Welcome to my blog!

I've worn many hats during my entrepreneurial journey, including writing and creating whiteboard videos, marketing, investor relations (Blurbeo), owning and managing my own vapor pen brand (TouchESubject), servicing the real estate market and other clients as the CEO of Puget Sound Field Inspections, founded CLV Investments LLC, and currently holding a position with Byte Me LLC as a Digital Marketing Consultant.

This blog was originally started as a way for me to track my progress in trading stocks, but it's has since morphed into much more. I now use it as a window into what I'm doing to reach my goal of financial freedom. You're going to see what I'm doing to create multiple streams of income, articles and interviews that are business related or featuring other entrepreneurs, and most importantly you're going to get to know me and hopefully I can inspire you to pursue your own dreams

I'm a very driven individual with a passion for customer service and improving our communities.

Please feel free to connect. I'd love to do business with you.


Monday, April 27, 2015

Swing with $IBIO

Decided to enter a momo swing with $IBIO after liking what I saw on their chart and today's gainer ranking on Yahoo Finance. My first trade was stopped out by my 5% trailing stop but I decided to stick with my swing plan and re-entered when the price continued to consolidate.

Profit target is 10% to 20%

Daily Chart and entries




5 Day Chart w/ Upward Trend

      
1 Month Chart w/ Upward Trend

3 Month Chart w/ Upward Trend


Friday, April 24, 2015

Dropped a Bag and Got a Win with $VALE

Man it really feels good to start posting on this blog again. I know it has only been a couple of weeks or so since I began to focus on my business launch... but it sure seems longer.

I'll start with my trade updates. If you take a look at the Profit.ly app on the side of the blog you'll see that I closed two trades today. 

$NTN with a loss and while it looks small it was actually a pretty big bag to hold for my E-Trade account which now sits at $54 in capital. It was a pretty simple rookie mistake and poor risk management on my part. I entered the trade with a plan to ride a bump after earnings. That didn't happen and instead of cutting losses quickly I held for the news and let the loss get bigger. I will say that I played the exit pretty good and took advantage of a close at the EOD order. The no emotion of it helped. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the E-Trade account at this point. I may add funds or continue to trade small with it.

My $VALE swing closed with a nice percent gain today. On the technical side it was a well executed trade and my 10%+ momo plan worked. I was even able to control the exit and almost hit the HOD. But with all that said it wasn't a money making trade since it was only a 10 share position. I knew this going in and already accepted the heavy commission slippage that came with the trade.

$VALE Swing Momo 04-23 to 04-24


Honestly it was more of a moral booster for me after the $NTN loss and the larger... more embarrassing baggage that is $BRWC, which is currently -$200ish and basically cutting my Sharebuilder account in half.

The crazy thing about $BRWC is that I still feel that I should hold it. I'm not sure if the PR is complete BS or if the company actually has the potential to bounce of the 52 wk low and hit my target price of $0.0025. Currently this turd is sitting at $0.0006 and has done a little bouncing to $0.0009 and back for gains that read 50% or so. I think by the end of next week I will have a better idea of what to do with it.

Probably the two biggest mistakes with this one is holding and not sticking to my trade plan and using my Sharebuilder account to make the trade. The commissions and fees raped me haha.

Looking Forward

I just opened an account with TD Ameritrade and I will be focusing on options and mini options. Most like only 4 options $AAPL, $GOOG, $BP, and $GPRO. The more I study trading and options I keep seeing two constants... Risk management and focus on a small collection of stocks.

Pennies are exciting and I still may trade momo plays on occasion, but I've found that it is difficult to find a shiny penny without risking following someone else, and that opens me to greater risks.

So stay tuned.


Thursday, April 23, 2015

I'm Still Here!!! Just Busy :)

I apologize for taking a while to post. I've been busy with family obligations and spending time launching my business Blurbeo.

Here's what I've got going on:

$BRWC is a loosing trade that I should be getting out of. I went against my rules again and will likely be cutting my loses tomorrow.

$NTN is also a loosing trade and I went against my rules here too!

Basically I've found that the psychology behind trading is a very real thing and something that I need to work on.

That said, I'm making a big move. Starting next week I will be taking a break from pennies and will be focusing on options and mini options.

So stay tuned...

Oh yeah, entered a mom play today with $VALE