US Stock of the Day - Understanding How it Works

US Stock of the Day is for traders who are looking for a US Stock to trade each day. I base my picks on US Stocks I follow on the Nasdaq, Dow, S&P and other indices such as the Russell 1000, etc., watching for a swing in the momentum upward. I keep a tight stop loss on all trades to minimize my risk... and allow the great stock trades to continue rising. These are not recommendations... merely entertainment. Please see the warning at the bottom of this page.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me @ contactdoctorstock@gmail.com. For a Canadian stock of the Day, look at http://canadianstockoftheday.blogspot.com. Also, you may not be a short-term trader... for more stable, longer-term trades, check out http://investinthemarkets.com.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

US Stock of the Day for October 14, 2011

Moving into Friday... will it set up for another rising week, or signal hesitation?

Normally, I'd be splitting some of my 5% + positions into two stop loss orders; however, I'm not convinced this move upward will continue... so I'll keep my stop losses tight, following it up.  A pullback may result in returning to the purchase prices... at which point I may reconsider a repurchase.  This way I can try to maximize my returns.

Well, now for the positions... we've done well in the past week.

October 7th, I chose INFA @ $43.85.  It closed @ $47.44 for a 8.2% gain.  I'm raising my stop loss to $45.81.  

October 11th, I chose AAPL @ $392.00.  It closed @ $408.43 for a gain of 4.2%.  I'm raising my stop loss to $399.94.

October 12th, I chose LULU @ $54.25.  It triggered and closed @ $53.21, a 2% loss.  Then, it triggered my stop loss @ $52.62 for a 3% loss.

October 13th, I chose SLW @ $33.27.  It did not trigger.

October 14th, I'm choosing GMCR @ $92.40.

OVERALL 

The Overall total return is 73.2% since my first purchase in June.


So far... 16 winners... 5 even... and 18 losers (at approx. -1% each, and one at 0.3%) for a great overall profit.

I'd encourage you to visit Invest in the Markets for great educational articles, stock analysis, and trading strategies. It's a great site no matter how new or experienced you are as a trader.

See you tomorrow!

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