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No Fear

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I often liken stock market predictions to weather forecasting.  A
meteorologist can tell you what the weather will be like tomorrow with a
very high degree of certainty.  However, as the forecast is extended in
time, the accuracy diminishes.  Trying to forecast what the weather
will be like anything more than a few weeks out, other than
incorporating the typical seasonal patterns is basically a crap-shoot. 

The same holds true when using technical and even fundamental analysis
to forecast future prices in individual stocks or the stock market
although I do believe that the charts, combined with the study of the
business cycle and other macro-economics, do allow us to make
potentially accurate longer-term predictions.

$VIX vs. $SPX 11-14-12

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Shorting CLNE (by Ryan Mallory)

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I've taken a short trade in CLNE at $12.88. The stock has a higher level of risk from the stand point of holding it overnight, as it has had the tendency to gap some of late. However, this stock is running slap-dab right intoresistance at around the $13 level as you can see below. My stop is at 13.45 which gives me about 4% for a stop-loss, which is about the max I'm willing to go. 

You'll see that a lot of this stock's movement is off of Cramer's pumping of this stock  and a few other favorable articles, but once that pump subsides, it should make a nice move lower. 

Here's the short setup that I took in CLNE

Clean Energy Fuels Corp CLNE short setup at resistance

Check out more of Ryan's short strategies at SharePlanner.com