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Barbara's Stock Market Strategies

My thoughts regarding the market and some possible trades. Also a look at what I am trading right now!

Three High-Risk, High-Reward Shipper Option Plays

Posted Nov 17 2009, 06:46 PM by Skymist with no comments

With the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) clearing a 52 week high finally , now at 4381, the situation for beaten down shipping stocks has not looked this promising for all of 2009. My personal index of shippers...

Shipping Rally Boosts EGLE, GNK, DSX, & Others

Posted Nov 11 2009, 05:28 PM by Skymist with no comments

We had a big day for shipping firms today in the stock market , with SEA (Claymore-Delta Global Shipping ETF) moving up over 3%, and some shipping companies posting gigantic advances: EGLE up 16%, OCNF...

Earnings Calendar 10-28 Wednesday

Posted Oct 26 2009, 03:13 PM by Skymist with no comments

The largest companies reporting earnings on Wednesday are: GSK, HES, GD, EPD, COP, STD, UIS, WLP, NXY, PEG, SAP, PX, SO, ENI, KB, ESRX, FSLR, AEM, AFL, VALE, TCK, SYMC. The full list follows. Optionable...

Earnings Calendar 10-27 Tuesday

Posted Oct 26 2009, 12:43 PM by Skymist with no comments

The large companies reporting tomorrow are ACE, ACH, ACL, AMTD, APOL, BBV, BEN, BP, CAJ, CX, DAI, ECL, FE, FPL, HMC, JCI, KOF, MCK, NSC, PCAR, RCI, SQM, TII, V, VLO, WIT. The full list, limited to optionable...

Earnings Calendar Monday 10-26

Posted Oct 23 2009, 09:29 AM by Skymist with no comments

The largest companies reporting Monday 10-26 are: NOV,LO,VZ,GLW,CHK,AMX,BIDU. The full list, limited to optionable companies over $3, is below. Prices are as of midday Friday when this list was made. Reporting...

Four Shippers Emerging From the Mire

Posted Oct 20 2009, 06:30 PM by Skymist with no comments

After a thrilling two-week rally in the stock market during early September, shippers began to fall. They had been enjoying a nice rally on the general premise of economic recovery, market stabilization...

Earnings Calendar 10-21 Thru 10-23

Posted Oct 20 2009, 10:38 AM by Skymist with no comments

Here are the stocks reporting the remainder of this week. Excluded are stocks under $3, or which are not optionable. The nine single-letter links for each stock connect to popular stock quoting and information...

The Direxion 3X Daily ETF's, All 22 of Them

Posted Oct 14 2009, 11:07 AM by Skymist with no comments

The 3X funds from Direxion have grown to 22 in number. I thought I would post a list here for convenience. The 9 links at the end of each line connect to commonly used charting and quoting services for...

Exploiting a Daytrader Behavior Pattern

Posted Oct 13 2009, 10:58 AM by Skymist with no comments

Daytraders like to relax on the weekend. Holding positions they cannot close makes them uncomfortable. Their short term view of trading interprets a weekend as just a long period of time during which trading...

Market Transients Reveal Underlying Stock Strength or Weakness

Posted Sep 30 2009, 02:17 PM by Skymist with no comments

This mornings deep market transient, in which the SPX fell 1% then climbed back to even, gave us an opportunity to see the internal workings of the market as it separates the losing stocks from the winning...

Shippers Vs Transports

Posted Sep 18 2009, 12:06 PM by Skymist with no comments

Dow theory implies that when the country recovers from a recession, one of the first signs will be that the volume of materials shipped will increase. This led to the creation of the Dow Jones Transportation...

VVUS Accelerates to the Upside

Posted Sep 08 2009, 02:20 PM by Skymist with no comments

Without apparent news, VVUS took off higher in the postmarket today after a day of continual gains, trading as I type at a price over $8. Watching it closely, I did not think it was a Climax Syndrome case...

GMCR is Vulnerable

Posted Sep 02 2009, 06:13 PM by Skymist with no comments

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. enjoyed a fine rise in July and part of August , briefly touching $70, but has weakened considerably since then. At this point, in early September, you can see that...

AIG Respects Even Numbers

Posted Aug 28 2009, 10:21 AM by Skymist with no comments

Stocks move according to fundamentals and according to technicals. One way to discern whether a stock is primarily a fundamentally-motivated stock or a technically-motivated stock is to observe its behavior...

The Case of VG

Posted Aug 25 2009, 11:35 PM by Skymist with no comments

Again, a chance to test my understanding of price acceleration. This time, it was Vonage. Once a $15 stock, the price had long ago deteriorated into the sub-dollar region, most recently subsisting at about...