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First of all, let me apologize for not getting the "Weekend Review" up this weekend. Did anyone notice? (As a blogger, especially one who doesn't require any registration for what I write, I never know if people know when I don't do something :).) Anyhow, I shall be going a bit light on the posts for the next week or two but shall try to continue to get in the "Trading Transparency" comments as they are applicable.
A few moments ago I sold I sold 14 shares of my 100 shares of Precision Castparts (PCP) at a price of $112.98. These shares were originally purchased on 10/24/06 at a cost basis of $69.05. Thus these shares were sold with a gain of $43.93 or 63.6% since purchase. I had originally purchased 120 shares and sold 20 shares of PCP on 2/1/07 after it hit my 30% appreciation target. At that time, I was still selling 1/6th of positions at appreciation targets instead of my new reduced 1/7th sale strategy.
In addition, if I were at my 25 position goal, this would entitle me to add a new position, giving me the proverbial "permission slip" to buy a new stock. However, since I have chosen to stick at 20 positions in light of my significant margin level, I shall be sitting on my hands and applying the proceeds of this sale to that margin balance.
If you are new to my blog, you may not know about my idiosyncratic selling system. On 'good news', or appreciation targets being reached I sell 1/7th of my remaining shares in any given position. These targets are grouped by four, and then intervals are increased by 30% after four levels are reached. Let me explain again: first targeted appreciation levels that trigger a partial sale are at 30, 60, 90, and 120% appreciation levels. After that, going by 60% intervals, the targeted appreciation levels are 180, 240, 300, and 360% appreciation....then by 90%, 450, 640, 730, and 820%....etc.
For Precision Castparts my next sale would either be at a 90% appreciation level, which works out to 1.90 x $69.05 = $131.20, or on the downside, if the stock should retrace to 50% of its highest targeted sale, or to a 30% appreciation level, then I would plan on unloading all remaining shares. For PCP, this would work out to a sale if the stock declined back to a 30% appreciation level or 1.30 x $69.05 = $89.77.
The reason PCP jumped today, was, as you might have guessed, a great earnings report in which the company reported terrific revenue growth and beat expectations on earnings.
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Bob