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Hourly buy in EBAY

Posted on February 17, 2015 by TraderHank
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Another grueling day of trading but finally EBAY setup and followed through on its hourly buy. I was really not that much excited about a long play since the market is now up for 5 days in a row, but … Continue reading →

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Slow start so far for February trading…

Posted on February 11, 2015 by TraderHank
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I’ve been on fire since the last two days of December 2014, but since the first of February I’ve had a hard time finding quality plays. I’ve had this happen many times before but I always have to remind myself … Continue reading →

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Masterful play in GILD

Posted on February 4, 2015 by TraderHank
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I woke up this morning with two stocks on my earnings watch which were DIS and GILD. DIS scored as a Tier III gap but GILD was a Tier II and if the market was gaping up, which it was … Continue reading →

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QCOM finally rolls over nicely!

Posted on January 29, 2015 by TraderHank
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After setting on my hands for most of Wednesday without a trade it was nice to wake up this morning and finding a nice Tier II Gap in QCOM. I knew that the entry would be difficult and decided on … Continue reading →

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Impressive numbers

Posted on January 27, 2015 by TraderHank
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It took me awhile to come up with a spread sheet that I’d actually fill out. I’ve attempted this on a many of occasions but failed to continue to update. Finally during the Christmas holiday I was able to come … Continue reading →

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Early stop in AAPL but MET more than made up for the loss…

Posted on January 13, 2015 by TraderHank
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  I started my day out short in the 5 minute low on AAPL after price action put in a bear 180 on the 5 minute chart.  This action was short lived as the market just rocked upward breaking the … Continue reading →

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Gap up in MET makes for a great short play…

Posted on January 7, 2015 by TraderHank
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I’ve been hot as of late and here is another great play in MET.  I had MET on my daily list and price had gapped up at the open.  Usually at the end of the year I attempt to tweak … Continue reading →

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ALL finally got the job done!

Posted on January 6, 2015 by TraderHank
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I was upset with myself early for choosing ALL over MOS, MOS had the better looking chart but I became impatient as ALL setup first.  As my trade in ALL went sideways, MOS went 3 “Risk” units rather easily, I … Continue reading →

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Q’s fell hard

Posted on January 2, 2015 by TraderHank
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The market gapped up today and looked bullish at first but when the first 5 minute buy failed, I took the market short @ 103.71.  After price thrashed around a bit, price finally started to head lower and soon price … Continue reading →

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Gap down in the QQQ made for a great 5 minute short!

Posted on December 30, 2014 by TraderHank
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I did not expect much from this 2nd to the last day of 2014 in the market but the QQQ opened the day gapping well below the last prior pivot low of 104.87 to open the day @ 104.73 where … Continue reading →

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