Thursday, April 29, 2010

It was kind of an odd day today, the good news is the SPY gapped up above the 20 day MA, stayed there and traded decent volume; the bad news is that some important names in the commodity space got crushed today. Some of this was related to the oil spill in the gulf, but I was surprised that the market held up as well as it did.


For example take a look at CAM, WLT, RIG, DO, HAL&PCX. It didn’t really affect the market today so I don’t know why it would tomorrow, but keep an eye on the energy sector. Also take note of how little important MA’s mean in a high volume news driven environment. No catching knives!!!!!!


















































I am sure a lot of money was made and lost in these names today but it’s really not my game. When I trade I want important defined levels for my entry a good sense of where my stop should be and profit targets. The only one of these names that I traded successfully today was WLT. All credit goes to the guys at High Chart Patterns. If you are not familiar with them become so, they have be invaluable to my trading. At around 10:00 they tweeted “HCPG http://chart.ly/aezpdt $WLT - WLT through 88, whenever that may be, is now a great short spot. Add alert. “And boy was it ever, all gain and no pain, thanks guys. The moral of the story is stick to important levels on the charts, don’t buy or sell something because it “looks good here”. 88 was below the 50 day MA and the break of a 3 day range.












The GDP &employment cost index are at 8:30 tomorrow, Chicago PMI at 9:45 and consumer sentiment is at 9:55 so ease into the day tomorrow. The following ideas may be actionable tomorrow but watch out for low volume choppiness especially in the afternoon.

netl 35 long

slb 74 long

x 56 short

anss 44.39 reversal/support buy on 20&50 day MA

gymb 50.05 reversal/support buy on 50 day MA

jblu 13.05 reversal/support buy on 50 day MA

nyt 9.89 reversal/support buy on 200 day MA

podd 13.42 reversal/support buy on 150 day MA

pxp 30.22 reversal/support buy on 150 day MA

sgy 16.45 reversal/support buy on 200 day MA

slab 48.37 reversal/support buy on 50 day MA

stx 17.66 reversal/support buy on 150 day MA

sy 42.75 reversal/support buy on 150 day MA

v 90.81 reversal/support buy on 50 day MA

vit 22.3 reversal/support buy on 50 day MA

wmt 53.27 reversal/support buy on 150 day MA

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