2017-12-27: Comments: Top Picks candidate APTI was purchased for the GSA Portfolio. Adding GDOT (pivot buy point $62.28, 8-week cup-and-handle base, accelerating earnings and sales growth, curr year earn est +46%, Industry Group Rank #10, Relative Strength Rank 96, stop $59.17, trade risk -5%) to the Watch List for Thursday, December 28, 2017. Also, raising stop on HYGS to $10.50 (break-even). Dropping COHR from the Watch List for now.

2017-12-27: Comments: Raising stop a bit on IO to $17.90 (2-ATR).

2017-12-26: Comments: Adding COHR (pivot buy point $299.78, 5-week cup-and-handle base, accelerating earnings and sales growth, curr year earn est +24%, next year earn est +19%, ROE 28.5%, Industry Group Rank #43, Relative Strength Rank 94, trade risk -6%, stop $281.79) to the Watch List for Tuesday, December 26, 2017.

Also, we were stopped out of STRL at -7%.

2017-12-21: Comments: Adding APTI (pivot buy point $23.45, 8-weeks constructive base, curr year earn est +75%, next year earn est +96%, Industry Group Rank #7, Relative Strength Rank 95, stop $22.27, trade risk -5%) to the Watch List for Friday, December 22, 2017.

Watch List candidate MRTX also triggered it's buy point and was purchased for the GSA Portfolio.

2017-12-20: Comments: Adding MRTX (pivot buy point $17, pull-back buy within it's 5-week base, upward earnings estimate revisions, curr year earn est +34%, biotech momentum play, Industry Group Rank #2, Relative Strength Rank 99, stop $15.64, trade risk -8% - HALF POSITION ONLY) to the Watch List for Thursday, December 21, 2017.

We also sold another HALF of IO at +42%, and now trail the rest with a 2-ATR stop at $17.27.

2017-12-19: Comments: We nailed down 2-day profits of +21.5% in IO by selling half our line.

2017-12-18: Comments: Watch List candidate IO was purchased for the GSA Portfolio.

2017-12-17: Comments: Adding IO (pivot buy point $14.15, 5-week cup-and-handle base, showing institutional accumulation, momentum play only, Relative Strength Rank 99, trade risk -8%, stop $13 - HALF POSITION ONLY DUE TO LOWER PRICE/HIGHER TRADE RISK) to the Watch List for Monday, December 18, 2017.

2017-12-15: Comments: We were stopped out of our remaining position in ERI at +35%.

2017-12-13: Comments: We peeled off another half our line in ERI at +40%, now trailing with a 2-ATR stop at $32.18. We moved to a FULL position in STRL, with a follow-up pullback buy at $17.78. 

2017-12-11: Comments: Watch List candidates HYGS (up +10% today) and HLG triggered their pivot buy points and were purchased for the GSA Portfolio. Current holding STRL offers a pull-back buy point, and we will move to a FULL position above $17.73. Raising stop on ERI to $28.90.

2017-12-10: Comments: Adding HLG (pivot buy point $44, high-tight flag pattern, momentum play showing accumulation, average daily volume 66K, Industry Rank #45, Relative Strength Rank 99, stop $39.6, trade risk -10% - HALF POSITION ONLY DUE TO LOWER LIQUIDTY, HIGHER TRADE RISK), HYGS (pivot buy point $10.5, 24-week constructive basing pattern, momentum play showing institutional accumulation, average daily volume 80K, Industry Rank #69, Relative Strength Rank 95, stop $9.49, trade risk -10% - HALF POSITION ONLY DUE TO LOWER PRICE/LIQUIDITY, HIGHER TRADE RISK) to the Watch List for Monday, December 11, 2017.

2017-12-07: Comments: Watch List candidate STRL was purchased for the GSA Portfolio.

2017-12-06: Comments: Adding STRL (pivot buy point $18.14, 5-week cup-and-handle base, accelerating sales growth, curr year earn est +211%, next year earn est +119%, showing institutional accumulation, Relative Strength Rank 96, trade risk -8%, stop $16.69 - HALF POSITION ONLY DUE TO LOWER PRICE, HIGHER TRADE RISK) to the Watch List for Thursday, December 7, 2017.

2017-12-04: Comments: We peeled off another half of our holdings in ERI at +29%, holding a remaining quarter position with a stop at $28.06.

2017-12-03: Comments: Current holding OKTA was sold from the GSA Portfolio at +0.3% (break-even). The current market backdrop provides very few low-risk basing pattern setups, and so we play defense. We are tightening up our stop in ABBV to $92.55 (-3% trade risk), and are approximately 40% invested, with a full position in ABBV, and half positions each in SGMO and ERI. 

2017-12-01: Comments: We plan to exit our position in OKTA today, if it doesn't bounce back to regain lost relative strength.

2017-11-29: Comments: We were stopped out of BOOM at -5.2%, and with volatility picking up, we are tightening stops on ERI to $28.06. 

2017-11-27: Comments: Watch List candidate ABBV triggered it's buy point, and was purchased for the GSA Portfolio.

2017-11-26: Comments: Watch List candidate BOOM triggered it's buy point, and was purchased for the GSA Portfolio.