{"id":510,"date":"2009-04-15T06:23:14","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T11:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=510"},"modified":"2009-04-15T06:23:14","modified_gmt":"2009-04-15T11:23:14","slug":"attention-all-rimm-traders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/attention-all-rimm-traders","title":{"rendered":"Attention All RIMM Traders!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love trading RIMM.\u00a0 Not because it was my most profitable stock in 2008.\u00a0 Well maybe partly.\u00a0 I love trading RIMM because it is one of those few stocks that all the major players on Wall Street trade.\u00a0 Hedge funds flock to RIMM when the market is moving.\u00a0 As do mutual fund managers, professional traders, and retail brokers.\u00a0 With so many followers it tends to have explosive moves from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\">classic setups<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One such setup has begun to form in RIMM.\u00a0 After a large gap up following its earnings report RIMM has consolidated in a 2 point range (62.70-64.80).\u00a0 A move outside of this range on heavy volume should produce a multi point move.\u00a0 I believe RIMM is more likely to break to the upside than the downside for a variety of reasons.\u00a0 One, the market has been in an uptrend for the past month.\u00a0 If we have another leg up RIMM will be one of the first stocks bought by hedge funds, retail traders, and professional traders.\u00a0 Two, the hedge funds who love pushing RIMM around are all looking at the same long term chart that still shows a ton of upside.\u00a0 Three, the second day after releasing its earnings report RIMM was dumped by some large sellers that caused it to trade down to around 58.\u00a0\u00a0 I believe this selling eliminated some of the weaker hands in the stock.<\/p>\n<p>I am mentally prepared for RIMM to break in either direction but my expectation is a break to the upside.\u00a0 How will I play this break?\u00a0 I will be long a small position when it trades above 64.80.\u00a0 I will watch the trading volume closely to assist me in determining whether this will be a true upside break.\u00a0 If the volume is good I will look for a held bid above 64.80 to add a second lot.\u00a0 Then next I will watch to see how RIMM handles the 65 level.\u00a0 A lot of information can be gained by watching how RIMM trades through a whole number.\u00a0 If RIMM blows through 65 and quickly moves up to 65.30-65.50 then this would be further evidence of a true breakout.<\/p>\n<p>My same day target would be 68.\u00a0 I will hold at least 50% of my largest position until RIMM reaches my target.\u00a0 If I see further evidence in the next few trading days of this trade developing I will post an update on our <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/smbcapital\">Twitter page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/rimmconsolidation.bmp\" title=\"rimmconsolidation\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/rimmconsolidation.bmp\" alt=\"rimmconsolidation\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/rimmlongtermchart.bmp\" title=\"rimmlongtermchart\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/rimmlongtermchart.bmp\" alt=\"rimmlongtermchart\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love trading RIMM.\u00a0 Not because it was my most profitable stock in 2008.\u00a0 Well maybe partly.\u00a0 I love trading RIMM because it is one of those few stocks that all the major players on Wall Street trade.\u00a0 Hedge funds flock to RIMM when the market is moving.\u00a0 As do mutual fund managers, professional traders, and retail brokers.\u00a0 With so &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/attention-all-rimm-traders\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,15],"tags":[4676,268,18],"class_list":["post-510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-steven_spencer_steves_blogs","category-technical_plays","category-trading_theory","tag-day-trading","tag-rimm","tag-smb-capital","no-post-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Attention All RIMM Traders! 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