Monday, March 7, 2016

Indices closed mixed....

Indices closed mixed.

S&P 500 @ 2001.76, high 2006.12, low 1989.38

RSI @ 63.74

CMF @ 0.297

Internals were :

UP volume led by 2.40 to 1 in NYSE & 1.77 to 1 in Nasdaq

Advancing stocks led by 1.98 to 1 in NYSE & 2.21 to 1 in Nasdaq

Net new 52 wk highs were leading by 61 in NYSE & 9 in Nasdaq

VIX UP 2.9% @ 17.35

Oil @ $37.90

Gold @ $1264.00

Stocks which were UP 1% or more included ABX CNQ
LULU PANW SWIR COH TSLA SU FFIV LNG 
YELP FEYE AAL LRCX SLW GG AEM CCJ 
DATA MGA ORCL VRX ZG AGU......

In my portfolio :

Reduced FB by 20% @ $105.10

AH ER...SHAK Down 8.81%, URBN UP 12.25%

AH Futures Down

AH Asian Markets Down

AH Oil Down

AH Gold UP

About market, TAPE was mixed by close but there was a major split in direction of sectors, FANG definitely seems to have weakened quite a bit, thus my reduction of FB weighting from #1 to #3 weighting. I keep an eye on changing TAPE action. Market seems to be pulling back after a long sharp run. It will be interesting to see which sectors will hold up better, i do have my ideas and pick.

BLOG does NOT give buy or sell.

Saleem

11 comments:

Stocks100 said...


Hi Stocktrader,

Bought CNQ in pre-market @ $25.65.

Saleem

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hi Saleem,

Good luck with the rebuy. I am nervous about the commodity sector after the huge run, but CNQ appears to be one of the better positioned.

Question for you: How does the C$ factor into their earnings? Do you have to game that side of it also?

Stocktrader

Stocks100 said...

Hi Stocktrader,

CNQ hedges their production in US$, they also export to US.

Canadian $ hedging is normal business practice for all exporters.

Saleem

Unknown said...


Hi stocktrader,

Your TZA trade a good one. You jumped in at the right time. I also have a position but the price is 49.20. Jumped in a little early.

Good luck to everyone

Joseph

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hi Saleem,

Sold TZA @ 48.60

I think the small caps could potentially take another leg up as they've been beaten down for so long. This also frees up more cash for stock picking for me.

Stocktrader

Unknown said...


Hi guys,

I agree with stocktrader with his view with small cap. Usually the first quarter of the year is for small cap to go high. Good luck.

Joseph

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hi Saleem,

Bought SPLK @ 45.85

This isn't an ideal entry, but I'll try to play against the flattening 50 DMA.

Stocktrader

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hi Saleem,

Added a bit to FB @ 106.52 with my remaining cash.

FB had fallen to my smallest position as other "speculative" positions extremely outperformed. I thought this was a great chance to add, again with the 50 DMA as downside support.

Stocktrader

Stocks100 said...

Hi Stocktrader,

Reduced FB by 60% @ $106.58.

Added 180% CNQ @ $25.15.

Good luck with SPLK.

Saleem

stocktrader_1996 said...

Hi Saleem,

Wow, exact opposite sites of the FB trade! :)

As I mentioned yesterday, the daily selloffs we experienced on Friday and yesterday was refreshing the market to the point that we didn't need a big selloff. I expect a better finish today to really confuse all the traders.

Things are much different in the world than just a month ago. The seeming bottom in oil has changed the game in more profound ways than people realize, because they didn't actually realize how much traders/investors had started to price in over the months/year some kind of huge collapse in any oil-producing country as well as bank defaults rampant throughout the world system.

I think the market digests mostly sideways here and so I believe the need for protection is minimal.

Stocktrader

Stocks100 said...

Hi Stocktrader,

Stock selection is critical @ this stage in market, easy money has Be
been made.

Now it's slow and painful road to making money IMHO.

Saleem