Oct 5.

My largest position XIV continues its tear towards contango: I own a lot of this in the 23, 25, 26 range.

APEI, short
back tests the breakdown price seemed to be rejected, setting up for a downward trust if there is any weakness broad markets.

FIT: nice consolidation, put on a starter position

OVAS:
This is one  that had a nice countertrend bounce over the past couple of days.  I like to short these types of stocks at the first sign of weakness.  Using a short time frame when the trend breaks, I enter.  I expect the win rate to be lower the shorter the time frame, but the pay off can be 5 to 1, which is why I take these trades.

This one did not work as a short... yet.  We

Although OVAS didn't work UNFI might:

October 3 Trade Journal

My morning was pretty rough on the futures drop this morning.  NFLX gapped over the my stop, but here's how it played out. 

The video also discusses UNFI, a trade I was stalking but never triggered, to show the importance of waiting for confirmation..  It is okay not to take a trade. 

My APEI short continues to look good:

As does my Merger / Arbitrage play:

August 2015

Off to a good start this month. .. 5.39% through the fist week.   Most of my trades have been on the short side. 

Big winner was GMCR short -- it fell 20 points after an earnings miss.  I loved the setup to short it and cut my size into the close so that I could take the trade through earnings.  I figured that I was was wrong, I was looking at a $5 loss 

Going into Next week, I'm holding

TUES: Took this short on the trend line break of the countertrend bounce.  This should retest the lows unless market has a snap back rally. 

UNFI: -- Broke support 

SALE: Continued weakness after earnings miss.

PZZA:

VRA: