Trading R&D (and the May 19th trade recap)

Just one main trade today on ANTS and a small HAUP scalp. Mostly in the video I talk about trading research and development.

Daily profit: $1,452.00

BOT    1,000    ANTS    false    Stock    2.3500    USD    SMART    09:56:19        5.00
BOT    1,000    ANTS    false    Stock    2.1900    USD    SMART    10:06:41        5.00

Disclosure: No positions in any stocks mentioned. This blog has a terms of use that is incorporated by reference into this post; you can find all my disclaimers and disclosures there as well.

My thoughts on various brokers

See the video for my thoughts on the various brokers I use. See also my first impressions of Speedtrader and my review of SogoElite. [Edit 6/21/2011 — Subsequent to me posting this video Sogotrade has changed hands (Genesis Securities sold it to Wang) and the borrows for shorts are not good there anymore. I recommend against using Sogotrade.]

Full resolution video

More posts on brokers:

How to borrow shares to short
An introduction to short selling at Interactive Brokers
Interactive Brokers brings the stock loan marketplace to the independent trader

HOD list: How to find stocks breaking out to new highs
My Interactive Brokers Traders Workstation configuration / workspace
How to scan for pre-market gainers using Interactive Brokers

Disclosure: Short 2,000 ANTS and 5,000 HAUP. No positions in any other stocks mentioned. This blog has a terms of use that is incorporated by reference into this post; you can find all my disclaimers and disclosures there as well.

May 13th trade recap

Trades today (except those at SogoElite):

09:31:26    KNDR    B    0.059    10000    NITE
09:32:59    KNDR    S    0.064    8000    NITE
09:32:59    KNDR    S    0.064    2000    NITE
10:36:08    USPS    B    0.16    10000    NITE  (This was a twitter pump; I somehow missed the earlier email pump; oops.)
10:36:09    USPS    B    0.16    10000    PFSI
10:36:10    USPS    B    0.16    10000    NITE
10:37:34    USPS    S    0.159    500    NITE
10:38:57    USPS    S    0.15    5000    NITE
10:45:09    USPS    S    0.14    5000    NITE
10:46:04    USPS    S    0.14    6500    ETMM
10:46:12    USPS    S    0.135    3500    ETMM
10:54:56    USPS    S    0.149    9500    NITE

+    SLD    5,000    DIVX    false    Stock    7.426    USD    BATS    09:33:17        25.00
+    BOT    2,500    DIVX    false    Stock    7.401    USD    BATS    09:36:47        12.50
+    BOT    2,500    DIVX    false    Stock    7.400    USD    SMART    09:37:00        12.50
+    SLD    5,000    SFMI    false    Stock    .380    USD    SMART    09:44:12        9.50
BOT    5,000    SFMI    false    Stock    0.4050    USD    SMART    09:59:51        10.12
+    SLD    3,933    DIVX    false    Stock    7.410    USD    SMART    10:31:54        19.66
+    BOT    3,933    DIVX    false    Stock    7.390    USD    SMART    10:36:08        19.66
SLD    5,000    SFMI    false    Stock    0.4020    USD    SMART    14:34:23        10.05
+    SLD    5,000    SFMI    false    Stock    .430    USD    SMART    15:04:21        10.75
+    SLD    500    HAUP    false    Stock    2.502    USD    ARCA    15:45:15        2.50
SLD    500    HAUP    false    Stock    2.9700    USD    ISLAND    16:03:10        2.50

Daily profit: ($265.67)

Disclosure: Short 10k SFMI and 1k HAUP. No positions in any other stocks mentioned. This blog has a terms of use that is incorporated by reference into this post; you can find all my disclaimers and disclosures there as well.

Trade recap for May 12th

Mentions of AEHI in chat:
[May 12, 2010 12:00:56 PM EDT]     JC      AEHI hod
[May 12, 2010 12:17:32 PM EDT]     JC    AEHI seems pumped hmm
[May 12, 2010 12:22:32 PM EDT]     JC    frigging… AEHI new hod
[May 12, 2010 12:24:59 PM EDT]     SteveS    AEHI how high will that go?!
[May 12, 2010 12:28:03 PM EDT]     Reaper    AEHI omg
[May 12, 2010 12:28:09 PM EDT]     JC    wtf…AEHI..
[May 12, 2010 12:30:28 PM EDT]     Reaper    shorting a bunch of AEHI … very risky
[May 12, 2010 12:30:46 PM EDT]     Reaper    short 3100 AEHI @ .97055

IFLG a nice short (in SogoElite, not shown below):
[May 12, 2010 2:57:57 PM EDT]     Reaper    shorted 1k IFLG @ 5.35 @ sogoelite … very tight 10 cent stop
[May 12, 2010 2:58:50 PM EDT]     Reaper    I like the big offers on IFLG @ 5.37 and 5.40
[May 12, 2010 3:05:59 PM EDT]     Reaper    covered 500 of my IFLG @ 5 still short 500
[May 12, 2010 3:09:42 PM EDT]     Reaper    out IFLG @ 5

My trades today (except those at SogoElite):
BOT    1,000    AMEL    false    Stock    1.3100    USD    SMART    10:26:48        5.00
BOT    1,000    AMEL    false    Stock    1.3100    USD    ARCAEDGE    10:27:22        5.00
SLD    2,000    AEHI    false    Stock    0.9300    USD    SMART    12:27:34        9.30
SLD    100    AEHI    false    Stock    1.3400    USD    SMART    12:28:53        1.00
+    SLD    1,000    AEHI    false    Stock    1.030    USD    SMART    12:30:22        5.00
BOT    1,500    AEHI    false    Stock    0.6000    USD    SMART    12:45:10        4.50
BOT    1,600    AEHI    false    Stock    0.6500    USD    SMART    12:58:53        5.20
+    BOT    5,000    DIVX    false    Stock    7.235    USD    SMART    15:48:17        25.00
+    SLD    2,500    DIVX    false    Stock    7.300    USD    ARCA    15:48:52        12.50
+    SLD    2,500    DIVX    false    Stock    7.400    USD    ISLAND    15:49:12        12.50
+    SLD    500    DIVX    false    Stock    7.510    USD    SMART    15:50:58        2.50
+    BOT    500    DIVX    false    Stock    7.550    USD    SMART    15:54:12        2.50

09:53:31    PRWP    B    0.8    1630    NITE
10:22:18    PRWP    S    0.83    1185    NITE
10:19:11    PRWP    S    0.83    445    NITE

Daily profit: $2,193.60

AEHI Intraday chart
aehi

Disclosure: No positions in any stocks mentioned. This blog has a terms of use that is incorporated by reference into this post; you can find all my disclaimers and disclosures there as well.

Trade recap for May 11th

In addition to the trade recap I talk about MCGI starting being cleared through the DTC.

Daily profit: ($119.00)

Disclosure: Short 2000 AMEL. No positions in any other stocks mentioned. This blog has a terms of use that is incorporated by reference into this post; you can find all my disclaimers and disclosures there as well.

Trade recap for May 10th

People in Tim Sykes’ chat room were some of the first to know about the pump of MCGI:

[May 10, 2010 9:32:06 AM EDT]     Reaper    BDPS pumping MCGI
[May 10, 2010 9:32:06 AM EDT]     Reaper    My New Pick Is MedCareers Group Inc. ( MCGI ) MCGI Is Still My #1 Stock For 2010 and I Am Not Backing Away!

[May 10, 2010 9:33:55 AM EDT]     Reaper    woohoo MCGI I got a bunch at 1.60

Video trade recap:

MCGI intraday chart (click for larger image)
mcgi-small

Daily profit: $5,874.83

Disclosure: Long 2,500 MCGI and short 1000 AMEL. No positions in any other stocks mentioned. This blog has a terms of use that is incorporated by reference into this post; you can find all my disclaimers and disclosures there as well.