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Stocks Sink Further On Home Sales: SPX, Nasdaq, GOOG, ISRG, PCLN, MLM, VMC, CRM, TSL

August 24, 2010 – 6:16 pm

The market was already on its heels and sank lower today after a sharp fall in the latest home sales report.  Stocks were weak pretty much across the board.  GOOG fell another $12.68 to close just above the $450 level.  Just 2 weeks ago, GOOG was trading around $500/share!  ISRG continued to stumble, down $13.82; [...]

By HappyTrading | Also posted in CRM, GOOG, MLM, PCLN, TSL, VMC | Comments (0)

Market Dips As Bernanke Speaks: SPX, Nasdaq, MS, WFC, FCX, AAPL, EBAY, FFIV, QCOM, BIDU, NFLX, ISRG, SBUX, CMG, NUE

July 21, 2010 – 2:24 pm

The market started off strongly on strong earnings from MS, WFC, and FCX.  MS ended the day up +6.26% at $26.8; it traded as high as $27.89.  WFC closed only slightly higher, but, did trade up to $27.6.  FCX traded above $68 before closing at $66.06, up +2.71%. However, as Bernanke started to give his [...]

By HappyTrading | Also posted in AAPL, BIDU, CMG, EBAY, FCX, FFIV, MS, NFLX, NUE, QCOM, SBUX, WFC | Comments (0)

7/16/10 Weekly Wrap: BP, GOOG, ISRG

July 18, 2010 – 2:54 pm

It was another range-bound and, yet, volatile week.  We didn’t publish a whole lot of trades, but, traded actively in the Trading Room.  Two, in particular, gave us really nice returns.  One is GOOG from early in the week, with gains as high as +189%.  The other is ISRG with a +233% profit. (see ISRG [...]

By HappyTrading | Also posted in BP, GOOG | Comments (0)

Case Study On ISRG: +233% Gain Overnight!

July 14, 2010 – 3:32 pm

The market saw some profit-taking today, as expected (see yesterday’s article).  Since the broader market ended little changed, I thought I’d do a case study on a very good trade. Most traders know that ISRG can make big movements.  For options traders, big movers are of special interest during the last couple of weeks before expiration.  [...]

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Market Ends Down In Volatile Trading: SPX, Nasdaq, SHLD, MA, V, GS, CME, ISRG, FSLR, WLT, NFLX, CMG, CSTR

May 19, 2010 – 7:18 pm

The market was weak from the open and sank quickly lower into the morning trading.  We cashed in the rest of our trade on SHLD for profits as big as +347%, in just 2 days: May 19, 2010 07:21 | HappyTrading SHLD ($98.80) Sold to Close 05P105 May 105 put, at $7.10 +347% 07:10 | [...]

By HappyTrading | Also posted in CME, CMG, CSTR, FSLR, GS, MA, NFLX, SHLD, V, WLT | Comments (0)

Big Profits In A Wild Day! SPX, Nasdaq, GLD, NFLX, EOG, MA, GS, BIDU, PCLN, ISRG

May 6, 2010 – 3:27 pm

What a wild day on the market!  The Dow dropped 700 points in a matter of 15 minutes before coming back 600 points from the day’s low to close.  Take a look at this chart: This is an intraday chart on the Dow for today.  At about 2:30pm ET, the Dow was at around 10630.  [...]

By HappyTrading | Also posted in BIDU, EOG, GLD, GS, MA, NFLX, PCLN | Comments (0)

Goldman Pulls Market Down! BAC, GS, FAS, BIDU, ISRG, CREE, FFIV

April 16, 2010 – 3:39 pm

It was a crazy day today.  As discussed last night in my article, we were expecting a pullback from the market.  BAC reported better-than-expected earnings, but, it was an "non-event".  At around 10:30am ET, GS was charged by SEC with fraud.  But, even before that announcement, the market was on the weak side.  In the [...]

By HappyTrading | Also posted in BAC, BIDU, CREE, FAS, FFIV, GS | Comments (0)

Market Ready For A PullBack? INTC, GOOG, ISRG, AMD, BAC

April 15, 2010 – 7:51 pm

Since bouncing off from January’s pullback, this rally has run for more than 2 months straight, from early February until now.  Even as commodity sectors saw profit-taking, the broader market managed to close in the green today.  Techs stayed strong with INTC adding another +2.98%.  Financials also saw gainers here and there.  Perhaps investors were [...]

By HappyTrading | Also posted in AMD, BAC, GOOG, INTC | Comments (0)

Market Makes Gains On Merger Deals: AIG, MIL, OSIP, INCY, MDVN, BIIB, ONXX, BMRN, HGSI, NFLX, BIDU, ISRG, PCLN, GLD, GOLD, AMZN

March 1, 2010 – 9:26 pm

The market was very strong today, inspired by a few merger/acquisition deals.  This weekend, news reported that AIG was making a deal to sell its Asia-based life insurer AIA Group.  AIG was up +4.08% today.  This afternoon, it was confirmed that the British insurer Prudential PLC will acquire AIG’s Asian unit for $35 billion.  In [...]

By HappyTrading | Also posted in AIG, AMZN, BIDU, BIIB, BMRN, GLD, HGSI, INCY, MDVN, MIL, NFLX, ONXX, OSIP, PCLN, gold | Comments (0)

November 2009: Another Super Month! GLD, GOOG, TSL, CTRP, MON, ISRG

November 28, 2009 – 9:39 am

Our trading was spectacular this month!  Not only did most of our trades produce winners, most winners had more than +50% profits (highlighted in bold print).  In fact, most of our trades had more than +100% gain, with many trades over or near +200% gain!!  Gold was, of course, the big story this month.  We [...]

By HappyTrading | Also posted in CTRP, GLD, GOOG, MON, TSL | Comments (0)