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Category Archives: MSFT

Choppy Market Makes for Difficult Trading

from MyHappyTrading.com by Bagger Vance Sign up for FREE membership! Posted a good win on Mr Softy today 09:41 | Bagger Vance MSFT ($20.00) Sold to Close MQFER May 18 calls, at $2.19 +56% Given the overbought market we expect to see some selling, and that happened early. But the bulls came back and gave it [...]

Resilient Market Hangs On Again

from MyHappyTrading.com by Bagger Vance Sign up for FREE membership! Lots of new picks the last few days and they are working out nicely!  MSFT earnings are out and should give us a nice bagger!  More to come!  Solars should be the next big group to move…we’re positioned firmly!  Look to take some profits shortly. Decent [...]

Market Rises As Oil Falls Again! SPX, Nasdaq, JPM, GS, MA, MER, HK, PCX, ANR, CLF, MOS, POT, GOOG, MSFT

The market continued to rally for the second, straight day. This morning, JPM beat the estimates with its earnings and saw its shares gap-up at the open. JPM shares ended +13.52% higher. GS and MA both kept going higher, adding +4.85% and +5.46%, repectively. The financial sector was strong as a whole, again. XLF managed [...]

Another Failed Rally: SPX, Nasdaq, YHOO, MSFT, BIDU, AAPL, GS, STI, PRU, MA, SVNT, CELG

The market started out cheerfully, with techs leading the way. MSFT today said that it would reopen talks to buy YHOO if a new board is elected. YHOO jumped +12%!! BIDU also did well, adding almost $12. AAPL looked strong as well, gaining almost +3%. But, the financials stayed weak, and, soon dragged the whole [...]

Market Squeezes Out A Win: SPX, Nasdaq, MSFT, YHOO, GOOG, AAPL, LEH

The market got an early jump as better-than-expected retail sales report came in. But, it seemed like there was still selling pressure on the market. The market started sliding in the late morning and went into the red in the afternoon. However, it was able to get a nice pop right before the close to [...]

Weekly Wrap + Market Forecast! SPX, Nasdaq, YHOO, MSFT, GOOG, CSCO, XME, OIH, INX2, SOX

First week back from my vacation and the market made solid gains. The Dow was up +166.34 points; SPX gained +16.06 points; and Nasdaq added +54.06 points. I’ll just do a quick wrap with the trades made this week and go right into my Market Forecast. We got 100% GR$$N on the closed trades: RIMM [...]

Review 1/24/08: SPX, Nasdaq, POT, BRCM, JNPR, MSFT

The market started out with a jump today, following yesterday’s fantastic reversal. Before the market opened, I sent out a list of stocks that I felt good about (Time stamps are in PST, US West Coast Time): HappyTrading Posted January 24, 2008 at 6:22 am | Permalink (Edit) Watching GLD, GDX, AEM, ABX MOO, POT, [...]

Review 10/25/07: SPX, Nasdaq, MOT, ESLR, MSFT, WFR

We had another volatile day on the market, and, many wild individual moves. CME, for instance, traded as high as $693, a new all-time high, or up $43 from yesterday’s close. It closed at $672.15, up $22.15. The Dow was down almost 130 points at its low, but, came back to close only down 3.33! [...]

Review 10/24/07: SPX, Nasdaq, FFIV, AKAM, IRBT, VMW, MSFT

Yesterday, in my post, I said, “We might still see some volatility, though, as the past 3 trading days have been pretty erratic! I’m doing quick daytrades and holding on to lots of cash.” Today, the market was very volatile, a “down-up-down-up” day. It gapped down at the open and soon slid to the day [...]