Holding My Short Term Positions Another Day

Breaking the cardinal rule folks. Holding onto my short positions. I recently made a 10% profit on a pharmaceutical stock that showed some explosive growth that day and it seemed logical that there would be some profit taking the next day.

Like a vulture I came into the stock high on the exuberant buying and saw it give back all its gains it had made the previous day. After reading the message boards I saw that it was poised to fall further.

My folks came over and convinced me to get out now and take my profits off the table. My dad even reminded me of when we were up in Vegas $3,000.00 and I was suckered back down to the tables by some young sweet girls only to loose every penny.

I don't want to end up like this. I don't want to end up like MC Hammer wearing parachute pants and singing gospel music. But I am going to hold onto these stinkers, I mean stocks for another day. I am documenting this so if I go south anymore than what I am at least you folks can laugh at me all together :)

Okay well here are my short positions and were they stand an hour or so before the bell.

TASR - $12.68 - Betting it will drop - $12.85 ticking lower :(
RICK- $14.50 - Betting it will drop - $14.89 ticking lower :(
PBR- $94.50 - Betting it will rise - $94.70 ticking lower :)

Thinking Of Shorting TASR

Good Sunday Morning,

The serious traders never stop thinking about what new opportunities they might exploit. I have been working on some websites when I walked into my room and my iMac was showing me the the most interesting RSS feed on my screen saver. Oh this is going to sound bad, but not as bad as me invseting in Cephid (CPHD) when the anthrax scar hit, ok here we go:

Man Dies From Taser (read article on TASR)


This causes me mixed feelings. I feel bad for the man who died but I see what most investors are going to see on Monday. Canada, who just armed their version of the police, with these TASER's are going to see some resistance to using them in the future.

And oh yea didn't they just get a deal in England too? Didn't I read something about the brit's trading in their billy clubs for Tasers...(I always feel like Austin Power's saying laser when I say TASER)

This could spell trouble. Especially since this stock has lost about a third of its value since the beginning of October.

I am thinking about shorting this stock on Monday. After hours trading has the stock ticking down. This may be a good one or two day in and out profit pump.

I will keep you posted...