Bought Google

Seeing the sharp drop in price at the close yesterday, I buy GOOG today at 12:55:03 hours at USD 518.2094. The price dropped because the earnings for the second quarter were lower than expected by analysts.

Evaluating Roche GS

The stochastic trend reamains positive. Hopefully, the price will remain above the current trendline from this point forward.

For the time being, I keep my limit sell order at CHF 235.00

SILC: what others say

I saw this chart on an Internet forum today, posted after the close on 11 July, with the following comment:

"SILC has closed at the top of the day, marking the downtrend resistance line. All it needs now is to break it up close up there. The volume is above average today. Good thing."

The analyst WR Hambrecht sees the price tarket at USD 25.00, based on 24x their 2008 EPS estimate of $1.05

SILC will announce earnings on Monday morning, 23 July. While it is generally considered risky to hold a stock through earnings, this may be an exception. For the time being, I place a limit sell order at USD 25.00

Evaluating SILC

I see a possible resistance for SILC at USD 23.79, the high on 5 July.

Bought Pfizer

My buy order for PFE gets executed at the open partially at 25.78, the rest at 25.79

Analysing Pfizer

Looking through all DJ30 stocks I see that PFE gave a buy signal on 2 July. I now place a limit buy order at 25.79, which was the opening price on 3 July.

Sell limit for Roche GS

I place a limit sell order for ROG at CHF 235.00

It is too early to draw a trendline to establish a stop limit, I think. On the whole, I expect a repeat of the short bull run in March.

Bought SILC

My buy order for SILC gets executed at USD 20.11

Analysing UBS

Looking at UBS in the longer term I see on the one-year chart that the price bounced off the trendline on 27 June. On the Swiss market, it opened today below Friday's close and may want to test the resistance line once more before hopefully taking off for the long term. Stochastic looks favourable.

Buy order for SILC

The buy signal for SILC came two days ago, on 27 June, when it closed above the trendline, and stochastic confirmed the buy signal. I should have bought it at the open on Thursday, at USD 19.55, but I failed to watch it.

I now place an order to buy it on NASDAQ on Monday with a limit of USD 20.11, which is Friday's close.

Bought Roche GS

I watch ROG towards the close and buy it at CHF 216.10, at 17.08 hours.

Buy signal for Roche GS

If Roche GS (ROG) closes above CHF 214.50 today I will buy it on the Swiss exchange on Monday morning. Perhaps I may buy already today towards the close if it looks like it will close above CHF 214.50. The stochastic curve confirms the buy signal.

Watching SILC

I lost on SILC when I sold it ten days ago, but I am thinking of buying it again if it breaks out through the trendline. Just have to remember to watch it every day.

Missed out on Google

I meant to keep an eye on GOOG after selling it on 7 June and am looking at it only today. Too bad, I missed the chance to buy it back on 18 June, after it closed above the trendline the day before. Now, I shall wait for the next opportunity.

Watching Roche GS

I am looking at Roche GS (ROG) on the Swiss market. A break-out through the upper trendline should be I buy signal.

Sold call option UBS

There are two reasons why I bought UBS on NYSE yesterday, not on the Swiss market:

1. Commissions and fees are lower
2. Options trade at better prices

Today, I sell the call option UBSGM at USD 0.85 per share, July/65. If it does not get exercised – and I am speculating that it won’t – this will reduce my cost per share.

Bought UBS

I buy UBS, this time on NYSE, at USD 61.49

Sold SILC

SILC stops out at USD 18.88. Loss of 8.3% after 27 days.

Stop-loss for SILC

The price of SILC is not going up the way I had hoped and I now set a stop-loss trigger at USD 18.90

Sold Google

I think I bought Google at the wrong time and sell them again, at USD 516.12, after only 2 days and minimal profit of 0.9%. I shall look out for a better opportunity to buy this stock again.