Sunday, March 13, 2011

3/13 Bear Watchlist

Twenty new bear positions added to the Watchlist based on my weekend scans.

Also, Wal-Mart drops off the list as it turns neutral after hitting its stop on a price increase.

Bear Positions
New breakouts: AFL, ANR, BK, ESRX, ETFC, FLEX, IP, JNJ, MGM, MRVL, MT, SNDK, TCK, TEVA, XRX.
Existing bear phase added: AKAM, BBBY, F, NEM, RIO.
WMT stopped on price rise.
sym adx traj psar bday blevel bstop 2-day?
AFL       mar11 $54.80 $56.44  
AIG       mar11 $36.16 $37.24
AKAM       feb10 $46.69 $43.95  
AMGN       feb18 $52.36 $53.51  
AMR       jan20 $7.54 $7.77  
AMZN       mar7 $166.90 $171.91  
ANR       mar10 $51.71 $53.26  
BBBY       mar8 $46.78 $48.18  
BBY       feb11 $33.40 $34.40  
BK       mar10 $29.31 $30.19
BRCM       feb18 $41.94 $43.20  
C       mar4 $4.54 $4.68  
CREE       mar4 $50.05 $48.55  
CX       feb22 $9.10 $9.37  
ESRX       mar11 $52.96 $54.55  
ETFC       mar11 $15.27 $15.73
EWY       mar11 $57.17 $58.89
F       jan31 $15.62 $15.15  
FCX       feb22 $52.31 $53.88  
FLEX       mar10 $7.57 $7.86  
FTR       feb23 $9.06 $9.31  
GOOG       mar9 $587.00 $604.61
IP       mar10 $25.82 $26.59
JNJ       mar11 $59.36 $60.68
LVS       mar9 $41.87 $43.10
MGM       mar10 $13.10 $13.490
MRVL       mar11 $15.65 $16.12
MSFT       mar1 $26.43 $27.22  
MT       mar10 $34.17 $35.20
NEM       mar8 $52.69 $54.27  
NOK       feb14 $9.08 $9.35  
NTAP       feb22 $51.76 $53.31  
RIO       mar8 $67.08 $69.09  
SNDK       mar10 $44.83 $46.17
STT       mar10 $43.45 $44.75
TCK       mar10 $51.85 $53.35
TEVA       mar11 $49.01 $50.08
USD/CAD       feb25 C$0.98150 C$0.99012  
USD/CHF       feb23 SF0.92978 SF0.93922  
VVUS       mar1 $7.27 $6.91  
WMT       feb22 $53.14 $54.73  
XLB       mar10 $37.24 $38.36
XRX       mar10 $10.30 $10.61  
Issues that I hold positions in are marked with an asterisk (*).


Key
  • adx: Average direction index location, indicating the strength, or the temperature, of the trend. Orange for 40 or greater, aqua (light blue) for 30 and up but below 40, magenta (light purple) for 20 and up but below 30, and brown for anything below 20. (Mnemonic: Orange for the overhead sun, blue for the surrounding sky, purple for sunset on the horizon and brown for the earth.)
  • traj: Trajectory of the ADX, green for strengthening, red for weakening or yellow for unchanging. Note that if the adx column is orange and the trajectory column is red, then the position must be closed.
  • psar: The parabolic sar, either green for bullish or red for bearish.
  • bday: Breakout day, the day the price broke through the upper or lower 55-day price line.
  • blevel: Breakout level, the price level of the line that was broken through.
  • bstop: The stop/loss price calculated on breakout days as the 14-day average true range below the breakout-day low for a bull phase and above thre breakout-day high for a bear phase.
  • 2-day?: Marked with an "✔" if the two-day rule is in effect. Under the rule, if the price closes below the breakout level on each of the two days following breakout day, then the position must be exited.

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Disclaimer
Tim Bovee, Private Trader tracks the analysis and trades of a private trader for his own accounts. Nothing in this blog constitutes a recommendation to buy or sell stocks, options or any other financial instrument. The only purpose of this blog is to provide education and entertainment.


No trader is ever 100 percent successful in his or her trades. Trading in the stock and option markets is risky and uncertain. Each trader must make trading decision decisions for his or her own account, and take responsibility for the consequences.

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