This is my new Post on the Lottery Ticket strategy. The prior post was originally published in 2009. While I have updated that prior Post, it is hopelessly disorganized now. LOTTERY TICKET PURCHASES: LINKS IN ONE POST
(added to original post: I post a table showing the current holdings in this basket on the last Monday of each month, starting in November 2012)
(added to original post: I post a table showing the current holdings in this basket on the last Monday of each month, starting in November 2012)
When a security is purchased under this strategy, it will be viewed as high risk at the time of purchase. The main rule for this strategy is that the total exposure to the security has to be kept under $300, plus any prior net profits realized or distributions received from that security. That limit serves to turn this strategy into a low risk one for me. Risk is further reduced now by keeping the maximum exposure to all Lottery Ticket purchases to an amount less than my prior realized gains. I will keep a running total in this Post of my prior gains and current exposure.
In the snapshots of realized gains and losses shown below, I have highlighted the gains from 10 securities that provided me with the highest realized gains. I have not included snapshots of a few realized gains and losses where the total was less than $30, since those offset one another.
In this strategy, it is routine to select securities that have been smashed in price. A technician would probably advise an investor to avoid all of them at the time of my purchase. Their charts will look awful. The price will often reflect an opinion that the company may not even survive whatever crisis befalls it. I will often acknowledge that the known information does not justify any current optimism about the future. Yet, there is something of value that I find that at least gives the company upside potential from its depressed price at the time of purchase.
Besides the price being pummeled, I am also looking, for the most part, for stocks where both the price to sales and price to book ratios are below 1. Sometimes I will look for names with a price less than $10, a relatively low debt burden, and at least one or two dollars per share in cash. I will use that type of screen for companies that may be able to survive long enough to right the ship. Some of those basic screens are discussed in this 2009 Post: How to Find Stocks Masquerading as Lottery Tickets I will generally use the Premium Screener at Morningstar available to subscribers or the free one at Yahoo Finance. That later one allows me to enter cash per share as one of the search criteria. I will no longer consider a Chinese company appearing on one of this screens.
For example, I entered the following three search terms at YF: cash per share greater than $2 per share, current price less than $10 and Price to Sales less than 1. This search came back with 247 names, which is too large of a list to scrutinize further for something interesting. I narrowed the field further by adding a search for price to book less than 1. I then entered zero debt. This gave me 25 names whose share price was currently less than $10, with both the P/S and P/B ratios less than 1, the cash per share being greater than $2 and the company had no debt, all according to YF. I will fiddle with that screen, sometimes adding numbers for P/E, PEG, return on equity and profit margin, while removing others. And I will change the values of the numbers. In the screen described above, I picked up another 25 names by increasing the permissible debt amount from zero to 25M.
Still I saw enough interesting pieces of information to add this company to my LT monitor list and to select a possible price entry point. I am not ready to enter an order.
This is a link to the discussions of those realized gains and losses whose snapshots appear below:
Aceto (ACET):
Bought 50 ACET at 5.2-LT
Sold LT ACET at $6.82
Bought 50 ACET at 5.07 as Lottery Ticket
Sold 50 ACET at $7.02
ActivIdentity (acquired):
Bought 50 ACTI at 2.20
Sold ACTI at 3.19
Bought 50 ACTI at 1.93-LT
Sold 50 ACTI @ 3.21
Alumina (AWCMY)
Bought 70 AWC at $3.44-LT Category
Sold 70 AWCMY +52% Gain
Applied Motion Technology (AMOT)
Item # 2 Bought 40 AMOT at $5.95-LT (2/6/12 Post)
Harvested AMOT Profit-157% Based on Total Cost-Sold 40 AMOT at $16
Beazer Homes (after 1 for 5 reverse split)
BOUGHT 50 BZH at $2.92-LT Category
Sold: BZH at $23.95
BigBand Networks (agreed to be acquired)
Bought 50 BBDN at 3.52-Lottery Ticket
Sold 50 of LT BBND at $2.21
BioDelivery (BDSI):
Bought 100 BDSI as LT at 2.93
Sold 100 of the LT BDSI at 3.53
BNC Bancorp (BNCN)
Bought 40 BNCN at $7.09 as LT
Sold 40 BNCN at $10.02
Boyd Gaming (BYD)
Bough 30 BYD at $9.78 as an LT
Sold 30 BYD at $12.68
Capstone Turbine (CPST)
Bought 300 CPST at $.9852-LT Category
CBRE Group (formerly CB Richard Ellis)(CBG)
Bought Lottery Ticket in CBG at 2.39
SOLD 1/2 CBG at $9.73
Brooks Automation (BRKS)
Bought BRKS at 8.62 as LT
Sold LT BRKS at $10.2
Bought 40 BRKS at $7.23-LT Category
Sold 40 BRKS at $9.71
Capstone Turbine (CPST)
Bought 300 CPST at $.9852-LT Category
Sold: 300 CPST at $1.55
CIBER (CBR):
Buy of 50 Cyber
Sold Lottery Tickets: RMIX, CBR, NYT and Timberwest
Cinedigm Digital (CIDM)
Bought LT Basket: 100 CIDM at $1.55
Added 100 CIDM at $1.3
Sold: 200 CIDM at $3
CNO Financial (CNO)
Bought 35 CNO at $7.81-Lottery Ticket Basket Strategy
Sold 35 CNO at $9.98-LT Category
DataLink (DTLK)
Bought 35 DTLK at $7.49-LT Category
Sold 35 DTLK at $10.93
Delek (DK)
Bought 50 DK at 5.75
Sold LT DK at $7.31
Dell Computer (DELL)
Bought 30 Dell at $8.85
Sold 30 DELL at $10.82
Digirad (DRAD):
Bought Lottery Ticket 100 DRAD AT 1.24
Sold DRAD AT 2.14
Lottery Ticket Purchase: 100 DRAD at $1.9
Sold 100 DRAD at $2.36 -LT
Dole Foods
Bought 30 DOLE at $8.34-Lottery Ticket
Sold 30 DOLE at $10-LT Category
East West (EWBC):
Buy of 50 EWBC at $5.7 as Lottery Ticket
Sold 50 EWBC at $19.04
Edgen Group (EDG):
BOUGHT 40 EDG at $7.28-LT Category
Sold :40 EDG at $11.88
EXAR
Bought 40 EXAR as LT at 6.23
Sold 40 of the LT EXAR at $8.08
EXIDE
Bought 70 XIDE as LT at $2.75
Sold 70 EXIDE at $3.71-LT Category
FERRO (FOE)
Lottery Ticket Purchase: 40 FOE at $6.32
Sold: 40 FOE at $9.61
FIAT (FIATY)
Bought 50 FIATY at $5.17-LT
Sold 50 FIATY at $ 8.45
First Industrial (FR):
LATE DAY TRADES: GCI, CBL, FR, SLG, NYT, NWSA
Forest City:
BOUGHT 50 SHARES OF FCEA AT 6.3-FOREST CITY COMMON
Sold FCE at $13.23
Frozen Food (FFEX)
Bought 100 FFEX at $1.4-Lottery Ticket
Sold: 100 FFEX at $2.07
Gastar Exploration (GST):
Bought 100 GST at $2.68
Sold 100 GST at $4.1
Gencorp:
Bought 50 GY at $3.7 as Lottery Ticket
Sold LT GY at $6.4
RB Buys 50 GY at $4.65 as a LT
Sold 50 of the LT GY at $6.01
Glimcher Realty (GRT):
BOUGHT GRT at $1.61
Bought 50 GRT at 2.79
Sold 100 GRT at $9.5
Glimcher Realty Preferred (GRTPRF)
GRTPRF: Bought at $2.9
SOLD 30 GRTPRF at $25.42-LT
Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL)
BOUGHT 40 GGAL at $6.72-LT Category
Sold LT GGAL at $9.6
Gulfport Energy (GPOR)
Buy of GPOR at $4.2
Sold GPOR at $7.09
Health Management Associates
Bought 50 HMA at $6.87-LT Category
Sold 50 HMA at $8.41-LT Category
Horsehead Holdings (ZINC)
Bought as Lottery Tickes: 30 ZINC at $7.9
Sold 30 of the LT ZINC at $11.59
Huntsman (HUN)
Bought 30 HUN @ 9.91
Sold LT HUN at $14.65
ING Hybrid (ISF)
BUY OF ISF AT 4.6
Sold 50 ISF at $14.65
Landec (LNDC):
Bought 50 LNDC at $6.2-Lottery Ticket
Sold LT LNDC at $7.37
LeapFrog (LF)
Bought: 40 LF at $7.49
Sold LF at $6.76-Loss
Lexington Property Preferred D (LXPPRD)
Buy 50 LXPPRD at $ 7
Sold LXPPRD at 23.46
LML Payment Systems (LMLP)
Bought 100 LMLP at $1.8-LT Category
Sold 100 LMLP at $3.4-Being Acquired by Digital River (LT Category)
LSI Logic (LSI):
Bought 40 LSI at $7.28-LT Category
Sold: LSI at $10.96-LT Basket
Marshall & Ilsley (MI)(acquired)
Bought 50 MI at 5.84-Speculative Lottery Ticket
Sold: 50 MI at 7.14
Melco (MPEL):
Bought 40 MPEL at $7.36
Sold MPEL at 11.46
Bought 30 MPEL AT $9.32 as LT
Sold 30 MPEL at $13.12
Merge Healthcare (MRGE):
Bought: 100 MRGE at $2.48
Sold 100 MRGE at $3.54-Lottery Ticket Basket
Mueller Water (MWA):
Bought 50 MWA as a Lottery Ticket at $3.62
Sold LT MWA at $5.61
Bought 50 Mueller Water (MWA) at $3.74
Bought 50 MWA @ 3.04
Sold 100 of the LT MWA at 4.25
Napco Security (NSSC)
Buy 100 NSSC at $1.02
Sold LT NSSC at $1.96
Bought 100 NSSC at $1.8
Added 70 NSSC as LT at 2.25
Sold 170 NSSC at 2.93
Bought 100 NSSC at 2.56 as LT
Sold 100 NSSC at $3.1-LT
National Dentex (later acquired):
Buy of 50 NADX at $1.27
SOLD NADX IN IRA at $4
Buy of 50 National Dentex at $4 (NADX)
Sold NADX at 8.12
New York Times (NYT):
LATE DAY TRADES: GCI, CBL, FR, SLG, NYT, NWSA
Sold Lottery Tickets: RMIX, CBR, NYT and Timberwest
Bought 30 NYT as LT @ 8.61
SOLD LT NYT at $10.45
Nokia (NOK)
Bought 50 NOK at $2.88-LT Category
Sold 50 NOK at $5.48
Novatel Wireless (NVTL)
BOUGHT 50 NVTL at $2.98-LT
Sold 50 NVTL at $4.04
O2Micro (OIIM)
Bought 50 OIIM at 5.12-Lottery Ticket
Sold LT OIIM at 6.5
Bought 50 OIIM at 7.04 as LT
Sold 50 OIIM at a Loss 2014 (see snapshot below)
Office Depot (ODP)
Bought 50 ODP at $5.09 as a LT
Sold 11/4/14 Profit $42.34 (see snapshot)
Opnext (OPXT):
Bought 50 OPXT at $1.91
Sold LT Opnext at $3.1
Bought 100 OPXT at 1.89
Sold 100 OPXT at $2.47
Bought 100 OPXT @ 1.6
Sold 100 of the LT OPXT @ 3.15
Pervasive Software (PVSW)
Bought 50 PVSW at 4.72-Lottery Ticket
Sold LT PVSW at 5.68
PLX Technology (PLXT)
Bought 70 PLXT at $3.37-a LT
Sold 70 PLXT at $6.66
Power One (PWER)
Bought 50 PWER at $4.66-LT Category
Sold 50 of the LT PWER at $6.03
Qlogic (QLGC)
Bought 30 QLGC at $8.83
Sold 30 QLGC at $11.7
Bought as LT 30 QLGC at $8.92 (8/24/14 Post)
Sold QLGC at $11.92
Quicksilver (KWK)
Bought 50 KWK at $5.3-LT Category
Sold KWK_Near Total Loss
RadioShack (RSH)
Bought 40 RSH at $6.89-LT CATEGORY
Sold RSH at $1.79-Loss
RCM Technologies (RCMT)
Buy of 50 RCMT at $2.15 as Lottery Ticket
SOLD RCMT at $3.53
Regions Financial (RF):
Lottery Ticket Buy: 50 shares of RF at $3.47 (3/12/09)
Sold 50 RF @ 6.57 (11/9/10 Post)(profit $143.32)
R F Micro (RFMD)
Bought as LT: 50 RFMD at $5.18
Sold 50 RFMD at $16.52-Total Realized Gain 206+%
RRsat Global Communications (RRST)
Bought 50 RRST at $3.95-LT Category
Sold 50 RRST at $7.78
RTI Biologics (RTIX)
Bought: 50 RTIX as LT @ 2.57
Sold LT RTIX at $4.2
RushHydro (RSHYY)
Bought: 150 RSHYY at $1.536
Sold as an LT 150 RSHYY at $1.94
Select Medical (SEM)
Bought 35 SEM at $8.37-Lottery Ticket Basket Strategy
Sold LT SEM at $10
Silicon Image (SIMG):
Bought 50 SIMG as Lottery Ticket AT 2.19
Sold SIMG AT 3.37
Bought as Lottery Tickets: 50 SIMG at $4.33
Sold 50 SIMG at $5.41
Sims Metal Management (SMS)
Bought 30 SMS at $9.26
Sold 30 SMA at $10.81
Sinclair Broadcasting:
Buy of SBGI
Sold SBGI in IRA
SL Green Preferred C (SLGPRC):
Buy of 30 SLGPRC at $11.89 (allowed to go over $300 due to prior profit)
Sold 30 SLGPRC at 25.01
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals (SCMP):
Buy of SUCAMPO
SOLD LOTTERY TICKET IN SCMP
Sunopta (STKL):
Buy of Sunopta at 1.65: Highly Speculative
Sold LT Sunopta at $4.06
Bought 50 STKL at 5.25
Sold 50 STKL at 6.64-LT Category
Lottery Ticket Buys: 50 STKL at $5.85
Sold: 50 STKL at $9
SuperValu (SVU)
Bought 40 SVU as LT at $6.98
Sold 40 SVU at $5.94-LT Basket
Susquehanna (SUSQ):
Bought 50 SUSQ AS LOTTERY TICKET-PART OF LB'S SHOTGUN APPROACH TO REGIONAL BANK STOCKS
Sold 50 SUSQ @ 7.5
Bought 30 SUSQ at $8.75
Sold SUSQ: 30 at $13.10-Being Acquired by BBT
Suter Technology (SUTR)
Bought 50 SUTR at 2.81 as Speculative LT
ADDED 50 SUTR at $2
Sold 2014 at a Loss (see snapshot below)
Symmetricom (SYMM)
Bought 50 SYMM at $5.55-LT Category
Sold 50 SYMM-LT
Synergy Resources (SYRG)
Bought 70 SYRG at $3.32-LT Category
Sold 70 SYRG at $4.14-LT Category
Taseko Mines (TGB):
Sold SEA and TGB
Teragenics (TGX):
Buy of 100 TGX at $1.28-Speculative Lottery Ticket
Sold 100 TGX at $1.63
Bought 100 TGX at 1.24 as LT
Sold 100 of the LT TGX at $1.83
Terex (TEX)
Bought 30 of TEX at $12.68-LT
Sold LT TEX at $19.11
Bought TEX at $14.43-LT Category
SOLD LT TEX at $23.27
Tetra Technologies (TTI)
Bought 50 TTI at $5.98
Sold 50 TTI at $9.97
TheStreet (symbol changed TST)
Lottery Ticket Purchase: 100 TheStreet.com
Sold 100 TSCM at 3.02
Bought 100 TSCM at 2.86
Sold LT TST @ 3.42
Bought 100 TST at $1.8
Sold 100 TST at $2.27
Timberwest: (acquired)
Buys 50 TMWEF at $3.24
Sold Lottery Tickets: RMIX, CBR, NYT and Timberwest
UCBH (bankrupt):
Sold UCBH at a Loss
Umpqua (UMPQ):
Bought 30 UMPQ as LT at $11.53
SOLD 30 UMPQ at $13.33
U.S. Concrete (bankrupt):
Sold Lottery Tickets: RMIX, CBR, NYT and Timberwest
Virginia Commerce Bancorp (VCBI)
Bought 40 VCBI as LT at 5.56
Sold 40 VCBI at 7.64
Webster Financial:
Buy of 50 WBS at $4.58: Lottery Ticket
Sold 50 WBS at 22.49
Wilmington Trust (later acquired)
BOUGHT 30 WL=Lottery Ticket
Sold 100 Wilmington Trust (WL) at $14.13 (70 not part of LT)
Velti (VELT)
Bought 30 VELT at $7.7-LT Category
Sold Total Loss After Commissions: Update for the Lottery Ticket Basket
Vimicro International (VIMC):
Lottery Ticket Purchase 100 of VIMC at $1.97
Sold 100 VIMC at $3.53
Xinyuan Real Estate (XIN)
Bought 50 XIN at $2.57-LT
Added 50 to LT XIN at $2.36
Sold 100 XIN at $5.82
Yamana Gold (AUY)
Bought Yamana Gold at $8.98 as a Lottery Ticket
Sold Some AUY
ZAGG
Bought 50 ZAGG
Sold 50 ZAGG at $5.99
Bought Lottery Ticket in CBG at 2.39
SOLD 1/2 CBG at $9.73
Brooks Automation (BRKS)
Bought BRKS at 8.62 as LT
Sold LT BRKS at $10.2
Bought 40 BRKS at $7.23-LT Category
Sold 40 BRKS at $9.71
Capstone Turbine (CPST)
Bought 300 CPST at $.9852-LT Category
Sold: 300 CPST at $1.55
CIBER (CBR):
Buy of 50 Cyber
Sold Lottery Tickets: RMIX, CBR, NYT and Timberwest
Cinedigm Digital (CIDM)
Bought LT Basket: 100 CIDM at $1.55
Added 100 CIDM at $1.3
Sold: 200 CIDM at $3
CNO Financial (CNO)
Bought 35 CNO at $7.81-Lottery Ticket Basket Strategy
Sold 35 CNO at $9.98-LT Category
DataLink (DTLK)
Bought 35 DTLK at $7.49-LT Category
Sold 35 DTLK at $10.93
Delek (DK)
Bought 50 DK at 5.75
Sold LT DK at $7.31
Dell Computer (DELL)
Bought 30 Dell at $8.85
Sold 30 DELL at $10.82
Digirad (DRAD):
Bought Lottery Ticket 100 DRAD AT 1.24
Sold DRAD AT 2.14
Lottery Ticket Purchase: 100 DRAD at $1.9
Sold 100 DRAD at $2.36 -LT
Dole Foods
Bought 30 DOLE at $8.34-Lottery Ticket
Sold 30 DOLE at $10-LT Category
East West (EWBC):
Buy of 50 EWBC at $5.7 as Lottery Ticket
Sold 50 EWBC at $19.04
Edgen Group (EDG):
BOUGHT 40 EDG at $7.28-LT Category
Sold :40 EDG at $11.88
EXAR
Bought 40 EXAR as LT at 6.23
Sold 40 of the LT EXAR at $8.08
EXIDE
Bought 70 XIDE as LT at $2.75
Sold 70 EXIDE at $3.71-LT Category
FERRO (FOE)
Lottery Ticket Purchase: 40 FOE at $6.32
Sold: 40 FOE at $9.61
FIAT (FIATY)
Bought 50 FIATY at $5.17-LT
Sold 50 FIATY at $ 8.45
First Industrial (FR):
LATE DAY TRADES: GCI, CBL, FR, SLG, NYT, NWSA
Forest City:
BOUGHT 50 SHARES OF FCEA AT 6.3-FOREST CITY COMMON
Sold FCE at $13.23
Frozen Food (FFEX)
Bought 100 FFEX at $1.4-Lottery Ticket
Sold: 100 FFEX at $2.07
Gastar Exploration (GST):
Bought 100 GST at $2.68
Sold 100 GST at $4.1
Gencorp:
Bought 50 GY at $3.7 as Lottery Ticket
Sold LT GY at $6.4
RB Buys 50 GY at $4.65 as a LT
Sold 50 of the LT GY at $6.01
Glimcher Realty (GRT):
BOUGHT GRT at $1.61
Bought 50 GRT at 2.79
Sold 100 GRT at $9.5
Glimcher Realty Preferred (GRTPRF)
GRTPRF: Bought at $2.9
SOLD 30 GRTPRF at $25.42-LT
Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL)
BOUGHT 40 GGAL at $6.72-LT Category
Sold LT GGAL at $9.6
Gulfport Energy (GPOR)
Buy of GPOR at $4.2
Sold GPOR at $7.09
Health Management Associates
Bought 50 HMA at $6.87-LT Category
Sold 50 HMA at $8.41-LT Category
Horsehead Holdings (ZINC)
Bought as Lottery Tickes: 30 ZINC at $7.9
Sold 30 of the LT ZINC at $11.59
Huntsman (HUN)
Bought 30 HUN @ 9.91
Sold LT HUN at $14.65
ING Hybrid (ISF)
BUY OF ISF AT 4.6
Sold 50 ISF at $14.65
Landec (LNDC):
Bought 50 LNDC at $6.2-Lottery Ticket
Sold LT LNDC at $7.37
LeapFrog (LF)
Bought: 40 LF at $7.49
Sold LF at $6.76-Loss
Lexington Property Preferred D (LXPPRD)
Buy 50 LXPPRD at $ 7
Sold LXPPRD at 23.46
LML Payment Systems (LMLP)
Bought 100 LMLP at $1.8-LT Category
Sold 100 LMLP at $3.4-Being Acquired by Digital River (LT Category)
LSI Logic (LSI):
Bought 40 LSI at $7.28-LT Category
Sold: LSI at $10.96-LT Basket
Marshall & Ilsley (MI)(acquired)
Bought 50 MI at 5.84-Speculative Lottery Ticket
Sold: 50 MI at 7.14
Melco (MPEL):
Bought 40 MPEL at $7.36
Sold MPEL at 11.46
Bought 30 MPEL AT $9.32 as LT
Sold 30 MPEL at $13.12
Merge Healthcare (MRGE):
Bought: 100 MRGE at $2.48
Sold 100 MRGE at $3.54-Lottery Ticket Basket
Mueller Water (MWA):
Bought 50 MWA as a Lottery Ticket at $3.62
Sold LT MWA at $5.61
Bought 50 Mueller Water (MWA) at $3.74
Bought 50 MWA @ 3.04
Sold 100 of the LT MWA at 4.25
Napco Security (NSSC)
Buy 100 NSSC at $1.02
Sold LT NSSC at $1.96
Bought 100 NSSC at $1.8
Added 70 NSSC as LT at 2.25
Sold 170 NSSC at 2.93
Bought 100 NSSC at 2.56 as LT
Sold 100 NSSC at $3.1-LT
National Dentex (later acquired):
Buy of 50 NADX at $1.27
SOLD NADX IN IRA at $4
Buy of 50 National Dentex at $4 (NADX)
Sold NADX at 8.12
New York Times (NYT):
LATE DAY TRADES: GCI, CBL, FR, SLG, NYT, NWSA
Sold Lottery Tickets: RMIX, CBR, NYT and Timberwest
Bought 30 NYT as LT @ 8.61
SOLD LT NYT at $10.45
Nokia (NOK)
Bought 50 NOK at $2.88-LT Category
Sold 50 NOK at $5.48
Novatel Wireless (NVTL)
BOUGHT 50 NVTL at $2.98-LT
Sold 50 NVTL at $4.04
O2Micro (OIIM)
Bought 50 OIIM at 5.12-Lottery Ticket
Sold LT OIIM at 6.5
Bought 50 OIIM at 7.04 as LT
Sold 50 OIIM at a Loss 2014 (see snapshot below)
Office Depot (ODP)
Bought 50 ODP at $5.09 as a LT
Sold 11/4/14 Profit $42.34 (see snapshot)
Opnext (OPXT):
Bought 50 OPXT at $1.91
Sold LT Opnext at $3.1
Bought 100 OPXT at 1.89
Sold 100 OPXT at $2.47
Bought 100 OPXT @ 1.6
Sold 100 of the LT OPXT @ 3.15
Pervasive Software (PVSW)
Bought 50 PVSW at 4.72-Lottery Ticket
Sold LT PVSW at 5.68
PLX Technology (PLXT)
Bought 70 PLXT at $3.37-a LT
Sold 70 PLXT at $6.66
Power One (PWER)
Bought 50 PWER at $4.66-LT Category
Sold 50 of the LT PWER at $6.03
Qlogic (QLGC)
Bought 30 QLGC at $8.83
Sold 30 QLGC at $11.7
Bought as LT 30 QLGC at $8.92 (8/24/14 Post)
Sold QLGC at $11.92
Quicksilver (KWK)
Bought 50 KWK at $5.3-LT Category
Sold KWK_Near Total Loss
RadioShack (RSH)
Bought 40 RSH at $6.89-LT CATEGORY
Sold RSH at $1.79-Loss
RCM Technologies (RCMT)
Buy of 50 RCMT at $2.15 as Lottery Ticket
SOLD RCMT at $3.53
Regions Financial (RF):
Lottery Ticket Buy: 50 shares of RF at $3.47 (3/12/09)
Sold 50 RF @ 6.57 (11/9/10 Post)(profit $143.32)
R F Micro (RFMD)
Bought as LT: 50 RFMD at $5.18
Sold 50 RFMD at $16.52-Total Realized Gain 206+%
RRsat Global Communications (RRST)
Bought 50 RRST at $3.95-LT Category
Sold 50 RRST at $7.78
RTI Biologics (RTIX)
Bought: 50 RTIX as LT @ 2.57
Sold LT RTIX at $4.2
RushHydro (RSHYY)
Bought: 150 RSHYY at $1.536
Sold as an LT 150 RSHYY at $1.94
Select Medical (SEM)
Bought 35 SEM at $8.37-Lottery Ticket Basket Strategy
Sold LT SEM at $10
Silicon Image (SIMG):
Bought 50 SIMG as Lottery Ticket AT 2.19
Sold SIMG AT 3.37
Bought as Lottery Tickets: 50 SIMG at $4.33
Sold 50 SIMG at $5.41
Sims Metal Management (SMS)
Bought 30 SMS at $9.26
Sold 30 SMA at $10.81
Sinclair Broadcasting:
Buy of SBGI
Sold SBGI in IRA
SL Green Preferred C (SLGPRC):
Buy of 30 SLGPRC at $11.89 (allowed to go over $300 due to prior profit)
Sold 30 SLGPRC at 25.01
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals (SCMP):
Buy of SUCAMPO
SOLD LOTTERY TICKET IN SCMP
Sunopta (STKL):
Buy of Sunopta at 1.65: Highly Speculative
Sold LT Sunopta at $4.06
Bought 50 STKL at 5.25
Sold 50 STKL at 6.64-LT Category
Lottery Ticket Buys: 50 STKL at $5.85
Sold: 50 STKL at $9
SuperValu (SVU)
Bought 40 SVU as LT at $6.98
Sold 40 SVU at $5.94-LT Basket
Susquehanna (SUSQ):
Bought 50 SUSQ AS LOTTERY TICKET-PART OF LB'S SHOTGUN APPROACH TO REGIONAL BANK STOCKS
Sold 50 SUSQ @ 7.5
Bought 30 SUSQ at $8.75
Sold SUSQ: 30 at $13.10-Being Acquired by BBT
Suter Technology (SUTR)
Bought 50 SUTR at 2.81 as Speculative LT
ADDED 50 SUTR at $2
Sold 2014 at a Loss (see snapshot below)
Symmetricom (SYMM)
Bought 50 SYMM at $5.55-LT Category
Sold 50 SYMM-LT
Synergy Resources (SYRG)
Bought 70 SYRG at $3.32-LT Category
Sold 70 SYRG at $4.14-LT Category
Taseko Mines (TGB):
Sold SEA and TGB
Teragenics (TGX):
Buy of 100 TGX at $1.28-Speculative Lottery Ticket
Sold 100 TGX at $1.63
Bought 100 TGX at 1.24 as LT
Sold 100 of the LT TGX at $1.83
Terex (TEX)
Bought 30 of TEX at $12.68-LT
Sold LT TEX at $19.11
Bought TEX at $14.43-LT Category
SOLD LT TEX at $23.27
Tetra Technologies (TTI)
Bought 50 TTI at $5.98
Sold 50 TTI at $9.97
TheStreet (symbol changed TST)
Lottery Ticket Purchase: 100 TheStreet.com
Sold 100 TSCM at 3.02
Bought 100 TSCM at 2.86
Sold LT TST @ 3.42
Bought 100 TST at $1.8
Sold 100 TST at $2.27
Timberwest: (acquired)
Buys 50 TMWEF at $3.24
Sold Lottery Tickets: RMIX, CBR, NYT and Timberwest
UCBH (bankrupt):
Sold UCBH at a Loss
Umpqua (UMPQ):
Bought 30 UMPQ as LT at $11.53
SOLD 30 UMPQ at $13.33
U.S. Concrete (bankrupt):
Sold Lottery Tickets: RMIX, CBR, NYT and Timberwest
Virginia Commerce Bancorp (VCBI)
Bought 40 VCBI as LT at 5.56
Sold 40 VCBI at 7.64
Webster Financial:
Buy of 50 WBS at $4.58: Lottery Ticket
Sold 50 WBS at 22.49
Wilmington Trust (later acquired)
BOUGHT 30 WL=Lottery Ticket
Sold 100 Wilmington Trust (WL) at $14.13 (70 not part of LT)
Velti (VELT)
Bought 30 VELT at $7.7-LT Category
Sold Total Loss After Commissions: Update for the Lottery Ticket Basket
Vimicro International (VIMC):
Lottery Ticket Purchase 100 of VIMC at $1.97
Sold 100 VIMC at $3.53
Xinyuan Real Estate (XIN)
Bought 50 XIN at $2.57-LT
Added 50 to LT XIN at $2.36
Sold 100 XIN at $5.82
Yamana Gold (AUY)
Bought Yamana Gold at $8.98 as a Lottery Ticket
Sold Some AUY
ZAGG
Bought 50 ZAGG
Sold 50 ZAGG at $5.99
The RB rules the roost in this strategy. With the $300 limit on most trades, it can not do any meaningful damage to Headknocker's wallet. And, the Nitwit has produced some green.
The profit numbers with the dark bold green color are realized gains over $200. A light green color denotes a gain of over $100. The red coloring indicates a loss with a $200 loss highlighted in a bold red.
The profit numbers with the dark bold green color are realized gains over $200. A light green color denotes a gain of over $100. The red coloring indicates a loss with a $200 loss highlighted in a bold red.
2009:
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| 2009 GPOR 50 Shares +$128.24 |
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| 2009 AUY 30 Shares $51.23 |
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| 2009 CBG ROTH IRA 50 SHARES +$ 350.98 |
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| 2009 DK 50 SHARES +$117.52 |
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| 2009 DRAD 100 SHARES +$73.25 |
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| 2009 FCE/A 50 SHARES +$327.48/Allowed to Exceed $300 due to Profit on Bond |
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| 2009 GIVN 40 SHARES +$66.78 |
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| 2009 ISF REGULAR IRA 50 SHARES +468.48 |
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| 2009 KEY REGULAR IRA +$86.98 (2 TRANSACTIONS) |
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| 2009 LNC 30 SHARES +$116.03 |
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| 2009 LXPPRD 50 SHARES +$98.99 |
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| 2009 NADX ROTH IRA 50 SHARES + $129.49 |
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| 2009 NSSC 100 SHARES +$77.99 |
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| 2009 NXG ROTH IRA 100 SHARES +$110.99 |
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| 2009 NYT 25 SHARES +$32.77 |
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| 2009 OPXT +$43.49 |
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| 2009 RF +$143.32 |
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| 2009 SBGI REGULAR IRA 100 SHARES +$83.99 |
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| 2009 SCMP 50 SHARES +$109.05 |
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| 2009 SIMG 50 SHARES +$42.55 |
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| 2009 STKL 100 SHARES +224.04 |
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| 2009 UCBH -$53.9 |
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| 2009 WSTL 500 SHARES +$94.39 |
2010:
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| 2010 ACET 50 SHARES +64.79 |
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| 2010 ACTI +$79.68 |
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| 2010 ARIA +$36.34 |
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| 2010 BRKS +$65.5 |
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| 2010 CBG 50 SHARES + $ 469.49 |
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| 2010 CIBER -63.46 |
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| 2010 DSPG +55.04 |
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| 2010 EWBC 50 SHARES +$651.03 |
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| 2010 FR 40 SHARES +$64.06 |
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| 2010 FRPRK 30 SHARES REGULAR IRA +$239.34 |
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| 2010 GY 50 SHARES +$119.09 |
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| 2010 LNDC 50 SHARES +$42.54 |
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| 2010 LXPPRD ROTH IRA 50 SHARES +$807.03 |
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| 2010 MI 50 SHARES +$49.04 |
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| 2010 MWA 50 SHARES +$83.54 |
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| 2010 NADX 50 SHARES +$189.54 |
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| 2010 OIIM 50 SHARES $53.04 |
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| 2010 OPXT 100 SHARES +$40.44 |
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| 2010 RMIX 100 SHARES -103.23 |
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| 2010 SLGPRC REGULAR IRA 30 SHARES +377.63 |
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| 2010 SUSQ 50 SHARES +$66.54 |
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| 2010 TASEKO ROTH IRA +$141.1 |
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| 2010 TIMBERWEST ROTH IRA 50 SHARES +$ 39.4 |
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| 2010 THESTREET 100 SHARES +$98.46 |
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| 2010 VIMC 100 SHARES +$140.25 |
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| 2010 WILMINGTON TRUST 30 SHARES ONLY +$114.09/LATER TAKEN OUT OF LT WITH PURCHASE OF MORE SHARES AND THEN ALL SHARES SOLD AS SHOWN ABOVE |
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| 2011 ACET $81.59 |
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| 2011 BBND 50 SHARES -80.96 |
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| 2011 FRD 50 SHARES +194.54 |
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| 2011 GRT +759.17 |
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| 2011 MPEL 40 SHARES +$148.09 |
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| 2011 MWA +62.14 |
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| 2011 NSSC +$136.76 |
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| 2011 OPXT 100 SHARES +$138.29 |
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| 2011 PVSW 50 SHARES +32.04 |
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| 2011 RTIX 50 SHARES +$65.62 |
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| 2011 THESTREET +$40.1 |
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| 2011 WEBSTER FINANCIAL 50 SHARES +$879.52 |
2012
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| 2012 VCBI 40 Shares +$67.29 |
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| 2012 Terex 30 Shares +$176.98 |
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| 2012 Horsehead Holding (ZINC) 30 Shares +$94.79 |
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| 2012 GenCorp (GY) 50 Shares +$52.09 |
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| 2012 MPEL 30 Shares +$98.09 |
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| 2012 GRTPRF 30 Shares +$708.86 |
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| 2012 TGX 100 Shares +$42.49 |
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| 2012 NSSC 100 Shares +$38.16 |
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| 2012 PLXT 70 Shares +214.38 |
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| 2012 EXAR 40 Shares +$57.89 |
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| 2012 HUN 30 Shares +$126.29 |
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| 2012 DRAD 100 Shares +$30.61 |
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| 2012 SEM 35 Shares +41.14 |
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| 2012 UMPQ 30 Shares +$38.09 |
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| 2012 XIDE 70 Shares +$51.29 |
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| 2012 DOLE 30 Shares +$33.89 |
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| 2012 PWER 50 Shares +$52.59 |
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| 2012 SYMM 50 SHARES +$39.58 |
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| 2012 CNO 35 Shares +$60.04 |
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| 2012 HMA $61.1 |
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| 2012 STKL 50 Shares +$56.1 |
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| 2012 LMLP +$148.17 |
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| 2012 SYRG +41.51 |
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| 2012 NYT 30 Shares +$39.29 |
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| 2012 TEX 30 Shares +$249.43 |
2013
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| 2013 DELL 30 Shares +$43.37 |
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| 2013 BRKS 40 Shares +$83.29 |
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| 2013 TTI 50 Shares +$140.89 |
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| 2013 SMS 30 Shares +$30.59 |
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| 2013 RRST 50 Shares +$175.59 |
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| 2013 XIN 100 Shares +$310.13 |
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| 2013 SVU 40 Shares -$57.51 |
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| 2013 BNCN 40 Shares +$101.33 |
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| 2013 BYD 30 Shares +$71.09 |
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| 2013 SIMG 50 Shares +$38.09 |
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| 2013 DTLK 35 Shares +$104.49 |
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| 2013 NVTL 50 Shares +$37.09 |
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| 2013 FFEX 100 Shares +$51.27 |
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| 2013 TST 100 Shares +$38.59 |
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| 2013 FIATY 50 Shares +$148.49 |
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| 2013 QLGC 30 Shares +$70.19 |
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| 2013 NOK 50 Shares +$114.09 |
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| 2013 EDG 40 Shares +$168.09 |
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| 2013 FOE 40 Shares +$115.69 |
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| 2013 GGAL 40 Shares +$99.29 |
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| 2013 Velti 30 Shares -$236.95 |
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| 2013 GST 100 Shares +$126.09 |
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| 2013 LSI 40 Shares +$131.29 |
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| 2013 BZH 10 shares +$77.59 |
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| 2014 STKL 50 Shares +$141.6 |
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| 2014 CPST 300 Shares +$153.51 |
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| 2014 CIDM 200 Shares +$283.13 |
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| 2014 RSH 40 Shares -$219.91 |
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| 2014 LF 40 Shares -$45.11 |
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| 2014 RSHYY 150 Shares +$44.09 |
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| 2014 ZAGG 50 Shares +$72.59 |
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| 2014 AWCMY 70 Shares +$129.34 |
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| 2014 OIIM 50 Shares -$268.91 |
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| 2014 SUTR 100 Shares -$217.01 |
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| 2014 ODP 50 Shares +$42.34 |
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| 2014 AMOT 40 Shares +$386.08 |
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| 2014 DSS 100 Shares -$128.9 |
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| 2014 SUSQ 30 Shares +$110.99 |
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| 2014 KWK 50 Shares -$263.87 |
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| 2014 QLGC 30 Shares +$74.24 |
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| 2014 RFMD 50 Shares +$551.08 |
2015:
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| 2015 MRGE 100 Shares +$90.24 |
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| 2015 RF 30 Shares +$20.84 |
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| 2015 GST 50 Shares +$24.09 |
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| 2015 PMOIY 80 Shares -$120.99 |
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| 2015 SD 40 Shares -$252.31 |
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| 2015 OGZPY -$54.51 |
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| 2015 SQM 15 Shares -$180.27 |
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| 2015 TC 30 Shares -$234.7 |
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| 2015 AT 50 Shares -$64.41 |
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| 2015 MCQPF 100 Shares -$133.74 |
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| 2015 MEA 50 Shares -$217.03 |
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| 2015 ESIO 30 Shares -$144.84 |
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| 2015 ELON 50 Shares -$77.41 |
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| 2015 PAR 50 Shares -$71.37 |
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| 2015 ARCO 30 Shares -92.94 |
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| 2015 AUQ 40 Shares -$139.89 |
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| 2015 LFUGY 150 Shares $-24.01 |
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| 2015 CVO 100 Shares -$104.11 |
(total House Cleaning Losses= -$1,912.53 )
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| 2015 TTI 50 Shares +$80.76 |
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| 2015 FCE/A 30 Shares +$357.36 |
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| 2015 ING 30 Shares +$214.98 |
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| 2015 BUSE 60 Shares +$68.09 |
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| 2015 RRM 50 Shares +$14.09 |
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| 2015 NPBC 30 Shares +$80.84 |
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| 2015 FCF 30 Shares +$90.29 |
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| 2015 FHN 30 Shares +$73.64 |
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| 2015 IRDM 40 Shares +$110.35 |
TOTAL REALIZED GAIN AS OF 10/1//15= $14,012.42
