{"id":9037,"date":"2010-12-30T21:20:58","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T02:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=9037"},"modified":"2010-12-30T21:20:58","modified_gmt":"2010-12-31T02:20:58","slug":"a-sea-of-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/a-sea-of-blue","title":{"rendered":"A Sea Of Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the most part as expected the market has been quiet this holiday week. \u00a0This is clearly demonstrated by this screenshot of the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/A-Sea-Of-Blue.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9041\" title=\"A Sea Of Blue\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/A-Sea-Of-Blue-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/A-Sea-Of-Blue-300x200.png 300w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/A-Sea-Of-Blue-1024x682.png 1024w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/A-Sea-Of-Blue.png 1089w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>SMB Radar. \u00a0We use color coding throughout each list to quickly assess how In Play any given name is. \u00a0Red indicates &#8220;hot&#8221; and blue indicates &#8220;cold&#8221;. \u00a0I know&#8211;we are so clever. \u00a0Overall, when you see 90% of the names in the Radar various shades of blue it is important to maintain a conservative approach with respect to your trading activity.<\/p>\n<p>The tickers that stand out from today&#8217;s action are REE and APC. \u00a0No surprise that REE was on the upper range of many scans as the rare earth names have been very in play recently. \u00a0APC shot up today because of takeover speculation. \u00a0When selecting new stocks to trade intraday I will often go to the names that are showing up near the top of several Radar categories.<\/p>\n<p>As I look at the 30 minute charts for both REE and MCP, the other hot rare earth ticker, it seems that they both have their recent uptrends intact. \u00a0MCP got a bit ahead of itself the other day and sold off pretty hard after a three week 100% move. \u00a0These will be names to monitor very closely for January. \u00a0Whether they continue these uptrends or break to the downside they will offer great opportunity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ree-uptrend.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9045\" title=\"ree uptrend\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ree-uptrend.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ree-uptrend.png 650w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ree-uptrend-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/mcp-uptrend.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9046\" title=\"mcp uptrend\" src=\"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/mcp-uptrend.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/mcp-uptrend.png 650w, \/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/mcp-uptrend-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the most part as expected the market has been quiet this holiday week. \u00a0This is clearly demonstrated by this screenshot of theSMB Radar. \u00a0We use color coding throughout each list to quickly assess how In Play any given name is. \u00a0Red indicates &#8220;hot&#8221; 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