Solitaire Trader

March 2006

For March 2006 the portfolio was up +1.79%.

The Russell 2000 was up +4.72%.

Over the last 12 months the portfolio is up +23.50% while the Russell 2000 was up +24.40%.

For March 2006 the portfolio was up +1.79%.

The Russell 2000 was up +4.72%.

Over the last 12 months the portfolio is up +23.50% while the Russell 2000 was up +24.40%.

AVII

Bought AVII - AVI Biopharma Inc - today at 7.61.

This is from today's watchlist.  This is a very small position.

TZIX

Bought Trizetto Group - Nasdaq TZIX - today at 17.51.

This is a smaller lot in addition to my buy of March 27th.  TZIX definitely made a good move today.

NEU

Bought NEU - NewMarket Corporation - today at 47.06.

This is a smaller lot in addition to my buy of March 24th.  Again I am adding to what is working.

3/31/06

The portfolio was down -0.12% today. 

The Russell 2000 was up +0.33%.

The score for the year in completed trades is 70 winners and 65 losers.   The average profit amount is 2.26 times the average loss amount.  The current portfolio contains 25 stocks, 16 are up and 9 are down.

The portfolio was down -0.12% today. 

The Russell 2000 was up +0.33%.

The score for the year in completed trades is 70 winners and 65 losers.   The average profit amount is 2.26 times the average loss amount.  The current portfolio contains 25 stocks, 16 are up and 9 are down.

The portfolio was down -0.12% today. 

The Russell 2000 was up +0.33%.

The score for the year in completed trades is 70 winners and 65 losers.   The average profit amount is 2.26 times the average loss amount.  The current portfolio contains 25 stocks, 16 are up and 9 are down.

The portfolio was down -0.12% today. 

The Russell 2000 was up +0.33%.

The score for the year in completed trades is 70 winners and 65 losers.   The average profit amount is 2.26 times the average loss amount.  The current portfolio contains 25 stocks, 16 are up and 9 are down.

Sold ERS, BRY

Sold ERS - Empire Resources Inc - today at 28.71 for a +32.60% gain.  I decided to sell because I didn't like the heavy and wild down action after earnings were released last night.  There were two lots, one purchased on March 16th and one purchased on March 20th, only 10 and 12 trading days ago.  This was a very nice cumulative 10R gain (gain of 10 times my average risk).

Sold BRY - Berry Petroleum Company - today at 68.26 for a +0.13% gain.  It hit its stop protecting me from a loss.  This was purchased on March 14th.

Watchlist for 3/31/06

This list is just a list of stocks of interest, it isn't a buy list in any way.  Any feedback would be appreciated.

It's the end of the month, so it it time for me to go from a buying bias to a holding bias.  Next week it will probably move to a selling bias.  I've got a lot of positions right now, but that should be self-correcting.

Darvas Stocks (>$5 share, >60,000 average volume)

As of 3/30/06: (portfolio stocks underlined)

Number of Darvas Stocks: 583 (+11)
Number of Darvas Stocks with a Point and Figure (PnF) buy signal: 491 (+12)
Bullish Percent: 84.2% (+0.5%)

Number of Darvas Stocks at new 52 week highs: 56 (9.6%, -32)
New highs with 2.5x average volume:
AMLN, ANDE, AVM, BID, LPSN, MED, NCTY

New PnF buy signals:
ATLS, CCJ, GLG, GROW, LDSH, LMS, LNOP, MXWL, WTI
New PnF sell signals:
CRDN, MFLX, SIRF

Last Stochastic (Slow Stochastic 39,3) cross of 20 with a PnF buy:
AVII, LIFC, NETC, PPCO

MACD below zero cross with a PnF buy:
AVII, CCJ, LIFC, MXO, PPCO, TWTR

Parabolic SAR buy signal with Last Stochastic<50, MACD<0, PnF buy:
AVII, CCJ, QRES, SNTO

Most Interesting stock of the day from the above screens:
AVII - AVI Biopharma Inc

Broken downtrend, bullish MACD cross, stochastic coming up from 20.

Another interesting stock from these screens is CCJ.  I bought that late in the day today.

ICON

Bought ICON - Iconix Brand Group - today at 14.11.

This is a second smaller lot in addition to my buy of March 28th.  The first buy is working, so I moved in some more.

NETL

Bought Netlogic Microsystems - Nasdaq NETL - today at 41.79.

This is a second smaller lot in addition to my buy of March 24th.  It has just been soaring since that first buy.

CCJ

Bought CCJ - Cameco Corporation - today at 36.40.

Bullish MACD cross and Point and Figure buy signal.  Looks like it might have bottomed.  Uranium is a hot sector.