15 years ago – Slope of Hope with Tim Knight

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Party Time

By Tim Knight - 15 years ago (05, Feb 2010 1:01:04 PM)

I gave my solemn word that today would be interesting, and I believe that pledge was honored. The final two hours of today was absolutely bananas. For myself, today was along these lines…….

+ Trimmed my bearish commitment to about 50% by covering a bunch of shorts (down from as high as nearly 100% yesterday)

+ Made a series of bullish day trades in GDX, DIA, UWM, and IWM, mostly with success – – but particularly with GDX (I am not holding any of these positions, although I am long SLV).

+ Tightened my stops up on my remaining bearish positions to "sleep well at night" levels.

This was an amazing week, but I, for one, could really use a break from charts and flashing quotes. So open something up, turn your screen off, and go relax!

Shall We Dance?

By Tim Knight - 15 years ago (05, Feb 2010 11:33:50 AM)

Buying GDX with Tight Stop

By Tim Knight - 15 years ago (05, Feb 2010 11:04:31 AM)

All my teasing about the PM Kooks isn't meant to say GLD and SLV aren't great vehicles for trading in either direction. I just bought a slug of GDX as a short–term long play. I want to emphasize this is a short-term play, and I personally would be itchy to get out of it anywhere in the mid-40s. My stop is an oh-so-tight one at 40.06.

Triple Ultra-Bull FAS in Sorry Shape

By Tim Knight - 15 years ago (05, Feb 2010 10:48:41 AM)

My Top 30 Short Setups (by Ryan Mallory)

By Tim Knight - 15 years ago (05, Feb 2010 10:16:47 AM)

There are a ton of excellent short setups out there and below are the ones I believe are the best of the best. The market is no doubt oversold right now, so I'd recommend keeping this list handy, and once we can get a few days of the market rallying, then start picking off these companies one-by-one. The best part about this list, is that I have ranked them from 1 to 30 along with providing you with the stop-loss that I will be using on each one. What more could you possibly ask for on a Friday???

Here are My Top 30 Candidates for New Short Positions…

1. Avon Products (AVP) – 32.75
2. Coca-Cola (KO) – 56.10
3. Public Storage (PSA) – 83.59
4. Stec Inc (STEC) – 17.10
5. JPMorgan Chase (JPM) – 42.28
6. Vodafone Group (VOD) – 22.83
7. Hartford Financial Services (HIG) – 27.05
8. Rambus (RMBS) – 24.39
9. Partnerre (PRE) – 75.13
10. Occidental Petro (OXY) – 82.92
11. Incyte (INCY) – 10.94
12. Alcon (ACL) – 160.70
13. Morningstar (MORN) – 48.70
14. Georgia Gulf (GGC) - 17.45
15. Lindsay Corp (LNN) – 42.17
16. Goldman Sachs (GS) – 168.35
17. Advance Auto Parts (AAP) – 41.81
18. Research in Motion (RIMM) – 67.95
19. Vector Group (VGR) – 14.44
20. United States Oil Fund (USO) – 38.64
21. SPDRs Slect Sector Financials (XLF) – 14.96
22. Hilltop Holdings (HTH) – 12.04
23. Sara Lee Corp (SLE) – 12.64
24. Amazon.com (AMZN) – 133.11
25. SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) – 109.38
26. California Water Service Group (CWT) – 38.10
27. Silicon Graphics Int'l (SGI) – 7.80
28. Fibertower (FTWR) – 5.09
29. Boston Scientific (BSX) – 8.96
30. Nbt Bancorp (NBTB) – 21.33

Originally posted by Ryan Mallory on SharePlanner.com