Archive for March, 2006

427 stocks closed at all-time highs

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

“It is one of the great paradoxes of the stock market that what seems too high usually goes higher and what seems too low usually goes lower.” - William O’Neil

Symbol Price Volume Avg. Volume % Vol. Increase High Alpha
KIM 41.4 6989300 825962 %746.20
SBUX 37.53 6432696 5315040 %21.02
WHR 95.95 5558000 1044910 %431.91
GLD 57.07 5536700 4425460 %25.11
SPLS 25.63 4903027 4157030 %17.94

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Ugly Picks

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

Good morning, my name is Ugly, and I am a loser. I have it in me to do serious financial damage to my account.
The QQQQ is currently set to gap slightly up.
Top alpha stocks IIIN and PEIX are gapping up.
TWTC is going nuts - I missed that one yesterday.
ARNA looks set to run.
FWLT had some stronger volume yesterday - maybe it can still hold its 50dma?
I have confidence in JLG.
AAPL has been getting some increased volume near its 200dma - can it hold?

40 stocks closed at all-time lows

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

“It is one of the great paradoxes of the stock market that what seems too high usually goes higher and what seems too low usually goes lower.” - William O’Neil

Symbol Price Volume Avg. Volume % Vol. Increase
THI 26.48 3767300 0 %N/A
AGEN 2.65 1911764 646603 %195.66
EAG 0.075 1865500 2506930 %-25.58
TAM 18.74 694200 0 %N/A
CDL 10.9 590300 616988 %-4.32

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176 stocks closed at all-time highs

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

“It is one of the great paradoxes of the stock market that what seems too high usually goes higher and what seems too low usually goes lower.” - William O’Neil

Symbol Price Volume Avg. Volume % Vol. Increase High Alpha
DO 87.73 4316500 2842220 %51.87
GSF 61.75 2814500 3242730 %-13.20
NIHD 55.9 2755710 1281460 %115.04
IR 43.65 2421900 1875480 %29.13
TIE 47.66 2290200 1543140 %48.41 *

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Ugly Picks

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

Good morning, my name is Ugly, and I am a loser. I have it in me to do serious financial damage to my account.
The QQQQ is currently set to gap slightly up.
Today is the Fed meeting, so I will be trading light.

29 stocks closed at all-time lows

Monday, March 27th, 2006

“It is one of the great paradoxes of the stock market that what seems too high usually goes higher and what seems too low usually goes lower.” - William O’Neil

Symbol Price Volume Avg. Volume % Vol. Increase
THI 27.1 4532700 0 %N/A
EAG 0.08 2741300 2493180 %9.95
AGEN 2.75 2306401 613378 %276.01
WAVX 0.55 761112 764103 %-0.39
SOLD 8.11 525696 533795 %-1.51

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248 stocks closed at all-time highs

Monday, March 27th, 2006

“It is one of the great paradoxes of the stock market that what seems too high usually goes higher and what seems too low usually goes lower.” - William O’Neil

Symbol Price Volume Avg. Volume % Vol. Increase High Alpha
DXCM 21.2 5277018 0 %N/A
GG 28.3 4680000 3886650 %20.41
GS 155 4314600 3951280 %9.19
PAAS 26.38 3402702 1762500 %93.06
NIHD 55.72 3054795 1236140 %147.12

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Hansen Natural Corp. (HANS)

Monday, March 27th, 2006

HANS is a beast. It only goes up and has been going up for years. It has been the ideal stock. I was lucky enough to catch the move today on both HANS and TIE:

After looking over past trades, I decided that I was better going long - so today I was focusing most of my attention on the long side. I spotted these two because they are top alpha stocks and they were close to new all-time highs:
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Ugly Picks

Monday, March 27th, 2006

Good morning, my name is Ugly, and I am a loser. I have it in me to do serious financial damage to my account.
The QQQQ is currently set to gap slightly up.
Top alpha stocks MYOG, NVAX, TWTC, ANAD, TFSM and SLW are trading up before the open.
TIE is getting beat up this morning. I have that one in the retirement account.
Might also want to keep an eye on PAAS, QLTI and GERN.

Kurzweil’s Singularity reviewed in FT

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

James Harkin, in an article in the Financial Times, wrote a slightly negative review of Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity is Near. He thought the book was “singularly unhelpful.”
The trend of the growth of information technology is exponential. Regardless of what you think of the Singularity, it is wise to trade with the trend.