MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Hey traders! Hope the early morning Christmas festivities are going as planned. I actually couldn’t find my cork screw so I thought of a creative way to open up a wine bottle. You need a screwdriver and a hammer. Position the screwdriver on top of the cork and repeatedly hit it with a hammer until the cork is inside the bottle (some splashing may follow). When you pour the wine, the cork floats to the top, leaving the wine to freely flow into your glass.Cool, huh?
Anyways, we have only one week left to make money in 2009 and I am determined to make it my last profitable week. If you know me, then you know I’m serious about it. I don’t do “tax losses”. That’s bullshit. Just keep making money. Who cares about paying more taxes? Warren Buffett stated that he enjoyed paying more taxes because that meant that he was making more money. Therefore I say to you, keep banking that coin hard.
I hope that my services here have helped you guys tremendously and made you into better traders. Although I don’t monetarily benefit from posting trades or giving out educational articles, I do get the benefit of knowing that I have helped hundreds and hundreds of people. I made money and you made money – nothing better than that.
2009 was a great year for me in terms of expanding on the internets. I was fortunate enough to make many friends, even if I may have not met you personally. We all have the same goal, therefore, we can get along. I got heavily involved in Stocktwits, running the “Charts Gone Wild” show on Tuesdays. I found it to be the best way to be personal and to connect with you, my readers. The show is only 1 hr long, but it takes me about 3 hrs to prepare for it. I have no problem spending my time for you guys.
I also had the pleasure of personally training my students who are with me each and every day, live. It’s a great feeling when you have a great and qualified team whose members help each other out on a daily basis. I temporarily ceased my travels to spend more time with myself, family, friends, and a new girlfriend. However, I will start up the private coaching program again, starting in January. I look forward to helping you guys in the best way that I can.
I am appreciative of all the regular readers on my blog that contribute. You know who you are. I also love the fact that you have the balls to post your trades. You and I are in the minority. I post my trades not so that people can follow me, but for my own record keeping and reference. The blog is my trading journal. Here’s an idea: if you want to become a better trader, post your trades. You are less likely to make stupid decisions, especially when the whole world is watching.
2009, so far, has been an epic year for me. It is my best year ever. It is also my 5th straight year of triple-digit gains. I hope that you guys also scored big, especially in the summer. I’d say that my trading in 2009 really took off starting in late March. If you’ve been with me during that time, then you know why. We absolutely crushed it.
I chose to be with iBankCoin because I believe that it will actually be the #1 destination for serious people that want to make money. This isn’t some conventional site with the same bullshit that 99% of other sites have. We have unique contributors and exceptional content on this site. Of course, if you disagree, then I’d have to ban you forever (just kidding, sort of). Appreciate what the writers here are presenting because after all, they don’t have to do anything. They are offering a public service and offering their knowledge and expertise. Don’t take this for granted.
I am in the process of creating an epic post. It will highlight my greatest trades for the year and also my failures. It will be the ultimate “trade review” post. I know that I can learn from what I did right and wrong, and so can you. Look forward to it in a few days. If you have any trades in mind that are memorable, let me know.
I’d just like to say thanks to Fly for bringing me on board last year. I somehow found iBC and randomly starting posting in the Peanut Gallery. Then I got my tab and everything else is history. If you have trades or knowledge to share, I encourage you to post in the Peanut Gallery. Who knows, we might pick you up from there.
Finally, enjoy your Christmas with your family and friends. I have clients that are worth hundreds of millions, but have broken families. They do not celebrate Christmas, such a shame. Know what’s most important to you and never compromise it. With that said, I wish everyone a safe and wonderful Merry Christmas!!!
merry christmas horus
Thanks pat
And a profitable New Year
same to you, roger
Merry x mas CA great year. Thanx for all the charts and writings
Learned more than I would like to admit from you. Love the stock twit show.
we are all learning together. glad you enjoy the show
Happy Healthy Holidays!
thanks for following me since i started. have a great holiday
you’re a stand up guy….God Bless….
thanks addict. best wishes,
John,
Your trading strategy and approach are simple, pretty straight forward and easy to follow. Learned a great deal. Definitely one of the skilled traders I follow.
Looking forward to next year making $$$.
Keep up the good work.
Next year will be a blast. I look forward to it.
Merry Christmas CA,
Although I’m not a day trader, I think I’ve learned much from you that can be applied to swing trading.
Thanks!
Yup. Doesn’t matter what style you possess, everyone can bank. Thanks for reading
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year John and all the contributors to your fine blog.
I truly appreciate your generosity and sharing what you see with us.
Many Blessings
you’re welcome. Happy New Year to you as well.
I was just browsing through some old CA posts. Your heart shows through through all of them and making money seems to be just as important as helping people, that’s impressive.
Merry Christmas dude, i’m still impressed with how genuine you are.
I know you more than ever now Chris and you have an even bigger heart than I. I’m here to help you.
Hope you had a great Christmas John! Your educational postings, blogging and Charts Gone Wild are priceless. You are one talented and generous individual. You have opened many eyes to the value of good TA in all types of trading. We are fortunate to have you as part of the iBC family. May 2010 bring you another year of record returns and many blessing to your life!
I did have a great Christmas and I hope you did as well. I wish to see you contribute your ideas here next year.
Merry Christmas to you too John.
Greatly appreciated reading seeing your disciplined and objective chart analysis over the past months. While I’ve been trading for a long time, my biggest screw-ups tend to come from my injecting my opinion as to what SHOULD happen, as opposed to watching price and volume. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for your contributions on the blog. They don’t do unnoticed. Remember to always keep things simple and solid.
Hey John,
You are the ultimate educator on this site. You truly want to help people learn how to make money in the market. I would like to be one of your personally trained students if and when you have openings. I was told about this site by a friend about a year ago and joined the PPT about a month ago. I have benefited from all of the tabbed bloggers financially and intellectually.
You have your priorities straight and, despite your successes in the market, are not full of yourself. Never lose that!
Merry Christmas to you and those close to you. And have a happy, healthy and profitable new year.
Jim
Thank you Jim! Same to you.
Send me an e-mail: JCLee84 @ hotmail . com
Great job this year, CA. I look forward to your review post…if you can include some trades from before March that didn’t work, along with the reasons why, that would be informative.
The post will take a while, but I will dig through stuff prior to March. Thanks for reading tm.
John,
Many thanks for everything you share with us. It is valuable stuff on many levels.
I also greatly appreciate the other traders here. Was happy to see many banking it last week.
Will be devoting most of my time to my family until Jan 4th.
Happy New Year to all.
That AIG trade (either August 7th or 8th I think ), is there another more epic???
you’re welcome. Thanks for contributing so much here! I really appreciate it. Tell your family I said “hi” and I hope to see you next year just as active as this year.
Hi CA,
I rarely post but read every day. Thanks for teaching me so much this year. Look forward to all your posts in 2010. Happy Holidays!
The screwdriver and hammer seem too hard… try the old scissor trick. Just jam the sharp end of the scissors into the cork, digging into the cork as you turn the scissors in circular fashion. Then after a few rotations, just pull and the cork comes right out.
Merry christmas to all
missed ya this weekend in NYC, Shane. I just got back to DC.
I’ll just get a corkscrew instead of being creative with the wine bottles. The wine exploded everywhere the first time all over the carpet. It was bad.
QCOR looks like ATHX
CGEN
wow. That stock is too nutty.
HEK
or this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtjMKFn9IGE&feature=related
DDSS imminent
ES setting up short at <1122
STEC
PSID BTFO
2 more days till the year ends.
I’ll be around.
Bought $AONE 22.625
Sold $AONE limit 22.63
ONP is an interesting name… looking to nibble at 9.71
Broke out as i was typing… i expect Brean Murray to initiated coverage sometime soon in the next week as they have with CBPO and CVVT who listed on the Nasdaq… common link they all went to the same Brean Murray conference in November.
FCEL
RAME BTFO!
MASI
AMZN, short
Bought IVAN @ 2.95
Sold half @ 3.07
Sold last half @ 3.01
Merry xmas and happy new year John – Kinda late but better late than never I suppose : )
I’ll have to school you in starcraft again soon and in SC2 (whenver that comes out) … Really appreciate all the TA pointers you’ve put up but just wish I had listened more before I blew the PA up and had to get a job … lol. Best of luck in 2010.