Stock Picks for 4.11.2008

If AEA open is less than or equal 8.21, buy @ 7.72 open, whichever is lower. Sell @ 8.12 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If ELONopen is less than or equal to 15.56, buy @ 14.46 or open, whichever is lower. Sell @ 15.38 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If PKD open is less than or equal 7.50, buy @ 7.15or open, whichever is lower. Sell @ 7.44or next day close, whichever comes first.

-Christopher Paul

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Stock Picks for 4.10.2008

If ASGN open is less than or equal to 7.03, buy @ 6.53 or next day close. Sell @ 6.95 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If MRB open is less than or equal to 6.57, buy @ 6.25 or next day close. Sell @ 6.52 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If PKD open is less than or equal to 7.34, buy @ 6.91 or next day close. Sell @ 7.27 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If POL open is less than or equal to 7.22, buy @ 6.92 or next day close. Sell @ 7.16 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If RTIX open is less than or equal to 10.10, buy @ 9.66 or next day close. Sell @ 10.02 or next day close, whichever comes first.

-Christopher Paul

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Stock Picks for 4.8.2008

If ASGN open is less than or equal to 7.17, buy @ 6.76 or open, whichever is lower. Sell @ 7.10 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If ELON open is less than or equal to 15.74, buy @ 14.38 or open, whichever is lower. Sell @ 15.53 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If NGS open is less than or equal to 25.51, buy @ 23.58 or open, whichever is lower. Sell @ 25.20 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If PKD open is less than or equal to 7.17, buy @ 6.85 or open, whichever is lower. Sell @ 7.10 or next day close, whichever comes first.


-Christopher Paul

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Stock Picks for 4.4.2008

If DAKT open is less than or equal to 18.56buy @ 17.70 or open, whichever is lower. Sell @ 18.40 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If ERESopen is less than or equal to 12.83, buy @ 12.24 or open, whichever is lower. Sell @ 12.72or next day close, whichever comes first.

If INWKopen is less than or equal to 14.85, buy @ 14.18 or open, whichever is lower. Sell @ 14.72 or next day close, whichever comes first.


-Christopher Paul

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Stock Picks for 4.3.2008

If CTS open is less than or equal to 11.13, buy @ 10.66 or open, whichever is lower. Sell @ 11.04 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If DAKT open is less than or equal to 18.82, buy @ 18.09 or open, whichever is lower. Sell @ 18.66 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If ERES open is less than or equal to 12.59, buy @ 12.06 or open, whichever is lower. Sell @ 12.48 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If INWK open is less than or equal to 15.11, buy @ 14.00 or open, whichever is lower. Sell @ 14.93 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If PER open is less than or equal to 15.91, buy @ 15.34 or open, whichever is lower. Sell @ 15.79 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If SIMG open is less than or equal to 5.3, buy @ 5.08 or open, whichever is lower. Sell @ 5.26 or next day close, whichever comes first.






-Christopher Paul

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Stock Picks for 2.14.2008

If ACLS open is less than or equal to 5.28, buy at 5.05 or open, whichever is lower. Sell @ 5.25 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If SWC open is less than or equal to 14.86, buy @ 13.89 or open, whichever is lower. Sell @ 14.75 or next day close, whichever comes firstSt

-Christopher Paul

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Stock Picks for 2.8.2008

If SWC open is less than or equal to 13.73, buy @ 12.88 or open, whichever is lower. Sell @ 13.58 or next day close, whichever comes first

Notes on 2.5.2008

One will notice if they bother to check that the lowest published price for MRTN on 2.5.2008 was 15.33, .02 higher than my buy price of 15.31. However, somehow, my trade went through. I have attached a print screen of my trade details as evidence. Any questions (or insights onto how this might happen), please feel free to post them

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Stock Picks for 2.4.2008

If MRTN open is less than or equal to 16.62, buy @ open or 15.38, whichever is lower. Sell @ 16.41 or next day close, whichever is higher

-Christopher Loughnane

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Stock Picks for 2.1.2008

There are no new stock picks for Friday, 2.1.2008. I feel this is a good time to recap overall performance.

As you can see from the chart above I have 3 data sets.

DJIA - Dow Jones Industrial Average

Chris Loughnane Nominal - The nominal gains based on my picks

Chris Loughnane Relative - How much better am i doing than the market

Not bad, beating the market by 25% since 9/25/07...

-Christopher Loughnane

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Stock Picks for 1.22.2008

If SNG open is less than or equal to 3.55, buy @ 3.35. Sell @ 3.52 or next day close, whichever comes first

-Christopher Paul

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Stock Picks for 1.14.2008

if VIVO open is less than or equal to 34.53, buy @ 32.69. Sell @ 34.19 or next day close, whichever comes first

-Christopher Paul

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Update

Just wanted to drop a line saying that I have not forgotten about the blog. The reason I have not been posting is that my system has not given me anything worth buying. This is because the market is doing very poorly. Remember, when the market goes down, and your money doesn't go along for the ride, you win.

-Christopher Paul

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Stock Picks for 1.4.2008

If CREE open is less than or equal to 27.71, buy @ 26.54. Sell @ 27.47 or next day close, whichever comes first.

-Christopher Paul

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Stock Picks for 1.2.2008

If AXTI open is less than or equal to 6.24, buy @ 5.73. Sell @ 6.16 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If BRKR open is less than or equal to 13.39, buy @ 12.7. Sell @ 13.27 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If CREE open is less than or equal to 27.67, buy @ 26.39. Sell @ 27.42 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If DGIT open is less than or equal to 25.83, buy @ 24.58. Sell @ 25.59 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If GRB open is less than or equal to 10.88, buy @ 10.48. Sell @ 10.79 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If HINT open is less than or equal to 14.27, buy @ 13.12. Sell @ 14.08 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If ODSY open is less than or equal to 11.14, buy @ 10.45. Sell @ 11.02 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If RADS open is less than or equal to 17.35, buy @ 16.49. Sell @ 17.19 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If ZOLL open is less than or equal to 26.92, buy @ 25.87. Sell @ 26.69 or next day close, whichever comes first.
-Christopher Paul

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Stock Picks for 12.31.2007

If BRKR open is less than or equal to 13.06, buy @ 12.49. Sell @ 12.95 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If DGIT open is less than or equal to 25.54, buy @ 24.5. Sell @ 25.31 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If RADS open is less than or equal to 17.2, buy @ 16.45. Sell @ 17.05 or next day close, whichever comes first.

-Christopher Paul

(P.S. check out Christopher Paul's Stock Picks on the right for historic trades)

Buying Strategy and Results

Performance since 9/25/2007

It's been just over 3 months since I have implemented my latest and greatest system (the one I has been producing the stock picks that I have been posting), and I have to say, I am very happy with the results. In light of my good mood, I feel that this is a good time to describe my buying strategy as well as to provide some statistics for my performance.

Buying strategy:

I take my investment capital and divide by 3. This is the amount I will spend on each trade. The following examples describe the different scenarios this has put me in over the past 3 months

1. When exactly 1 of my stock picks hits its buy point, 1/3 of my investment capital is in play.
   
2. When exactly 2 of my stock picks hit their buy points, 2/3 of my investment capital is in play.
   
3. When exactly 3 of my stock picks hit their buy points, 100% of my investment capital is in play.
   
4. When 4+ of my stock picks hit their buy points, I assume that I invested in the 3 lowest performing trades. This way I do not artificially inflate my results.
   

   
   

   If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask me. I feel that verbalizing my thoughts and actions makes them more robust.
   

   
   

In any case, using that buying strategy for my stock picks, I realized the following statistics since 9/25/2007

• T market is down 2.86%, while I am up 13.12%. (See the chart)
  
• This projects to an annual gain of 62.24% (before taxes)
  
• I have bought/sold 39 securities
  
• The average gain per individual stock trade is 1.09%
  
• The average gain per day in which I trade at least 1 stock is 0.55%
  

Those are all of the meaningful stats that come to mind right now. If you have questions about any others that I am not thinking of, please let me know. As it is, the train is coming into my station, and its time to get out of here.

Stock Picks for 12.28.2007

Not too bad today, bought both EGOV and LMNX near their bottoms. Both are down on low volume and up high in after hours… should be a good day tomorrow. As far as what to buy tomorrow….

If BRKR open is less than or equal to 13.24, buy @ 12.65. Sell @ 13.13 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If DGIT open is less than or equal to 25.34, buy @ 24.17. Sell @ 25.11 or next day close, whichever comes first.

If SMOD open is less than or equal to 10.75, buy @ 10.33. Sell @ 10.66 or next day close, whichever comes first.

Materialistic Need (Desire?)

This is going to sound a little new-age or monkish, but how many material things do we really want? Not need, want. Few of us could argue that we only need a small fraction of the material things that we own, but I believe that if we take a look at our desires, most of us will realize that we don't really even want many material things.

This thought was sparked by a conversation I had with a friend over lunch a few months ago. We were talking about work (we are product designers) and how 80% of the products we design are things that people are told they can't live without. Lunch was short (pressing deadlines and such), but the conversation got me thinking: What big ticket items do I want to own in order to improve my happiness?

• A reliable vehicle with space for bikes
  
• A home/condo/apartment, doesn't matter exactly which, as long as there is enough space for my family
  
• A computer
  

That really is about it. Those are the big ticket items I want to own I feel will enhance my happiness. Next, I thought about the things I want to do in my life that will make me happy.

• Spend time with my wife and children
  
• Have the financial freedom to travel where I want when I want (there are a lot of places I want to travel)
  
• Take courses in industrial design, sociology, and business
  
• Start my own product development company
  
• Work when I want to.
  
• Learn to sail
  
• Help others through charity work
  

Those came to me in about 2 minutes, I am sure if I racked my brain I could think of more, but those are enough to make my point. My point is that we tend to want to do things, not have things. People never ask, what do want to own in your life, they ask what you want to do with your life.

The reason I bring this is up is that I developed my stock trading system to make me obscene amounts of money. I then realized that without a target goal, I would never stop. I would always find a reason to make more money. Since this revelation, I have calculated the approximate cost of my dream lifestyle. With estimating high and then adding 10% to the total, I calculated that I need about $145,000 per year, before taxes. This is a lot of money to be sure, but not so much as to be unrealistic. With my stock trading system, (built on a foundation of low risk and incremental, compounding gains), I project to be able to make that mark in a few years, and be able to live off of the interest not very long after.

I implore you to ask the above questions of yourself. You find, if nothing else, clarity as to what you truly desire. Remember, you can't reach goals if you don't set them. As far as reaching the goals goes, my preferred method is the stock market, but as Emerson said:

As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.

-Christopher Paul

Quick Updates

I am going to make this short as I just arrived at work...

So STEC didnt work out. I mean, it followed the pattern I thought it would (which is dip low, and then rise up... the optimal pattern for all my picks) , it just didnt dip to my low point before it shot up. Ah well, nothing lost.

As for today, I am set to buy FXEN at 7.66 (or the open, whatever is lower) and sell at 8.81 or mondays close, whichever comes first.

In the next few days I am going to put some more details on my stock trading philosophy as well as a post on creativity (been wanting to write that one for a while.) Until then...