More and more and more...

Hi everyone! What I mean by the title today is that I continue to learn "more and more and more..." and that is okay!!
Current situation today:
Sold all 150 shares of BKHM for 2.40 today (bought at 2.39) ooooh...huge profits! (NOT!) but the reason I did this will become clear in a sec.
Friday my friend K asked if he could sell MGRM and buy something else. So we did that and then bought 1400 shares of OPBL. Of course, you may have heard by now, bad news on OPBL over the weekend. Not looking that great but ..... well, but nothing. It's not looking that great.

So now I still have CVM which is doing nothing but the last 1/2 hour of the trading day today, I got really good news on SWEB. Earnings report up 72%! This is one of my old faves. Found it a while back at it's baby stages of .80+ and it has done progressively better over the last 3 months. So I decided in the last few minutes before the markets closed, to sell BKHM and buy 250 shares of SWEB. I'm in at 1.14 and feel good about it.

I want to say a few more things, again, I continue to learn. My friend does not use stops. Actually, he does use them, but more the "mental" kind as he is by the computer all day long trading. Me, I am only by the screen 2-3 days a week max, and step away often! I'm re-thinking the stop orders. In my case, with a little trading fund to begin with, I think it's necessary. I won't lie to you, my account today, which started at $2500, is down to $1077. Not exactly what I had in mind when I started this.

But I'm still learning. I'd love any comments anyone has regarding ...... well, regarding anything at all that may help me! Just any words of wisdom, advise, etc. Or any thoughts on OPBL. Do you think it has a fighting chance? Hit me, I can take it!

Tuesday Stocks

Okay, I'm playing around with posting charts. This is not that great but I'll get better. At least I have the concept down. Thanks Laura!
This is a 5 minute chart today for BKHM. Look at the consolidation on this one! I sure hope it's a sign of a big, soon to come, breakout to the north!


I purchased 160 shares of CVM today at .9602 and will watch that for a while too. I saw it moving on the Scottrade market movers screen and then checked it out. I do that a lot lately. If one seems to be moving a lot on the screen in a positive fashion, then I scope it a bit more. Saw recent good news, volume increasing, highlights on a few small cap sites. I'd have bought more but no more money. Boo hoo!

Also was not happy to see my old friend VWPT breaking up to .83 today. For those that recall, only 2 weeks ago on May 1 I bought 1000 shares for a "fun" day trade at .45 and then sold for a loss at .43something. Big bummer!! Live and learn.

Well, now I will sit back and watch as I will not be by the computer for the next 2 days at least. I'll check out the action though, here and there. Good luck to everyone else!

Tagged!

Okay, I was "tagged" and I feel very honored! The tagger was Muddy at Green on the Screen and here are my answers:

My Five Obsessions -
1. The Internet & Email
2 Shopping
3. Entrepreneurship Opportunities (currently my website Stones on String and trading!)
4. Family and Friends
5. hmmmm....toss up between exercising and iced peppermint mochas from Starbucks...

Five Reasons Why I Blog-
1. I have a lot to say!
2. I love reading others blogs
3. Generate more publicity to my website
4. It is my trading journal
5. Not many women traders so my goal is to learn and then share with other women the secrets of my success!

Now apparently I tag 5 other bloggers. To be honest, I'm not sure if 5 people even read MY blog so hopefully they will get in on the game!
1. Shopoholics Anonymous (one of the first blogs I followed regularly)
2. Suburban Bliss (funny and real life)
3. Boogsters's Blog (inspired me from the get go!)
4. Perez Hilton (I'm shamelessly plugging this celebrity gossip blog. Love it!)
5. Trader X (seems like a nice guy and an awesome technical trader!)

Today, by the way, I bought 150 shares of BKHM at 2.39 and as it ended the day with a gain I will consider it a success. I'm treating it as a swing trade and the reason I bought it is that it showed up on my stock scan under "bullish engulfing" candlestick for Friday, May 4th. It's chart looked good.
It had some good news and volume quickly increased after the opening bell this morning. I watched it a bit and then bought some. I tried to buy more but my Scottrade account would not let me. I still do not understand why. Something about maintenence or ??? Who knows but very frustrating!

Does anyone know the best way to post stock charts on their blogs? THANKS!