ETF Trading Portfolio Update -- June 1, 2015

Added on May 31, 2015 by C. Maoxian.

Several reversals this week, the most notable of which is China, a long-held long. Will my exit prove brilliant in hindsight or just another shakeout, time will tell.

Bristol-Myers Drop, 1 Minute View

Added on May 31, 2015 by C. Maoxian.

A shame I didn't have scanner running since I'm not sure it would have beeped at the 14:00 bar ... entry below $68.56 makes sense .. would have been good risk reward carried into end of day. Getting positioned short in two minutes following outside bar would have been the dream move.

Nothing at StockTwits until 14:04 when optionsaddict mentioned "69 call collapsed" and 14:05 when NewsHedge_Squawk noted drop.

Humana Pop, 1 Minute View

Added on May 31, 2015 by C. Maoxian.

146,000 shares in the 13:10 bar, not sure how many ticks in there before it got halted... even the reopen at $200 (low of re-open bar $192.22) made it possible to make some money, would have taken some skillful entry and initial stop placement.

Movies Watched -- To Be Takei

Added on May 31, 2015 by C. Maoxian.

I never watched Star Trek and have never seen any of the movies ... not really interested in much sci-fi or fantasy (this is why I don't watch Game of Thrones) ... but I vaguely know who "Sulu" is ... interesting bits about the internment camps ... George Takei is kind of an interesting guy, a good champion for gay rights ... he's become a fussy little old gay man (see him as a young man in pic below) with a nagging, zhlubby Jewish? partner ... they make a strange and sort of terrible couple, but that's love, I guess.

Amarin Pop -- 1 Minute View

Added on May 29, 2015 by C. Maoxian.

Again, didn't have scanner running but this should have popped up during lunch hour ... ding ding, wake up and take a look, old man. Crap risk reward if held into the close but it was ahead 30% at one point, so.... if day trading were easy everyone would have wavy thick hair like mine.

Etta Jones Channel

Added on May 29, 2015 by C. Maoxian.

First 100 tracks generated by Pandora's algo ... bit of a mystery why Etta Jones is relatively unknown?

Etta Jones -- Solitude
Etta James -- Fool That I Am
Nancy Wilson -- Teach Me Tonight
Ray Charles -- Georgia On My Mind
Etta Jones -- Nature Boy [i do like her style/sound]
Louis Armstrong -- I Wonder
Billie Holiday -- Fine And Mellow (Live)
Otis Redding -- I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)
Mose Allison -- You Won't Let Me Go
Etta Jones -- Don't Go To Strangers
Billie Holiday -- Stormy Weather
Shirley Horn -- Fever
Nat King Cole -- Unforgettable
Etta Jones -- Old Folks
Billie Holiday -- All Of Me
Aretha Franklin -- (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (Mono Single Version)
John Coltrane -- Say It (Over And Over Again)
Ray Charles & The COunt Basie Orchestra -- Georgia On My Mind
Dinah Washington – Crazy He Calls Me
Ernestine Anderson – What A Difference A Day Made [she’s good]
Etta James – The Man I Love
Ella Fitzgerald – I Get A Kick Out Of You
Etta Jones – I’ll Be There
Ray Charles – Georgia On My Mind (1960)
Etta James – These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
Beryl Booker – Someone To Watch Over Me
Louis Armstrong – A Kiss To Build A Dream On
Etta Jones – Love Walked In
Ben Webster (Billie Holiday) – Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Dinah Washington – There’ll Be Some Changes Made
Billie Holiday – You Go To My Head
Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa – Your Heart Is As Black As Night
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – The Nearness Of You
Ray Brown Trio – Poor Butterfly (feat. Etta Jones)
Madeleine Peyroux – Smile
Etta Jones – If I Had You
Billie Holiday – Blue Moon
Nina Simone – Feeling Good
Otis Redding – Stand By Me
Ella Fitzgerald – Summertime
Billie Holiday – Until The Real Thing Comes Along
Etta Jones – Blw Top Blues
Ray Charles – Georgia On My Mind (1955)
Blossom Dearie – Someone To Watch Over Me
Nina Simone – My Baby Just Cares For Me
Bill Withers – Ain’t No Sunshine
Ben E. King – Stand By Me
Ben Webster – When I Fall In Love
Bille Holiday – The Very Thought Of You
Etta Jones – Since I Fell For You
Sarah Vaughan – They Can’t Take That Away From Me
Ella Fitzgerald – Guilty
Etta James – I Just Want To Make Love To You
Maxine Sullivan – S’posin’
Etta Jones – Someday My Prince Will Come
Billie Holiday – Come Rain Or Shine
Nina Simone – Exactly Like You [great piano playing from Nina]
Etta James – All I Could Do Was Cry
Ella Fitzgerald – Love You Madly
Dinah Washington – Is You Or Is You Ain’t My Baby
Billie Holiday – Loveless Love
Diana Krall – I’m Just A Lucky So And So [boring white Canadian deserves a thumbs down]
Pearl Bailey – Old Man, You Been Gone Too Long
Etta Jones – Just Friends
Dinah Washington – Embraceable You
Sarah Vaughan – I’ve Got The World On A String
Nat King Cole – Stardust
Pearl Bailey – Frankie And Johnny
Melody Gardot – Your Heart Is As Black As Night [blonde youngster, better than Krall]
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Don’t Be That Way
Etta James – Stormy Weather
Nina Simone – I Loves You Porgy
Anita O’Day – Memories of You
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Tenderly
Etta Jones – Mean To Me
Louis Jordan – Is You Or Is You Ain’t My Baby
Ray Charles – Georgia On My Mind (Live LA 9/20/64) [heard this one enough]
Dinah Washington – After You’ve Gone
Billie Holiday – Jim
Etta Jones – Blues To End All Blues
Carmen McRae – Exactly Like You
Doris Day – It Had To Be You
Etta James – Trust In Me
Etta Jones – Salty Papa Blues
Billie Holiday – I Can’t Face The Music
Nat King Cole – When I Fall In Love
Rosemary Clooney – Good Morning Heartache
Etta Jones – Canadian Sunset
Ella Fitzgerald – Isn’t It Romantic
Nina Simone – I Put A Spell On You
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Love Is Here To Stay
Etta James – I’d Rather Go Blind [great live version with rowdy crowd]
John Coltrane – Like Someone In Love
Ella Fitzgerald – I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart
Nancy Wilson – Call It Stormy Monday
Billie Holiday – Do Nothing ‘Til You Hear From Me [algo repeating itself]
Georgie Auld – Taking A Chance On Love
Etta Jones – How Deep Is The Ocean
Dianne Reeves – The Nearness Of You / Misty

Movies Watched -- Force Majeure

Added on May 28, 2015 by C. Maoxian.

Watched this one awhile ago and wrote a post but SquareSpace got hung up and lost it ... second attempt, foggier memory. Wasn't that thrilled with it. Beautiful Swedish couple with two bratty kids on a ski holiday in France (they have money). They have a close call with an avalanche and the Dad doesn't try to protect his wife and kids but runs away. This act of cowardice and selfishness makes everything fall apart (as it should). Movie makes weak modern men ask themselves, "would I do that?"

Movies Watched -- Crossfire

Added on May 28, 2015 by C. Maoxian.

This one wasn't so great, preachy ... heavy-handed moralizing ... how big a problem was anti-Semitism in 1947? Jews being beaten to death in America by strangers for being Jews? Did this ever happen?... Mitchum is in it but he's kind of sleepwalking through it. Not recommended.

UPDATE: I watched the "featurette" that accompanied the movie and they explained the story was originally about a homosexual marine who was beaten to death by three of his fellow marines, which is believable ... probably happened hundreds of times? but the censors in 1955 wouldn't allow it, so they changed it to the improbable beating death of a Jew. As an aside, the many stories of soldiers killing their commanding officers or fellow soldiers is interesting, and I thought this was going to be Don Draper's story in Mad Men, but they pussyfooted around and made it an "accident" in his case.

Movies Watched -- Out of the Past

Added on May 28, 2015 by C. Maoxian.

Enjoyed this one ... Robert Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, and various femmes fatale. Snappy dialogue, lots of precious one-liners. Wild California. This post says the mansion on Lake Tahoe is "Vikingsholm." Noir from 1947. See it if you get the chance.

Avago and Broadcom Pops, 1 Minute View

Added on May 27, 2015 by C. Maoxian.

Didn't have the scanner running but clearly it would have picked these up pronto ... refresh rate ideally 10 seconds on the scan? Dunno, will have to work on it once back in the proper timezone ... when I'm not doing yard work. Always happy to talk with humans (no bots, please) who caught this in real-time.