New Buy; DISH

New buy for us.

DISH

Initial stop loss at $14.25

New Stop Loss and Updated Track Record

June 29th 2009

New Stop Loss Prices

ADBE Stop at $27.13
APOL Stop at $61.73
CMTL Stop at $28.78
DECK Stop at $62.03
ENDP Stop at $15.72
FLR Stop at $47.19
MVL Stop at $34.01
NCTY Stop at $9.49
NRG Stop at $21.70
TSYS Stop at $6.18
WDC Stop at $23.48

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Updated track record.

Stock	Buy Price	Sell Price	Gain (Loss)
AFAM	$17.41	$26.09	49.86%
DECK	$50.81	$54.23	6.73%
GHM	$15.57	$12.60	-19.08%
GIGM	$6.53	$5.64	-13.63%
TRLG	$10.53	$20.00	89.93%
VPHM	$4.71	$5.69	20.81%
RECN	$14.02	$17.21	22.75%
NE	$24.39	$31.52	29.23%
IPHS	$9.47	$15.12	59.66%
ADM	$25.40	$26.29	3.50%
FLS	$52.57	$71.17	35.38%
JCOM	$22.23	$21.50	-3.28%
BLUD	$16.53	$11.71	-29.16%

Dividends are not considered in the above calculation.

• 69% (9 out of 13) of our trades were winning trades
• average gain for winning trades was 35.32%
• average loss for losers was 16.29%
• Average return of the 13 trades: 19.44%

Bad bad BLUD

BLUD had problems with the FDA and it's stock price collapsed.

We bought it at $16.53 and jyst sold it at $11.71 for an unpleasant 29% loss.

Our worse trade so far.

JCOM sold and summary

JCOM broke its stop loss.

Buy price was $22.23 on May 29th and sell price was around $21.50 today, for a 3.3% loss. Let's update our track record now.

Stock	Buy Price	Sell Price	Gain (Loss)
AFAM	$17.41	$26.09	49.86%
DECK	$50.81	$54.23	6.73%
GHM	$15.57	$12.60	-19.08%
GIGM	$6.53	$5.64	-13.63%
TRLG	$10.53	$20.00	89.93%
VPHM	$4.71	$5.69	20.81%
RECN	$14.02	$17.21	22.75%
NE	$24.39	$31.52	29.23%
IPHS	$9.47	$15.12	59.66%
ADM	$25.40	$26.29	3.50%
FLS	$52.57	$71.17	35.38%
JCOM	$22.23	$21.50	-3.28%

Dividends are not considered in the above calculation.

• 75% (9 out of 12) of our trades were winning trades
• average gain for winning trades was 35.32%
• average loss for losers was 12.00%
• Average return of the 12 trades: 23.49%

FLS sold

One more sell today: FLS.

We bought it on March 11 at $52.57. We got 27 cents at the end of March and 27 cents in these days.
We sold FLS today at around $71.17 for a total 36% gain.

ADM sold

ADM was just sold at around $26.29.
We bought it on May 4th at around $25.40.

That makes a 3.5% gain, but ADM also gave us some dividends on June 12th for 14 cents per share (0.5%).

Our total gain is then around 4%. Better than nothing...

NE and IPHS sold

NE and IPHS broke their stop loss, so we sold them.

We bought NE on March 16th 2009 at around $24.39 and sold it yesterday June 22nd at around $31.52 for a 29% gain.

IPHS was bought on march 18th at around $9.47 and sold on June 22nd at around $15.12 for a 59% gain.

Updated Stop Loss

June 22nd 2009

Results

June 17th 2009

From the date I opened this blog (April 2009) we closed 7 trades:

Stock	Buy Price	Sell Price	Gain (Loss)
AFAM	$17.41	$26.09	49.86%
DECK	$50.81	$54.23	6.73%
GHM	$15.57	$12.60	-19.08%
GIGM	$6.53	$5.64	-13.63%
TRLG	$10.53	$20.00	89.93%
VPHM	$4.71	$5.69	20.81%
RECN	$14.02	$17.21	22.75%

On these 7 trades we have 2 losers and 5 winners and, except for DECK, our winners gained more than what our losers lost. That is a benchmark I like:

• 70% winning trades
• 17% average loss for losers
• 38% average gain for winners

Our average gain on these 7 trades is: 22.48%.

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VPHM sold

VPHM violated its stop so we sold it.

We bought on March 27th at $4.71 and sold it today at $5.69 for a 20% gain.

Stop Loss

June 17th 2009

ADBE stop at $26.67
ADM stop at $26.29
APOL stop at $59.31
BLUD stop at $14.14
CMTL stop at $28.26
DECK stop at $54.35
ENDP stop at $15.72
FLR stop at $45.02
FLS stop at $70.39
IPHS stop at $15.06
JCOM stop at $21.16
MVL stop at $32.44
NCTY stop at $9.12
NE stop at $30.89
NRG stop at $20.14
TSYS stop at $6.18
VPHM stop at $5.61
WDC stop at $23.07

TRLG sold

We bought it on March 18th at $10.53 and sold it on June 16th at around $20 for a 89% gain.

New Stop Loss

• ADBE: stop at $26.41
• ADM: stop at $25.96
• APOL: stop at $57.89
• BLUD: stop at $14.14
• CMTL: stop at $28.16
• DECK: stop at $53.54
• ENDP: stop at $15.72
• FLR: stop at $44.67
• FLS: stop at $69.99
• IPHS: stop at $14.72
• JCOM: stop at $21.14
• MVL: stop at $32.22
• NCTY: stop at $9.11
• NE: stop at $30.60
• NRG: stop at $19.94
• TRLG: stop at $20.04
• TSYS: stop at $6.18
• VPHM: stop at $5.61
• WDC: stop at $22.60
  

Updated Stop Loss

ADBE Stop at $26.41
ADM Stop at $25.96
CMTL Stop at $28.16
DECK Stop at $52.70
FLR Stop at $44.24
FLS Stop at $69.24
JCOM Stop at $21.14
MVL Stop at $31.96
NCTY Stop at $9.06
NE Stop at $30.18
NRG Stop at $19.77
APOL Stop at $56.17
BLUD Stop at $14.14
ENDP Stop at $14.89
IPHS Stop at $14.16
TRLG Stop at $20.04
TSYS Stop at $6.18
VPHM Stop at $5.60
WDC Stop at $22.60

GIGM sold with loss

GIGM did not go as we hoped.

It broke its stop loss so we sold it.

Buy price was around $6.53 and sell price around $5.64 for a 13% loss.

Updated Stop Loss

June 8th 2009

ADBE $25.44
ADM $25.34
APOL $56.17
BLUD $14.14
CMTL $27.47
DECK $49.27
ENDP $14.89
FLR $42.57
FLS $66.99
GIGM $5.64
IPHS $14.16
JCOM $20.07
MVL $31.08
NCTY $8.92
NE $28.93
NRG $18.64
TRLG $20.04
TSYS $6.18
VPHM $5.60
WDC $22.60

Updated Stop Loss Orders

June 4th 2009

ADBE Stop at $25.26
ADM Stop at $25.13
APOL Stop at $56.17
BLUD Stop at $14.14
CMTL Stop at $26.37
DECK Stop at $49.27
ENDP Stop at $14.89
FLR Stop at $42.19
FLS Stop at $66.57
GIGM Stop at $5.64
IPHS Stop at $14.16
JCOM Stop at $20.07
MVL Stop at $30.94
NCTY Stop at $8.92
NE Stop at $28.47
NRG Stop at $18.64
TRLG Stop at $20.04
TSYS Stop at $6.18
VPHM Stop at $5.60
WDC Stop at $22.60

New Buys: BLUD and CRY

June 3rd 2009

BLUD: initial stop loss at $14.14
CRY: initial stop loss at $4.45

GHM sold

Bad luck with GHM.

We dared a little bit when we bought it and it went below our stop.

We bought GHM at around $15.57 and sold it at around $12.60 for a 19% loss.

Portfolio and Stop Loss

Symbol	Last Trade	Price Paid	Total Gain %	Stop Loss
ADBE	28.18	$18.70	50.34	$25.03
ADM	27.52	$25.40	8.13	$24.58
APOL	59.10	$62.87	-6.18	$55.34
CMTL	29.14	$28.99	0.31	$26.37
DECK	57.96	$57.08	1.34	$49.27
ENDP	15.93	$17.38	-8.54	$14.89
FLR	46.98	$37.99	23.39	$40.70
FLS	73.57	$52.57	39.62	$65.58
GHM	14.00	$15.57	-10.26	$12.65
GIGM	6.05	$6.5288	-7.52	$5.64
IPHS	15.59	$9.4672	64.33	$13.64
JCOM	22.30	$22.23	0.12	$19.96
MVL	33.18	$24.35	35.95	$30.42
NCTY	9.14	$9.638	-5.36	$8.10
NE	34.37	$24.39	40.63	$28.01
NRG	22.50	$19.56	14.81	$18.53
TRLG	23.06	$10.53	118.57	$19.55
TSYS	7.46	$7.5385	-1.24	$6.18
VPHM	6.95	$4.7096	47.26	$5.40
WDC	24.85	$16.20	53.02	$22.42