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A NEW IDEA ON BALLARD POWER AND PLUG POWER $BLDP $PLUG

March 25, 2014

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. Ballard Power Systems Conservative investors should stay away from these trades. BLDP is a fuel cell company. This is a short-term trade suitable only for very aggressive investors. As of this writing the stock is trading at $4.50. On fundamentals, this stock should be much lower however it is running up in sympathy with PLUG. PLUG is the most overhyped fuel cell stock. The rational for buying this stock is because it is in the early stages of going through a short squeeze. Consider limiting to 20% of the full core

MICROSOFT OFFICE ON IPAD WOULD HARDLY BE A GAME CHANGER $MSFT $AAPL $GOOG

March 24, 2014

A big recent move in Microsoft stock has been driven by the speculation that Microsoft will release Office for iPad on March 27, 2014; this was reported by several news sources including Reuters. If the speculation is true, there is certainly something to celebrate in that the new CEO, Satya Nadella, is willing to depart from the policies of his predecessor, Steve Ballmer. In spite of the popularity of the iPad, Ballmer refused to make Office available on iPad. In the process, he left billions of dollars in revenue on the table. Only time will tell if Ballmer’s reasoning was

APPLE COULD SPUR GROWTH BY OPENING UP ITUNES, MOBILE PAYMENTS $AAPL $P $GOOG $V $MA $EBAY $SBUX

March 24, 2014

A titanic shift in strategy related to iTunes and services may be ahead at Apple. Faced with declining market share, a stagnant stock price, double-digit drop in iTunes downloads, failure to contain Pandora’s growth with iTunes Radio, and saturation in the market for iPhones that generate about three quarters of Apple’s profits, it is time that Apple stops burying its head in the sand. Billboard reports that Apple is considering a multi-pronged strategy that may include an iTunes app for Google’s Android. Google has always had apps for iOS but Apple has limited its apps to its own devices. The

TAKE MORE PROFITS ON GOLD MINER ALLIED NEVADA GOLD $ANV $GLD $SLV $GDX $GDXJ

March 24, 2014

This post was just published on ZYX Short Change Alert. Gold miner ANV has fallen about 8% today. The stock is at $5.07 as of this writing. 40% of the full core position size is being held and partial profits have already been taken. Consider taking more profits on a 10% tranche in the zone of $4.85 to $5.10. Also consider putting a protective stop on a 10% tranche in the zone of $5.26 to $5.36. After this profit taking, 30% of the full core position will still be held.

TAKE PROFITS ON KEURIG GREEN MOUNTAIN AND EXIT THE POSITION $GMCR

March 24, 2014

This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. Consider taking profits on GMCR and exiting the position in the zone of $108 to $113.85. This is a very volatile stock and moves in wide ranges. The reason for taking profits and exiting the position is that this is the kind of stock that can be hit hard in a market downturn. Please be sure to cancel all open orders that have not filled.

WEEKLY MARKET DIGEST: QUADRUPLE WITCHING BIAS TO THE UPSIDE, MOMO CROWD AGGRESSIVELY BUYING GOLD $GLD $SLV $USO $DIA $SPY $QQQ $TBF $TBT

March 21, 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. ) QUADRUPLE WITCHING BIAS TO THE UPSIDE, MOMO CROWD AGGRESSIVELY BUYING GOLD March 21, 2014 Today is quadruple witching. Stock index futures, stock index options, stock options, and single stock futures expire today. Expect volatility. Part of yesterday’s up-move is attributable to buy side bias in quadruple witching. It is not uncommon for such gains to reverse on the following Monday. Momo crowd is aggressively buying gold and silver this morning. Interest rates are range bound.

INITIATE OR ADD TO S&P 500 $SPY $TBT,

March 19, 2014

This post was just published on ZYX Short Change Alert. Consider adding a 10% tranche to SPY short in the wake of the Fed statement. SPY is trading at $187.20 as of this writing. Please see the prior post for details.

TRADING STOCKS AND BONDS WITH THE FED $SPY $TBT

March 19, 2014

Today is the Fed day, a day when after the FOMC meeting, the Fed releases its policy statement. Today is also the first press conference of Janet Yellen as chair of the Fed. But regardless of it being Yellen’s first meeting, Fed day provides a gold mine of trading opportunities, provided you have a plan in place. Today is one of those rare times when it is not going to matter much to both the stock and the bond markets as to what the Fed says. The trading will be mostly dominated by the technical mechanics. Let us start by