Monday Close: The markets opened strong but leveled out shortly after the opening. Apparently the latest crisis with North Korea isn't as much of a crisis as originally thought. Oil also settled slightly lower which is always good for the economy. The DJIA has a nice bounce off its 20 dma.
Tuesday Close: A tough day for investors and a great day for day traders. The market opened up and almost immediately started to fall. By 2pm it was pretty much down for the day when suddenly it moved higher. Then in the last ten minutes everything fell back to about where it closed yesterday. All in all, it was much to do about nothing. Wednesday Close: The indexes had a great start and moved higher throughout the morning but couldn't hold the gains in the afternoon as the DJIA finished the day up just 25 points. The SPX and NASDAQ had similar gains. It appears that the 20 dma continues to provide support for this upward trend. Thursday Close: Today opened lower and then continued to fall throughout the day and ending the day with the biggest loss in months with he DJIA down 274 points. Today established a lower low and forcing a lower high on very high volume. Short term weak support won't surface until it falls another 120 points. 
Acadia Pharmaceuticals
17 August 2017 ACADIA Pharmaceuticals is focused on the development and commercialization of innovative medicines to address unmet medical needs in neurological and related central nervous system disorders. Their efforts are focused in Parkinson’s disease psychosis, for which they have the first and only treatment approved by the FDA, as well as clinical... (Full Article)
Corindus Vascular Robotics
10 August 2017 Corindus Vascular Robotics is in the robotic-assisted precision vascular intervention systems industry. They design, manufacture, and sell robotic systems for use in interventional vascular procedures. Corindus came to my attention during one of my screens because of its change in trend earlier this year. This signaled for me a significant and sustainable move higher. My conclusion is to start a small position and see where it goes. (Full Article)
BioSpecifics Technologies Corp
25 July 2017 BioSpecifics is a biopharmaceutical company that has developed injectable collagenase for 12 clinical indications to date. Injectable collagenase is marketed as XIAFLEX® in the U.S. for the treatment of Dupuytren's contracture and Peyronie's disease by BioSpecifics' partner, Endo. XIAFLEX® is also commercialized in Japan, Europe, Canada and Australia for Dupuytren’s contracture and also for Peyronie's disease in Europe and Australia. (Full Article)
Visa and MasterCard
23 July 2017 No explanation is needed to understand a debit and credit card company. We all carry them with us wherever we go. They are now integral to the modern lifestyle. And everyone knows that they're making tons of money. Just look at your recent credit card statement. But they're not cheap. They never were. But at the end of the day they've made a lot of money for their shareholders.
Interesting Charts
18 July 2017 This is a few ideas I looking at for this week. I've become interested simply based on their charts alone. I'll do more research before I trade the long ideas but I'm already positioned to benefit from a fall in the shares of SNAP. So despite my aversion to trading the perils of an American company, I think the money's to be made on the short side. (Full Article) 
An Update on RICK's
14 July 2017 RCI Hospitality has been beefing up it's collection of Gentlemen's Clubs while at the same time continuing to develop its entry into the Casual Dining segment of the restaurant business. And so far its starting to gain traction as plans to expand move forward. But this is a transition period that's setting the groundwork for increasing revenues, earnings and dividends.(Full Article) TTM Technologies
11 July 2017 TTM Technologies, Inc. is one of the world's largest printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturers, focusing on quickturn and technologically advanced PCB, backplane assemblies and electro-mechanical solutions. TTM provides time-to-market and advanced technology products and offers a one-stop manufacturing solution to customers from engineering design to prototype development through final volume production. (Full Article)
TransAct Technologies
22 June 2017 TransAct is a leader in printers, terminals, software and other products for transaction-based industries. These industries include casino and gaming, lottery, food safety, banking, point-of-sale, hospitality, oil and gas, and medical and mobile. TransAct printers and products are designed from the ground up based on market-specific requirements. (Full Article)
Immunomedics
13 June 2017 This Company caught my attention after just one look at the P&F chart. For 7 years there's been resistance near $7 per share as the stock was turned back three times before breaking through. It's now pushed above $8 per share. I believe shares of this company will find support near $7 per share if there's any pullback in the shares and they'll rise to near $12 per share over the next year as earnings turn positive. (Full Article) Legg Mason - A Purely Technical Call
12 June 2017 LM has just pushed through resistance near $38.60 and now has the potential to move up to near $55 per share with little resistance. Earnings next year are expected to be $3.21 and the long term earnings growth is expected to be 17.10%. This is too good to pass up.
Software Stocks of Interest
7 June 2017 The Software Industry is another area moving higher within the rising Technology Sector which also makes it a very nice place to find stocks to buy. Several Companies I'm currently researching and buying are Shopify, Momo, Teladoc, Five9, Pegasystems, Veeva Systems, AppFolio, Paycom, and Evolent Health. Semiconductor Stocks of Interest
6 June 2017 The Semiconductor Industry is an area rising within the rising Technology Sector which makes it a very nice place to find stocks to accumulate. Several companies I'm currently researching and buying are Nvidia, Micron, Ultra Clean Holdings, Applied Materials, Broadcom, Axcelis Technologies, Qorvo, STMicroelectronics, and Skyworks Solutions.  Weekly Chart
Evolent Health
5 June 2017 Evolent Health provides healthcare delivery and payment solutions. The Company supports integrated health systems in migration toward value-based care and population health management and provides customers with a population management platform, integrated data and analytics capabilities, pharmacy benefit management services, and comprehensive health plan administration services. I'm highlighting this company because a move above 26 tomorrow will signal a breakout above resistance.  Daily Chart
Extreme Networks
2 June 2017 Extreme Networks provides software-driven networking solutions for enterprise customers worldwide. The company designs, develops, and manufactures wired and wireless network infrastructure equipment, and develops the software for network management, policy, analytics, security, and access controls. I'm highlighting this company because I initiated a buy-write strategy today for a quick 5% return over a two week period. It can be an effective short term strategy. Allied Motion Technologies
1 June 2017 Allied Motion Technologies produces precision and specialty motion control components and systems for commercial, industrial, aerospace and defense markets. The company provides motion control products and systems as solutions for a range of applications in aerospace and defense, medical, vehicle, commercial, and industrial. (Full Article) 
Always Have an Exit Strategy
The exit strategy is always a mandatory precondition for any trade I enter. All other strategies will have disaster embedded at their core. All other strategies are simply an emotional reaction to events external to the markets. All other strategies will accentuate a reward while ignoring the damage that's incurred by accepting such an extensive implied risk. These are the strategies that I personally refuse to implement into my trading strategy. (Full Article)
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