In only one month that this board has been in existence, I've scattered plays like acorns. I'm going to go back thru while it is still a manageable task and find them all and post them here, along with the links so you can keep me honest.

Going forward I'll post my future plays on this thread so it's easier to keep all the nutty plays in one place.

I realize this is the internet and I'm not trying to surpress anyone's right to free speech or anything. But I want to ask that you plase not post on this thread as it would lead to eventually a ridiculously long thread with all kinds of distractions. I want to talk about my plays and I want you to talk about my plays, but I would like to see seperate threads started anytime anyone wants to discuss any of my idiot ideas.

Thanks a lot!!

And without further aduedue I'm going to go search and link my past plays.

My plays are only things I actually bought and sold and posted here. I'm going to try to post them in chronological order.

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Topic: bought dug $49.51

JeffHamilton82
posted 1:42p, 10/17/08

nothing else is getting filled


JeffHamilton82
posted 2:14p, 10/17/08

sold at $50.52

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http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=1273736&forum_id=57

Held 32 mins, made $1.01/share or 2.04%, which confirms that YES I am a 2 percenter.

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JeffHamilton82
posted 2:35p, 10/21/08

bouhgt dug at $44.17


JeffHamilton82
posted 3:21p, 10/21/08

took awhile but they verified they filled my oder to sell dug at $45.20.

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http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=1277286&forum_id=57

First of all, I'm one helluva speler. Actually it is my poor typing. Held 46 mins, made $1.03/share or 2.33%. So I'm still a 2 percenter, actually a stronger 2 percenter. HISSSSSSSSS

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Topic: risky play

JeffHamilton82
posted 10:44a, 10/23/08

bought dig for $29.54 hoping for a quick hit. high risk!!! loss of capital quite possible!


JeffHamilton82
posted 11:07a, 10/23/08

sold at $29.12

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http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=1278881&forum_id=57

Held 21 mins and lost 42 cents/share or 1.42%

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JeffHamilton82
posted 1:51p, 10/23/08

bought twm at $127.41


JeffHamilton82
posted 2:12p, 10/23/08

sold for a small loss

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same thread as the previous
http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=1278881&forum_id=57

Held 21 mins, lost $4.41/share or 3.46%. This trade continues.....in the same thread.

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effHamilton82
posted 3:03p, 10/23/08

rebought twm 2 mins before the close for $120 even. I'm a glutton for punishment


JeffHamilton82
posted 7:03p, 10/23/08

sold 89% of twm for $123

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This was a buy at the close and sell after hours, but only 89% got sold. So I made $3/share or 2.5% At this point I'm still down $1,740 from the 2 trades and I still own 110 shares of TWM, which I bought for $120 and were currently trading for $123. Sorry for the confusion.

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JeffHamilton82
posted 1:36p, 10/27/08

sold twm at $135.05. I'm on the sidelines.

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http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=1281888&forum_id=57

Here is the remaining 110 shares. So I made up $1,655 of the $1,740, still down about $100.

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Topic: I couldnt help myself!

JeffHamilton82
posted 2:39p, 10/27/08

I bought DIG at $26.70
Don't ask me why.


JeffHamilton82
posted 9:10a, 10/28/08

I'm DIGging a deeper hole at $26.40.


JeffHamilton82
posted 11:21a, 10/28/08

Well all my buy orders filled while I was out, so I lowered my costs under $26. I might have digged a hole to China on this one.


JeffHamilton82
posted 2:44p, 10/28/08

sold

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http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=1282329&page=2&forum_id=57

Well it is a good thing that Fidelity mails me trade confirmation statements so that I can reconstruct what happened. I bought shares in DIG at $26.70, $26.40, $25.65 and $25.05 for an avg. buying of $25.95. I sold all of the shares for $29.25. A gain of $3.30/share or 12.72%.

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JeffHamilton82
posted 12:29p, 10/31/08

bought at $85.80 for a very quick hitter hopefully


JeffHamilton82
posted 2:30p, 10/31/08

sold at $89.12

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http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=1284054&page=3&forum_id=57

This was a trade on EEV. Made $3.32/share in about 2 hrs or 3.86%.

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JeffHamilton82
posted 10:55a, 11/05/08

bought eev for $78.30 premarket and dug for $35 around 9am.


JeffHamilton82
posted 3:00p, 11/05/08

sold at $92


JeffHamilton82
posted 4:03p, 11/05/08

dug sold
back on the bench for me

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http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=1284054&page=4&forum_id=57

Bought EEV for $78.30 in the morning and sold it for $92 in the afternoon. Gain of $13.70/share or 17.50%. Bought DUG in the morning for $35 and sold it after hours for $37.10 for a gain of $2.10/share or 6.00%.

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Topic: Back in the game!!

JeffHamilton82
posted 1:22p, 11/10/08

Bought FXP at $72.20. Probably paid too much, but I was frustrated that I missed it 3 times already today.


JeffHamilton82
posted 2:52p, 11/11/08

At $75.22 I'm back out of the game. Small profit, but I'm leery of this highly manipulated market. Good luck to those of you still holding

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http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=1295907&forum_id=57

Made $3.02/share or 4.18%, so now I'm a double 2 percenter.

I'll go back and read my first reply later, but right now I'm worn out. That was ridiculous work. I would rather just scan and post my trade confirmations than go through all those threads looking for my plays. I'm sure I missed some of my plays as I have trades confirmations that I couldn't find threads for. Though I don't post all of my plays, so maybe I didn't miss too many.

Anyway if you find a missed play of mine, PLEASE don't post it here. Post it in my missed nuts thread and then I'll add it here. Thanks!



If you have any questions or dicsussions about these plays, start a seperate thread and I'll respond there. Thanks!

I think I need a nap or a drink.

Fresh Nut

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Topic: Bought my first triple

JeffHamilton82
posted 1:10p, 11/12/08

TNA at $35.45, now at $35

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http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=1297594&forum_id=57

profit/loss = tbd




If you want to talk about T&A, PLEASE post on the other thread. Thanks!

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JeffHamilton82
posted 1:59p, 11/13/08

sold out at $37.72
avg buyin $35.01

$2.71 share or 7.74%

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http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=1297594&page=2&forum_id=57

If I wasn't such a crappy trader I could have made a lot more money off of this. I had the opportunity to buy a buttload of this for $29-30 around noon and I wussed out. I guess I'm just getting too old for TNA.

Thanks for not posting on this thread!

My sons like to remind me that no one likes to read a bunch of stuff, just give us the cliff notes. So here they are:

Date Security %Profit%
10/17 DUG 2.04
10/21 DUG 2.33
10/23 DIG (1.42)
10/23-27 TWM (0.08)
10/27-28 DIG 12.72
10/31 EEV 3.86
11/5 EEV 17.50
11/5 DUG 6.00
11/10-11 FXP 4.18
11/12-13 TNA 7.74


Next are trades I made that I might have posted here, but I didn't find them in my initial search. If they are found they will be added to the above list. Otherwise they'll remain down here under the "trades I don't tell you about until later because I'm tired of everyone getting better prices than me". Just kidding.

Date Security %Profit%
10/17 UWM 6.46 Bought for $26 and sold for $27.68
10/24-27 TWM 5.51 Part of the other TWM trade. I bought more on 10/24 for $128 and sold it on 10/27 for $135.05
11/5-6 FXP 6.14 Bought for 89.50 and sold for $95
11/6 DIG 6.62 Bought for $30.95 and sold for $32


Cliff Notes of the Cliff Notes: In 20 days, I made 14 trades and the avg. return was 5.68% and the median return was 5.82%. I rarely lose money, but I rarely make much either. I hold things 1 or 2 days (the 10/24-27 was a weekend).

Analysis - I need to do a better job buying and selling. Case in point, my last trade (TNA). I should have waited until noon today and bought for $29-30 instead of paying $35 yesterday and I should have held at least till the end of the day for $42+ instead of wussing out an hour earlier for $37.72. Bottom line is I need to go out and buy a new Magic 8-ball.

[This message has been edited by JeffHamilton82 (edited 11/14/2008 8:34a).]

This hardly qualifies as a real nut as I only got 28% of the shares I bid for and they were bought about 5 mins before after hours trading closed last night and sold this morning in the premarket.

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Topic: Im in TZA (partially)

JeffHamilton82
posted 7:07p, 11/13/08

Paid $72/share, filled (partially) a few minutes ago. None of my other orders filled (more TZA, EEV and ERY). So technically I'm not on the sidelines, but I feel like I am. Good news is the casino opens again in the morning.

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JeffHamilton82
posted 7:44a, 11/14/08



sold at $77.20
$5.20/share profit or 7.22%

back on the sidelines

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http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=1298640&forum_id=57

Let's call this trade a 1/4 nut.

EDIT: Sorry, you asked us not to post.

[This message has been edited by agracer (edited 11/14/2008 11:03a).]

[This message has been edited by Tabasco (edited 11/14/2008 11:41a).]

^hornographer should have gone better than 10/1

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Topic: Mosquito problem, so I bought some BGU spray. Only $36.03 a can.

JeffHamilton82
posted 9:01a, 11/17/08

Squirrels don't like mosquitos.

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JeffHamilton82
posted 11:00a, 11/17/08

sold at $36.82

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http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=1301449&forum_id=57

79 cents or 2.19%

If I wasn't the World's Worst Trader I could have made $3.50 or 10.29%. I need to spend more time in the can.

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JeffHamilton82
posted 11:04a, 11/17/08

Bought tza at $87.98

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JeffHamilton82
posted 2:58p, 11/17/08

sold at $92.23

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$4.25/share or 4.83%

http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=1301449&page=4&forum_id=57

same thread as earlier, buy is on pg 2 and sell on pg 4

Date Security %Profit%
10/17 DUG 2.04
10/21 DUG 2.33
10/23 DIG (1.42)
10/23-27 TWM (0.08)
10/27-28 DIG 12.72
10/31 EEV 3.86
11/5 EEV 17.50
11/5 DUG 6.00
11/10-11 FXP 4.18
11/12-13 TNA 7.74
11/17 BGU 2.19
11/17 TZA 4.83

You can thank my wife for this or roll your eyes at her like I do. She pointed out that people don't really care about most of this info including the cliff notes. They just want to know how much money have you made.

I explained to her that everyone here is starting with a different bankroll and slightly different commission rates, different prices paid and sold for these trades and eventually facing different tax rates and that all of these factors determine how much money you have made. She just gave me that KISS look (keep it simple stupid Jeff).

So we decided to pick a starting bankroll of $10,000. Trade costs are $10 each way. And we agreed not to deal with taxes until January. So I went back and started with the DUG trade on 10/17 and brought it current. The only quirk was I split the bankroll in half when I bought EEV and DUG on 11/5 simultaneously. If the calculator is right the current balance is $15,822. This is based upon these trades:

Date Security %Profit%
10/17 DUG 2.04
10/21 DUG 2.33
10/23 DIG (1.42)
10/23-27 TWM (0.08)
10/27-28 DIG 12.72
10/31 EEV 3.86
11/5 EEV 17.50
11/5 DUG 6.00
11/10-11 FXP 4.18
11/12-13 TNA 7.74
11/17 BGU 2.19
11/17 TZA 4.83

And does not include these trades:

Date Security %Profit%
10/17 UWM 6.46
10/24-27 TWM 5.51
11/5-6 FXP 6.14
11/6 DIG 6.62
11/13 TZA 7.22
The balance for all trades, remembering that TZA on 11/13 was traded at 28% normal volume makes the current balance $20,789.

At this point my wife just wanted to know where her half was. Which I replied that I would be happy to share my nuts with her. She mumbled something and walked off.

[This message has been edited by Tabasco (edited 11/17/2008 10:29p).]

tab - pm sent

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Sold the FAS I bought for $21.80 for $24.80, so that closes out that transaction. My avg cost was $22.31 and my avg sale was $24.15 for a gain of 8.25%. I'll move this into my BSP thread.

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http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=1302233&forum_id=57

What a clusterF. The only time I've worked this hard to make a profit was the TNA I bought and broke even on, which I'll be posting next. Well at least I'm making money, but it would be easier if I could just get a check for a few billion from the gov't.

Bought TNA 8 days ago for $30 and sold it today for $30.02. How is that for skilled trading?

The verification of trades is in the link above.

The only accomplishment is it keeps my streak of winners alive. I'll be somewhat glad to see that streak end because I think I'm pressing to keep it alive and not trading as well as I can.

One last thing, if anyone wants to post on this thread, please do. It will help me not to have to go search 5 pages whenever I have a BSP and I have my plays organized here enough where other peoples posts won't make it unreadable.

One last thing, recent events should have firmly and forever convinced you that....

Just here to soil your thread.

I hope u peeps got in SOLF!!!! Earnigns is next week, I think the 2nd. That's the sell date!

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Sold the FAS I bought for $14 for $25.50 for a gain of 82.14% and which will make for a Happy Thanksgiving at the Blind Squirrel's nest.

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This trade is in the same "Don't tell my wife" thread. I've decided not to count this as a BSP because most posters here if they were dumb enough to follow my plays would have been tapped out after the initial purchases of TNA and FAS, so they wouldn't have had the funds Friday afternoon to make this play. Also I don't need an 82% gain messing up my 5% average and giving me the big head. So this will go in the lower section of real plays, but they don't count.

So here is the latest recap:

Date Security %Profit%
10/17 DUG 2.04
10/21 DUG 2.33
10/23 DIG (1.42)
10/23-27 TWM (0.08)
10/27-28 DIG 12.72
10/31 EEV 3.86
11/5 EEV 17.50
11/5 DUG 6.00
11/10-11 FXP 4.18
11/12-13 TNA 7.74
11/17 BGU 2.19
11/17 TZA 4.83
11/18-26 TNA 0.00
11/20-26 FAS 8.25

So that brings our balance to $16,440 for a gain of 64.4% since this board originated Oct. 17th.

And does not include these trades:

Date Security %Profit%
10/17 UWM 6.46
10/24-27 TWM 5.51
11/5-6 FXP 6.14
11/6 DIG 6.62
11/13 TZA 7.22
11/21-26 FAS 82.14

The balance for all trades is currently $26,994, which is about 170% gain in 5 weeks.

This does not include FXP which I'm currently down on.


Going forward: Two thoughts are running through my mind heading into the holiday. First, I need to do a better job, no excuses. I've had a few trades that were well executed, but I've had some trades that could have been executed much better. Second, I'm not sure what the solution is, but a few posters have indicated that they are losing money since this board was originated, so I need to figure out a way to turn that around or else we are never going to get the money to hire Vince Lombardi to be our football coach. Seriously, we need to communicate and figure out the solution so that everyone is making money and lots of it. The problem for me is while I have pretty good analytical skills, communication skills aren't very good.

I may make more trades today and Friday, but in case we don't speak before Monday, Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

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Topic: bought tza for $77.39

JeffHamilton82
posted 1:42p, 11/26/08

wish me luck

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sold for $80.50 for a $3.11/share profit or 4.02%

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http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=1308903&forum_id=57

These 4% gains don't sound impressive, but they add up!!!!

Ttt

14 trades with 64% profit in 6 weeks and then he just left. I don't get it.
Thanks for finding the thread. He had a thread or two on 2027 on the politics board that was fascinating. Interesting to see if he turns out to be right.

So you have a link to that thread? Can't seem to find it

https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/1601286/1