February 01 Northern Oil and Gas (NOG) - Shares Sold My trailing sell stop was triggered and the shares were sold for $32.16 resulting in a 0.8% loss after a nine-day holding period. February 03 SSR Mining (SSRM) - Shares Sold My trailing sell stop was...
Investing Update for the Week Ending January 27, 2023
January 23 Northern Oil and Gas (NOG) - Shares Purchased The position size entered was 4.1% of my account and I established a 9% trailing sell stop immediately after purchasing the shares. DiamondBack Energy (FANG) - Shares Sold I sold my FANG shares at $148.99...
Investing Update for the Week Ending January 20, 2023
January 19 SSR Mining (SSRM) - Shares Purchased January 20 The covered calls I sold earlier on SPY and XLE expired OTM so none of my shares were called away. Similarly, the puts I sold on GM expired OTM so no shares were assigned to me. My Tactical Asset...
Investing Update for the Week Ending January 13, 2023
As far as FinTwit is concerned, some bull markets may have just started. On January 12, Walter Deemer posted on Twitter "The stock market generated Breakaway Momentum today for the 25th time since 1945" which he later followed with "And as icing on the cake, we also...
Investing Update for the Week Ending December 16, 2022
December 12 Valero Energy (VLO) - Shares Purchased For the first time in many months, I purchased shares of a company. The position size is 4.25% of my account and I set an 8% trailing stop. December 13 Marriott Vacations (VAC) - Shares Purchased The position...
Stock Trades for the Week Ending May 13, 2022
May 11 Targa Resources (TRGP) - Shares Purchased Very few stocks pass my screens lately. TRGP passed my best-performing screen so I decided to purchase an appropriate position size. Asset Class Allocations for ETF Investing The asset allocation models I use...
Stock Trades for the Week Ending April 29, 2022
April 25 Cabot Corp (CBT) - Shares Sold My trailing stop was triggered and my shares were sold for $65.69 resulting in a 1.0% profit in 18 days. Asset Class Allocations for ETF Investing With recent declines in many of the ETF asset class prices, it comes as no...
Stock Trades for the Week Ending April 22, 2022
April 18 Apple (AAPL) - Shares Purchased I purchased AAPL shares with a position size of 3.0% and then set up a 6% trailing loss. These two values combined lead to a maximum loss of 0.18% (3% x 6%) of my portfolio if the share price declines immediately after purchase...
Stock Trades for the Week Ending April 15, 2022
April 11 The Greenbrier Companies (GBX) - Shares Purchased (1/2 Position) I bought shares of GBX and set up an 8% trailing stop. Nvidia (NVDA) - Put Purchased to Close Trade I'm guilty of letting this losing trade run too far before I closed it. I sold the put...
Stock Trades for the Week Ending April 08, 2022
April 04 Morgan Stanley (MS) - Sold Naked Puts Marvell Technologies (MRVL) - Shares Purchased and Covered Calls Sold April 06 Pan American Silver (PAAS) - Shares Purchased (1/2 Position) April 07 Marvell Technology - Sold Shares This trade went...