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| Kevin_in_GA 4,599 posts msg #136709 - Ignore Kevin_in_GA |
7/11/2017 2:50:27 PM You want the ROC() function. That does exactly what you want. |
| sandjco 648 posts msg #136734 - Ignore sandjco |
7/12/2017 9:01:10 PM Sold options for TSLA and NUGT today for gains. Picked up SCO; holding XIV. |
| sandjco 648 posts msg #136753 - Ignore sandjco modified |
7/14/2017 2:39:52 AM Holding SCO and XIV. Watching AAPL, FB and AMZN Post Mortem: INDL - up another 11% since I sold it! TSLA and NUGT - great exit. wished I didn't place a stop on TSLA. Dunno still if it was a great idea to saddle up again using options in order to stay in the game. It worked this time....maybe it won't next time. SCO and SMH - got out ahead. Maybe I sold SMH too soon as it went up more. USLV would have worked...except I tried doing the stinker bid... What did I learn so far? - No one really knows what will happen next. - Plan the trade; trade the plan - keep it simple - gotta figure out a way to ride winning trades longer.... Was it "luck" to have a high rate of winners? Guess only time will tell. There will be other buses! |
| sandjco 648 posts msg #136763 - Ignore sandjco |
7/14/2017 12:23:17 PM XIV...to get out or not to get out. SCO...to scale in or not to...plan says wait. In hindsight...I was trigger happy on the entry...expecting that it MAY bounce off the the July 3rd's low of $42. Currently at $42.30. Stop at $41.50? or Scale in when it maybe drops to the $39ish maybe?...which is the plan. Cost was $44.96 $2000 at $44.96 = 44 shares Plan is to buy $3000 at $39ish dip = 76 shares 120 shares will be $4680 at $39.  |
| pthomas215 1,251 posts msg #136765 - Ignore pthomas215 |
7/14/2017 12:53:42 PM today was sort of a big day for XIV. SnP broke 2450, meaning it may just run up to 2480 directly now. of course then dipping down to 2370 or so in the next month. sandjco i would hold until you see what happens with healthcare early next week. just my humble opinion. |
| sandjco 648 posts msg #136775 - Ignore sandjco |
7/15/2017 12:32:47 PM thanks pt! I've hit profit target on XIV (not sure if profit targets are something I'd like to use or just let it run and figure out an exit strategy that I am comfortable to use). I'm still killing myself for selling INDL way too early in hindsight! SCO....SCO....SCO.... I wonder if FB is a ST short... |
| pthomas215 1,251 posts msg #136776 - Ignore pthomas215 |
7/15/2017 3:42:28 PM If you are gonna take any trade, the clearest channel i see is GE from 26.75 riding up to $29. Maybe take a gander at it. |
| sandjco 648 posts msg #136778 - Ignore sandjco modified |
7/15/2017 10:04:29 PM Thanks PT! I'm still trying to figure out a script that will give me the sticks that would cycle ( up or down) a certain amount of time. Kevin suggested ROC but I still haven't figured out that puzzle yet.... A script that will count how many times a stock hit stoch (5,2) at 80 and 20 over the past 6 months for example... |
| Kevin_in_GA 4,599 posts msg #136780 - Ignore Kevin_in_GA |
7/15/2017 11:04:58 PM Right now, I'm still struggling shifting thru the forum threads for a simple code wherein it would count how many times a stock has gone up "x" percent over "y" timeframe. That is what the ROC function does - for example, say you want to see how many times over the last 100 days stocks within the S&P 500 have gone up more than 5 percent in the last 5 days You will see that the results list the number of times each stock has met this criterion, with the highest frequency at the top of the list. To do this we use the count() function to tabulate the number of times each stock had a ROC(5,1) greater than 5 - the rate of change over the last five days being above 5 percent. |
| sandjco 648 posts msg #136783 - Ignore sandjco |
7/16/2017 10:37:28 AM Kevin....THANK YOU!!! I think I'm beginning to understand the "set" function now! Cheers! |
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