HAG: update

First of all, I forgot yesterday to account for the position in TQNT, which was bought last Thursday and sold yesterday. Today, the positon in GLW from last Wednesday continues to be held, as does the position in TSCM from last Friday. Furthermore, the postion in BDC, bought yesterday, is sold today. The position in WIRE, bought yesterday, is held. A second position in WIRE is bought today.

Completed trades:

TQNT: 2.16%
BDC: 1.54%

Adding these trades to our totals:
153 trades
.5371% average gain per trade
20.54% total theoretical gain since inception (2/7/06).
NASDAQ composite on 2/7/06: 2244.96
NASDAQ change since 2/7/06: 5.44%

Once again, the "total theoretical gain" assumes 25% of a portfolio was invested in each trading position. Half-sized positions assume only 12.5% was invested, and count as only 1/2 of a "completed trade". Buying power is limited to twice the value of the portfolio.

HAG: more buys

Despite a steady market, System HAG is finding plenty of market buys. Today, the program holds its positions in GLW from last Wednesday and TSCM from Friday. WIRE and BDC are bought.

HAG update

Today, GLW, which was bought Wednesday, was held, and TQNT, which was bought yesterday, was held too. TSCM was bought.

HAG: hits 20% gain since inception

Today, XMSR was sold, GLW was held, and TQNT was bought. HAG is now up over 20% since it's inception in February.

Completed trade:

XMSR: 4.04%


Adding this trade to our totals:
151 trades
.5483% average gain per trade
20.70% total theoretical gain since inception (2/7/06).
NASDAQ composite on 2/7/06: 2244.96
NASDAQ change since 2/7/06: 6.02%

Once again, the "total theoretical gain" assumes 25% of a portfolio was invested in each trading position. Half-sized positions assume only 12.5% was invested, and count as only 1/2 of a "completed trade". Buying power is limited to twice the value of the portfolio.

HAG: catch up; still new records

I was away last Friday and Monday, so we need to catch up on accounting for trades from last week.

On 10/19, HAG sold SFUN after holding for 2 days. On 10/20, AKAM was sold after 2 days, and on 10/23 AMAT was sold after 2 days. On 10/24, HAG bought AMAT and XMSR. Today, AMAT was sold, XMSR was held, and GLW was bought.

Completed trades:

SFUN: .10%
AKAM: .13%
AMAT: .35%
AMAT: 1.06%


Adding these trades to our totals:
150 trades
.5250% average gain per trade
19.69% total theoretical gain since inception (2/7/06).
NASDAQ composite on 2/7/06: 2244.96
NASDAQ change since 2/7/06: 4.99%

Once again, the "total theoretical gain" assumes 25% of a portfolio was invested in each trading position. Half-sized positions assume only 12.5% was invested, and count as only 1/2 of a "completed trade". Buying power is limited to twice the value of the portfolio.

HAG: repeat.

Today, HAG sells it's position in SFUN, holds it's position in AKAM, and buys AMAT.

Accounting when i get back from paris...

HAG; new highs again

Today, HAG sells it's position in UNH, holds it's position in SFUN, and buys AKAM.

Completed trade:
UNH: .8%

Adding this trade to our totals:
146 trades
.5281% average gain per trade
19.27% total theoretical gain since inception (2/7/06).
NASDAQ composite on 2/7/06: 2244.96
NASDAQ change since 2/7/06: 4.14%

Once again, the "total theoretical gain" assumes 25% of a portfolio was invested in each trading position. Half-sized positions assume only 12.5% was invested, and count as only 1/2 of a "completed trade". Buying power is limited to twice the value of the portfolio.

HAG....new highs

Today, HAG sells it's position in ICE, holds it's position in UNH, and buys SFUN.

Completed trade:
ICE: 5.65%

Adding this trade to our totals:
145 trades
.5262% average gain per trade
19.07% total theoretical gain since inception (2/7/06).
NASDAQ composite on 2/7/06: 2244.96
NASDAQ change since 2/7/06: 4.46%

Once again, the "total theoretical gain" assumes 25% of a portfolio was invested in each trading position. Half-sized positions assume only 12.5% was invested, and count as only 1/2 of a "completed trade". Buying power is limited to twice the value of the portfolio.

HAG update

Been so busy lately. DOW and HAG are both making new highs.

Today, HAG buys UNH and ICE. I'm happy about both of these positions...

HAG update

The situation in SYX is what System HAG is looking for every day. Two days ago, the stock began a steep selloff on no news. Yesterday, news came out that the company's earnings report would be delayed, and the stock sold off much more. A pure anxiety play.

System HAG bought at the close yesterday, and today the stock was up over 7% by midday. Unfortunately, most of these gains were given back, and SYX was up only 1% by the close.

Completed trade:

SYX: 1.27%

Adding this trade to our totals:
144 trades
.4906% average gain per trade
17.66% total theoretical gain since inception (2/7/06).
NASDAQ composite on 2/7/06: 2244.96
NASDAQ change since 2/7/06: 5.04%

Once again, the "total theoretical gain" assumes 25% of a portfolio was invested in each trading position. Half-sized positions assume only 12.5% was invested, and count as only 1/2 of a "completed trade". Buying power is limited to twice the value of the portfolio.

HAG finds a buy

Yesterday, I should have gone with the anxiety buy of an online brokerage....These are the buys I should be looking for to round out the trading program.

Today, HAG buys SYX, a stock which was down over twenty percent today on fears surrounding delays of their earnings. This is a perfect situation for HAG

HAG: At new highs

Last week, System HAG performed well despite buying two positions that performed terribly. Most of the gains were due to the at-least-one-buy-a-day mandate. Unfortunately, try as I might, I have been unable to find a buy for the last two days. The panic surrounding online brokers today seems to signal buy, but this decision would be purely qualitative.

Today, the program sells it's position in ESRX, and is now flat. It is now up 17.34% since inception in February.

Completed trade:

ESRX: 1.80%

Adding this trade to our totals:
143 trades
.4851% average gain per trade
17.34% total theoretical gain since inception (2/7/06).
NASDAQ composite on 2/7/06: 2244.96
NASDAQ change since 2/7/06: 2.85%

Once again, the "total theoretical gain" assumes 25% of a portfolio was invested in each trading position. Half-sized positions assume only 12.5% was invested, and count as only 1/2 of a "completed trade". Buying power is limited to twice the value of the portfolio.

HAG: continues on pace

HAG continues to perform slow and steady. This at-least-one-buy-a-day system seems to be a good idea, despite the havoc last week. Today, SWY and CVS were sold, ESRX was bought

Completed trades:

CVS: 1.36%
SWY: 2.02%

Adding these trades to our totals:
142 trades
.4758% average gain per trade
16.89% total theoretical gain since inception (2/7/06).
NASDAQ composite on 2/7/06: 2244.96
NASDAQ change since 2/7/06: 2.99%

Once again, the "total theoretical gain" assumes 25% of a portfolio was invested in each trading position. Half-sized positions assume only 12.5% was invested, and count as only 1/2 of a "completed trade". Buying power is limited to twice the value of the portfolio.

HAG has recovered

HAG has now fully recovered from it's devastation earlier in the week. XMSR was sold today, SWY was held, and CVS was bought.

Completed trade:

XMSR: 2.13%

Adding this trade to our totals:
140 trades
.4584% average gain per trade
16.04% total theoretical gain since inception (2/7/06).
NASDAQ composite on 2/7/06: 2244.96
NASDAQ change since 2/7/06: 2.50%

Once again, the "total theoretical gain" assumes 25% of a portfolio was invested in each trading position. Half-sized positions assume only 12.5% was invested, and count as only 1/2 of a "completed trade". Buying power is limited to twice the value of the portfolio.

HAG Update

Despite two absolute trainwrecks this past week, our at-least-1-buy-a-day system is only off a few tenths of a percent for the week. Encouraging. WFR, a stock which has always yielded nice profits for HAG, was sold today. XMSR, a stock which has always performed poorly for HAG, was bought. SWY was also bought.


Completed trade:

WFR: 3.62%

Adding this trade to our totals:
139 trades
.4464% average gain per trade
15.51% total theoretical gain since inception (2/7/06).
NASDAQ composite on 2/7/06: 2244.96
NASDAQ change since 2/7/06: 2.76%

Once again, the "total theoretical gain" assumes 25% of a portfolio was invested in each trading position. Half-sized positions assume only 12.5% was invested, and count as only 1/2 of a "completed trade". Buying power is limited to twice the value of the portfolio.

HAG: Disaster strikes twice, but HAG survives

Last Thursday, HAG bought two stocks, both of which suffered devastating losses over the next few days.

The first of these was Presstek. While I'm trying to loosen the reigns of HAG so that it can find more buys, I took a step in the wrong direction with Presstek. Stocks which all of a sudden trade on much higher volume had previously been disqualified, and for good reason. Presstek announced poor earnings the next day--this news had evidently been leaked--and HAG ended up in front of a trainwreck, as Presstek opened up down about 20% the next day.

The second was Gigamedia. One of this company's products is software for the online gaming market. This past weekend Congress outlawed most online gambling transactions in America, and the U.S. online gaming industry dealt a deadly blow. Gigamedia opened up on Monday down nearly 15%

Normally, these two situations are ones I would love to buy into. Unfortunately, I had already bought, and could not handle any more risk. Not surprisingly, both stocks rallied significantly, yet I was still left with steep losses.

Other trades helped mitigate the losses. Presstek was sold Monday. Gigamedia and TOA were sold Tuesday. AZPN and GILD were bought on Tuesday and sold today. WFR is bought today at the close.

Completed trades:

PRST: 9.15%
GIGM: 9.19%
TOA: .4%
AZPN: 9.41%
GILD: 3.14%

Adding these trades to our totals:
138 trades
.4234% average gain per trade
14.61% total theoretical gain since inception (2/7/06).
NASDAQ composite on 2/7/06: 2244.96
NASDAQ change since 2/7/06: 2.50%

Once again, the "total theoretical gain" assumes 25% of a portfolio was invested in each trading position. Half-sized positions assume only 12.5% was invested, and count as only 1/2 of a "completed trade". Buying power is limited to twice the value of the portfolio.

HAG: A little too much

Ok. So yesterday I decide that HAG needs to make some riskier buys. I wanted it to capture the anxiety effect in the most volatile issues. Immediately, the plan backfired. Thursday's buy of Presstek was down 20% at the open on Friday. Turns out, lots of people were scared for a reason. System HAG normally never wants to buy anything on first day that it trades with extreme volume. I relaxed that rule and was immediately burned.

By the close, the loss was cut to only 14%, and hopefully the gap closes further on Monday.

HAG also buys TOA at the close on Friday, and holds the GIGM purchase from Thursday.