YTD Stock Market success

[Sex Smurf]

haha, oops. So what stocks have you made big$ on this year so far? I just got back into trading this year after taking a year off. Made about a 20% gain on OATS last week.



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[Modeps]

I'm just bought some stocks recently and am waiting for the gains to come in. NVDA has given me a decent clip so far, but all my others are hovering at or below what I purchased at.

 

[fs5]

I WAS up 70%, now I'm down to 50%. I pulled everything out a couple weeks ago. haven't seen anything that caught my eye.

edit: this is tech only. don't know enough about bio/classic industry/food/oil etc.. although I wish I did

 

[Miramonti]

+28% ytd, altho that is eaking out a little bit on a ton of different stocks. Where did you buy/sell oats? Its always good to start out well to get some confidence going.

 

[Sex Smurf]

Originally posted by: jjsole
+28% ytd, altho that is eaking out a little bit on a ton of different stocks. Where did you buy/sell oats? Its always good to start out well to get some confidence going.

ah, it wasn't actually the "food" oats. It was Wild Oats Supermarket. I was watching the stock price go up consistantly for the past month so I decided to get in. A couple days later there was a news release that a fund manager was buying up the shares which caused a big spike in the stock price. I got in then out quickly. Since then, the price has come down.

 

[Argo]

I gained a lot on AMTD and DELL. Lost some on ORCL and A LOT on TFCY.

 

[StageLeft]

MVOG

 

[MaxDSP]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
MVOG

50% gains?

 

[GhettoFob]

I'm up ~25% since November

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: Sex Smurf

Originally posted by: jjsole
+28% ytd, altho that is eaking out a little bit on a ton of different stocks. Where did you buy/sell oats? Its always good to start out well to get some confidence going.

ah, it wasn't actually the "food" oats. It was Wild Oats Supermarket. I was watching the stock price go up consistantly for the past month so I decided to get in. A couple days later there was a news release that a fund manager was buying up the shares which caused a big spike in the stock price. I got in then out quickly. Since then, the price has come down.

uhmm...I know that, I didn't presume you were trading commodities. lol

 

[Sex Smurf]

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: Sex Smurf

Originally posted by: jjsole
+28% ytd, altho that is eaking out a little bit on a ton of different stocks. Where did you buy/sell oats? Its always good to start out well to get some confidence going.

ah, it wasn't actually the "food" oats. It was Wild Oats Supermarket. I was watching the stock price go up consistantly for the past month so I decided to get in. A couple days later there was a news release that a fund manager was buying up the shares which caused a big spike in the stock price. I got in then out quickly. Since then, the price has come down.

uhmm...I know that, I didn't presume you were trading commodities. lol

haha, ok, then in answer to your question, I have a Schwab account. The only reason I'm staying with them is because they lowered their commissions. Otherwise, I'd open a TD Waterhouse or Scottrade account instead (cheaper fees).

Just noticed this was my 100th post!

 

[Rudee]

Bought ATI Technologies at $6.15 sold at $19 in 2004. Made over 13k profit in about a year. Also made a few g's on Nortel and Bombardier (short)

 

[z0mb13]

so what is the best online trading account to use?

 

[cjgallen]

I put in $3k just to play around with. Was up to $4k, but now I'm around $2900 (got greedy I guess).

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
so what is the best online trading account to use?

www.scottrade.com
PM me for a referal # and you get 3 free trades.

 

[desk]

Originally posted by: fs5

Originally posted by: z0mb13
so what is the best online trading account to use?

www.scottrade.com
PM me for a referal # and you get 3 free trades.

freetrade was a great service (no transaction fees). but i just got an email today saying that they are changing the site and will be charging $5 per trade. >:\ $5000 minimum though.

by the way, ameritrade is running a promotion for 30 free trades right now.

 

[MaxDepth]

Jim Kramer said I'm diversified!

15.8% up from this point last year, last year 6.7% gain

oil, baby, oil

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: Sex Smurf

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: Sex Smurf

Originally posted by: jjsole
+28% ytd, altho that is eaking out a little bit on a ton of different stocks. Where did you buy/sell oats? Its always good to start out well to get some confidence going.

ah, it wasn't actually the "food" oats. It was Wild Oats Supermarket. I was watching the stock price go up consistantly for the past month so I decided to get in. A couple days later there was a news release that a fund manager was buying up the shares which caused a big spike in the stock price. I got in then out quickly. Since then, the price has come down.

uhmm...I know that, I didn't presume you were trading commodities. lol

haha, ok, then in answer to your question, I have a Schwab account. The only reason I'm staying with them is because they lowered their commissions. Otherwise, I'd open a TD Waterhouse or Scottrade account instead (cheaper fees).

I meant what prices did you buy/sell it at (ie "where")?

 

[Sex Smurf]

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: Sex Smurf

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: Sex Smurf

Originally posted by: jjsole
+28% ytd, altho that is eaking out a little bit on a ton of different stocks. Where did you buy/sell oats? Its always good to start out well to get some confidence going.

ah, it wasn't actually the "food" oats. It was Wild Oats Supermarket. I was watching the stock price go up consistantly for the past month so I decided to get in. A couple days later there was a news release that a fund manager was buying up the shares which caused a big spike in the stock price. I got in then out quickly. Since then, the price has come down.

uhmm...I know that, I didn't presume you were trading commodities. lol

haha, ok, then in answer to your question, I have a Schwab account. The only reason I'm staying with them is because they lowered their commissions. Otherwise, I'd open a TD Waterhouse or Scottrade account instead (cheaper fees).

I meant what prices did you buy/sell it at (ie "where")?

haha, will I ever get the answer right. . .let's see. . .bought at 9.03 - sold at 10.55 (should have sold at 10.98 but didn't adjust my stop loss tight enough).

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: Sex Smurf

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: Sex Smurf

Originally posted by: jjsole

Originally posted by: Sex Smurf

Originally posted by: jjsole
+28% ytd, altho that is eaking out a little bit on a ton of different stocks. Where did you buy/sell oats? Its always good to start out well to get some confidence going.

ah, it wasn't actually the "food" oats. It was Wild Oats Supermarket. I was watching the stock price go up consistantly for the past month so I decided to get in. A couple days later there was a news release that a fund manager was buying up the shares which caused a big spike in the stock price. I got in then out quickly. Since then, the price has come down.

uhmm...I know that, I didn't presume you were trading commodities. lol

haha, ok, then in answer to your question, I have a Schwab account. The only reason I'm staying with them is because they lowered their commissions. Otherwise, I'd open a TD Waterhouse or Scottrade account instead (cheaper fees).

I meant what prices did you buy/sell it at (ie "where")?

haha, will I ever get the answer right. . .let's see. . .bought at 9.03 - sold at 10.55 (should have sold at 10.98 but didn't adjust my stop loss tight enough).

10.98 would have been a miraculous sell but yours wasn't bad either. It's at 10.22 now and if I were to go out on a limb I think it has the potential to reach new highs soon. We'll see, that's not my specialty.

 

[KLin]

I'm down 5.1% on my 401k for this calendar year :thumbsdown:.

 

[Miramonti]

plug for interactive brokers. for daytrading it has no peer.

 

[Phokus]

Originally posted by: jjsole
plug for interactive brokers. for daytrading it has no peer.

People are still daytrading? :Q

 

[Chadder007]

This reminds me....I need to check on my 401k stocks. I have a 3 way split between large, mid, and small caps.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: Phokus

Originally posted by: jjsole
plug for interactive brokers. for daytrading it has no peer.

People are still daytrading? :Q

Some haven't died, they just got stronger.