Official Short-term Investments Thread

[woodywoodford]

Originally posted by CompletelyNumb


I hope you're right. I had a buy order mess up on questrade last week and it never got filled.

I'm thinking someone just screwed up and used a market order when they shoulda used limit....poor fella lol

[YogaBear]

Originally posted by roopi
Bought some LULU for the RSP. Have to support the yoga pants at a 52 week low.

Noob question.
Did you have to buy the lulu stocks in 100?

[roopi]

Originally posted by YogaBear


Noob question.
Did you have to buy the lulu stocks in 100?

Normally you buy in lots of 100 however you can buy less if you wish. Some brokerages may charge an additional commission fee when you are buying odd lots.

In addition to commission fees RBC Direct Investing now has a flat rate $9.95 per trade. No minimum account balance required. This should force other brokerages to follow I'm guessing.

[bmeier]

Gco

If any of you are following gco now would be a good time to buy IMO.

PP closed 2 million cash @20 cents per share. Another set of assays came out that were good and the stock is trading at 15 cents. It should be at least in the low 20s now if not much higher from the projected deposits.

[woodywoodford]

I keep seeing "PP" on these stock forums...what's it stand for?

[bmeier]

private placement

[woodywoodford]

Originally posted by bmeier
private placement

Ah, derp :nut:

[KappaSigma]

Great news for Yoho today!!!

[CompletelyNumb]

FITX is turning out to be quite profitable.

Thinking of buying some VPER and hoping for similar gains.

[AudiPWR]

Anybody on the aria train? Tough decision weather to sell or hold with talks of a buyout.

[eatrice]

What website/tools does everyone use to look at their stocks? Im looking for something that can give me alerts on moving averages.

[Feruk]

Originally posted by AudiPWR
Anybody on the aria train? Tough decision weather to sell or hold with talks of a buyout.
What's the ticker? I love buyout spec stocks.

[CompletelyNumb]

Originally posted by CompletelyNumb
Thinking of buying some VPER and hoping for similar gains.


Say what you will about OTC, it can still turn some healthy profits sometimes. :bigpimp:

[AudiPWR]

Originally posted by Feruk

What's the ticker? I love buyout spec stocks.

ARIA. It's on the Nasdaq. Made 6 trades on it in 3 trading days. Some great plays. Decided to lock myself in and just see what happens now.

[fayzed]

bought t.dng today for 1.61, hoping for a bounce by the end of the week.

[roopi]

My latest buy is PIE.v. Another penny tech play similar to LXV. It's a reverse/shell takeover. In at .19 and .325.

[woodywoodford]

I'm in BNP Resources (BNX.A)

Bidding just closed yesterday on their Jensen property - if they got a deal, should be worth a good .10c/share or show (.035 or .04 currently). Hopefully get news any day now!

[oogaboogie]

Originally posted by CompletelyNumb
FITX is turning out to be quite profitable.

Thinking of buying some VPER and hoping for similar gains.

VPER took off... got in at 0.0029 and out at 0.004!

Thanks for the tip!

[Red@8]

Think I'll pick up some FAP

[bmeier]

Originally posted by Red@8
Think I'll pick up some FAP

I have a huge holding already but the price is right. Good dividend and company is very consistent

[AudiPWR]

Good day to buy CSIQ.

[Red@8]

Originally posted by bmeier


I have a huge holding already but the price is right. Good dividend and company is very consistent

Agreed - thats what enticed me to purchase. I think a few beyonders have a position in this.

Bought some TGL today - perhaps a little early (in hindsight).

Thought about purchasing some LXV early this am for a quick flip, didnt, :banghead:

[CompletelyNumb]

Originally posted by oogaboogie


VPER took off... got in at 0.0029 and out at 0.004!

Thanks for the tip!

Ive been playing around in pink markets for a couple weeks. Solid profit to be made if your timing is right. Vper was a fantastic buy. I'll post up some more recommendations in a few days.

[sabad66]

^ i finally got around to opening a cash/margin account so that i can trade in the OTC/pink sheet markets. mostly interested in pot stocks (PHOT, NVLX), but would be interested to hear your picks.

[Red@8]

Originally posted by sabad66
^ i finally got around to opening a cash/margin account so that i can trade in the OTC/pink sheet markets. mostly interested in pot stocks (PHOT, NVLX), but would be interested to hear your picks.

One of my attendings has cleaned up on HEMP the last few days.

[bmeier]

What online brokers so you guys use? Do you pay for real time quotes? Do you have a good stock alert system?

Right now I am with questrade but I don't think its that great for me anymore. Also looking for realtime quotes and alerts that is free or cheap.

Ideas?

[woodywoodford]

Realtime quotes will almost always cost a fortune, except when it's free (ie NYSE). TMX you're outta luck.

I'm having some doubts on QT too though. Nice service and all that, but I can put limit orders in and watch the bids & asks bounce around well inside my buy/sell zone for half an hour but not fill the order. Makes no sense, maybe this is what they mean when talking about soft dollars buying "best execution".

[bmeier]

Thinking of switching to virtual brokers they have great reviews and are low cost. Where can you get free real time quotes for NYSE?
Questrade has been OK for me but I like to try different companies from time to time.

[Rat Fink]

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[bmeier]

Do you get your level 2 quotes through your brokers or a different source? O cheap so I don't like paying for stuff if I don't have to...

[CompletelyNumb]

I pay Questrade for the full monty. L2, real time, etc... Buying and selling OTC stocks multiple times per day makes it worthwhile.

Plus they had a 3 months of free trades promotion on so I started a new account to take advantage of that.

[bmeier]

Ya if you trade that much it makes sense. I don't trade that much so its more just for my own interests... I might see if they will give free l2 if you have a certain amount of equity.

[sabad66]

L2 / realtime with Questrade was 89.95 a month last time I checked. A bit too much for me.

With RBC you get L2 if you have >50k. They also recently reduced commissions to 9.95 flat

[woodywoodford]

Anybody have any thoughts on BXE? Considering adding a position today after the small recent pullback.

[woodywoodford]

Originally posted by sabad66
L2 / realtime with Questrade was 89.95 a month last time I checked. A bit too much for me.

With RBC you get L2 if you have >50k. They also recently reduced commissions to 9.95 flat

I just stumbled across thisthis (http://www.rbcdirectinvesting.com/active-trader.html) , sounds like if you trade more than 30 times/quarter you can get level 2 and realtime for free. Anybody know more about this? Min balance, etc etc.? Hell, I've traded probably 30 times this month alone.

[ercchry]

Originally posted by bmeier
Thinking of switching to virtual brokers they have great reviews and are low cost. Where can you get free real time quotes for NYSE?
Questrade has been OK for me but I like to try different companies from time to time.

google finance has real time NYSE

[CompletelyNumb]

Originally posted by sabad66
^ i finally got around to opening a cash/margin account so that i can trade in the OTC/pink sheet markets. mostly interested in pot stocks (PHOT, NVLX), but would be interested to hear your picks.

pot stocks are pretty hot right now.

Bought and sold a bunch of CLNP today for an overall profit of 90%.

Grabbed a healthy load of DEWM, it's up 220%

Also grabbed DBMM, BGNN, BYSD, XNRG, and PRPM. Not much activity on those yet.

[quick_scar]

UBNT profit call today. Stock already up 2.5% before the news. Could be some meat still on the bone if they beat expectations again.

Bunch of the stock rating places have $50 ratings on them while they are trading around $40 right now.

[AudiPWR]

Pot stocks scare the shit out of me..

But some people have made some insane gains from them..

Debating loading some PHOT for fun...

[woodywoodford]

Yeah, debated getting into CLNP yesterday but figured it's gotta be tapped out. Guess I was wrong.

[quick_scar]

Originally posted by quick_scar
UBNT profit call today. Stock already up 2.5% before the news. Could be some meat still on the bone if they beat expectations again.

Bunch of the stock rating places have $50 ratings on them while they are trading around $40 right now.

Up 5% today, and another 7% so far after hours on good earnings news.

[riander5]

Originally posted by CompletelyNumb


pot stocks are pretty hot right now.

Bought and sold a bunch of CLNP today for an overall profit of 90%.

Grabbed a healthy load of DEWM, it's up 220%

Also grabbed DBMM, BGNN, BYSD, XNRG, and PRPM. Not much activity on those yet.

Any quick tips on how you found / had any idea these stocks were ones you wanted?

[CompletelyNumb]

Originally posted by riander5


Any quick tips on how you found / had any idea these stocks were ones you wanted?

Charts. I play the stock price and the volume. See where moves are being made. I try to grab the cheaper ones so that I profit more with only a few ticks increase. +0.0005 is nothing on a one penny stock, but a gold mine for a hundredth of a penny stock.

Also keep a close eye on message boards. Look for stock promoters. Pumpers and dumpers. Rumour and hype can make a stock jump back and forth all day long. Investors Hub is a fairly active source for this. I'd recommend not blindly buying stocks that are being suggested though, check the charts and make your own determination.

And the best advice I got from that crowd was simply "You never go broke taking a profit". Lots of these stocks are jumping up by multiples of ten or more. But I usually cash out after it doubles. At the very least cash out my initial investment and play with free shares. I don't long hold these like some traders.

[CompletelyNumb]

As for the other stocks I posted, some took a dive. Daily P/L was a mere 14%. Holding on to BGNN and XNRG for longer than normal as I believe they will see a jump.

[riander5]

Cool thanks for the insight!

[roopi]

Following RBC new commissions TD has come out with:

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[sabad66]

I hope BMO Investorline is next! About time they did this.

[roopi]

Originally posted by sabad66
I hope BMO Investorline is next! About time they did this.

I'm sure all the banks will follow in time.

[CompletelyNumb]

Originally posted by CompletelyNumb


pot stocks are pretty hot right now.

Bought and sold a bunch of CLNP today for an overall profit of 90%.

Grabbed a healthy load of DEWM, it's up 220%

Also grabbed DBMM, BGNN, BYSD, XNRG, and PRPM. Not much activity on those yet.

Some winners, some losers last week.

DEWM +300%
BGNN +200%
PRMP +100%
DBMM +12.5%
BYSD +12%
XNRG +0%
BFLX (50%)
EKWX (70%)

Overall still having fun with OTC :)

My TFSA would love it if NFK would release some good news though.

[fayzed]

sorry dumb question, but how do you lose 200% wouldn't the biggest loss be 100% i.e. all?

[sabad66]

Woohoo, BMO Investorline is $9.95 commission starting today:
http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140210-906367.html

[CompletelyNumb]

Originally posted by fayzed
sorry dumb question, but how do you lose 200% wouldn't the biggest loss be 100% i.e. all?

Lol, yes you are correct. That was a copy-paste error on my part.

[themack89]

Originally posted by fayzed
sorry dumb question, but how do you lose 200% wouldn't the biggest loss be 100% i.e. all?

It is possible to lose more than 100% on certain securities, like futures.

Simple example is a crude oil contract, they require about $5,000 in margin (your cash) for you to open a position. Then, for every dollar crude moves up or down you make or lose $1,000. So, if crude drops $10 that day, you owe the brokerage firm $5,000.

Voila, your P&L is -200% :D

[bmeier]

anytime you short a stock you could potentially lose more than 100%

[TomcoPDR]

Originally posted by sabad66
Woohoo, BMO Investorline is $9.95 commission starting today:
http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20140210-906367.html

Same with TD Waterhouse. Guess there's no point having platinum status now

http://www.tdwaterhouse.ca/products-services/investing/index.jsp?referer=http://www.tdcanadatrust.com/products-services/investing/index.jsp

[Leekiwwi]

Originally posted by Rarasaurus
Seems as previously posted IBG is on the rise. I cant find news of why though....

Looks like they are slowly bouncing back from all their write-offs, bad debt, impairments and uncollectable A/R. They still have a lot of projects happening and I still expect it to keep going up. This might be more of a long term investment than short one though.

I expect the stock price to at least double if their first quarter financials show strength after the complete re-structuring. They still have solid contracts in place and haven't done any major layoffs.

Perhaps someone with more of a financial background can shed some light?

[fayzed]

Originally posted by themack89


It is possible to lose more than 100% on certain securities, like futures.

Simple example is a crude oil contract, they require about $5,000 in margin (your cash) for you to open a position. Then, for every dollar crude moves up or down you make or lose $1,000. So, if crude drops $10 that day, you owe the brokerage firm $5,000.

Voila, your P&L is -200% :D


Ahh thanks didn't think about margining.

[AudiPWR]

STE.to might be an interesting play tomorrow. Volume was up 6x and SP up 10% on no news.

Wonder what's brewing?

[Thomas Gabriel]

Originally posted by AudiPWR
STE.to might be an interesting play tomorrow. Volume was up 6x and SP up 10% on no news.

Wonder what's brewing?

Altacorp pumped it up

[n1zm0]

Anyone see this with Epcylon Technologies (PRFC)? what does this entail, this massive spam dump scheme.

http://blog.dynamoo.com/2014/02/prfc-epcylon-technologies-inc-pump-and.html

[woodywoodford]

Hope some of yall got in Athabasca when it was cheap, deal was reached with the natives and Dover oilsands is that much closer to a go. I thought Questrade was glitching out when it showed me a 10% jump just now :eek: :D

[Hi-Psi]

Yep I got in at $7, was hoping this would go through. Didn't buy as much as I wanted but still nice to see a good jump.

Bought more TBE this week.

[Feruk]

Anyone following Madalena Energy Inc (MVN)? Interesting combo of good results in Argentina as well as decent running room in Canada.

[woodywoodford]

I was thinking about getting into them, don't really know enough about Argentina's politics though.

NFK's up 20%....

[realazy]

Originally posted by Feruk
Anyone following Madalena Energy Inc (MVN)? Interesting combo of good results in Argentina as well as decent running room in Canada.

I have, and it's because the company I work for has adjacent property to them.

Very interesting as you have said. I've been debating on picking up shares for a while now.

[mac_82]

DXE up 26% and NFK up 23% now...

[quick_scar]

Originally posted by mac_82
DXE up 26% and NFK up 23% now...

Once leaky always leaky :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Here we go boys and girls!!!

Congrats to everyone still holding!!

[sabad66]

Good news must be coming! They really need to get a handle on the leaks though... really unprofessional.

[realazy]

Let's hope this is the one. I've been holding on to my free shares for a while. Wish that first leak didn't happen though, or else I'd have a lot more shares.

[woodywoodford]

I'm just trying to make my money back :P

[Hi-Psi]

Halliburton is on an absolute tear the last 2 weeks! Up 20%, pushing 52 week highs again finally!

[busdepot]

Come on NFK! Lets finally get our money out of there lol.

[woodywoodford]

Originally posted by Hi-Psi
Halliburton is on an absolute tear the last 2 weeks! Up 20%, pushing 52 week highs again finally!

Pretty much all the pressure pumpers are on fire lately, probably about 95% due to gas prices. The moment those pull back watch them crash.....happens every year :nut:

[Hi-Psi]

Yeah I'll finally be selling this year, been holding for a couple years. Looking to dump a good chunk into TBE and cash in on the US->Canadian dollar exchange at the same time

[woodywoodford]

What's the pitch on TBE? I was thinking about buying in but figured not to bother as I already have good exposure to the Provost region through someone else...RRX I think (too lazy to check my notes lol)

[Hi-Psi]

It's a stock I've held for a couple years, it was recommended by my ex's dad who is a day trader and he has helped me a lot over the years with some great tips. He told me to put money into TBE and just forget about it, that it would make me money without any work at all. That was before they even started their dividend.

A lot of analysts are big on it as well. Great management team and healthy results. They've done a great job thus far, had a couple stumbling blocks in the last year but that's over with now and I see an easy 30% upside. The dividend pays ya 7.5% as well I believe at this point.

I'm also really big into BAC and plan to buy more.

[sabad66]

TBE has been mentioned a few times in this thread. The 8.5% divi is nice but overall pretty flat (at least for the last 5 months or so when I bought in). I may buy some more now that you mention they are over their hurdles. Need to do some DD tonight

[AudiPWR]

I added the following to my portfolio:

GTAT
CSIQ
SLTD (Small gamble for me)
ARIA

3 Solar stocks and a bio-tech company. All look like they have great potential.

SLTD is developing a 3d solar cell that should be 25% more efficient that your standard cell. I can see huge potential once they're prototype testing is complete and these cells hit the market.

ARIA is interesting because there is a major short interest holding the stock down and they have nothing but positive news moving forward.

CSIQ and GTAT just seem like great mid-term investments, I can see myself making 2-300% on these by 2015.

Cheers

[Feruk]

I've held TBE for a while as well. What I love about it is their ability to stay within their cash flow. Great control of their balance sheet unlike so many other juniors. They've said a few times they will not risk balance sheet to pay a dividend. I'll make some money, but I know over the long term I won't lose my shirt.

AudiPWR, I don't understand why these solar companies are worth what they trade at... CSIQ is a fat debt cow and none of these companies actually make money. That makes me nervous for companies that have market caps in the billions.

[mac_82]

Unloaded some FNMA, ZNGA, and ZMS today.

Might add more TBE and FAP soon.

[icky2unk]

Originally posted by woodywoodford
What's the pitch on TBE? I was thinking about buying in but figured not to bother as I already have good exposure to the Provost region through someone else...RRX I think (too lazy to check my notes lol)

I'd say its a pretty good buy. Stable dividend and management has turned it around from the two mishaps last year (twice at the same property which is basically written off now). They have grown on every metric (if the acquisition plans out as intended).

Q4 is going to be the first financial release with these new assets included although only operated a few months I believe as TBE.

Market is going to look for a good quarter and a good guidance. If both are met with a stablized dividend and growth it should get back to the 2.50 range in the following months.

Their financing late last year put them at a 3.xx forgot exact number, but that is what they think they could hit so it's a good long term hold for sure.

[KappaSigma]

Well call me a gamler....Im in huge for VM shale.

Crown Point Energy Inc

[Thomas Gabriel]

Originally posted by KappaSigma
Well call me a gamler....Im in huge for VM shale.

Crown Point Energy Inc

Why them vs MVN?

[KappaSigma]

Originally posted by Thomas Gabriel


Why them vs MVN?

Smaller market cap. Have non VM production and a 10 well program about to start. Plus their prospective VM is 100% owned...my guess is they are a prime JV target...if results are good.

[AudiPWR]

Fuck this is brutal haha

I've got 3 stocks in the green out of my 26 I'm invested in.. Good riddance.

[Jry_79]

Hey guys, check out Banro BAA...canadian gold mining company. Only issue located in Congo...but may be a dark horse.

Financials out end of this month

[woodywoodford]

Originally posted by AudiPWR
Fuck this is brutal haha

I've got 3 stocks in the green out of my 26 I'm invested in.. Good riddance.

Hopefully today cheered ya up a bit lol. 4-5% gains on 4 of 10 holdings. Wishing I'd bought some pharma yesterday when it was cheap :banghead:

[woodywoodford]

Anybody know how to get RRX email alerts? Only company in my pf that doesn't have the option on their website.

Also, any idea when they release? Should be any day now I'd think

[AudiPWR]

Originally posted by woodywoodford


Hopefully today cheered ya up a bit lol. 4-5% gains on 4 of 10 holdings. Wishing I'd bought some pharma yesterday when it was cheap :banghead:

Yeah that was a nice bounce back haha.

Markets still acting up though, some odd swings.

[-relk-]

Monitoring PHOT and MJNA for the next little while, if it drops, i might pick up a small amount for a long term hold. If this trend of legalizing marijuana continues in the states, I think these guys will hit big. Risky and long term play though.

EDIT: Whoops, thought I was in long term... oh well

[Jry_79]

Originally posted by -relk-
Monitoring PHOT and MJNA for the next little while, if it drops, i might pick up a small amount for a long term hold. If this trend of legalizing marijuana continues in the states, I think these guys will hit big. Risky and long term play though.

EDIT: Whoops, thought I was in long term... oh well

Maybe even HEMP or ERBB......just a side note on a potential cheap MJ stock....GDSM just opened up an incorporation in Colorado..."MJ Aquisition Corp"...rumour has it they will do a reverse merger with a public company. Will it happen, I don't know? but a small amount of investment with a share price increasing like the other MJJ stocks might be a no brainer, cheapest MJJ stock to get into right now. FWIW

[themack89]

Originally posted by AudiPWR
Fuck this is brutal haha

I've got 3 stocks in the green out of my 26 I'm invested in.. Good riddance.

26 Total? Holy Lord that is a lot.

[woodywoodford]

^^ turns out it's not diversification when every one of them is a canadian intermediate lol. painful couple days over here, but ATH had a nice little turnaround today.

Really tempted to sell some stuff and load up on PDN. Could easily see it climbing ~50% in the next 6 months. Problem there is selling good companies at a bottom, bloody hell.

[themack89]

Originally posted by woodywoodford
^^ turns out it's not diversification when every one of them is a canadian intermediate lol. painful couple days over here, but ATH had a nice little turnaround today.

Well... Half of them could be short, half of them could be long. :D

And, it might be diversification if it was biotech. But thats the only exception I can think of. :poosie:

[AudiPWR]

Originally posted by themack89


Well... Half of them could be short, half of them could be long. :D

And, it might be diversification if it was biotech. But thats the only exception I can think of. :poosie:

Lol c'mon it's not entirely canadian juniors.. Maybe just 80% haha.
But with 76% allocated into CNE at $3.00avg I'm not hurting too bad =)

[Jry_79]

Originally posted by Jry_79
Hey guys, check out Banro BAA...canadian gold mining company. Only issue located in Congo...but may be a dark horse.

Financials out end of this month

Broke out of resistance today up approximately 16%....may be the a dark horse after all....do your due dilligence, might see this move up (combination with gold pricing increasing) past a dollar very soon here...100% gains in the next few month? maybe......depending on detailed review of the financials out this month!!



Majority of comparable companies do not even have infrastructure/ machinery and is trading at $1.00-$4.00 per share...this one is producing from their second mine!! Major revenue here!....hoping....

FWIW..check out Whales website....JP Morgan and other companies buying millions and millions of share earlier this year.....do they know something us normal traders don't?



EDIT @ 2:54 PM - Closed at 19.4% .....this monster just woke up! Get ready for a show...

[Jry_79]

Lots of chatter about Banro peeps! Looks like momentum traders might be jumping on board and they might let this stock run wild! I posted to watch this on March 4th...with gold prices moving up! Might be another 20% gain tomorrow and gaining all the way untill financials....sleeping giant is up and ready to rip shit up!!!

[quick_scar]

NFK and DXE shareholders taken for a ride this morning

[woodywoodford]

Really hoping it's not a leak. I mean I've accepted that money's gone, but still secretly hoping it'll come through.

[woodywoodford]

http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/africa-hydrocarbons-provides-statement-regarding-trading-activity-tsx-venture-nfk-1888923.htm

Africa Hydrocarbons Provides Statement Regarding Trading Activity

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - March 14, 2014) - Africa Hydrocarbons Inc. (the Company) (TSX VENTURE:NFK) is issuing this news release in response to unusual trading activity in its shares. While the Company ordinarily does not comment on market activity or market rumors, the Company confirms that it is not aware of any developments that would merit such trading activity.