Friday, October 13, 2006

Stop Limit executed on 10/6/2006 and 10/12/2006

Earlier today I saw that a few of the stop limit orders I placed last month were executed. I sold my positions in American Eagle Outfitters (AEOS) and Thomas Group (TGIS).

AEOS is now $3 above the price I sold it for so that is disappointing, but quite frankly with a P/E above 22 I'm not very comfortable owning a retail company with no long-term competitive advantage. Hell, I don't exactly have my finger on the pulse of American teens. You could argue that I never knew what was cool when I was a teen either!

The TGIS sell was unfortunate as well. I could have sold for $16 a while back and didn't. I think I place my stop too high based on the day to day price changes in this stock. Oh well what's done is done.

Time to go hunting for my next MFI purchase.

Anyway, since these are my first closed MFI positions I thought I'd share my spreadsheet's new format. Let me know if it's clear enough.

2 comments:

justadrone said...

Nick, I like your format. It is interesting that you and I reached the same conclusion about the loosening of JG's sell rules. He pretty much says that MFI gives good guidance on when to buy, but the one year is arbitrary... though that is what he used in his backtesting. I understand your sale of AEOS, not so sure I agree with TGIS.

Good luck, glad to see you're doing well. Check out ASPV... that is on my watch list.

MG

Nick said...

MG,

I wish that the TGIS stop limit order that I put in, wasn't executed. It was supposed to protect if there was a large drop...I guess I miss calculated. I'll take a look at ASVP thanks.