Tuesday, March 8, 2011

3/8 Watchlist

CIGNA has been eliminated from the bull list under the two-day rule, which says a bull position that closes below its breakout level for both of the two days after breakout goes back to neutral phase.

Also on the bull list, Yamana Gold dropped sharply on Monday but bounced precisely off of its stop/loss level. Petroleo Brasileiro today traded as much as 6% below Monday's close (Headline: "Oil Prompts Caution", whatever that means) but stayed above its stop/loss.

Dell's short-term phase turned to counter-trend bearish, as did the Japan markets exchange-traded fund.

On the bear list, two stocks have been added on breakouts: Google and Goldman Sachs.

The short-term phase on Best Buy whipsawed to bear phase, which is aligned with the longer trend, and USD/CHF moved to a short-term bull phase, which is counter-trend.

The strongest bull trends are on Harvest Natural Resources and Philip Morris International. The strongest bear trend is on Frontier Communications.

Bull Positions
CI eliminated under the two-day rule.
sym adx traj psar bday blevel stop 2-day?
A*       mar4 $45.02 $44.06  
ABT       mar4 $48.82 $47.55
ACI       mar4 $36.50 $35.41
AUY       mar1 $12.90 $12.51  
CI       mar3 $44.00 $42.68
CNO       feb28 $7.22 $7.00  
DELL       feb16 $14.46 $14.20  
EBAY       feb1 $31.64 $30.69  
EWJ       feb2 $11.25 $10.91  
GG*       feb28 $47.08 $45.80  
GLD*       mar1 $139.00 $137.06  
HNR       feb28 $13.92 $13.50  
JNK*       feb4 $40.52 $40.20  
JNPR       feb4 $38.73 $37.57  
LPNT       feb28 $38.77 $37.61  
PBR       feb22 $38.70 $37.54  
PM       feb15 $60.14 $58.68  
SLV       feb17 $30.44 $29.53  
SLW*       feb28 $41.89 $40.63  
TRGT       feb28 $27.97 $27.13  
USO       feb23 $39.48 $38.30  
XLY       feb7 $38.42 $37.74  
Issues that I hold positions in are marked with an asterisk (*).


Bear Positions
New breakthroughs GOOG, GS.
sym adx traj psar bday blevel stop 2-day?
AMGN       feb18 $52.36 $53.51  
AMR       jan20 $7.54 $7.77  
BBY       feb11 $33.40 $34.40  
BRCM       feb18 $41.94 $43.20  
C       mar4 $4.54 $4.68  
CREE       mar4 $50.05 $48.55  
CX       feb22 $9.10 $9.37  
FCX       feb22 $52.31 $53.88  
FTR       feb23 $9.06 $9.31  
GOOG       mar7 $587.67 $605.30
GS       mar7 $160.12 $164.71
MRVL       mar4 $17.60 $16.28  
MSFT       mar1 $26.43 $27.22  
NOK       feb14 $9.08 $9.35  
NTAP       feb22 $51.76 $53.31  
TUR       jan27 $62.87 $64.76  
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  
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.
  • stop: The current stop/loss price. Early in a bull or bear phase, this will be 5¢ below the low or above the high, respectively, on breakout day.
  • 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.


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