DECK sold

On July 8th we sold DECK at $64.18.
We bought it on May 29th at $57.08 and our total gain was 12.4%.
From March to May 2009 we already traded DECK for a 6.7% gain.

A couple of sell and new stop losses

We sold FLR and ADBE a few days ago.

We bought FLR on March 11th at $37.99 and sold it on July 6th at $47.24 for a 24% gain.

And we bought ADBE on March 11th too at $18.70 and sold it again on July 6th at $27.12 for a 45% gain.

Our current portfolio, with updated stop loss levels is as follows:

APOL Stop at $63.02
CMTL Stop at $29.25
DECK Stop at $64.26
DISH Stop at $14.25
ENDP Stop at $16.80
MVL Stop at $34.66
NRG Stop at $21.93
TSYS Stop at $6.18
WDC Stop at $24.11

Some loss with NCTY

NCTY violated its stop loss and we sold it yesterday.
We bought NCTY on April 30th at $9.64 and sold it at $9.58 for a 0.6% loss (plus some commissions).

This was my 3rd trade with NCTY. The other 2 were closed before I started this blog:
I bought NCTY on April 22nd 2008 at $20.35 and sold it on June 18th 2008 at $24.21 (18.9% gain) and bought it again on July 8th 2008 at $24.45 and sold it on July 24th 2008 at $24.75 (1% gain).

New stop loss prices for some of our stocks

DECK Stop at $64.04
MVL Stop at $34.34
NRG Stop at $21.92
WDC Stop at $23.87

Portfolio, Performance and Stop Loss

July 1st 2009

This post is in some way a kind of a mid-year review of our performance.

I started publishing my trades in April, but I think it is fair to share my Year-To-Date performance.

I would like to start with our current portfolio, updated on June 30th 2009, after market close:


We currently have around 50% cash, since the market is still uncertain.

New stop loss prices have been calculated for the stocks we currently own, as follows:

And finally, a quick view to our 2009 performance (green) compared to the S&P500 (blue)