CapeChem Account Talk

[CapeChem]

I guess I should gives this a try.....I have been reading and reading for 2 months now......I look forward to you guys and gals fielding my questions.

I decided to take a more hands on approach to my TSP in June and did ok the first couple of months. Then i decided to go 70C with the end of september bailout.....I rode it all the way down and now part way back. I jumped out last week to catch my breath. I would like to make a more informed jump back in.....Therefor my first question.

What dma(dma's) do you monitor to help you make decisions.

 

[nnuut]

Welcome to the board CapeChem!!!! That is a big question and not that simple. I would suggest checking out the videos that Poolman has in his account Talk. Another one is in the Day to Day Market Talk Forum / Daily Market Videos/One Stop Shopping thread. Read as many posts as you can stand, plenty of info there, much for you to digest.
Best of luck
Norman

 

[Guest2]

XL-entLady follows the DMA's very closely within her Account Talk thread.
She loves when members stop by and you'll find her information helpful.

 

[Corepuncher]

I guess I should gives this a try.....I have been reading and reading for 2 months now......I look forward to you guys and gals fielding my questions.

I decided to take a more hands on approach to my TSP in June and did ok the first couple of months. Then i decided to go 70C with the end of september bailout.....I rode it all the way down and now part way back. I jumped out last week to catch my breath. I would like to make a more informed jump back in.....Therefor my first question.

What dma(dma's) do you monitor to help you make decisions.

I like 20 day, 50 and 200 SMA. Short term stuff look at stocks relative to the 20, longer term look at crossovers like 50 and 200...also like 100 and 200 day Exponential moving averages (EMA) for long term bear/bull signals.

 

[CapeChem]

It really is amazing what a little bit of knowledge does for you!! I am some what handy with excel and spent yesterday producing 10 20 and 50 dma's.......You know the old saying if i knew yesterday what i knew today....I would like to think i wouldn't have moved when i did.....oh well, another weapon in the arsenal moving forward.

 

[justbizness45]

Corepuncher runs his own page of stock averages I like to use. Here is his link:

http://www.corepuncher.com/misc/stocks.html

Good trading!

 

[CapeChem]

Decided to go 50c today.....based on 10dma crossing the 20dma for the second time in 5 days....the last two times that happened C went on a little minnie rally.....we'll see......wish me luck

 

[CapeChem]

I am set to go on vacation the 17th through the new year......when you go on vacation do you jump to lily pad and just forget about it for two weeks or do you keep up with it......I am sitting 50G 50C and am trying to decide.

 

[JTH]

I am set to go on vacation the 17th through the new year......when you go on vacation do you jump to lily pad and just forget about it for two weeks or do you keep up with it......I am sitting 50G 50C and am trying to decide.

When I'm on vacation, I actively manage my money even more then my normal routine. I guess it might depend on your internet access and the amount of risk you're willing to accept.

 

[CapeChem]

Thanks.....I figured if i'm just sittin around relaxing why not just keep an eye on things.

 

[CapeChem]

I hope that everyone survived the the Christmas Season and is going to have a Prosperious New Year.
I Kept my eye on things while I was on vacation but made no moves...Still Sitting 50G/50C
My family always heads up north to freeze our tails off for two weeks...Mission Accomplished
Wednesday I was shoveling snow in Rhode Island and Friday was Mowing my yard.
Good to be back

 

[CapeChem]

Looking at the 50vs20vs10 dma i think we will have an upward trend for a little bit so i made a move from 50G/50C to
50C/30S/20I

 

[CapeChem]

Is the 12:00 IFT deadline giving anyone as much heartburn as it is giving me lately....Every morning at 9:30et I see the bottom fall out of the market making me all fidgety to do something....then the 3:00 buying frenzy starts to bring it back around even for the day......crazy crazy market

 

[CapeChem]

I am starting to feel like nnuuts avatar looks

 

[Birchtree]

As a buy and holder I never get heartburn. My greatest affliction is diarrhea. When I was overseas we used to call it the green apple quick step - got it every time before a mission. If I didn't get it that was a sign I was becoming complacent and invincible.

 

[CapeChem]

Question for all of you guys that understand the SMA and EMA's better than I.....I have noticed that the 10,20 and 50 SMA and EMA are all squished (for lack of a better term) together.....does this have any significance?......Even when we hit the low of 740 S&P the EMA's were still well above that...I was just wondering if there is any sgnificance to all these indicators converging......Thanks

 

[CapeChem]

I am hoping for S&P to atleast revisit 899.....that was my entry point....then maybe i will move some of my C to G.....what do you think, do we have an 899 in this rally?

 

[CapeChem]

WOW.....I really suck at this.....As of today I am 100G...I constantly ignore my buy and sell signals thinking,,one more day......I am going to "one more day my money down the toilet!!

I lost 10% in january.....I am not saying i should be positive for the month but if i would have followed my rules I would have lost alot less.

Really, Even JTH passed me on the board...

 

[JTH]

Really, Even JTH passed me on the board...

Hey don't feel too bad, I started out the 1st week #173, but yea you should be dissipointed I passed you up already :toung:

As for the rest of you folks still above me...get out-a-muh-way

JTH... #154 and rising like shooting star

 

[CapeChem]

I will try and DCA and <1% my way back in for a while.