TZOO 5-14-04 to 12-27-04

August 16, 2008 | 1 Comment

TZOO moved too much from each buy point to be a large buy but I still was not afraid to buy the breakouts as there was considerable amount of huge accumulation to go along with amazing fundamentals. From the first buy to the ultimate top of the move this stock gained 617% in seven months and two weeks. This was quite a remarkable run for such a well followed stock. Too bad most people entered as it topped. From the second buy point to the top I received a nice 218% gain in four months and two weeks. No matter which breakout you bought, even with prices up over 20% on each move, it was a good move. This stock was loaded with clear accumulation and had two clear areas to get long. Those that bought at the top should remember a stock making new highs for a prolonged period of time, and it is doing so on lower volume, is not a good buy. Especially when max green BOP goes yellow.

Posted by Joshua Hayes | Filed Under Best of 2004

NAVR 4-14-04 to 1-11-05

August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment

NAVR was a bit sloppy to what I normal like to see on a breakout (as the BOP was not green to max green in the base) but the blastoff to a new price high and bounce right off the 50 DMA on the price, volume, BOP, Moneystream, and RS surge could not be ignored. In a little under nine months, NAVR raced up 133%. It was not a huge gain but it was an easy gain as the breakout was near perfect (even if the base was not) and the uptrend was steady and smooth.

Posted by Joshua Hayes | Filed Under Best of 2004

NVTL 1-5-04 to 4-12-04

August 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment

NVTL was an easy stock to go long as it blasted out of a flat and quiet base on huge volume and huge max green BOP. This was a great long and didn’t take long to make investors wealthy as the stock gained 297% in three months and four days. It was an easy one to pick up and if you see the price action the next day you will see it was an easy one to sell into the gains. Another perfect breakout/bounce from the 2003-2004 bull market.

Posted by Joshua Hayes | Filed Under Best of 2004

ANTP 12-6-04 to 1-3-05

August 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment

ANTP was HOT HOT HOT but hard to load up on due to how risky it was. Still I did buy myself a good amount because not only did it have a HOT chart it had amazing fundamentals. They stink now but back in 2003-2005 they sure did not. This stock is how they should all act as it ran up 323% in a little under one month. The biggest buy to the big sell was a 228% gain in 13 trading sessions. Do I miss 2003 and 2004? YOU BETTER BELIEVE I DO!

Posted by Joshua Hayes | Filed Under Best of 2004

GPIC 10-18-04 to 11-29-04

August 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

GPIC was anther monter stock with a perfect chart pattern. They always show up in bull markets. All you need is an uptrend to find stocks like this. That will NOT happen in this market. But in a great market like we had post-2003 you can grab 154% easy gains in just a little over one month. Patience young newbies. Some of you are “too foolish” to realize how dangerous your trading is right now.

Posted by Joshua Hayes | Filed Under Best of 2004

NIHD 1-6-03 to 1-26-04

July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Thank God I keep personal records as this was a past big winner that wasn’t a HUGE buy because of the issue being new and me already long some HOT stocks but this one had no problem joining in my portfolio. In a little over one year and two weeks, NIHD ran 717%, making this a great long. The only problem was I was loaded up on SSYS, TRAD, SINA, SOHU, EVOL, EPIC, HIL, FMDAY, USNA, and so many other leaders it became impossobile to focus on one. Too bad I did not, from my long 1/6/03 to the real top it went up 4,024% by the date of 7/20/07. That would have been a nice long-term capital gains tax.

Posted by Joshua Hayes | Filed Under Best of 2003, Best of 2004

AAPL 8-26-04 to 1-13-06

May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment

AAPL was an easy stock to go long as IBD, thank God, was all over this stock with its new exciting product. This made it an easy buy on the breakout but with lack of green BOP I have to admit I did not load up to the point that I should have. Still it was a 95 EPS and 99 RS stock (or around there) making it an easy stock to go long after that base. Not only did I mess up by not loading up I also sold the majority of it off before the ultimate top. I still walked away with some huge gains as AAPL gained 393% in one year and four-in-a-half months and gained 147% from my second purchase to the ultimate top in one year. Most of the gain was taken with a 155% gain, as the first sell was my largest by far, in five-and-a-half months.

Posted by Joshua Hayes | Filed Under Best of 2004

IST 3-16-04 to 12-01-04

April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

IST was by far my best long in 2004 as this was a huge position in my portfolio as I went very long this stock on a lot of margin. Since this particular chart setup, I do not believe I have seen one as POWERFUL on the breakout buy signal. So this is a chart to burn into your head because the next time you see this pattern you do not want to hesitate in loading up. In 8 1/2 months, IST returned an incredible 352%. This was incredible because the buy signal was so clear and it was so easy to ride this stock as it rode the 50 DMA higher the ENTIRE way. It only dipped below it once and it did shake me out of some of my position but it was not a lot as there was a fourth buy and that fourth buy and part of the third buy was sold off. This was my best long in 2004 as it was a HUGE position and I believe has been my last position that made up at least 25% of my portfolio. There simply has not been a chart as nice as this since where the breakout is SO POWERFUL and the chart so green. Don’t try looking up IST either, you know it by a different ticker symbol now; MT. Obviously, this past big winner is STILL a MONSTER STOCK!

Posted by Joshua Hayes | Filed Under Best of 2004