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Wednesday 28 September This morning I purchased AMA at $1.08 and MEP at 9.4¢. Both were breakouts.

Monday 26 September This morning I sold out of FGR at 10.5¢, realising a loss on the 13¢ I paid a month or two back. To me, the shares this morning broke a support level that I could not ignore. It was unfortunate because FGR had become the biggest holding in the trading portfolio after … Read more

Friday 23 September During the week I sold out of SFG and half the positions in EOS and FBR. I also purchased TAS and LOM, and doubled up on LNU. The portfolio return for the YTD ended up unchanged at 10%. There were excellent performances in FBR +35%,  TER +31%, CYP +30% and NSL +29%, but … Read more

Friday 23 September Yesterday I sold half the EOS at $1.20, representing a big loss on the $1.76 paid a month or two back, due to a further breakdown of support. In hindsight I should have reduced the position earlier, at higher prices. I was also monitoring FBR after my sale of half that position … Read more

Wednesday 21 September This morning I sold half the holding of Fastbrick Robotics (FBR) at 12.5¢ after they broke a very short term uptrend line. They had hit 15¢ yesterday but had remained within the uptrend line at the close of 14¢, so unfortunately I didn’t sell at that time. Never mind, the sale still … Read more

Wednesday 21 September Yesterday I sold out of SFG at 9.9¢ to make room for new purchases, leaving me with a minor profit of 0.2¢ over just three trading days.

Tuesday 20 September Yesterday I purchased some TAS at 19¢. It was not really a breakout, but the chart looked reasonable and I like the EDE/TAS story. Perhaps unwise.

Friday 16 September The week started badly with a big fall in the portfolio return on Monday. Viewing the market through the day, I was tempted to sell quite a few of the stocks to reduce risk, but held off. Up until Thursday I was still mulling over strategy. But a number of stocks broke out that day so … Read more

Friday 16 September This morning I purchased the above stocks on breakouts. In more detail: Shares in Seafarms (SFG) were purchased at 9.7¢ Shares in NSL Consolidated (NSL) were purchased at 2.4¢ Shares in Terracom (TER) were purchased at 3.5¢ Shares in Yancoal (YAL) were purchased at 20¢. Seafarms is a prawn farmer but the … Read more

Friday 9 September Death by a thousand cuts. Another small fall in the portfolio this week, to being up 7% YTD. I am going through a bit of a dead patch at present. Best performer was SMR up 23%, worst was 88E down 23%. portfolio-160909 price-movements-in-week graph-of-portfolio-gains-financial-ytd  

Friday 9 September These transactions were completed on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday but I had no time to record them on this blog until now. Apologies for that. Refer to the upcoming portfolio review for details.

Friday 2 September It was quite a busy week with six stocks sold (including the remaining AKP), one half sold (88E) and three purchases. Over the week the returns increased by 1%, making the gains 8% for the YTD. The week started poorly (refer to graph below) but ended stronger. Good performances were seen in FBR up … Read more

Friday 2 September This morning I sold the holding in JCS at 2.3¢ and this was a big loss on the 3.3¢ paid just 2 weeks go. But the stock didn’t look as if it would recover fast. I also sold half the 88E holding at 5.5¢ compared with the 4.2¢ paid on 14 July. … Read more

Thursday 1 September This morning I purchased some shares in Codan Ltd (CDA) at $1.395. The shares had broken through resistance a day or two ago. I last traded these shares in 2013, when I bought at $2.73 and sold at $3.32. I hope to do even better this time, because things are back on … Read more

Wednesday  31 August Today I sold CYC at $1.10 on a break of trend. I had bought them at 77¢ in May. Also, I sold out of the remaining AKP yesterday and today at $23.20. I had bought them at $20 in June.

Wednesday 31 August Yesterday I bought into two stocks I had held previously. I made good profits on both, albeit at much lower prices. Now, they have broken out again, so happy to buy. Their stories are quite good too. Compumedic (CMP) bought at 54.5¢ Hub24 (HUB) bought at $4.98

Monday 29 August Today I sold out the above stocks on breaks of trend. CTP was sold at 9.9¢ against a purchase price of 11.5¢. It finished the day at 9.9¢. GNG was sold at $1.37 against a purchase price of $1.135. It finished the day at $1.355. IPD was sold at $1.48 against a … Read more

Monday 29 August This morning I tried to sell the remaining AKP and got most of them out at $23.20. The purchase price of these was $20 so I still made a profit. After I sold the company came out with its Half Yearly and it would seem that commercialisation has been delayed a few … Read more

Saturday 27 August It was a terrible week for the portfolio, with the YTD returns falling by 4%, from 11% to just 7%, and a far cry from the 18% achieved towards the end of July (refer to the link below). I console myself with the thought that in the previous financial year, the return at … Read more

Wednesday 24 August Both these stocks fell through support only days after their purchase, at sizeable losses, which is disappointing. RED was sold yesterday at 12¢, a big loss on the purchase price of 16¢. ANG was sold today at 14¢, a big loss on the purchase price of 18¢.

Monday 22 August This morning I purchased shares in Clean TeQ Holdings Ltd (CLQ) at 50.5¢ when it popped after announcing updated Ni/Co/Sc resources at Syerston. I have been closely following this for years and in fact in the past have bought and sold for good profits. The latest purchase is already showing gains because the … Read more

Saturday 19 August There were 13 portfolio transactions during the week- eight buys and five sells. Essentially, the funds from sale on 10 August of half the AKP holding have now been redeployed, leaving the cash position at just 3% of the portfolio total. The portfolio fell 2% in value, taking returns down to 11% for … Read more

Friday 19 August Today I sold out of two small positions , being APD at 52.5¢ (purchased on 5 July at 52¢) and CAT at $4.08 (first purchased in July and added to with the SPP, average purchase price $3.27). The positions were too small to make any difference to portfolio performance. I also sold … Read more

Thursday 18 August Today I bought shares in Service Stream Ltd (SSM) at 95¢ and in Zipmoney Ltd (ZML) at 77.5¢, both following breakouts in recent days. I have included their charts below.

Thursday 18 August Yesterday I sold out of PAK at 15¢ on the basis that it had broken short term support.

Tuesday 16 August Yesterday I sold out of Mt Gibson (MGX) at 28.5¢, making a small profit on the purchase at 25¢ back in June. I also bought into 88 Energy (88E) at 4.2¢, Fastbrick Robotics (FBR) at 3.9¢ and Jcurve Solutions (JCS) at 3.2¢. All have broken out of lengthy consolidation zones. FBR particularly … Read more

Friday 12 August The trading portfolio’s return for the YTD remained broadly unchanged at 13% this week. A 16% fall in what had been the largest holding, AKP, was offset by some good performances elsewhere including FGR, GNG, IPD, PGC and XTE which all recorded rises of over 10%.  But if I hadn’t sold half the AKP … Read more

Friday 12 August Today I purchased GAP at 40.5¢ following a breakout. I also tried to buy back at $1.50 the GNG I sold earlier in the week at $1.61, but it got away from me and finished at $1.62. At least I had only sold half of them.

Thursday 11 August Today I sold out of NCK at $5.37 after a sudden jump in price triggered by its results, making a small profit on the purchase at $5.00 on 1 Jul. I bought more EOS at $1.79 and more FGR at 15.5¢. Both charts look outstanding and I like the fundamentals too. Both have … Read more

Wednesday 10 August Today I sold half the AKP holding at $26.12, representing a very good profit on the purchase price of $9.07, most bought many months ago. The remaining half has an average purchase price of $20.02 (they were purchased in June). The shares were sold to reduce my risk as AKP was by … Read more