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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250642877181485180</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 05:03:01 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>CRI's OnlyDoubles</title><description></description><link>http://crisonlydoubles.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (The Cdn. Rational Investor)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250642877181485180.post-4615691814109458891</guid><pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2014 10:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2014-04-15T08:10:26.092-07:00</atom:updated><title>OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight for March 29th, 2014</title><description><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hello and welcome back to CRI's OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here you will find past OnlyDoubles trades that have been recently closed. This blog's purpose is to update the public on recently completed OnlyDoubles trades as a demonstration of the model and a teaser to get you to subscribe. If you would like to learn more or subscribe (for real time access to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.therationalinvestor.ca/RI_Tradents.php#ODNTbloglink" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">OnlyDoubles NewTrades</a>) please visit our<a href="http://www.therationalinvestor.ca/sub_CRI.php#OnlyDoubles" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Subscription page</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Regular readers of my blogs will know that by nature I am a very conservative investor. I look for deep discounts to value, never risk more than 5% of my total stake on a single investment idea and stick religiously to the notion of selling half of your position on a double (hence the name OnlyDoubles). Typically, my hold period is between four to six months and I can have more than a dozen stock positions on at any one given time (not to mention options). Usually, I do my DD and if I like what I see, I slowly accumulate a position. Most of the time, a stock or an option gives me plenty of time to take a position and then write up a nice 'Rational' case for buying it. Best case scenario, I'm in and then you all get in. We all have the same price target in mind and we all get out in and around that area.....makes sense no?&nbsp;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After an almost 25 month pause (I have been very busy learning the craft of day-trading Crude oil futures) CRI's Only Doubles has another winner!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.tradingview.com/x/NeCM0opu/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://www.tradingview.com/x/NeCM0opu/" width="320" /></span></a></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last September 21st, CRI issues an OnlyDoubles trading alert on Sugar #11. Specifically, buying the October, 2014 $.20 call options at 46 cents or better. That translated to roughly $515.20 ($11.20/pt) plus commissions. Considering the time value alone I thought this was a good idea. Add in some realistic technical targets and this was a veritable 'no-brainer'. Those Calls initially zoomed higher and I was looking like a genius. However, the option price never did double so as the market slowly melted back down to our purchase price and then even lower, I was looking rather foolish. In very typical commodity fashion, this market had one more push lower up its sleeve. This is one specific reason why I like options trading rather then futures or stocks. Since the premium paid is the maximum liability an option purchaser can incur, it really didn't matter if the price of the underlying went lower, I was more than happy to consider the $500 as the entire invested capital and whatever happens happens – October, 2014 was a very long way away. Indeed, that feature of options purchases seems to have paid off because prices of late have come storming back. So much so, that our long outstanding open order to sell half the position at double our purchase price (in this case $.92) was recently hit. Those that did do the trade should be sitting in a 'free' position. You should have sold half the position at that double level and have all your original $500 invested back in your hands. Who knows where the market will take Sugar prices over the next six months but my hunch is somewhere above $.20.&nbsp;</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">That's all for this post,&nbsp;</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Brian Beamish FCSI</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">The Canadian Rational Investor</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">the_rational_investor@yahoo.com</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">http://www.therationalinvestor.ca</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><br /></span></div></description><link>http://crisonlydoubles.blogspot.com/2014/03/onlydoubles-profit-spotlight-for-march.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Cdn. Rational Investor)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250642877181485180.post-1004979509784181623</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-20T07:18:07.897-08:00</atom:updated><title>OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight for February 17th, 2012</title><description><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hello and welcome back to CRI's OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight.</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here you will find past OnlyDoubles trades that have been recently closed. This blog's purpose is to update the public on recently completed OnlyDoubles trades as a demonstration of the model and a teaser to get you to subscribe. If you would like to learn more or subscribe (for real time access to <a href="http://www.therationalinvestor.ca/RI_Tradents.php#ODNTbloglink">OnlyDoubles NewTrades</a>) please visit our <a href="http://www.therationalinvestor.ca/sub_CRI.php#OnlyDoubles">Subscription page</a>.<br /></span> </div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Regular readers of my blogs will know that by nature I am a very conservative investor. I look for deep discounts to value, never risk more than 5% of my total stake on a single investment idea and stick religiously to the notion of selling half of your position on a double (hence the name OnlyDoubles). Typically, my hold period is between four to six months and I can have more than a dozen stock positions on at any one given time (not to mention options). Usually, I do my DD and if I like what I see, I slowly accumulate a position. Most of the time, a stock or an option gives me plenty of time to take a position and then write up a nice 'Rational' case for buying it. Best case scenario, I'm in and then you all get in. We all have the same price target in mind and we all get out in and around that area.....makes sense no?&nbsp;</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <br />After an almost 10 month pause, CRI's Only Doubles has another winner!</span> </div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjset4vrhhcNCnJFkaBmVSeUz2jbZG_jtElanvvc7gQ6WBq9-wLSUNs2arjxZInEKRiQ1cuyjXFtlziOd6O4IK-iAWP9ROGMR6zGicS2fAcOcJSSyudpwD8xDbOM4ycjplEt3ef6ocML_k/s1600/ODLAR021712.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjset4vrhhcNCnJFkaBmVSeUz2jbZG_jtElanvvc7gQ6WBq9-wLSUNs2arjxZInEKRiQ1cuyjXFtlziOd6O4IK-iAWP9ROGMR6zGicS2fAcOcJSSyudpwD8xDbOM4ycjplEt3ef6ocML_k/s320/ODLAR021712.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We first looked at LAR (La Ronge Gold Corp.) back when it was a diamond play in nothern Ontario (and was called Chalice Diamonds) in April of last year. The stock had been recently rolled back, options were granted to new directors and there were shares issued in the new company for outstanding outstanding - all the hallmarks of a classic VCIM model play. The technical signal to buy came in when the stock registered a double bottom price pattern and broke out from $.145 cents.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After the reorganization, the company moved from the diamond to gold exploration industry. They acquired a property in northern Saskatchewan that had historic work done on a respectable gold deposit. The stock is running higher now because the company is currently drilling new holes that will hopefully confirm the historic (non 43-01 compliant) </span><span style="font-size: small;">data. The stock hit a high of $.38 cents on Friday February 17th, 2012. This is well above our entry of $.145 and represents more than a double on the trade. For those that have not already done so, taking some profits at this point seems only prudent. Exactly where, is up to you. I myself am looking for this stock to enter the low $.40 cent area (which is only .03 away!) so I may be selling a bit myself soon.</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">That's all for this post, <br />Brian Beamish FCSI<br />The Canadian Rational Investor<br />the_rational_investor@yahoo.com<br />http://www.therationalinvestor.ca </span></div></description><link>http://crisonlydoubles.blogspot.com/2012/02/onlydoubles-profit-spotlight-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Cdn. Rational Investor)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjset4vrhhcNCnJFkaBmVSeUz2jbZG_jtElanvvc7gQ6WBq9-wLSUNs2arjxZInEKRiQ1cuyjXFtlziOd6O4IK-iAWP9ROGMR6zGicS2fAcOcJSSyudpwD8xDbOM4ycjplEt3ef6ocML_k/s72-c/ODLAR021712.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250642877181485180.post-2960078911984735363</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-04-11T10:37:21.356-07:00</atom:updated><title>OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight for April11th, 2011</title><description><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hello and welcome back to CRI's OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight.</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here you will find past OnlyDoubles trades that have been recently closed. This blog's purpose is to update the public on recently completed OnlyDoubles trades as a demonstration of the model and a teaser to get you to subscribe. If you would like to learn more or subscribe (for real time access to <a href="http://www.the-rational-investor.com/RI_Tradents.php#ODNTbloglink">OnlyDoubles NewTrades</a>) please visit our <a href="http://www.the-rational-investor.com/subscribe_page.php">Subscription page</a>.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Regular readers of my blogs will know that by nature I am a very conservative investor. I look for deep discounts to value, never risk more than 5% of my total stake on a single investment idea and stick religiously to the notion of selling half of your position on a double (hence the name OnlyDoubles). Typically, my hold period is between four to six months and I can have more than a dozen stock positions on at any one given time (not to mention options). Usually, I do my DD and if I like what I see, I slowly accumulate a position. Most of the time, a stock or an option gives me plenty of time to take a position and then write up a nice 'Rational' case for buying it. Best case scenario, I'm in and then you all get in. We all have the same price target in mind and we all get out in and around that area.....makes sense no?&nbsp;</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"></span></span> <br /><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After an almost two month pause, CRI's Only Doubles has another winner!</span><br /><br /></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">CRI published a report in CRI's OnlyDoublesNewTrades on Novermeber 30th, 2010 on Weststar Resources Corp. (WER.V). The stock was initial purchased in and around the $.30 area. Today the stock is currently trading at $.86 for well over a double! This trade took about 3.5 months to develop and come to fruition which is actually a little faster than my expectation window of 4 to 6 months...</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The stock has been moving up recently on the news that it is in the process of purchasing a past producing mine in Mexico (news link: <a href="http://tmx.quotemedia.com/article.php?newsid=39919015&amp;qm_symbol=WER">http://tmx.quotemedia.com/article.php?newsid=39919015&amp;qm_symbol=WER</a>).&nbsp;</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9q385T17havhoYC47F_HgxaIUcTA2NObLIyO0zAezW89B_hyeHha6y64fNPc724IoU-ZDIn40vE4SxrHzfbtcNYTtqzMHy-Z2R1_PaVhBSsc9YGYpQFS1i0I7XJAxw_zRHLj6hg5dNk8/s1600/CRIODWER041111.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9q385T17havhoYC47F_HgxaIUcTA2NObLIyO0zAezW89B_hyeHha6y64fNPc724IoU-ZDIn40vE4SxrHzfbtcNYTtqzMHy-Z2R1_PaVhBSsc9YGYpQFS1i0I7XJAxw_zRHLj6hg5dNk8/s320/CRIODWER041111.bmp" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Those that were fortunate enough to buy some in the thirty cent area are well advised to sell at least half of your position (to get your initial investment dollars back in your hands) and let the rest ride. Once the sale is complete, there will be no risk on the remaining share position (cost basis will be $0.00). While I am not totally sure where this stock will go in the coming months, it is generally a good idea to create a risk free position whenever you can and I myself have gone ahead and done so...</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Isn't investing fun!</span><br /><br /></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">That's all for this issue of CRI's OnlyDoubles,</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Brian Beamish FCSI</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">the_rational_investor@yahoo.com</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.the-rational-investor.com</span></div></div></description><link>http://crisonlydoubles.blogspot.com/2011/04/onlydoubles-profit-spotlight-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Cdn. Rational Investor)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9q385T17havhoYC47F_HgxaIUcTA2NObLIyO0zAezW89B_hyeHha6y64fNPc724IoU-ZDIn40vE4SxrHzfbtcNYTtqzMHy-Z2R1_PaVhBSsc9YGYpQFS1i0I7XJAxw_zRHLj6hg5dNk8/s72-c/CRIODWER041111.bmp" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250642877181485180.post-2573738102240499689</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-02-16T10:18:00.321-08:00</atom:updated><title>OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight for February 15th, 2010</title><description><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hello and welcome back to CRI's OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight.</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here you will find past OnlyDoubles trades that have been recently closed. This blog's purpose is to update the public on recently completed OnlyDoubles trades as a demonstration of the model and a teaser to get you to subscribe. If you would like to learn more or subscribe (for real time access to <a href="http://www.the-rational-investor.com/RI_Tradents.php#ODNTbloglink">OnlyDoubles NewTrades</a>) please visit our <a href="http://www.the-rational-investor.com/subscribe_page.php">Subscription page</a>.</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Regular readers of my blogs will know that by nature I am a very conservative investor. I look for deep discounts to value, never risk more than 5% of my total stake on a single investment idea and stick religiously to the notion of selling half of your position on a double (hence the name OnlyDoubles). Typically, my hold period is between four to six months and I can have more than a dozen stock positions on at any one given time (not to mention options). Usually, I do my DD and if I like what I see, I slowly accumulate a position. Most of the time, </span><span style="font-size: small;">a stock or an option</span><span style="font-size: small;"> gives me plenty of time to take a position and then write up a nice 'Rational' case for buying it. Best case scenario, I'm in and then you all get in. We all have the same price target in mind and we all get out in and around that area.....makes sense no?&nbsp;</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So with all that being said, every once in a while we get handed an incredible treat. A treat so nice I can't even get it out to all my subscribers in time. This sometimes has unfortunate consequences -&nbsp; today's stock is such an example.</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">About a month ago, while doing our regular VCIM screen, a stock came up that met our criteria. This stock had literally done nothing for years and had repeatedly been subject to trading halts. Once free trading again (trading halt lifted by the exchange in early Feb.) it popped up on the screens and I had to look at it. The fact that there was so few shares outstanding and it was such a low price ($.075) meant that the company was literally trading at the value a CDNX shell trades at. In all honesty, it almost didn't seem real. The company was Meridex Software (MSC on the Cdn. Venture exchange).&nbsp;</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The company describes itself as "a leading provider of software solutions for emergency management and calendar inter-operability. We help educational institutions, government, hospitals, retail and corporate enterprises manage, monitor, and optimize emergency preparedness and security. Meridex provides intelligent emergency management solutions synchronizing all of the relevant information sources into one common operating picture" (<a href="http://tmx.quotemedia.com/article.php?newsid=15649569&amp;qm_symbol=MSC:CA">link</a>)</span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fundamental criteria</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">- currently 7 million shares outstanding as the stock was recently rolled back December, 2009 on a 1:15 basis (<a href="http://infoventure.tsx.com/TSXVenture/TSXVentureHttpController?GetPage=NoticesContents&amp;PO_ID=33387&amp;NOTICE_ID=146564&amp;CORRECTION_FLG=N&amp;HC_FLAG1=checked">news link</a>)</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">- 3.4 million Options to Directors at $.11 on pre-rolled back basis (<a href="http://tmx.quotemedia.com/article.php?newsid=5510010&amp;qm_symbol=MSC:CA">news link</a>)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;">But the real bottom line here is total valuation. At $.075 and with only 7 million shares outstanding, the trading vehicle MSC had a total market cap of $525,000. Now as a Canadian I know very well the bureaucracy of this country. You can't even sneeze without having to pay some government agency off. It is absolutely stunning how the Canadian system is very happy with the red -tape and the associated costs that go with it. And unlike some other more free market economies, there is absolutely no way around it, period! You want to do business in Canadian stocks, its gonna cost you a bundle. So this leads us to the big point - just because of costs, a CDNX listed trading shell goes for between $250,000 to $500,000 yet it doesn't show anywhere on the balance sheet. Between lawyers fees, filing fees, exchange fees, etc a new listing is very expensive. But as long as the company has paid its annual dues and submitted the required reports, it can sit on the exchange forever.</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Technical criteria</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">The technical picture was rather compeling as a double bottom price pattern was registered when prices traded through the Fall '10 high of $.08. From a 50% level perspective, once could justify buying up to $.0975 and realistically expect to double your money. </span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 year 50% rule ($.35 + $.04) / 2 = $.195</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">5 year 50% rule ($3.50 + $.04) / 2 = $1.77)</span><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWr3dUPTS9CmipnCtwhy0kfwZZ-w4EUxWsvYvG0zQ9GAGDy8YsxmcCEr6LRE2RdlbBwwh7W5tMiDFp8N4jsxyVzPPHJF1yTe8Rfk9WMul2dl0Dvq1dLTcm7H5OCDlDoyKiyy-5qPi9uo4/s1600/OnlyDoublesMSC021511.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWr3dUPTS9CmipnCtwhy0kfwZZ-w4EUxWsvYvG0zQ9GAGDy8YsxmcCEr6LRE2RdlbBwwh7W5tMiDFp8N4jsxyVzPPHJF1yTe8Rfk9WMul2dl0Dvq1dLTcm7H5OCDlDoyKiyy-5qPi9uo4/s320/OnlyDoublesMSC021511.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">So, just seven trading days ago, CRI went ahead and bought MSC.V on the double bottom breakout at $.08. I was willing to risk 50% of my capital here or down to the original bottom at $.04. I instantly placed open orders to sell half my position at $.165 or better.</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;">Well, as you can see by today's price action, the stock went a little crazy. It hit a high of $.225 and CRI was filled on our sell order at $.17! I spent the rest of the morning talking with my regular traders and subscribers suggesting that if they could sell some at more than a double (of their purchase price) then to go ahead and do so.&nbsp;</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;">Congrats to all that were able to do so!</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;">For subscribers who missed this trade, I do apologies, it came on way faster than I thought/expected and there hasn't even been any news....go figure. I had a choice between this one and ZN and I did the write up on Zinccorp. I feel just as bullish about ZN (maybe even a little more so after talking to the company) so certainly don't give up on him. For those that may wish to try and play MSC up to the ultimate target of $1.75. I suggest you work open orders down to the $.10 area as today's price action left a very large Gap at that level that will need to be filled at some point in the future (my hunch is it will be during the June correction).I wouldn't be in a big hurry to pull the trigger now, just be patient and if it comes back down to earth take a good look again near a dime...</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">That's all for this issue of CRI's OnlyDoubles,</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Brian Beamish FCSI</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">the_rational_investor@yahoo.com</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.the-rational-investor.com</span></div></description><link>http://crisonlydoubles.blogspot.com/2011/02/onlydoubles-profit-spotlight-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Cdn. Rational Investor)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWr3dUPTS9CmipnCtwhy0kfwZZ-w4EUxWsvYvG0zQ9GAGDy8YsxmcCEr6LRE2RdlbBwwh7W5tMiDFp8N4jsxyVzPPHJF1yTe8Rfk9WMul2dl0Dvq1dLTcm7H5OCDlDoyKiyy-5qPi9uo4/s72-c/OnlyDoublesMSC021511.bmp" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250642877181485180.post-52272100837217797</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-30T13:40:23.863-08:00</atom:updated><title>OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight for December 30th, 2010</title><description><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hello and welcome back to CRI's OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight.</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here you will find past OnlyDoubles trades that have been recently closed. This blog's purpose is to update the public on recently completed OnlyDoubles trades as a demonstration of the model and a teaser to get you to subscribe. If you would like to learn more or subscribe (for real time access to <a href="http://www.the-rational-investor.com/RI_Tradents.php#ODNTbloglink">OnlyDoubles NewTrades</a>) please visit our <a href="http://www.the-rational-investor.com/subscribe_page.php">Subscription page</a>.</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Considering the substantial gains seen of late in the venture capital market, it should come as no big surprise that yet another little penny stock has doubled in price. Regardless of the reason, CRI's time tested rule suggests that one ought to sell at least half of an investment if it should double. And as a result of this rule, CRI is taking (at least partial) profits once again.</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The latest stock to double is a little shell we have owned for some time, EcoMax Energy Services (<a href="http://tmx.quotemedia.com/quote.php?qm_symbol=ees.h&amp;locale=EN">EES.H</a> on the Canadian Venture Exchange). The company itself was basically unwound through 2009 and has languished between $.01 and .03 for some time. At those levels and with only 25 million shares outstanding, the stock was basically trading at the value of the trading shell ($250,000 to $500,000). Since there are many legal and tax issues with regard to listing on the Canadian Venture Exchange once can put a price tag on a the trading vehicle itself. That number comes to around $500,000 so it is no surprise we see bottoms come in on stocks that wish to remain listed on the venture exchange in and around that level. The best part about finding a shell is that once something is done with it, prices can move rather dramatically. Indeed, that has happened. There has been no news of significance but clearly something is going on here.</span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif; font-size: small;"></span><br /><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">18 Month Chart</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdQERYuNk8MCYrxrQ1FzeOIEOngspeXmqBjbMahv9yX5f4-0BjPRWG4h9N1enOOjATEScjzl1en5sjUim4XsT2RQSD5Bnd-gsHdwID36wV4BvRRWakDKYJ0CNE6Vdk_Y4fblsFfdwCTkQ/s1600/CRIODEES123010.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdQERYuNk8MCYrxrQ1FzeOIEOngspeXmqBjbMahv9yX5f4-0BjPRWG4h9N1enOOjATEScjzl1en5sjUim4XsT2RQSD5Bnd-gsHdwID36wV4BvRRWakDKYJ0CNE6Vdk_Y4fblsFfdwCTkQ/s320/CRIODEES123010.bmp" width="237" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The above chart should be shown to every new technical analyst out there. An example of price, volume and momentum coming together all at once, the double bottom breakout that occurred in November was quickly followed by a dramatic move higher in price. The breakout came at $.02 but with such a powerful looking chart we just had to pull the trigger and pay the offer. Canadian stocks trade in half pennies so our fill came at $.025. As of two days ago, CRI was filled on an open order to sell half the purchased stock at $.05. While the current uptrend suggests support is in and around the original breakout near $.025, our remaining position is 'free' so I am more than happy to let the rest ride.</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">...speaking of rides....do you know which market CRI's OnlyDoubles is trying to take a position in right now? Seems to me it's worth $100/year subscription to find out....</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(<a href="http://www.the-rational-investor.com/RI_Tradents.php#ODNTbloglink">OnlyDoubles NewTrades</a>)</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">That's all for this issue of CRI's OnlyDoubles,</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Brian Beamish FCSI</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">the_rational_investor@yahoo.com</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.the-rational-investor.com</span></div></description><link>http://crisonlydoubles.blogspot.com/2010/12/onlydoubles-profit-spotlight-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Cdn. Rational Investor)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdQERYuNk8MCYrxrQ1FzeOIEOngspeXmqBjbMahv9yX5f4-0BjPRWG4h9N1enOOjATEScjzl1en5sjUim4XsT2RQSD5Bnd-gsHdwID36wV4BvRRWakDKYJ0CNE6Vdk_Y4fblsFfdwCTkQ/s72-c/CRIODEES123010.bmp" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250642877181485180.post-1528427933281174086</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 03:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-30T13:42:24.056-08:00</atom:updated><title>OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight for November 25th, 2010</title><description><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hello and welcome back to CRI's OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight.</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here you will find past OnlyDoubles trades that have been recently closed. This blog's purpose is to update the public on recently completed OnlyDoubles trades as a demonstration of the model and a teaser to get you to subscribe. If you would like to learn more or subscribe (for real time access to <a href="http://www.the-rational-investor.com/RI_Tradents.php#ODNTbloglink">OnlyDoubles NewTrades</a>) please visit our <a href="http://www.the-rational-investor.com/subscribe_page.php">Subscription page</a>.</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Continuing our theme of Uranium in particular and energy in general (please refer to <a href="http://www.the-rational-investor.com/documents/TTAFirst2WksQ410.pdf">1st 2 wks of 'Q410 Report</a> for more on expected sector out performance) our latest position to double in value is THC.V (Thelon Capital).&nbsp;</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">THC over the past 6 months&nbsp;</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWdfWEPhLy-Vl6QFEMvy3DpB_V2ZHtmRRAjWTVlv141BJF6kmCATz8KoQtyy9uvVP5jeaDyw_hm9gJj1g3cWXkq9FzaRnSZG8N-jlAVLByVgJqI1qJYzpCYKkcYKbXBAmn6twLO8o5RU/s1600/CRIODTHC112510.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWdfWEPhLy-Vl6QFEMvy3DpB_V2ZHtmRRAjWTVlv141BJF6kmCATz8KoQtyy9uvVP5jeaDyw_hm9gJj1g3cWXkq9FzaRnSZG8N-jlAVLByVgJqI1qJYzpCYKkcYKbXBAmn6twLO8o5RU/s320/CRIODTHC112510.bmp" width="320" />&nbsp;</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">THC over the past 3 years</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTNxI25CKN0xhME0uv8pp4cetG1nUdQYYvzUSZwaCoiaJn26s6Q6ZpM434l8KF33NiXC0TL5KGMkgkQXbTsyBZArNYBERDpf_4PKKC1siSzq0O1MYNQZSzmsnAzrU5jw1W97tD30-6GI/s1600/CRIODTHCb112510.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTNxI25CKN0xhME0uv8pp4cetG1nUdQYYvzUSZwaCoiaJn26s6Q6ZpM434l8KF33NiXC0TL5KGMkgkQXbTsyBZArNYBERDpf_4PKKC1siSzq0O1MYNQZSzmsnAzrU5jw1W97tD30-6GI/s320/CRIODTHCb112510.bmp" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">THC first came to CRI's attention when the stock was rolled back during the spring of 2010. With less than 10 million shares outstanding the company did a financing at $.11. to both clean up the company's debt and give it some operating capital. At the time the company had substantial assets (specifically uranium and diamonds) and was trading at .3 price/book value per share. The low share count, the lack of debt and the substantial asset base made the stock a good fundamental candidate, it was just a question of when to pull the trigger.</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The position was put on in the middle of September based on a technical breakout (when price broke out from a very tight double bottom formation) at $.14 with stops just below support at $.11. As well as the price breakout, volume and momentum confirmed the breakout. The price of THC has moved higher on several developments over the past six months. The acquisition of a coal deposit in Tennessee and the general revaluation of uranium related assets in particular. So much so that a rational investor ought to think about taking some profits.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A simple time tested rule when investing simply states that one should always sell half a position when it doubles in value. Other than taking a nice profit (and putting a nice smile on everyone's face), this rule forces you as an investor to act in an algorithmic fashion. This takes the emotion out of the equation. And whenever you take the emotion out of the investment process life becomes a lot easier to deal with...</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What one does with the remaining position is up to you. The significant volume that came in today coupled with the still dramatically cheap valuation (.6 price/book) on this little company leads me to believe that we shall see higher prices to come. Should the stock double again I will look to sell some more of my remaining free shares...</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">...speaking of trading....do you know which market CRI's OnlyDoubles is trying to take a position in right now? Seems to me it's worth $100/year subscription to find out....</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(<a href="http://www.the-rational-investor.com/RI_Tradents.php#ODNTbloglink">OnlyDoubles NewTrades</a>)</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">That's all for this issue of CRI's OnlyDoubles,</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Brian Beamish FCSI</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">the_rational_investor@yahoo.com</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.the-rational-investor.com</span></div></description><link>http://crisonlydoubles.blogspot.com/2010/11/onlydoubles-profit-spotlight-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Cdn. Rational Investor)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWdfWEPhLy-Vl6QFEMvy3DpB_V2ZHtmRRAjWTVlv141BJF6kmCATz8KoQtyy9uvVP5jeaDyw_hm9gJj1g3cWXkq9FzaRnSZG8N-jlAVLByVgJqI1qJYzpCYKkcYKbXBAmn6twLO8o5RU/s72-c/CRIODTHC112510.bmp" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250642877181485180.post-1244786550540515786</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:09:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-30T13:43:16.899-08:00</atom:updated><title>OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight for October 27th, 2010</title><description><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hello and welcome back to CRI's OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight.</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here you will find past OnlyDoubles trades that have been recently closed. This blog's purpose is to update the public on recently completed OnlyDoubles trades as a demonstration of the model and a teaser to get you to subscribe. If you would like to learn more or subscribe (for real time access to <a href="http://www.the-rational-investor.com/RI_Tradents.php#ODNTbloglink">OnlyDoubles NewTrades</a>) please visit our <a href="http://www.the-rational-investor.com/subscribe_page.php">Subscription page</a>.</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When it rains, it pours</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Uranium has come back into the spotlight of late and one of our little gems has moved rather dramatically. Subscribers will recall that just a month ago this stock got CRI's attention. It was purchased at .23 (based on the tight double bottom registered) as the chart shows and half of the stock was sold today at more than double our purchase price. Since the company is still trading at a huge discount to its book value, I am more than happy to sit on our remaining 'free shares' and see where the wind will blow this little one. For those readers who are not subscribers, here is a little background on the company and why I thought it was such a great buy a month ago.</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUQK25UvjgrLQHXkzrogA8q8YHKiY5zBHfc9jJqsX607nhgEqF7bOhyphenhyphenndluxB5OdOJZLhj5Mn7KP2OEWl0P4I6gHT8Zg-yq6KPTS7baLz-5x2yWi1yZXXzQS0edutQM8jWnYCGMG9KKw/s1600/OnlyDoublesPIT102710.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUQK25UvjgrLQHXkzrogA8q8YHKiY5zBHfc9jJqsX607nhgEqF7bOhyphenhyphenndluxB5OdOJZLhj5Mn7KP2OEWl0P4I6gHT8Zg-yq6KPTS7baLz-5x2yWi1yZXXzQS0edutQM8jWnYCGMG9KKw/s320/OnlyDoublesPIT102710.bmp" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">PIT-V (Pitchblack Resources - Cdn. Venture Exchange) is a Uranium exploration company that used to be called Cash Minerals. During the crisis of just a few years ago, Cash ran out of money and unfortunately the stock collapsed. Over the past summer the company was reorganized, the shares were rolled back (only 7.5 million outstanding as of writing!) and its old debts resolved. As well, the company graciously offered lots of NEW stock to directors at very low levels. From a valuation perspective, at .23 the stock was trading at a ridiculous .16 times book value per share. Put all these fundamentals together and the story was very compeling. Finally, the technical picture improved dramatically in late September as a double bottom was registered in price as well as Volume studies (here shows OBV) and momentum (here is the 7 period RSI and a slightly modified MACD ROC histogram). </span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">FYI these are setting developed by CRI over the past 20 years and are very helpful in determining if a trend is for real or not! Feel free to try and apply them to your trading...</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">...speaking of trading....do you know which market CRI's OnlyDoubles is trying to take a position in right now? Seems to me it's worth $100/year subscription to find out....</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">(<a href="http://www.the-rational-investor.com/RI_Tradents.php#ODNTbloglink">OnlyDoubles NewTrades</a>)</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">That's all for this issue of CRI's OnlyDoubles,</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Brian Beamish FCSI</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">the_rational_investor@yahoo.com</span></div><div style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.the-rational-investor.com</span></div></description><link>http://crisonlydoubles.blogspot.com/2010/10/onlydoubles-profit-spotlight-for_27.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Cdn. Rational Investor)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUQK25UvjgrLQHXkzrogA8q8YHKiY5zBHfc9jJqsX607nhgEqF7bOhyphenhyphenndluxB5OdOJZLhj5Mn7KP2OEWl0P4I6gHT8Zg-yq6KPTS7baLz-5x2yWi1yZXXzQS0edutQM8jWnYCGMG9KKw/s72-c/OnlyDoublesPIT102710.bmp" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250642877181485180.post-2114960203906739191</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-30T13:44:12.656-08:00</atom:updated><title>OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight for October 20th, 2010</title><description>Hello and welcome back to CRI's OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight.<br /><br />Here you will find past OnlyDoubles trades that have been recently closed. This blog's purpose is to update the public on recently completed OnlyDoubles trades as a demonstration of the model and a teaser to get you to subscribe. If you would like to learn more or subscribe (for real time access to <a href="http://www.the-rational-investor.com/RI_Tradents.php#ODNTbloglink">OnlyDoubles NewTrades</a>) please visit our <a href="http://www.the-rational-investor.com/subscribe_page.php">Subscription page</a>.<br /><br />CRI strikes again!<br /><br />In a hot market, many of the junior stocks that have sat dormant for months on end seem to magically come alive. This week we review a trade that took very little time to develop but that has been on our radar screens for quite some time. <br /><br />Regardless, TIX-V represents our third double (in as many months) in the Junior cap arena and our fifth since starting this blog in July. That is pretty damn amazing if you ask me...<br /><br />so here then is the profit write up on TIX...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdXBmvsDImsiE-b1J4lxY47qlfyocovqB8noncBviI_0c_JSzObkEgsWnocIUMWSQAFo6iPM1ZIKCmYhy37YewizgTR9shZPBVAJFH4VsN7416tbLixuHcVTlAIkNnmpgET1naM3_almo/s1600/OnlyDoublesTIX101910.bmp" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530166393142151650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdXBmvsDImsiE-b1J4lxY47qlfyocovqB8noncBviI_0c_JSzObkEgsWnocIUMWSQAFo6iPM1ZIKCmYhy37YewizgTR9shZPBVAJFH4VsN7416tbLixuHcVTlAIkNnmpgET1naM3_almo/s400/OnlyDoublesTIX101910.bmp" style="cursor: pointer; height: 313px; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br />TIX came to CRI's attention in earnest this summer when it started to meet CRI's venture Cap Investment Model criteria (Please refer to <a href="http://www.the-rational-investor.com/seminars/invest_in_co.html#finval">CRI's Investing in Companies</a> seminar material for more on this model and how it works). <br /><br />Specifically, TIX has a very low share count (23 million shares with about 10 million tied up in escrow). As well, there was substantial insider buying of the stock (through options to director, <a href="http://tmx.quotemedia.com/article.php?newsid=23620551&amp;qm_symbol=TIX:CA">link</a>) through the summer. And finally, at .05/share, the company was trading at a HUGE discount to its tangible book value per share. <br /><br />In essence, the company was trading at pennies on the dollar and the insiders were lining their proverbial pockets.....and people are surprised that the rich get richer while the poor get poorer.<br /><br />Technically, the stock registered a very well defined double bottom in price through the end of the summer. It broke out the week of Sept. 20th at .04 and we were fortunate to buy at .045.....<br /><br />As you can see from the price chart, a simple 50% retracement of the spring/summer 2010 bear slide ought to bring prices back to .11. Since a move to .09 would represent a double, CRI put 1/2 of the position up for sale at .095 and was filled two trading days ago. With the stock now at .10, we can comfortably suggest that CRI was correct in the call....<br /><br />Going forward, the fundamentals are still very positive for the company. While the underlying metals market can remain strong, I see no reason to touch our remaining 'free' shares. In fact, I plan to get ready to sell another half of the position at .19....<br /><br />...speaking of trades....do you know which market CRI's OnlyDoubles is trying to take a position in right now? Seems to me it's worth $100/year subscription to find out....<br /><a href="http://www.the-rational-investor.com/RI_Tradents.php#ODNTbloglink">OnlyDoubles NewTrades</a>)<br /><br />That's all for this issue of CRI's OnlyDoubles,<br />Brian Beamish FCSI<br />the_rational_investor@yahoo.com<br />http://www.the-rational-investor.com</description><link>http://crisonlydoubles.blogspot.com/2010/10/onlydoubles-profit-spotlight-for_20.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Cdn. Rational Investor)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdXBmvsDImsiE-b1J4lxY47qlfyocovqB8noncBviI_0c_JSzObkEgsWnocIUMWSQAFo6iPM1ZIKCmYhy37YewizgTR9shZPBVAJFH4VsN7416tbLixuHcVTlAIkNnmpgET1naM3_almo/s72-c/OnlyDoublesTIX101910.bmp" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250642877181485180.post-364199326832523284</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 17:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-01-30T13:44:44.921-08:00</atom:updated><title>OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight for October 08th, 2010</title><description>Hello and welcome back to CRI's OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight.<br /><br />Here you will find past OnlyDoubles trades that have been recently closed. This blog's purpose is to update the public on recently completed OnlyDoubles trades as a demonstration of the model and a teaser to get you to subscribe. If you would like to learn more or subscribe (for real time access to new OnlyDoubles trade ideas) please visit our Subscription page.<br /><br />'Make hey when the sun is shining - boy'<br /><br />Seems like an appropriate cliche for the current market. Currently the S&amp;P TSX 60 and TSX Venture exchange are breaking to new intra-year highs and are pointing much higher. In these types of environments once can see little stocks double and more in very short periods of time. With this in mind, it should be of no surprise that we at OnlyDoubles have yet another little stock that has given us a double in the past few trading sessions and fully expect there to be a few more before this rally is done!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BBn9oLzTQautaW477pj1mqQXNN-6cTb2chdcocZzKH7uNCflK7p3hwL3lSmM6D08ST-XWITDRGdB7QLK4klemsEqp5jQMv785xVpGl7gs23aPR4d0_8g-mhj1_AShZD_sWSZezJgm_E/s1600/OnlyDoublesAAU100810.bmp" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526475278966477522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BBn9oLzTQautaW477pj1mqQXNN-6cTb2chdcocZzKH7uNCflK7p3hwL3lSmM6D08ST-XWITDRGdB7QLK4klemsEqp5jQMv785xVpGl7gs23aPR4d0_8g-mhj1_AShZD_sWSZezJgm_E/s400/OnlyDoublesAAU100810.bmp" style="cursor: pointer; height: 335px; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br />AndeanGold (AAU-V) is a typical little stock that in a 'hot' environment can move dramatically. The stock first came to CRI's attention because some of CRI's Venture Cap Investment Model's criteria were being met. Specifically, this stock was subject to a significant 'roll-back' or consolidation in its shares over the summer of 2010. Shortly after, the company granted options to directors and did a financing to raise some working capital. Being in the precious metals industry and working on their property has put a bid in the stock to say the least...<br /><br />The stock has doubled and CRI has sold half the position. Because there are so few shares outstanding, the share price is still a fraction of its previous highs, and the company is still trading at a huge discount to its book value, I'm more than happy to sit on my remaining position with the goal of selling half of that at yet another double. With this in mind, I have open orders working to sell at or near $.65.<br /><br />...speaking of trades....do you know which market CRI's OnlyDoubles is trying to take a position in right now? Seems to me it's worth $100/year subscription to find out....<br /><br /><br />That's all for this issue of CRI's OnlyDoubles,<br />Brian Beamish FCSI<br />the_rational_investor@yahoo.com<br />http://www.the-rational-investor.com</description><link>http://crisonlydoubles.blogspot.com/2010/10/onlydoubles-profit-spotlight-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Cdn. Rational Investor)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BBn9oLzTQautaW477pj1mqQXNN-6cTb2chdcocZzKH7uNCflK7p3hwL3lSmM6D08ST-XWITDRGdB7QLK4klemsEqp5jQMv785xVpGl7gs23aPR4d0_8g-mhj1_AShZD_sWSZezJgm_E/s72-c/OnlyDoublesAAU100810.bmp" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250642877181485180.post-4892627119256179814</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-09-05T07:43:41.014-07:00</atom:updated><title>OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight for September 03rd, 2010</title><description>Hello and welcome back to CRI's OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight.<br /><br />Here you will find past OnlyDoubles trades that have been recently closed. This blog's purpose is to update the public on recently completed OnlyDoubles trades as a demonstration of the model and a teaser to get you to subscribe. If you would like to learn more or subscribe (for real time access to new OnlyDoubles trade ideas) please visit our Subscription page.<br /><br />The first week of September, 2010 has brought a friendly Canadian stock market and another OnlyDoubles trade to take profits on. This trade was originally put on last November, 2009 for a total hold period of just over 10 months (not bad....try getting that kind of return at the bank!). So here is the trade in which we took partial profits on this week. Considering the current price is even higher than our double target, any remaining stock can be sold at an even higher rate of return....but the rest is up to you.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPtPFHRVfHj8jYT6Nv8RZPF6Wrf9vkREkFrbRJuTF0loPB693GgyiU8FuMnH2v7tULb5K4PH4qig5GXDnakqEW3m4-aO1oq9Pi2Prl199AXzBmWZJ7gx7-ocQ7vZ2rt2wmg21I-_MfjA/s1600/OnlyDoublesSUP090310.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPtPFHRVfHj8jYT6Nv8RZPF6Wrf9vkREkFrbRJuTF0loPB693GgyiU8FuMnH2v7tULb5K4PH4qig5GXDnakqEW3m4-aO1oq9Pi2Prl199AXzBmWZJ7gx7-ocQ7vZ2rt2wmg21I-_MfjA/s400/OnlyDoublesSUP090310.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513439291725091778" /></a><br /><br />For the time being I'm more than happy to sit on my remaining position with the goal of selling half of that at yet another double. With this in mind, I have open orders working to sell at or near $.65.<br /><br />...speaking of trades....do you know which market CRI's OnlyDoubles is trying to take a position in right now? Seems to me it's worth $100/year subscription to find out....<br /><br />That's all for this issue of CRI's OnlyDoubles,<br />Brian Beamish FCSI<br />the_rational_investor@yahoo.com<br />http://www.the-rational-investor.com</description><link>http://crisonlydoubles.blogspot.com/2010/09/onlydoubles-profit-spotlight-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Cdn. Rational Investor)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPtPFHRVfHj8jYT6Nv8RZPF6Wrf9vkREkFrbRJuTF0loPB693GgyiU8FuMnH2v7tULb5K4PH4qig5GXDnakqEW3m4-aO1oq9Pi2Prl199AXzBmWZJ7gx7-ocQ7vZ2rt2wmg21I-_MfjA/s72-c/OnlyDoublesSUP090310.bmp" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250642877181485180.post-2296579195221612041</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-24T14:31:21.795-07:00</atom:updated><title>OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight for August 24th, 2010</title><description>Hello and welcome back to CRI's OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight.<br /><br />Here you will find past OnlyDoubles trades that have been recently closed. This blog's purpose is to update the public on recently completed OnlyDoubles trades as a demonstration of the model and a teaser to get you to subscribe. If you would like to learn more or subscribe (for real time access to new OnlyDoubles trade ideas) please visit our <a href="http://the-rational-investor.com/subscribe_page.php">Subscription page.</a><br /><br />The final week of the 2010 summer has given us a treate in the form of a double in our Feeder Cattle position. <br /><br />Feeder Cattle (CME)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifk3HjDVeoR2rh42VjuI6TIy6rHyKkL6BragffwTb38_qgS3Liwclrj_ujFOdqO3jm9jKsUcmWlF3qDlUfKZEt_PCvS9UqPgHAT1_h0Edry2mxPmVJaQitMMRSrE853IlfK88tnh1hQak/s1600/ODFCJan11Profit082410.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifk3HjDVeoR2rh42VjuI6TIy6rHyKkL6BragffwTb38_qgS3Liwclrj_ujFOdqO3jm9jKsUcmWlF3qDlUfKZEt_PCvS9UqPgHAT1_h0Edry2mxPmVJaQitMMRSrE853IlfK88tnh1hQak/s400/ODFCJan11Profit082410.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509087267763062994" /></a><br /><br />The image above is a chart of the January 2010 Feeder Cattle futures contract traded on the CME. As well, I have superimposed a few of the closing option quotes for August 24th. <br /><br />For those new to trading, anytime a contract breaks out of the chart pattern you see here, it is very bullish. Copy it and keep it for your records. I don't care, a fact is a fact...Not surprising then, prices have move up very aggressivly. So much so, that our 118 calls are trading like the market is closer to 121 (based purly on intrisic value) and yet the market is still well out-of-the-money at 117.<br /><br />Recently, subscribers to CRI's OnlyDoubles newsletter service were suggested to take a position in the January 118 Feeder Cattle Call Options at or near 1.50 points (point A.). I myself was able to buy at 1.20 points. As you can see, these options settled well above 3.00 today. <br /><br />As a general rule of thumb, one ought to sell at least half their position in any market should it double in value. Since I myself was only able to buy one, I have cleaned the position out at a more than comforable double to my 1.20 entry. Should we get a pullback in price (maybe to fill the noticable gap at 113 & 115) I might re-enter the trade....<br /><br />For the time being I'm more than happy to sit on yet another double....<br /><br />...speaking of trades....do you know which market CRI's OnlyDoubles is trying to take a position in right now? Seems to me it's worth $100/year subscription to find out....<br /><br />That's all for this issue of CRI's OnlyDoubles,<br />Brian Beamish FCSI<br />the_rational_investor@yahoo.com<br />http://www.the-rational-investor.com</description><link>http://crisonlydoubles.blogspot.com/2010/08/onlydoubles-profit-spotlight-for-august.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Cdn. Rational Investor)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifk3HjDVeoR2rh42VjuI6TIy6rHyKkL6BragffwTb38_qgS3Liwclrj_ujFOdqO3jm9jKsUcmWlF3qDlUfKZEt_PCvS9UqPgHAT1_h0Edry2mxPmVJaQitMMRSrE853IlfK88tnh1hQak/s72-c/ODFCJan11Profit082410.bmp" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250642877181485180.post-6608387677076202542</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-26T08:18:07.301-07:00</atom:updated><title>OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight for the week of July 30th, 2010</title><description>Hello and welcome back to CRI's OnlyDoubles Profit Spotlight.<br /><br />Here you will find past OnlyDoubles trades. This blog's purpose is to update the public on recently completed OnlyDoubles trades. If you would like to learn more or subscribe (for real time access to new OnlyDoubles trade ideas) please visit our <a href="http://www.the-rational-investor.com/subscribe_page.php">Subscription page</a>.<br /><br />Sugar #11<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQqFrIonPBkip9Jb7xGVH16eZWMtwWNhdbUZltqN7EtYK25eyV5nOlpXfSHCGI__HN_ro5pBbbJJS-FZE0KX9naJUw-wEX3ze-AmlBxVjB7sRiuTDasaaoWTqgXHVHUhZa4FD4Aev5gg/s1600/ODSugar0710.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQqFrIonPBkip9Jb7xGVH16eZWMtwWNhdbUZltqN7EtYK25eyV5nOlpXfSHCGI__HN_ro5pBbbJJS-FZE0KX9naJUw-wEX3ze-AmlBxVjB7sRiuTDasaaoWTqgXHVHUhZa4FD4Aev5gg/s400/ODSugar0710.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498231476162894578" /></a><br /><br />Sugar prices have been trending higher (according to CRI's CTS) for 7 weeks now. When prices first broke CRI suggested one ought to pick up the October $.20 call options for $.0032 ($407US). As the chart to the left above shows, prices have moved dramatically higher over the past month. Indeed, price has moved up so much that our $.20 call option has doubled in value (.72 bid / .79 offered as of writing this AM). <br /><br />While I do believe there is still more room for this market to move higher (and for the option to continue to move higher in price), the prudent action by all investors is to sell at least half of your position should it double in value. Today's blog entry then is a testament to this time tested principle.<br /><br />If one sells at least half their position today (at .75 or better) then the absolute worst case scenario on this trade will be to see the remaining half of the position expire worthless (which we of course will endeavor to avoid). Should you decide to sell the whole position today then your profit on this 7 week trade should be just about 100%.....not bad at all!<br /><br />Now what you do with the profits is up to you, but you might want to check out the latest edition of CRI's OnlyDoubles to find out where CRI sees the next potential double out there.<br /><br />That's all for this issue of CRI's OnlyDoubles,<br />Brian Beamish FCSI<br />the_rational_investor@yahoo.com<br />http://www.the-rational-investor.com</description><link>http://crisonlydoubles.blogspot.com/2010/07/onlydoubles-profit-spotlight-for-week.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Cdn. Rational Investor)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLQqFrIonPBkip9Jb7xGVH16eZWMtwWNhdbUZltqN7EtYK25eyV5nOlpXfSHCGI__HN_ro5pBbbJJS-FZE0KX9naJUw-wEX3ze-AmlBxVjB7sRiuTDasaaoWTqgXHVHUhZa4FD4Aev5gg/s72-c/ODSugar0710.bmp" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4250642877181485180.post-1410858887387090745</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:38:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-07-08T16:22:46.206-07:00</atom:updated><title>CTS Spotlight for the week of July 8th, 2010</title><description>Hello and welcome to <i>CRI's OnlyDoubles</i> inaugural blog entry<br /><br />As this is the first issue of CRI's OnlyDoubles blog, I will review a typical only doubles trade that was executed over the winter months. Long time readers of CRI will remember this trade from its inception to conclusion. Here then is a review of SSW (Seaspan) and how the trade went.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid95yVe9m-J8qCccsdK91uoXaAwQwRlS9NQso4gHYeDfF5540jZvxghDByTtaw4Tr6FLPHxtBWIBQ_7K6ecCOkuqDTbl8U8bD5hXOrNDKPS2RP7qObpCt-HAlbcI886835PcOh4BzkFlI/s1600/SSWOnlyDoubles.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid95yVe9m-J8qCccsdK91uoXaAwQwRlS9NQso4gHYeDfF5540jZvxghDByTtaw4Tr6FLPHxtBWIBQ_7K6ecCOkuqDTbl8U8bD5hXOrNDKPS2RP7qObpCt-HAlbcI886835PcOh4BzkFlI/s400/SSWOnlyDoubles.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491678488630194674" /></a><br /><br />In the Winter of '09-'10 the world economy still had a head of steam. Prices where continuing their nine month surge on a belief that continued growth out of China would pull the world economy back from the brink. Regardless of weather or not one believes that the world economy is indeed on the mend, the market had gotten so technically oversold that a bounce (in this commentators opinion) was inevitable. Here for example, was a multi-national corporation with global operations and a relatively consistent earnings stream that saw its stock go from $25 to $3 in a matter of months.<br /><br />Shrewd investors ought to have seen the opportunity (how do read OPPORTUNITYISNOWHERE?). <br /><br />From a simple 50% rule perspective, the odds of this stock seeing a move into the low teens again seemed quite high. As our time tested bottom hunting trading system looks for higher highs and higher lows (the 'W' pattern), I waited until we got the breakout through $9.72 which came in early January, 2010. Since our simple goal is to find trades that will literally double in value, we looked to the options market for exposure to the stock. We could have bought the stock at $10 and looked for a 30% return with a sale at $13 but at the same time, a 6 month 'at-the-money' call option ($10 stike price) was trading at $1.10. If the stock did go to our target in that six month time frame (the life of the option) that option would have a value of $3.00. Now that's my kind of trading! At the time I was notified of my fill (bought Aug. '10 $10 calls at $1.15, I immediately placed an order to sell half the position at my target ($3.00). <br /><br />Indeed, within 3 months of issuing an alert on SSW, the stock rallied more than 35%. At the same time, call option premiums exploded. While I fully expected a move to $13.00 (which would imply $3.00 of intrinsic value on the call option - and way more than a double) even I was shocked when the price spiked into the $14 area. Open orders to sell our position were indeed filled (one person got off at $3.60....lucky dog) but most were sold between $2.50 and $3.00. I then let the rest go at $2.50 for an average sale price of $2.75. Considering our cost was $1.15 the actual profit return was 139% or well over a double.<br /><br />So there you go, our first blog entry for CRI's <i>OnlyDoubles</i> service. Should you have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to contact us at the-rational-investor.com for a prompt reply.<br /><br />That's all for this issue of CRI's OnlyDoubles,<br />Brian Beamish FCSI<br />the_rational_investor@yahoo.com<br />http://www.the-rational-investor.com</description><link>http://crisonlydoubles.blogspot.com/2010/07/cts-spotlight-for-week-of-july-8th-2010.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (The Cdn. 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