Year end update

 Strong bounce, up to 23.6 fibonacci. Closed above previous 4 days highs -> bullish
 Best expectation is 1255 on friday or tues after some consolidation wed,thurs. Market closed monday.

Wasn't expecting such a big move so took gains. Looking to add TNA on any weakness

Year end rally?

Trendline support, 61.8 fib support, maybe not much European news in next 2 weeks

If SPX holds 1198ish, my Kass/Demark call is a year end rally to a 1255.

11/30

15 minute

11/21

 3 Minute chart

15 minute chart

spy 15 minute

ETS 10_4_11

Crude

Final Results: 5_27 ets contest

FYI: The gain/loss percentages won't be exact, because the cost basis values are slightly different.
I exceeded my expectations in picking the worst stock. CCME down a healthy 90.34%! 
Huge gains at highs: TZOO around 150%, GWG up almost 100%, AGQ around 130%


Congrats top 10:
w_seattle - TZOO
phillip e - SIRI
plastronneke - GWG
srJefe03 - APKT
trader - erx
andy - agq
brian - mcp
bernie - pslv
richgator - asps
bivman - sndxf

5_20 ets contest update

FYI: The gain/loss percentages won't be exact, because the cost basis values are slightly different. In addition, CCME was delisted and is now at 1.71 as ccme.pk.

Oil Head and Shoulders

Chart from Forexpros.com

Was feeling crabby tonight....

But now my stomach is happy!

4_13 ets contest update

FYI: The gain/loss percentages won't be exact, because the cost basis values are slightly different. In addition, CCME is halted so its negative gain may be much larger if/when it begins trading.

Favorite Investing Links

Charting
General: http://www.freestockcharts.com/ - Free Tech. Anal. charting
             http://www.google.com/finance - Nice for setting up watchlists
Silver: http://www.kitco.com/charts/livesilver.html#ny - hat tip to Andy from ETS
Oil/futures: http://www.futurespros.com/charts/live-futures-chart

News/opinion/TA
http://abnormalreturns.com/ - Favorite link site, I read at least half of links every day
http://stocktiger.net/ - TA. Nice recap of markets every night via video. Also weekly newsletters full of info.
http://jubakpicks.com/ - In depth fundamental research, macro views
http://biz.yahoo.com/research/earncal/today.html - Earnings watch. If I'm swing trading low cap stocks. Don't want to hold during earnings.


Former Investing Guy
http://www.jamesaltucher.com/ - Interesting stories, insight. Not a finance blog anymore.

ThinkOrSwim desktop trading tool

Here is the charts tab. Here I have an intraday 1 min with timeNsales and  a 3 month daily chart. Watchlist is to the left. You can just drag one of these stocks to the chart and it loads up. Also like using alerts (shown on the right chart). You can pick a spot on the chart to set an alert. I have it set to ring a bell when the alert activates.

Also gives the ability to display up to 28 charts at once. Watchlist on the left shows a personal watchlist I created on the next picture.

This tab lets you create custom scans, which can be placed in a watchlist and update realtime during the day.

Another feature I like is the earnings page. Shows estimate/actual earnings.  Can click on press release link. Can right click and throw a stock into a chart to see how stock is trading after/before market due to earnings.
There is also a dividends page, just like this. Very nice.

3_11 ets contest update

FYI: The gain/loss percentages won't be exact, because the cost basis values are slightly different.

2_11 ets contest update

FYI: The gain/loss percentages won't be exact, because the cost basis values are slightly different.

2_4 ets contest update

FYI: The gain/loss percentages won't be exact, because the cost basis values are slightly different.

1_21 ets contest update

FYI: The gain/loss percentages won't be exact, because the cost basis values are slightly different.

china (big4 auditors + ipo instead of reverse merger) stocks

Here are 50 china stocks I have found that were both(to the best of my knowledge;NO Warranty):
1. Introduced to the U.S. market by ipo's instead of reverse mergers
2. Have a Big4 auditor (Deloitte Touche, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young)

In light of the SEC probe on reverse merger stocks and already identified accounting issues with some reverse mergers, these stocks may have less risk in terms of a big intraday drop due to accounting issues.
Disclosure: I don't currently hold any stocks listed, but may buy or sell at any time.

1_14 ets contest update

1/7/11 ETS contest update