Successes

I do have my losses such as FXI. Will treat them as lessons. Here are my recent successes.

 

Success in trading airlines

The period from 2014 to 2015 is quite profitable for most airline stocks. Here are my trades from my largest taxable account. I did have a small loss on LUV and gain on ALK in other accounts. I acquired AAL due to the merger with another airline. The timing in selling AAL is right. I did not sell at the peak but it was far lower as of 9/2015. This is an example of “Buy Low and Sell High”.

Stock	Buy Date	Sold Date	Return	Annualized
AAL	08/14/13	03/16/15	211%	133%
AAL	08/14/13	01/22/15	243%	169%
AAL	08/13/13	01/22/15	223%	154%
ALK	07/31/14	08/05/15	79%	78%

 

Success in trading Apple

I made out good in last few years on Apple. It should be far better If I followed my own recommendations and I shorted the stock.

·         I recommended AAPL (the only stocks in my book Scoring Stocks) at $55.72 (split adjusted) in April 19, 2013, the date my book Scoring Stocks was published.

·         I asked the world to dump AAPL on 2/26/15 when APPL was at $132. I should have shorted AAPL.

·         My recent purchase of Apple is at $107.20 on 08/26.15.

If you have good reasons, do the opposite of institution investors.

 

Success in market correction in August, 2015

As of this writing (09/17/2015), the holding duration is too short to draw a conclusion. I have 50% in cash before the August correction. I should have 100% if I followed my chart. However, we are just human beings blinded by our greed / fears and emotionally attached.

Stocks	Buy Price	Buy Date	Return	Sold date
AAPL	107.20	08/26/15	7%
GILD	105.94	08/26/15	5%
GM	27.69	08/26/15	12%	09/17/15
GNW	4.54	08/26/15	10%	08/27/15

Success in market correction in Oct., 2014

I bought the following 4 stocks from my taxable account during the Ebola panic in Oct., 2014. It was a correction. I placed the orders and took off on vacation. The results are:

Recent purchases	Return (as of 5-8-15)	Bought
AET	50%	10/15/14
STZ	42%	10/15/14
SWKS	95%	10/10/14
CI	50%	10/15/14

Success in beating S&P500 by 110%

The performance of the 15 or so stocks I recommended in a Seeking Alpha (a financial site) article beats the S&P 500 by over 110% without considering dividends. It is from the publish date to one year later

Success in reentering the market early 2009

I have 80% return in 2009 in my largest taxable account. Will describe it in the lesson “Buy at the bottom”.

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