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Sunday, April 24, 2011

CMC and not so live trade blogging

I've been somewhat tied up in other projects (personal and work related and I have not taken the time to keep my blog updated. Some of the trades that I have been tracking I have not actually managed to get into, and some I have. I can only do so many things. So, I am updating my favourite stock following today.

My CMC trade posted active on November 23rd, 2010 didn't get entered. The way the price hovered around $15 then broke up just did not instil much confidence in a followup drop in price, basically the setup looked far more bullish than bearish. As a result I just decided to let it settle into the next groove. In the interest of not looking like I am fitting the trades to the hindsight circumstances I will keep it in the mix as if it were made anyway.

Book one loss of $1.50

As such the setup came for a long trade, a little more aggressive based on older support / resistance rather than new trend establishment, enter long at $15.50 following the mid-December high of $17.46. February 17th saw the $18.00 break which made the setup a little less aggressive but still active.

Mid-March saw the price spending most of it's time in the $15's so there was lots of time to get a decent price for this trade. Target exit at $17.00 met on March 29th.

Book one profit of $1.50

Of course a short is in order next, target entry was for $17.50 to allow a little space to wind up and make this a lower risk setup. Trade filled on April 1st and closed on April 18th at the target of $16.00.

Book another profit of $1.50.

All in all not a bad producer.

Jeff.

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