Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Portfolio Snapshot #3



I let BRKS go after picking it up as an oversold at 7, selling at 10.  I also sold AWP to pick up 3 shares of TSLA.  When those went to 125 from 92 I sold 2 and bought 600 shares of LQMT and 1400 of FLST at 10 and 4 cents.

Newcastle has spun off into NRZ and despite reservations about buying 2 more shares of DDD to make 4 there was a 3-for-2 split.  The stock is stalling below my ideal sell point of 50.

I bought RBS, EGO and AMD on Jim Cramer's advice.  Wish I had picked up TSLA at 21, but ah well.  AMD is the laggard, while I may hold EGO for one more dollar per share.  RBS slid for a bit before increasing decently.  I may sell half the EGO as I am unsure about gold prices.

Buying FLST was the riskiest move I've made.  I try to hold a stock for a decent amount of time, but my return was insane - 300% - so I sold and reinvested $250 of it into another less volatile oversold stock, SKH.  I still have 500 shares of FLST just in case of a decent upside, but I'm leaving it be at 9 cents.  If it never goes up again, that's fine.  I've made my profit and will either let the stock hit zero or exit at a much smaller profit level this time.

If you follow anything in this post, please don't buy penny stocks.  I was extraordinarily lucky.

FB was sold and rebought for current profits.

ORI has done well, bought from oversold at 10, near 15, and paying dividends as well.  I will be holding this one and may add more soon.

My strategy consists of oversolds, dividends, and fairly safe shorts, in that order.  I hope to eliminate the last strategy as this portfolio matures.

Current shares are as follows:

TSLA 1
BEAM 2.5
DDD 6
FB 3
ORI 5.5
RBS 3
EGO 19
NRZ / NC 9.5 each
SKH 53
AMD 36
LQMT 600
FLST 500

Thanks for reading!