May 29, 2012

CHKR Rebounding 4.9% in 3 trading days

A couple of months ago I made a small profit in CHKR during a long uptrend. I could have let them run further, but chose to take the profit from that trade.

Then CHKR went on a huge nosedive, from a high of $30.21, down to $17.37 just some days ago. I re-entered at $18.93 based on classic technical reversal pattern.

  • Bounce off multi-day bollinger band penetration (six red candles in a row, all crossing the lower bollinger band)
  • EMA-5 (green line) flat
  • RSI bottomed out below 10 and climbing
  • MAC-D crossing upward (blue line crossing yellow)  under the center line

So far I've been rewarded - CHKR is up 4.91% in 3 trading days. My usual rule of thumb is that if a stock makes more than 1% per trading day, you are better off selling than holding, as you've likely hit a short term spurt, with a pullback will follow.

However, as this is a dividend paying stock, I'm planning to hold for longer, or even increase the position if a trend develops and I can get back in on a pullback.   If the current spurt gets much bigger,  and it looks ready for even sharper pullback, I'll be looking to sell at somewhere near a daily high to maximise use of capital. Short term profits over-rule long term dividends in my trading plan.




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