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IBD Buying Strategies IBD Buying Strategies Northern Virginia Meetup Group – Apr 25, 2007

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IBD Buying Strategies. Northern Virginia Meetup Group – Apr 25, 2007. Tonight’s Topics. Portfolio Management Establishing Position Pyramid Buying Placing Orders Putting it all together Buying Strategies Excel Spreadsheet On-line Brokerage Screen. Portfolio Management. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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IBD Buying StrategiesIBD Buying Strategies

Northern Virginia Meetup Group – Apr 25, 2007

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Tonight’s TopicsTonight’s Topics

Portfolio ManagementPortfolio Management

Establishing PositionEstablishing Position

Pyramid BuyingPyramid Buying

Placing OrdersPlacing Orders

Putting it all togetherPutting it all together

Buying Strategies Excel SpreadsheetBuying Strategies Excel Spreadsheet

On-line Brokerage ScreenOn-line Brokerage Screen

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Portfolio ManagementPortfolio Management

Portfolio SizePortfolio Size Suggested Number of Suggested Number of Stocks (end result)Stocks (end result)

$100,000 to 1 Million$100,000 to 1 Million 5 – 6 Stocks5 – 6 Stocks

$1 Million to 5 Million$1 Million to 5 Million 6 – 8 Stocks6 – 8 Stocks

Over $ 5 MillionOver $ 5 Million 7 – 8 Stocks7 – 8 Stocks

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Establishing PositionEstablishing Position

Scenario:

•$100,000 Portfolio

•5 stocks (end result)

•$20,000 for each position

11stst Buy Buy = 50% of= 50% of $20,000$20,000 = $10,000= $10,000

22ndnd Buy (up 2-2.5%) Buy (up 2-2.5%) = 30-35% of= 30-35% of $20,000$20,000 = $6,000= $6,000

33rdrd Final Buy (up 2-2.5%) Final Buy (up 2-2.5%) = 15-20% of= 15-20% of $20,000$20,000 = $4,000= $4,000

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Pyramid BuyingPyramid Buying

20%

30%

50%

5% past Pivot Point

Pivot Point

2-1/2% Past Pivot Point

Beyond 5%

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Placing OrdersPlacing Orders

Place 1Place 1stst order manually order manually– Watch the priceWatch the price– Measure the volumeMeasure the volume

Use Buy Stop Limit Orders for 2Use Buy Stop Limit Orders for 2ndnd & 3 & 3rdrd buys.buys.

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VolumeVolume

Looking for Current Volume greater than Looking for Current Volume greater than 150% of Avg Daily Volume150% of Avg Daily Volume

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VolumeVolume

Looking for Current Volume greater than Looking for Current Volume greater than 150% of Avg Daily Volume150% of Avg Daily Volume– Avg Daily Volume changes everydayAvg Daily Volume changes everyday

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VolumeVolume

Looking for Current Volume greater than Looking for Current Volume greater than 150% of Avg Daily Volume150% of Avg Daily Volume– Avg Daily Volume changes everydayAvg Daily Volume changes everyday

IBD Stocks on the MoveIBD Stocks on the Move

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VolumeVolume

Looking for Current Volume greater than Looking for Current Volume greater than 150% of Avg Daily Volume150% of Avg Daily Volume– Avg Daily Volume changes everydayAvg Daily Volume changes everyday

IBD Stocks on the MoveIBD Stocks on the Move– ““Delayed approximately 20 minutes.”Delayed approximately 20 minutes.”

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VolumeVolume

Looking for Current Volume greater than Looking for Current Volume greater than 150% of Avg Daily Volume150% of Avg Daily Volume– Avg Daily Volume changes everydayAvg Daily Volume changes everyday

IBD Stocks on the MoveIBD Stocks on the Move– ““Delayed approximately 20 minutes.”Delayed approximately 20 minutes.”

ScottradeELITE quote show realtime price ScottradeELITE quote show realtime price and Volumeand Volume

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Putting it TogetherPutting it Together

Screen my Watch List for Potential Screen my Watch List for Potential OpportunitiesOpportunitiesUse Excel spreadsheet Use Excel spreadsheet – Portfolio ManagementPortfolio Management– Pyramid buying Pyramid buying – Buy Stop Limits OrdersBuy Stop Limits Orders

Volume CalculationsVolume Calculations– Excel SpreadsheetExcel Spreadsheet– On-line Quotation from ScottradeELITEOn-line Quotation from ScottradeELITE

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Thank You