8/22/2013

The Nasdaq - "Flash Freeze" - Flash Crash (2010), Flash Freeze (today) – about Killing Trust?



Day Trading Room – 8 Stock Trades HAIN TSLA AAPL: 6 wins, 2 loss – $3.48 – “Flash Freeze” halted markets most of afternoon - http://goo.gl/ayjZgz

Flash Crash (2010), Flash Freeze (today) – about Killing Trust?

$COMPX – Nasdaq – “Flash Freeze” – 3 hours trading halt.







Movement on the outside, but not much happening on the inside. All trading on Nasdaq, the second-biggest U.S. stock exchange, was halted on Thursday shortly after midday due to a technical problem.



First there was the "flash crash." Now there's the "flash freeze."
The nation's second-largest stock exchange, the Nasdaq, ceased trading for three hours Thursday after what it called a problem affecting quote dissemination.

8/21/2013

Day Trading - PETM - PetSmart - NEW School with John McLaughlin, StockCoach



Day trading stocks - stats: 1 $PETM trade - overall: $ 0.43 - summer volume chop slop...
 S&P500 - Chart 8-21-2013 - http://screencast.com/t/W2FOrY3Z4

Shorting Stocks - Short Interest - Hedge Funds getting Killed?



Day Trading Stocks - "Rising Markets Batter Short Sellers" - Hedge Funds getting Crushed?
Think you’ve figured out why the markets keep climbing this summer as most big money day traders are on vacation, check this out: Wall Street Journal article link - http://goo.gl/mD9J9q
Hedge funds are getting crushed…
In short selling, an investor sells borrowed shares in hopes of buying them back later at a lower price, and pocketing the difference. When the price goes up instead, the investor suffers a loss.
Investors Betting Stocks Will Fall See Worst Losses in Decade

The Short List: Five Top Performers
See which five heavily shorted companies' stock prices gained the most this year.
The Wall Street Journal

8/20/2013

Day trading room stats: 2 trades $AAPL, $LULU - 2 wins - overall: $2.65 - sleeper trading day

http://screencast.com/t/7G8oGcOK

8/14/2013

 Day trading room - $AAPL, $TSLA, $LNKD 27 calls: 15 win, 11 lose (ouch), 1 even - overall: $11.13, candy day

$AAPL - 2nd day Icahn Tweet - C:\Users\John McLaughlin\Desktop\AAPL_-_Icahn_Tweet_2nd_day.png




8/13/2013

Day Trading stocks - stats - $AAPL - 9 trades: 7 wins, 2 loss - overall $12.50 (Candy Day)

One Tweet (Carl Icahn - $AAPL) http://screencast.com/t/ShQCAVZaKYjt