06-20-2014 Trading Journal

Market corrected a bit today which was to be expected.

It was a soft correction so to speak.

$AMRN opened higher and I used the remaining cash to add more.

While price fell back down below the two 79 & 89 MA lines, it was still above the two 5 & 15 MA lines.  In another words, the bull run is not over yet.  Sometimes, breaking thru the tough 79 & 89 MA lines will require several attempts; perhaps, it will break out next week.

Now, I’m all set with $AMRN.  The key element is for me to have enough conviction to hold on to this one thru volatility.  I had been gun shy with this one since my large losses from the FDA fiasco.  However, my sentiment has shifted more to positive outlook giving recent positive scientists’ outlook on lower triglycerides: thus, my conviction has begun to strengthen with my regard to $AMRN.  If price can recover back to $7, I’ll be more than recovering previous losses.  The magnitude of $AMRN future gain cannot be underestimated if their Reduce-It trial turns out be be hugely successful.  And the odd of success increases exponentially from the recent scientists’ article.  Not to mention that the previous Jelis’ trial result had already proven the thesis.  I’m betting that the FDA will eventually lessen its resolve to keep its foot on $AMRN head against the ground.

Like a balloon leaking air, $LRAD gave back much of the gain from yesterday.

All is not lost, price still closed above the consolidation range and is still above the 79 & 89 MA lines.

$DMRC is holding its ground and price is still above previous resistance line.

A careful look will reveal that price is in the verge of breaking out of a bullish flag.  I see high probability of an upside move next week.

$KGJI retraced a bit.

But the chart still looks good for a coming bounce.  It is forming a solid base here and price is now trading on the upper band of the consolidation range.  I just don’t see how a fast growing company can remain undervalued for so long.  Something has to give eventually.

Due to $LRAD deflation today, my port gave back 1.4% today.  YTD gain is now at 6.1%.

Current holdings:

LRAD, DMRC, SWIR, AMRN, KGJI, NMRX, & BIOS (100% invested/speculated).

Giving recent price advances from $LRAD and $DMRC, both position are now neck to neck in investment size with $LRAD gaining a slight advantage.

From my other account:

$TWEED gave some gain from yesterday but chart still looks good for further upside.

Price still closed above the 5 & 15 MA line.

My 2 cents.

The market took a sneeze and went back up to close softly on the upside.

Look like it may continue to head higher from here.

Scientists are now saying that lower triglycerides can protect you from heart attacks and strokes.  As a result, $AMRN opened higher.  I waited all of five minutes before buying more.  Hindsightwise, I should wait at least an hour before buying.

Price gave back half of the gain by day close.  Nevertheless, I’m impressed with the scientists’ view on this.  This further support the Japanese Jellis study that showed 50% of patients have lower heart attack than controlled group.  My own body is telling me that the Vascepa is conducive to my healthy well being.  So, I bought more and I even sold some $BIOS to buy even more.  I’m betting that eventually BP will eventually capitulate and offer a fair price to buy out $AMRN. I’ll have to remind myself to sit on this one instead of trading in and out of it.

Today was an excellent day for me.  $LRAD, $DMRC, $AMRN, $KGJI all spiked up nicely.

:Look at $LRAD spike-up.  Price took out the two previous pivot highs.

$DMRC went back up today but it was an inside bar compared to yesterday bar.  All I need is for $DMRC to trade higher than today high tomorrow and we can see a much higher price coming.

$KGJI spike up but bumped its head against the 79 & 89 MA resistance lines and fell back down.  Nevertheless, it was still up for the day.  $KGJI is way undervalued based on fundamental and I’m going to sit on my position and wait out the anti-Chinese-gold-stock climate.

$SWIR, $NMRX, and $BIOS all corrected a bit but did not stop my port from gaining a nice 2.3%. YTD gain is now back up to 7.5%.

Current holdings:

LRAD, DMRC, SWIR, AMRN, KGJI, NMRX, BIOS and 1% cash.

From my other account:

I bought TWEED (TWD.V) today to participate in the cannabis sector.  Forget $FITX for now since they don’t even have a license yet.  TWEED is already selling under the Canadian MMPR program and recently just announced they are expanding their production facility in a different location.  They are in motion so I’m jumping in on this one.

See how price took out the recent consolidation range today and traded higher.  More good thing to come when they get new license for the new location.

My 2 cents.

Market executed a powerful run-up later in the day to make new high.

Wow! is all I can…

Meanwhile, six out of my eight positions were down today.  I sold $KNDI to lock in gain when price could not overcome the 79 resistance line.

$DMRC continued to correct with $LRAD, $SWIR, and $NMRX following along.

As a result, my port gave by 1.3%. YTD gain is now back to 5.2%.

Current holdings:

LRAD, DMRC, SWIR, KGJI, NMRX, BIOS, AMRN and 5% cash.

Today would be a short journal.

My 2 cents.

Bouncing away was the market way today.

Look at that nice bounce off the 15 MA line!

$KGJI announced that its Board of Directors approved a special cash dividend of $0.08 per share of common stock to be payable on July 31st, 2014 to stockholders of record as of June 30, 2014.  Seeing that my yield will be over 6% even if I added more today, I bought more to round up my investment size.  I believe $KGJI is having another stellar quarter such that they have more than enough cash to issue the special dividend.

Price spiked up but gave back much gain during the day.  There are simply too many investors who do not “believe” enough on this stock and its performance.  In time, this stock will eventually bounce and have its glory day.  I’m going to have to wait it out; meanwhile, it is nice to collect dividend while doing so.

$APRI took out yesterday low so I decided to sell my position to lock in small gain so I could use the proceed to add more $SWIR, $NMRX,and $KNDI.

Price fell right back into the middle of the symmetrical triangle.  If it can not bounce off the 89 MA line tomorrow, it does not look good.

$SWIR took out the 79 MA line resistance so I added more.

I need to see price continue upward and away from the 79 MA line to confirm the bull trend tomorrow or later in the week.

$NMRX corrected a bit but I added more anyway to round up my investment size.

Price maintaining above all MA lines offered much comfort in my holding this one.

$KNDI rallied hard today and I added more when it took out the 79 MA resistance.

Although price fell back below the 79 MA resistance, I’m going to see if it can continue the bounce.  If not, I may have to bail to lock in profit ’cause the 79 & 89 MA resistance can be tough to break thru.

$DMRC spiked up today but gave back all gain and some by closing bell.

Price probably will bounce around here waiting for news.

$LRAD bounced nicely today due to news that it received $1.7 million order from an International Navy in Southeast Asia.

Price jumped out of the consolidation range and closed above all MA lines.  Looking good so far.

$BIOS bounced off the 15 MA line and made an impressive run to the upside.

Unfortunately, the air went out and price fell back down some.  Price, however, still closed higher than the 5 MA line which is a good sign.

Today, five of my stocks were positive against three negative. Due to gain from $LRAD, $SWIR, and $KGJI, my port gained 1.25%.  YTD gain is now 6.5%.

Current holdings:

LRAD, DMRC, SWIR, KGJI, NMRX, BIOS, AMRN, KNDI and 2% cash.

From my other account:

Look like I sold $TRTC too soon since price bounced back impressively today. But then, I wasn’t willing to bet on the permit issuance; thus no risk, no gain.  So, I’m ok with that.

My 2 cents.

Market tried very hard to continue last Friday bounce.

It succeeded to some extent.

$KNDI was showing sign of popping when it started to run after the open.  Due to strong showing at the open, I bought a starter position on $KNDI for the bounce.

Chart looked good with price moving away from the 5, 15, & 89 MA lines. If it takes out last Thursday high of $13.44, I may add more.

$DMRC continued to run nicely to the upside.

Today rally took out resistance at the $34.33 level.  I like to see it taking out the $37 resistance this week.

$NMRX rallied right off the 79 & 89 MA lines.

Chart looked very positive for a continuing run from here.

$APRI blasted off from the symmetrical triangle formation to the upside.

Although price gave back gain by after the opening range, price still closed above the downtrend line which is a positive sign.

Thanks to $DMRC rally, my port was up 1.25%.  YTD gain is now 5.25%.

Current holdings:

DMRC, LRAD, SWIR, KGJI, BIOS, NMRX, APRI, AMRN, KNDI and 3% cash.

From my other account:

I sold $TRTC today simply because it opened lower and the chart did not look good for near term perspective.

See how price went below all the MA lines with today being the second down day against a resistances at the 15 and 89 MA lines?  I’m not going to hang around to witness a possible drop from here.  Thus, I’m out for now.

My 2 cents.

The market bounced right off the 15 MA line as if on cue.

If price can close higher than today high next week, the bull is still in charge.

Anytime a short-term MA lines like 5 and 15 can act as support, it usually means the bull is still in full force.  What we have is a healthy correction the market needs to take a breath.

Today price action on $GALE reminded me of my sloppiness.  I was looking purely on chart and forgot to consider the fundamental reason why $GALE was down since January.  It only took a reminder from Adam Feurerstein to put some sense back in every head.  Needless to day, I paid for my sloppiness with a larger than expected losses since I added more in the morning.  Oh well, lesson is learned and I’m moving on.

$BIOS could not hold on above $8 so I’m actually taking heat on this one.

From the chart, the 15 MA line served as a good support for now.  Let’s see if price can bounce next week with the 15 MA as the launching pad.  I added a bit more in the morning to round up my investment size.  Hindsight speaking, my impatience had put me in disadvantage position on this stock.  If the 15 MA support hold, I’ll hold onto to the position; if not, I’ll have to decide if I want to take my losses and move on.  However, I’ve a feeling that if the general market is rallying next week, $BIOS will bounce as well.

$AMRN bounced slightly but still stayed on positive upward direction.

Although we had a new high from yesterday spike-up day, I consider the resistance is the high of two days ago at $1.56.  I added some more this morning to round up my investment size.

$KGJI was down slightly today.

Price is still trading inside the consolidation range here.  This stock has strong fundamental so I’m going to hang on to this for awhile with my eyes on the consolidation range.

$LRAD bounced nicely today.

Price is now trading at the edge of the upper consolidation range which also happens to be where the 79 & 89 MA lines are.  It looks like price action is setting up for a strong bounce from here.  Let’s see if this is the case next week.

$DMRC continued to bounce higher.

However, price is now banging its head against the resistance from Tuesday high (6/10) of $33.24.  I feel that it can be easily breached to the upside if the general market continues to bounce.

Thanks to the rally of $DMRC and $LRAD, my two largest position, my port was up 0.55% despite losses from $GALE and minor corrections from some positions.  YTD gain is now 4%.

Current holdings:

LRAD, DMRC, SWIR, KGJI, BIOS, NMRX, APRI, AMRN and 5% cash.

From my other account:

$TRTC corrected some today.

Price found support at the 5 MA line.  I’ll have to decide what to do with this position next week.

My 2 cents.

Finally, a correction I’ve been waiting for…

But I was stopped out of my $TZA yesterday; so too bad.  There is a support from the 15 MA line.  If price can bounce from there, the bull is active.

I didn’t do much except to buy a starter position on $GALE with the available cash released from the three days settlement.

Price was above the 79 & 89 MA lines and the 5 and 15 MA lines are both pointing up. Although today closed negative after staying up positive all day, I’m holding this one to see which way the wind blow in the near future.

$DMRC held steady and closed on the positive note and above the 79 & 89 MA lines which was encouraging for the bull side.

Sooner or later, $DMRC will explode upward when retailers start to adopt its barcode format.  Of course, I’m betting that its technology will be adopted.

$BIOS bounced slightly which was an impressive feat giving the market was down.

With a green bar today, I see the uptrend is still intact despite the down red bar yesterday.  I’m still holding my shares I bought yesterday.

$APRI tried to rally but was being dragged down by the bearish market.

Price breached the downtrend line to the upside.  It is important that price do not retrace from here; otherwise, the downtrend line may become a formidable resistance.

Due to correction from $LRAD, my largest position, my port was down 0.7%.  YTD gain is now 3.45%.

Current holdings:

LRAD, DMRC, SWIR, KGJI, BIOS, APRI, NMRX, AMRN, GALE and 7% cash.

From my other account:

$TRTC was holding well today.

Price advanced cautiously.  Still holding.

My 2 cents.

Finally, a correction day…

It was interesting ’cause even though it was a down day, $SPY still managed to come out with a green bar.  So, go figure.

With my $TZA opened green, I moved my stop to breakeven not long after the open ’cause I sensed the market wanting to bounce   It wasn’t long before I was stopped out of $TZA.  I was just happy to recover the losses from yesterday down day.

Since $SPY was acting bouncy, I decided to buy the two “Internet of things” stocks that I researched last night- $SWIR and $NMRX.

Both $SWIR and $NMRX are banging its head against the resistance of the 79 & 89 MA lines.

If prices can take out these resistances, it may run hard from here to the upside.  If not, i may have to contemplate taking a losses and look to buy back cheaper.  Regardless, I’ll have to find a way to stay with the “internet of things” stock for the long-ride up.

I learned a lesson on patience today.  After the open, I wanted to buy back some $BIOS. Instead of waiting for its to correct some more before buying, I went and bought when it was still trading higher in the morning.  With the DOW down at the open, I should have known better.  Now, I was sitting on a losses from the morning entry.

I like the strong yesterday up bar.  That was the main reason I bought back in.  I’m going to have to learn to take some heat on this one if I believe it is going up from here.  While today was a red day, price is still on an interim uptrend with price closing above the 5 MA line.

Despite a down day, there were only two stocks in my port that was down:$DMRC and $BIOS.  Fortunately, the rest of my position was either neutral or up slightly which was enough to offset “most” of the losses from $DMRC and $BIOS.  My port dropped slightly by 0.15%..  YTD gain is now 4.15%.

Current holdings:

LRAD, DMRC, SWIR, KGJI, BIOS, APRI, NMRX, AMRN and 9% cash.

From my other account:

$TRTC held steady for the day and I’m still holding.

My 2 cents.

The market simply refused to correct… as much as the bear tried to push it down.

After a brief downward movement that took out yesterday low, the market bounced back up to close even for the day.

Seeing the correction in the morning, I bought a starter position on $TZA with a hard stop below yesterday low.  So far, my stop wasn’t triggered and I’m still holding $TZA. Let’s see if this will bounce back up tomorrow.

Despite giving back gain by day close, $TZA still closed higher than yesterday close.  From the chart, strong support is at $14.30.  It may bounce from here if yesterday low holds.

Continuing with the downward momentum from yesterday in $KGJI, I decided to take advantage of this fall to buy back some of the position I sold last week.  I was able to buy back at similar prices I sold before.

Price was able to bounce back up to even by day close.  Now that I bought back some shares, I’m again ready for this one to take off.

I noticed that $APRI was bouncing off a symmetrical triangle formation in the daily chart; so I immediately bought back a position.

I was fortunate to buy in before the rally continued higher.

$DMRC also performed nicely today.

Price broke out of the downtrend line and moved higher in strong volume.  I like the fact that price closed higher than the high of the last ten days.  The most important thing, from my perspective, is that price closed above the 79 & 89 MA lines.

Fundamentally speaking, someone posted a link to an article on Walmart highlights technology at shareholders event

Below is an excerpt from the article:

In another presentation, Cory Gundberg, VP of strategic planning of Walmart Technology, said the retailer has begun including digital watermarks in store circulars, allowing shoppers to use mobile devices to research items as they peruse ads. The company is also looking into using the technology on product packaging, he added.

While the article did not mention Digimarc’s digital watermarks technology or the Digimarc barcode for product packaging, it is up to us to speculate that it may be it.

Today price advance could also be due to positive review at the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Connect 2014 show today.  With a much faster check out time using Digimarc barcode compared to conventional barcode system, the technology is just waiting to be taken.

Thus, I’m going to be sitting on this one for a long time.

Thanks to $DMRC rally and a quick gain on $APRI, my port gained 1% today.  YTD gain is now 4.3%.

Current holdings:

LRAD, DMRC, KGJI, APRI, AMRN, TZA and 26% cash.

From my other account:

I decided to buy some $TRTC for a bounce.  $TRTC was a victim of bear attack from the SeekingAlpha article issued last Friday.  Price sank like a rock after the article.  I bought today ’cause $TRTC announced that it is going to take legal action.  As far as I’m concerned, taking legal action means you can back up your own story and support the libel suit; otherwise, you expose yourself to more attack in the legal system.

Price bounced nicely from the chart.  There is strong support at 34 cents.  Giving the trend of moving toward legalizing medical marijuana, I need to find a cannabis stock to speculate.on.  While $FITX is still waiting for Health Canada to inspect, I like the prospect of $TRTC from here.

My 2 cents.

Market continued higher; but I’m sensing a bit of wearisome here…

Nevertheless, it is only the first day of the week, let’s see where price goes the rest of the week. I’ll be cautiously optimistic from here.

I didn’t have too much cash free up from the three days settlement so I used what I’d available to buy back some $AMRN I sold Friday since price just won’t drop back down like it used to.

Price looked strong from the chart but it is now banging its head against the downtrend line.  However, if price takes out the high of $1.53 from May 28th, I may add more. While I sold too earlier before, I’ve to look at it from a new buyer’s perspective in order to jump back in.  If I was to “regret” my past action, I might not be able to buy back in.  Thus, it is important that we let the past be the past and look at each trade with a fresh eye even though you’ve just cut the trade.  It is all about catching the momentum and flow with it.  It is NEVER about catching the bottom or selling at the top.  Although sometimes catching the bounce at the right time may make it look like you have caught the bottom, the reality is that they are just coincident.

$LRAD continued to struggle in the consolidation range.

In the absence of news, price will be hanging around this area for awhile.  However, I like the fact that price is now climbing back above the 79 & 89 MA lines.

$DMRC bounced some more today.

Price is now climbing back into the 79 & 89 MA lines which, to me, is very positive.  Tomorrow, $DMRC’s Digimarc Barcode will be a showcase at the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) Connect 2014 being held June 10-13 in Chicago, IL.  Let’s see if this will move the stock this week.

Due to $LRAD correction, it offset the gain from $DMRC almost perfectly.  Thus, my port was even for the day. YTD remains at 3.3%.

Current holdings:

LRAD, DMRC, AMRN, and 42% cash.

My 2 cents.