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INITIATE HERCULES OFFSHORE IF NOT IN IT $HERO

February 18, 2014

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. The position is long with an average price of $2.55. Currently, 50% of the full core position size is being held. Profits have been taken as high as $6.00 HERO is in the business of shallow water drilling for oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico. The stock has pulled back due to a significant drop in day rates. However this drop is likely to be temporary and day rates are likely to go up again in late 2014 to 2015. A director of HERO just took advantage of the

SMART MONEY SELLS INTO INSANE CRAY RISE $CRAY $IBM

February 18, 2014

On Friday, Feb. 14, Cray Inc. CRAY experienced a meteoric rise of about 39%. Smart money took advantage of the strength and sold aggressively. Cray is in the business of super computers or high-performance computing (HPC). Let us start with a chart. As the chart shows, the stock closed at $41.66 up 11.69% on volume of 4.82 million compared to the average volume over the past three months of 451,000. The stock market is supposed to be a discounting mechanism, in other words, at least old news is expected to be discounted in the price. In the case of Cray, the stock

WEEKLY MARKET DIGEST: GOLD APPROACHES RESISTANCE AT $1320 AFTER BAD INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION NUMBERS $GLD $SLV $USO $DIA $SPY $QQQ $TBF $TBT

February 15, 2014

(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers. ) GOLD APPROACHES RESISTANCE AT $1320 AFTER BAD INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION NUMBERS February 14, 2014 January Industrial Production fell to -0.3% compared to consensus of +0.3%; Capacity Utilization for January came at 78.5% vs. consensus of 79.3%. These are very bad numbers. Gold is encouraged by these bad numbers and now is approaching the resistance of $1320 to $1325. Oil is falling on these numbers so are interest rates. In early trading stocks are mildly negative. Gold futures are at $1318, silver

INITIATE OR ADD TO GENERAC $GNRC

February 13, 2014

This post was just published on ZYX Short Change Alert. GNRC makes generators. As expected due to the storms the company just reported good earnings. Consider using the strength to add to the position up to a maximum of 60% of full core position size in the zone of $53 to $56.83.

WEEKLY MARKET DIGEST: SHOCKING EMPLOYMENT DATA, GOLD AND BONDS JUMP $GLD $SLV $USO $DIA $SPY $QQQ $TBF $TBT

February 7, 2014

(The Weekly Digest reproduces the morning capsules made available every morning before the market open in the Real Time Feeds to the paying subscribers. ) SHOCKING EMPLOYMENT DATA, GOLD AND BONDS JUMP February 7, 2014 January Nonfarm Private Payrolls came at 142K vs. 161K consensus. Total January Nonfarm Payrolls came at 113K vs. 175K consensus and whisper numbers of over 200K. The data shows that the government jobs are being shed which is not necessarily a bad thing. Our models depend on private payroll data which is also weaker than expectations. Gold and bonds have jumped on the weak data. The gold bulls

PLAN ON GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS $GMCR

February 6, 2014

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. Most subscribers should have a fill around $100. The plan is to add in 5% increments on dips in the following zones: $92 to $95.75 $86 to $88.25 $78 to $81.52 Note to new subscribers; please carefully study Trade Management Guidelines for speculative positions.

A NEW IDEA ON GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS $GMCR $KO

February 6, 2014

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. This is a highly speculative idea suitable only for aggressive investors. Conservative investor should stay away from this trade. GMCR has an agreement with KO for using K cups for all kinds of soda and cold beverages. There is massive short interest and shorts are likely to be squeezed. Consider starting a 5% tranche in the zone of $99 to $108.50. No stop for the time being as the quantity is very small. The stock can be squeezed all the way to $150. Unless something changes, the plan is to build up to 20% of the

NEW IDEA ON GENERAL MOTORS $GM

February 6, 2014

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. GM is down this morning after earnings. This is a buying opportunity however due to overall market conditions it is important to keep the overall quantity small here and plan to add later if the stock dips further. The buy zone is $31.26 to $34.26. The stock is trading at $33.90 as of this writing in the pre-market. Aggressive traders may want to take a 10 – 20% tranche here. Maximum accumulation if the stock dips should not exceed 60% of the full core position. Target zone is $48 to $50.