After Market Close April 20, 2011 What a Rally!
I'm absolutely flummoxed. I was certainly open to a bit of rally, but in this context, this rally is something else. I don't remember a time that a market has gone to a confirmed sell, with tons of Bulls and then reversed and rallied as they did today. The power of liquidity...
DOW: The Dow as just plain up huge.
Summary:
Interestingly, we are still on a Sell. It's not necessary for us to go to a Buy for the market to rally, but soon we're going to. I'm not trusting the rally, however, and feel as though it's manipulated. If I'm right, we could have another hard down draft shortly. We'll have to see. Play the patterns for now.
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Current Positions:
LPSN: long 50% at 11.63, stop at 12.77
CELG: long 25% at 55.67, stop at 55.11
VPRT: long 50% at 49.47, stop at 52.17
ONXX: short 25% at 33.37, stop at 35.11
EXEL: long 25% at 11.87, stop at 11.03
RMBS: long 50% at 19.87, stop at 19.26
WAG: long 50% at 41.54, stop at 40.86
CPWM: long 25% ar 11.02, stop at 9.97
Watch List:
Buy 50% GRMN on a print of 34.37, stop at 33.03
Buy 25% HNR on a print of 15.44, stop at 13.94
Changes in Current Positions:
Move the stop up on CELG to 55.11
Move the stop up on VPRT to 52.17
Move the stop up on RMBS to 19.26
Move the stop up on WAG to 40.86
We are now 25% long CPWM at 11.02
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