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Daily Trend and Trade Review


February 11, 2010


Trader Talk

The major stock indexes overcame a weak open to trade higher today, with volume a tad higher than yesterday.

Officially, the Dow Industrials rose 1.1% on NYSE volume of 5.1 billion shares, while the NASDAQ advanced 1.4% on 2.1 billion. The leadership profile remains mildly positive, with 140 stocks making new highs versus 65 making new lows.

The short term momentum oscillators remain negative, confirming the bearish stance of the AlphaKing Trading Indicator. We have no new trades at this time.

The stock indexes continue to trade sideways under important moving averages, and the technical set-up continues to call for lower prices once the current rally attempt runs out of steam. The NASDAQ closed an important gap today seen in the intra-day charts, which is classic technical action prior to moves to new lows. The news over in Europe is so far a non event, which offers little in the way of trading help to either the bulls or the bears. We plan to aggressively add to our shorts and inverse ETFs on any continuation of the current rally attempt.

401K investors should be fully invested in a money market fund.

The Index portfolio is 1/2 invested in the inverse ETF QID, which gives us a 100% exposure to the short side.

Kevin Wilde, Chief Trading Strategist AlphaKing.com.

Portfolio Update Archive


Trades:

Index Portfolio: No new trades

GrQ/4 ETF Portfolio: No new trades

GrQ/8 Hedge Fund Portfolio: No new trades

GrQ/25 Small Cap Portfolio: No new trades


Performance:

Portfolio Long Only Long/Short
Index Portfolio 2010* (2.5%) (3.5%)
Annual 1973-2009* 13.6% 18.8%
GrQ/4 Portfolio 2010* (2.2%) (1.8%)
Annual 2000-2009* 13.6% 20.3%
GrQ/8 Hedge Fund Portfolio 2010* 3.7% 4.1%
Annual 1999-2009* 5.8% 22.3%
GrQ/25 Small Cap Portfolio 2010** (1.0%) N/A
Annual 2001-2009** 16.0% N/A


GrQ/25 M100 NASDAQ S&P500 DJIA

* Compounded results before commissions, dividends, or interest income during those periods when portfolio invested in money market funds or short. Back-tested data used to compile results prior to 2004, actual trades since.
** Performance tracked by Marketocracy.com, and results include commissions of $0.05 per share per trade.

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Current Positions:

Index Portfolio*
Position Entry Date Entry Current Profit/Loss
Long QID 02/10/2010 21.02 20.58 (2.09%)

GrQ/4 Portfolio*
Position Entry Date Entry Current Profit/Loss
Short IAI 02/03/2010 26.69 26.04 2.44%
Short FXI 02/03/2010 39.94 39.68 0.65%
Short EWH 02/10/2010 14.96 15.17 (1.40%)
Cash x 1

GrQ/8 Hedge Fund Portfolio*
Position Entry Date Entry Current Profit/Loss
Short UFS 02/03/2010 53.97 50.79 5.89%
Short COF 02/03/2010 37.15 35.64 4.06%
Short JNS 02/03/2010 12.06 11.98 0.66%
Short TOL 02/03/2010 19.63 19.83 (1.02%)
Short PETM 02/10/2010 26.01 26.35 (1.31%)
Short RIMM 02/10/2010 65.93 69.17 (4.91%)
Cash x 2

GrQ/25 Small Cap Portfolio**
Position Entry Date Entry Current Profit/Loss
Long MZZ 02/03/2010 22.22 22.70 2.16%
Long MZZ 02/03/2010 22.22 22.70 2.16%
Long TWM 02/03/2010 25.92 26.27 1.35%
Long TWM 02/03/2010 25.92 26.27 1.35%
Long QID 02/03/2010 20.89 20.58 (1.48%)
Long QID 02/03/2010 20.89 20.58 (1.48%)
Long QID 02/10/2010 21.14 20.58 (2.65%)
Long QID 02/10/2010 21.14 20.58 (2.65%)
Long MZZ 02/10/2010 23.44 22.70 (3.16%)
Long MZZ 02/10/2010 23.44 22.70 (3.16%)
Long TWM 02/10/2010 27.44 26.27 (4.26%)
Long TWM 02/10/2010 27.44 26.27 (4.26%)
Cash x 13

Results are tabulated using the opening price the day following a new trading signal, and exclude commissions, dividends, or interest paid on cash balances during sell periods. Stock prices highlighted in blue are temporary - using the end of day quote the day a new buy or sell signal is generated - with the final price adjusted the following trading day when the opening price is available. Past performance is no guarantee of future success

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