it breaks 2.45 it should continue its uptrend.

End of Week Review

2006-02-11T10:03:00.000-05:00

Well our run has come to an end. We have our first lost. QSC was dumped Friday at .94 /share. That's a .9 lose /share. So our first will be a lose of rougly 9%. ISV hit my sell point of 1.36. That's our second lose in a row. ISV is our biggest lose at 15%. I worried about ISV's run before I picked it and I was correct. Sometimes you just need to go with your gut feeling. I've decided to pay more attention to my exit strategy. I'll post two more new stocks with buy/sell points attached to them. We'll see if this helps reduce our dollar value when we lose...because it will happen.

Just a thought: I think that I may have put to much thought into these two losers. Before I would look at simple uptrend signs without too much thought involved and I won. I'll try to remember the K.I.S.S rule...Keep it Simple Silly.

Today's Moves

2006-02-10T09:27:00.000-05:00

QSC will be dumped if it reaches .86 today and I will sell if it reaches .91. I've given this one long enough. My first loser.

ISV Targets: Exit if it goes below 1.35. Could be my second loser?

GNLB will stay as will VLNC. Very curious how VLNC will do today after the release yesterday.

I'll review some scans and charts and add a few more to the list this weekend for monday moring. I'll enter some buy points for these stocks.

Today's Information

2006-02-09T20:16:00.000-05:00

GNLB was the only stock on our list to close up today. ISV an QSC lost today. ISV has lost since I picked it. I guess it has been on too long of an uptrend. VLNC reported its financials today and they weren't that good. Revenue was up 89%, but it was still a non-profitable year for VLNC. It was up 1% in after market trading. I'll be removing QSC from our list after Friday. I'll post the week ending analysis Friday.

Today's Information

2006-02-08T17:28:00.000-05:00

Well things didn't work out so well today. All of our stocks did poorly today. VLNC will announce its 3rd quarter financial results Thursday at 5pm. VLNC gave back a lot of its gains today, but hopefully if the news is good tomorrow, everything will go back up.

Here's the portfolio after today's dips:

Today's Hopes

2006-02-08T08:07:00.000-05:00

QSC could move well today if it breaks .98/share. Two
up days in a row. Should see resistence around .97

GNLB has been up 3 days in a row, but mostly trading
sideways. Let's hope for an up trend move today.

VLNC had another up day. The charts seem to show a
strong up trend. Should hit resistence around 2.25.

ISV should begin a move up pretty soon. I believe it
has established support around the mid 1.50's. Should
hit resistence around 1.63. If it opens above 1.56 we
should see some upward movement.

The market should open up today and this could bring
us some good moves. Be patient.

Question about My Picks

2006-02-07T20:35:00.000-05:00

Why don't I post multiple picks every day?

First, I don't like be confused by looking at several picks and then deciding why someone picked those and which one of those will be winners. When I first started trading, I subscribed to newsletters and read "stock picking" websites. They always gave multiple picks to choose from and it was confusing. This is why I narrow down some 10 -15 picks from a scanner, then look at there charts to try and find the one that could turn a quick 10-15% profit within a month. Sure I miss out on a lot of winners, but I also avoid a lot of losers. Secondly, I'm a married father with two children under the age of 4. I'm not an expert, but I've been picking pretty good winners lately.

I'm knocking around the idea of having a contest between myself and any readers that would be interested. The contest: Take $1,000 and invest it in a pick. When it makes a 10 15% profit, sell it and find another stock to play. This is very similar to the "Stock Market" game that many middle and high school student play each year. The purpose: To see what an amateur can do with $1,000. If anyone is interested in doing this with me, leave me a comment.

New Pick ISV

2006-02-07T17:04:00.000-05:00

ISV will be added to our list. This stock is showing a strong uptrend. Everything looks pretty good on this chart. I'm little concerned about it being in an uptrend for over 20 days. It seems like it will hold the up trend for a while longer. Read the chart. I would buy in when it hits 1.60.

Today's information

2006-02-07T16:48:00.000-05:00

All of our stocks closed up for today. The overall
markets were down today. VLNC closed up from yesterday's 10
% gain. GNLB closed up today for 2 up days in a row.
QSC made a slight gain today as well. APAC hit the 12%
mark today and triggered a sale. Picked APAC at 1.75
on Dec. 23rd and made 12% profit today. Not bad.
That's one more winner to add the record.

Penny Trader Record

2006-02-06T17:50:00.001-05:00

Batting Average: 86% since November 05

Win:
7 (15%)
1 (19%)
1 (12%)
1 (8%)
1 (7%)
1 (4%)

Lose:
1 (9%)
1 (15%)

Open:
2

Today's Information (Good Day)

2006-02-06T17:22:00.000-05:00

Up:
VLNC went up 10% today. The chart looks great. This could hit 20 to 30 % in a week. VLNC may just be my 10th winner in a row.
QSC went up 4.44% today. It appears this one is going to move forward with a slight uptrend.
GNLB was up .47% today. Not much, but things are still looking good. However, it seems that GNLB is starting to show signs of being overbought.

Down:
APAC went down 2.07% today. 2 down days in a row. Could be a small shake out. We'll keep an eye on this one.

New Stock Pick

2006-02-05T07:30:00.000-05:00

VLNC will be our latest addition. VLNC makes rechargeable batteries for just about everything. The chart looks like it's ready for new upward trend. All the news stories are pointing towards good things for the company. Plus, I understand what they do...they make batteries.

Currently out of the 12 stocks that I've picked, we have won on 9. 75% of our picks have been winners. Look at the week ending summary to see how we stand on our 3 open picks.

Today's Summary and End of Week Summary

2006-02-03T16:17:00.000-05:00

APAC up 10.29% overall
QSC down 12.62% overall
GNLB down 2.27% overall

Total: -1.56%

APAC and GNLB still show signs off a upward movement. QSC was a gamble from the beginning and it appears that it is a losing one. I'll post another pick for monday.

Today's Summary and Portfolio Update

2006-02-02T16:58:00.000-05:00

AVNC hit the 1.85 mark and made a sweet 19% in 7 trading days. Check out my post from a couple of days ago. I speculated that the charts showed a potential winner. Yea...for me. APAC went up another 2.11% today. We need a couple more days like this to reach our 15% profit mark. Currently we stand at 10.86% with APAC. Yesterday's posting pointed out a potential break. Today's small gain could be a good sign of a longer, higher gain.

Now for the bad news. QSC lost another 3% today for a total of 11.65%. I believe it's about time to dump this dud. Our new pick, GNLB went down 1.86% today, but the charts still look good. Both long term and short term charts still show the beginning of a trend. However, it has closed down for 2 days in a row. Let's hope it's a small correction. We'll keep watching.

Win:
7 (15%)
1 (19%)
1 (8%)

Lose:

Open:
3

Today's Summary and Chart Details

2006-02-01T17:31:00.000-05:00

Summary:
Today was another decent day for our portfolio. AVNC was our big gainer at 4.07%. If AVNC hits 1.80 or higher we can make our 15% profit. QSC made a small 2% gain, APAC made a 1.6% gain, and GNLB was our only loser for the day at 2.27%. This could be a sign of a sell off/correction. I’ve seen this before a decent run. Let’s hope for the best. GNLB’s chart still looks good. I'll post the week ending summary of our portfolio tomorrow.

Today, it looks like APAC is showing signs of a run. It broke the 20 day trading mark yesterday and made a small gain today.

2nd Stock Picks

2006-01-31T18:32:00.000-05:00

I'll be adding GNLB to my portfolio since we sold off today. As always, read about GNLB before you decide to buy. GNLB has broke above its 20 day high mark. It then went up dramatically today after a down day. It looks like GNLB hit the bottom and will moving back up above 2.50. I believe(fingers crossed) we can get 15% out of GNLB pretty easily.

Here's what I like: Comments Anyone?

Today's Information

2006-01-31T16:23:00.000-05:00

Today was pretty good for all little experiment. By the way, I call this my experiement because I want to see if I can do better than a real broker. According to many websites, the stock market and IRA's return an average of 10% historically. I want to see if I can have a 10% return of higher without depending on a broker for advice. I sold CTRA today for a 7% gain because their news release mentioned that the company was being sold to another company. Honestly, I don't know enough about that to want to waste my time. I decided to take a 7% gain and move on to another stock. My other stocks are making some gains and one is still stinking. AVNC should hit our 15% mark soon. It missed it today by .01. I'll put in to sale at 1.85. Later this evening, my new stock pick will be posted.

Here's the total so far:

Wins: 7 (15%) 1 (7 %)

Open: 3

Today's Information

2006-01-30T16:35:00.000-05:00

From the looks of things we did decent. If we don't lose a bunch, then we do decent.

APAC: Gained 1% (5.71%)
QSC: Gained 2% (-9.71% )
AVNC: Gained 2.38% (5.13%)
CTRA: Gained 2.54% (6.14%)

We've gotten over 5% total return on AVNC and CTRA. APAC and QSC are starting to do better. All charts show some good up days. CTRA seems to be mounting a solid run, only time will tell. APAC has shown 3 small up days in a row. QSC has 4 up days in a row with decent volume. We need this stock to start running. AVNC has 3 days of extreme price ups and downs. Could be a sign of concern.

Other Winners and Open Picks

2006-01-29T16:54:00.000-05:00

Click the links to see current charts and read profile. As you can see many went on to make more gains. I like making a 15% and moving on. Some people set trailing stops and make more and more profit. Here's a good explanation of when to sale. It's really up to you and your comfort level.

Here are my other winners that I've picked since November:
CDIC - 12/8 Buy (1.17) Sold (1.35) 1/19
CKSW - 12/16 Buy (1.65) Sold (1.90) 12/22
PHMD - 12/16 Buy (1.79) Sold (2.06) 1/27
NXG - 12/23 Buy (1.70) Sold (1.90) 1/3
APAC - 12/23 Buy(1.75)
QSC - 1/4 Buy (1.03)
WEL - 1/4 Buy (1.08) Sold (1.24) 1/19
AVNC - 1/27 B(1.56)
CTRA - 1/27 B (2.28)

First Low Capital Picks and Introduction

2006-01-29T15:02:00.000-05:00

Thanks for looking a my picks of low capital investments. I've been doing this for myself as a hobby for about two years. I enjoy finding stocks that anyone can afford and making a little money off them. I don't always win...Then again, I don't always lose. I've linked my stock picks to Yahoo Finance for you to read the company profile and see the current charts. I will try to post one or two a day if my work and family schedule permit. Check out my current portfolio to see my other wins and my open picks (That means those that haven't won yet). Here's two of my charts from November:
I bought IMMU @ 2.00 on November 24th and sold it on Dec. 9 for @ 2.27. Grant it that's not enough to retire on, but it is a 15% return on your money. Let's take a look at my other pick from November:

I bought CCUR on Nov. 8 @1.67 and sold on Nov. 25th @ 1.95. This was another 15% gain (minus commission) It's a lot of fun to find these little stocks and trade them.

I understand, and so should you, that these types of picks are very risky. That's why they are a lot of fun. If you are interested in my picks, I would suggest only investing between $500 to $1500 of your investment pool on these types of stocks. The rest of course should be in stable investments such as bonds, IRA's, and mutual funds. I've got to have a little fun with my investment. I'll post my current portfolio and picks for this week.