{"id":177,"date":"2008-10-24T13:37:56","date_gmt":"2008-10-24T18:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=177"},"modified":"2023-08-02T16:29:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T20:29:13","slug":"answering-a-couple-of-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/answering-a-couple-of-questions","title":{"rendered":"Answering A Couple of Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stock Selection:<br \/>\nOver the last few weeks I&#8217;ve been sticking mostly to trading AAPL, SPY, and almost any financial that i felt comfortable trading. Stocks that I have also been looking are S&amp;P 500 stocks trading near 52 week lows. I&#8217;ve been focusing on trading them on the short side, since I want to short the weakest stocks in a weak market. Because of the volatility in the market, I&#8217;ve been trading a very small number of stocks.<\/p>\n<p>Prophet:<br \/>\nI generally use prophet to look at a bunch of different stocks at the same time. I like the chart toppers section. If I&#8217;m looking for some stocks in the middle of the day, or to go into the close, I&#8217;ll look at the % Gainers and % Losers section. I also like Prophet because I can draw trendlines and draw levels on the chart, save it to my account, and be able to access the drawn on chart from anywhere with an Internet connection.<\/p>\n<p>Hope this helps. If you have anymore questions, please don&#8217;t hesitate to contact me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stock Selection: Over the last few weeks I&#8217;ve been sticking mostly to trading AAPL, SPY, and almost any financial that i felt comfortable trading. Stocks that I have also been looking are S&amp;P 500 stocks trading near 52 week lows. 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