WEEK OF 3 APRIL 2017 THRU 7 APRIL 2017

[blygh]

Out of the gate

Rider	Horse	Open	Latest	G/L	%	Stop		Rank
1        Tiarra	MONSHRT	113.81				114		2
2            Ira	AAOI	56.92	53.47	-3.45	-6.06%			7
Spiderman	WPX	13.39	13.32	-0.07	-0.52%			5
4     SD	XBI	69.34	68.31	-1.03	-1.49%			6
5  RealDeal	AMD	14.60	14.64	+0.04	+0.27%			1
6   Blygh	SHPG SHT	173.76	174.18	+0.42	-0.24%	178		4
Market	SPY	235.80	235.33	-0.47	-0.20%			3
8	QQQ	132.48	132.30	-0.18	-0.14%

And Real Deal with a 4 cent profit leads the pack all of whom are backing out of the starting gate  

[sd]

AFTER DAY 1

[blygh]

Into the far turn (at least for those who made it out of the starting gate ) 

Rider	Horse	Open	Latest	G/L	%	Stop		Rank
1        Tiarra	MONSHRT	113.81	114stopped	+0.19	-0.167%	114		3
2            Ira	AAOI	56.92	51.19	-5.73	-10.07%			7
Spiderman	WPX	13.39	13.57	+0.18	+1.34%			1
4     SD	XBI	69.34	68.34	-1.0	-1.44%			4
5  RealDeal	AMD	14.60	14.16	-0.44	-3.01%			6
6   Blygh	SHPG SHT	173.76	177.25	+3.49	-2%	178		5
Market	SPY	235.80	235.48	-0.32	-0.14			2
8	QQQ	132.48	132.51	+0.03	0.0002%

Spiderman takes the lead - chased by no one
Tiarra gets stopped on a very tight stop - Ira's mount goes out on strike

[tiarra]

I meant to put in MON not MO, which is why my stop is at 114.




I was wondering about that - I will make the change assuming no one has a problem with it
Blygh

[sd]

Hmm-certainly shouldn't be any one objecting correcting a Typo-
but...moot point.... today MON had quite an upside move-exceeding the 114 stop- While it looks like this takes Tiarra out for the week, it is a small net loss./font]

[blygh]

Out of the back stretch into the clubhouse turn 

Rider	Horse	Open	Latest	G/L	%	Stop		Rank
1        Tiarra	MONSHRT	113.81	115.31 but stopped at 114	+1.50	-.0167%	114		1
2            Ira	AAOI	56.92	44.68	-12.24	-21.50%			7
Spiderman	WPX	13.39	13.18	-0.21	-1.57%			4
4     SD	XBI	69.34	66.93	-2.41	-3.48%			6
5  RealDeal	AMD	14.60	14.17	-0.43	-3%			5
6   Blygh	SHPG SHT	173.76	175.06	+1.30	-0.75%	178		3
Market	SPY	235.80	234.78	-1.02	-0.43%			2
8	QQQ	132.48	131.97	-0.51	-0.39

 
Time for all market timers to don brown bags - the only riders with positive picks are short - scheesh!

Funeral services for Ira's horse well be held tomorrow at 10 

[tiarra]

Thanks, guys. Leaving off a letter makes a huge difference!

LOL What should we wear to the horse funeral.

[sd]

I think we're all ready to get put down to sleep!

[blygh]

INTO THE HOME STRETCH !!!

Rider	Horse	Open	Latest	G/L	%	Stop		Rank
1        Tiarra	MONSHRT	113.81	116.00 but stopped at 114	+2.19	-.0167%	114		2
2            Ira	AAOI	56.92	46.31	-10.61	-18.64%			7
Spiderman	WPX	13.39	13.23	-0.16	-1.2%			4
4     SD	XBI	69.34	66.84	-2.50	-3.61%			5
5  RealDeal	AMD	14.60	13.28	-1.32	-9.04%			6
6   Blygh	SHPG SHT	173.76	171.55	-2.21	+1.27%	178		1
Market	SPY	235.80	235.37	-0.43	-0.18%			3
8	QQQ	132.48	132.04	-0.44	-0.33%

Hallalujeh - a gain !- Blygh gets out of the starting gate 

 

[blygh]

Correction on the long term investment board - I made a $10 error on Tiarra's pick -AM -  correcting it gave her 5 stocks an average return of 2.02% instead of a loss.  My bad - happens when you get old.  
Blygh

SD has some really interesting posts on the long term investment board - well worth a read
BLYGH

Only SD made changes to his long term portfolio so for the next quarter I will use the first trading day of 2017 opening prices on everyone's portfolio except SD - I think the fair way of doing this is to multiply his subsequent return by his first quarter return (2.89%+1)


 

[blygh]

For the week starting April 9th I will ride TNH long -buy in at Friday's close stop loss 93 - rationale -> moving off multi year low, 5% dividend  P/E = 12.5/1 - 


Blygh

[sd]

I'll take HIMX- long at today's close. semi conductor- Was looking at Crus- had a large momentum move earlier in the day but giving a good portion of it back today. PE is 28 while Crus is 17. HIMX has 2x the vol, is in a saucer with room to get to the prior high-Crus has broken out higher, may retest and pullback? So- HIMX is my choice-Good Luck!

[blygh]

Across the Finish Line !!!

Rider	Horse	Open	Latest	G/L	%	Stop		Rank
1        Tiarra	MONSHRT	113.81	116.16 but stopped at 114	+2.35	-.0167%	114		2
2            Ira	AAOI	56.92	44.68	-12.24	-21.5%			7
Spiderman	WPX	13.39	13.00	-0.39	-2.91%			4tie
4     SD	XBI	69.34	67.32	-2.02	-2.91%			4 tie
5  RealDeal	AMD	14.60	13.82	-0.78	-5.34%			6
6   Blygh	SHPG SHT	173.76	169.38	-4.38	+2.52%	178		1
Market	SPY	235.80	235.20	-0.60	-0.25%			3
8	QQQ	132.48	131.97	-0.51	-0.39%

Blygh for the win - no further comment 
 

[blygh]

Total Return in 2017 as of 4/7/2017

Rider	Win	Place	Show	Total Return	Default pick
Tiarra	3	1	2	+3.412%	ETSY
Ira	1	3	1	-20.32%	VIXY short
Spiderman	2	1	3	-30.16%	EXAS
Real Deal	1	3		-4.716%	RS
SD	1	3	3	+5.116%	XBI
Blygh	6	1		+14.497%	ISRG
Market (SPY)		2	5	+5.763%

Warren Buffet "Don't take big losses"  -use stops

[sd]

Blygh, You're kickin it !Congratulations- The only finish in the money! and look at that YTD lead- Impressive ! You have a knack for selecting the short candidates!
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