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Started by MaS, August 23, 2005, 03:44:03 AM

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MaS

I found this site in June, so I wanted to check what a real ROI since 6/1 could be if I had $100K. I had to omit some trades, because I usually don't play with stocks ending with .OB or .PK or with stocks <$1.00. I also had to ignore ABRX which changed to ABRX.PK (and which was a loss anyway). So from Closed Trades and from Open Trades, in chronological order, we have these trades:

b/s  stock price  date
buy  ECST   4.20 06/02
buy  ECIL   9.24 06/02
sell ECST   3.75 06/03
buy  OPWV  16.80 06/03
buy  CHINA  3.49 06/06
buy  ECST   5.25 06/07
buy  LEXR   5.60 06/08
buy  VPHM   6.05 06/08
sell OPWV  15.68 06/09
buy  ENTU   4.68 06/09
buy  DSTI   9.10 06/09
sell DSTI  11.30 06/10
buy  LSI    7.80 06/10
buy  GIGM   2.70 06/11
buy  XOMA   2.00 06/13
sell ECST   4.88 06/15
buy  TZOO  37.00 06/15
buy  RHAT  13.03 06/15
sell XOMA   1.84 06/16
buy  AKS    7.22 06/16
sell RHAT  12.69 06/20
buy  GLGS   1.85 06/20
sell GIGM   2.10 06/21
sell AKS    6.85 06/21
sell ENTU   5.25 06/21
sell LEXR   5.88 06/21
sell ECIL   8.55 06/21
sell VPHM   7.19 06/21
buy  DNDN   5.63 06/22
buy  UPCS   8.00 06/22
sell GLGS   1.32 06/23
sell LSI    8.39 06/23
buy  DHB    9.35 06/23
buy  OPWV  17.70 06/23
sell CHINA  2.94 06/24
sell TZOO  34.05 06/24
buy  AXYX   1.40 06/27
buy  CLWT   4.15 06/27
sell DHB    8.60 06/28
buy  AOB    1.80 06/30
buy  GG    16.00 06/30
sell CLWT   4.01 07/05
buy  CTTY  15.56 07/06
sell UPCS   9.38 07/11
sell CTTY  16.20 07/11
buy  VPHM   9.38 07/11
buy  WPTE  22.97 07/11
buy  VSR    5.30 07/11
buy  DSTI  16.35 07/12
buy  DCEL   5.26 07/12
buy  GEMS   4.39 07/12
buy  ELN    7.80 07/19
buy  GERN  10.65 07/19
sell DCEL   6.75 07/20
sell VPHM  12.32 07/20
sell GERN   9.60 07/25
sell AOB    2.48 07/25
buy  GW     8.03 07/25
sell DSTI  14.50 07/26
buy  SSTI   5.19 07/26
buy  RITA   3.91 07/26
buy  DESC   6.05 07/26
sell AXYX   1.38 07/27
sell VSR    4.20 07/27
sell DESC   6.81 07/28
sell GEMS   4.00 07/28
sell WPTE  20.60 08/02
buy  PETS  10.52 08/02
buy  BCON   1.80 08/02
sell OPWV  17.55 08/05
sell GW     7.62 08/05
sell ELN    7.79 08/08
sell BCON   2.53 08/08
sell SSTI   4.36 08/09
buy  NT     3.00 08/09
buy  END    4.45 08/09
buy  ANX    3.47 08/11
buy  BCON   2.67 08/11
sell BCON   2.99 08/12
buy  VPHM   9.89 08/12
sell NT     3.38 08/15
sell DNDN   5.44 08/15
sell PETS  10.25 08/17
buy  MSPD   1.83 08/17
buy  ELN    8.33 08/18
buy  ADPT   3.35 08/18
buy  DESC   5.59 08/18
buy  ECST   2.11 08/22

Let's also asume each buy order was a whole number of shares and <=$6666.00 which is very close to 1/15 of the starting sum of $100,000.00. And let's assume the fee for a trade is $11.00 (it's a mean for E*Trade).

Then we have this table for the closed trades:

Stock #### Bought  Price -->  Sold  Price Gn/Loss Change
--------------------------------------------------------
ECST  1587  06/02   4.20 --> 06/03   3.75  -714.2 -10.7%
OPWV   396  06/03  16.80 --> 06/09  15.68  -443.5  -6.7%
DSTI   732  06/09   9.10 --> 06/10  11.30 +1610.4 +24.2%
ECST  1269  06/07   5.25 --> 06/15   4.88  -469.5  -7.0%
XOMA  3333  06/13   2.00 --> 06/16   1.84  -533.3  -8.0%
RHAT   511  06/15  13.03 --> 06/20  12.69  -173.7  -2.6%
GIGM  2468  06/11   2.70 --> 06/21   2.10 -1480.8 -22.2%
AKS    923  06/16   7.22 --> 06/21   6.85  -341.5  -5.1%
ENTU  1424  06/09   4.68 --> 06/21   5.25  +811.7 +12.2%
LEXR  1190  06/08   5.60 --> 06/21   5.88  +333.2  +5.0%
ECIL   721  06/02   9.24 --> 06/21   8.55  -497.5  -7.5%
VPHM  1101  06/08   6.05 --> 06/21   7.19 +1255.1 +18.8%
GLGS  3603  06/20   1.85 --> 06/23   1.32 -1909.6 -28.6%
LSI    854  06/10   7.80 --> 06/23   8.39  +503.9  +7.6%
CHINA 1910  06/06   3.49 --> 06/24   2.94 -1050.5 -15.8%
TZOO   180  06/15  37.00 --> 06/24  34.05  -531.0  -8.0%
DHB    712  06/23   9.35 --> 06/28   8.60  -534.0  -8.0%
CLWT  1606  06/27   4.15 --> 07/05   4.01  -224.8  -3.4%
UPCS   833  06/22   8.00 --> 07/11   9.38 +1149.5 +17.3%
CTTY   428  07/06  15.56 --> 07/11  16.20  +273.9  +4.1%
DCEL  1267  07/12   5.26 --> 07/20   6.75 +1887.8 +28.3%
VPHM   710  07/11   9.38 --> 07/20  12.32 +2087.4 +31.3%
GERN   625  07/19  10.65 --> 07/25   9.60  -656.3  -9.9%
AOB   3703  06/30   1.80 --> 07/25   2.48 +2518.0 +37.8%
DSTI   407  07/12  16.35 --> 07/26  14.50  -753.0 -11.3%
AXYX  4761  06/27   1.40 --> 07/27   1.38   -95.2  -1.4%
VSR   1257  07/11   5.30 --> 07/27   4.20 -1382.7 -20.8%
DESC  1101  07/26   6.05 --> 07/28   6.81  +836.8 +12.6%
GEMS  1518  07/12   4.39 --> 07/28   4.00  -592.0  -8.9%
WPTE   290  07/11  22.97 --> 08/02  20.60  -687.3 -10.3%
OPWV   376  06/23  17.70 --> 08/05  17.55   -56.4  -0.8%
GW     830  07/25   8.03 --> 08/05   7.62  -340.3  -5.1%
ELN    854  07/19   7.80 --> 08/08   7.79    -8.5  -0.1%
BCON  3703  08/02   1.80 --> 08/08   2.53 +2703.2 +40.6%
SSTI  1284  07/26   5.19 --> 08/09   4.36 -1065.7 -16.0%
BCON  2496  08/11   2.67 --> 08/12   2.99  +798.7 +12.0%
NT    2222  08/09   3.00 --> 08/15   3.38  +844.4 +12.7%
DNDN  1184  06/22   5.63 --> 08/15   5.44  -225.0  -3.4%
PETS   633  08/02  10.52 --> 08/17  10.25  -170.9  -2.6%
--------------------------------------------------------
Gain/Loss: +2676.82   Fees: -858.00 (2*39 trades)


And for the open trades and the current state:

stock #shrs  bought  price    prc.now  change  gain/ls
------------------------------------------------------
ADPT   1989 (08/18)   3.35 -->   3.46  +3.28%   218.79
ANX    1921 (08/11)   3.47 -->   3.65  +5.19%   345.78
DESC   1192 (08/18)   5.59 -->   5.50  -1.61%  -107.28
ECST   3159 (08/22)   2.11 -->   2.13  +0.95%    63.18
ELN     800 (08/18)   8.33 -->   8.10  -2.76%  -184.00
END    1497 (08/09)   4.45 -->   4.88  +9.66%   643.71
GG      416 (06/30)  16.00 -->  17.40  +8.75%   582.40
MSPD   3642 (08/17)   1.83 -->   1.65  -9.84%  -655.56
RITA   1704 (07/26)   3.91 -->   3.59  -8.18%  -545.28
VPHM    674 (08/12)   9.89 -->  15.45 +56.22%  3747.44
Gain:    4109.18
Price:  70741.98 in 10 stocks
Cash:   35076.02
Closd:  +2676.82
Fees:    -968.00
Total: 105818.00 (Price+Cash) +5.82%

So it's not so bad after all and it surely beats DJ (+0.2%), Nasdaq (+3.2%), and S&P500 (+1.8%) for the same 80 days.

Why it's not +140%?

1) .OB/.PK/<$1.00 stocks are ignored. Actually, these trades must have had the greatest influence on the result:
BRVO.OB +56%
BRVO.OB +165%
AMRE.OB +1212%
NAUC.PK +122%

2) It's 80 days, not 110 days and all May trades (~50 trades) are ignored, most important being:
above mentioned AMRE.OB & NAUC.PK
IIJI +100%
VEXP +32%

3) I did something wrong :)

basanlas

#1
MaS,


I gave you an applaud for the fine work there. I too had wanted to see the actuals as I got in some time after the NAUC and AMRE runups. Those would have certainly helped out. Appreciate the work you divested to getting a true number. It might be a good idea to ask David and Ramsburg if they could do a month to month and quarter to quarter review once they go live with the membership portion of the site. It will give a better grip on the portfolio's appreciation

b

MaS

OK, let's update the tables.

1 Closed trades since 8/23:

Stock #### Bought Price -->  Sold Price Gain/Ls Change
------------------------------------------------------
ECST  3412  08/22  2.11 --> 08/23  2.32  +716.5 +10.0%
ELN    864  08/18  8.33 --> 08/23  8.13  -172.8  -2.4%
ADPT  2149  08/18  3.35 --> 08/25  3.32   -64.5  -0.9%
BTUI   900  08/24  8.00 --> 08/25  8.00    +0.0  +0.0%
END   1595  08/09  4.45 --> 08/25  4.92  +749.6 +10.6%
GG     406  06/30 16.00 --> 08/25 17.20  +487.2  +7.5%
MSPD  3934  08/17  1.83 --> 08/25  1.80  -118.0  -1.6%
DESC  1288  08/18  5.59 --> 08/30  6.41 +1056.2 +14.7%
ANX   2046  08/11  3.47 --> 09/07  3.80  +675.2  +9.5%
SMTX  2474  08/29  2.95 --> 09/09  3.10  +371.1  +5.1%
VPHM   728  08/12  9.89 --> 09/13 16.40 +4739.3 +65.8%
IDSA  1200  09/07  6.25 --> 09/15  5.70  -660.0  -8.8%
NWRE   500  09/06 15.00 --> 09/15 15.00    +0.0  +0.0%
SNUS  1500  09/01  5.00 --> 09/23  4.20 -1200.0 -16.0%
RITA  1790  07/26  3.91 --> 09/27  3.56  -626.5  -9.0%


2 Open trades:

Ticker #### Bought Price    Prc.Now  Change  Gain/Ls
----------------------------------------------------
CDE    1744 09/19   4.30 -->   4.13  -3.95%  -296.48
DROOY  5000 09/16   1.50 -->   1.39  -7.33%  -550.00
GOLD    482 09/19  15.55 -->  15.63  +0.51%    38.56
GSS    2032 09/19   3.69 -->   3.32 -10.03%  -751.84
HEPH    699 09/27  10.30 -->  10.07  -2.23%  -160.77
HOM    2525 09/01   2.97 -->   4.20 +41.41%  3105.75
MEMY   3272 09/27   2.20 -->   2.18  -0.91%   -65.44
QLTI    972 09/27   7.40 -->   7.22  -2.43%  -174.96
SFP    1876 08/30   3.89 -->   3.55  -8.74%  -637.84
SVA    1946 08/29   3.75 -->   4.34 +15.73%  1148.14
SYNC   1879 09/01   3.99 -->   4.65 +16.54%  1240.14


Equity: $84,070.14 in 11 stocks,  Cash: $26,257.77  (Fees: $1309.00, $11.00 per trade)

Total: $110,327.91 or +10.3%

3 Ignored trades (<$1.00, .OB stocks, ABRX)

Ticker   Bought BDate  Sold   SDate Gain/Ls
-------------------------------------------
AVLN.OB  0.142  28-06  0.129  24-08  -9.15%
SKPI.OB  1.105  28-06  1.40   23-08 +26.70%
AMEP.OB  0.0198 16-06  0.0153 16-08 -22.73%
TYRIA.OB 0.031  11-07  0.024  10-08 -22.58%
TIDE.OB  1.36   28-06  1.15   22-07 -15.44%
BRVO.OB  0.67   28-06  1.055  15-07 +57.46%
ABRX     4      23-06  3.7    27-06  -7.50%
IFLB.OB  0.148  06-06  0.116  21-06 -21.62%
CYAD.OB  0.187  16-06  0.135  21-06 -27.81%
FLYI     0.97   13-06  0.89   15-06  -8.25%
LRLSQ.OB 0.26   02-06  0.26   03-06   0.00%

If these trades were $7K each, they'd result in ~$3+K loss.


So today it's +10.3% - since June, 1st (118 days, ~84 trading days).
Last week the profit was up to +14.5% but many stocks went down since then. Hopefully, they'll be up soon.

Terliso

#3
If you had $100,000 to invest & followed this site picks since June 1st (no .OB & .PK)... you could made at least $3400 per month... and even that money you invested are loan you could pay back the half of it in a year WOW... i want to loan!!

MaS

> you could made at least $3400 per month...

I can't garantee that :) Some part of the profit can be just due to the bullish market. For eaxmple, my own virtual portfolio yielded the same 10% since 6/15, two others are CNBC Power Lunch recommendations of 6/27..6/29 and Jim Cramer's stocks of beginning of June, giving +9.1% and +9.2% resp. (and I didn't maintain them all that time!):

CNBC Power Lunch 80K portfolio

AMD     287 (06/29)  17.37 -->  23.77 +36.85%  1836.80
AQNT    292 (06/29)  17.07 -->  20.03 +17.34%   864.32
BAC     107 (06/28)  46.69 -->  41.92 -10.22%  -510.39
BSC      48 (06/27) 103.64 --> 106.16  +2.43%   120.96
CMI      68 (06/27)  73.46 -->  87.56 +19.19%   958.80
DRRX   1010 (06/29)   4.95 -->   6.71 +35.56%  1777.60
FNF     141 (06/27)  35.36 -->  43.81 +23.90%  1191.45
GYI      65 (06/29)  76.60 -->  86.86 +13.39%   666.90
JOYG    146 (06/28)  34.18 -->  47.89 +40.11%  2001.66
LOW      87 (06/27)  57.05 -->  64.50 +13.06%   648.15
MATW    131 (06/27)  37.96 -->  37.51  -1.19%   -58.95
MIK     119 (06/29)  41.72 -->  32.60 -21.86% -1085.28
PFE     178 (06/27)  28.05 -->  24.80 -11.59%  -578.50
PG       95 (06/27)  52.53 -->  57.10  +8.70%   434.15
SRDX    116 (06/29)  42.74 -->  36.36 -14.93%  -740.08
XMSR    146 (06/29)  34.22 -->  34.05  -0.50%   -24.82
Gain:    7502.77
Price:  87230.77 in 16 stocks
Cash:      32.00
Total:  87262.77 (or 87502.77 with 240.00 fees) +9.1%


JC 200K portfolio (bought on 6/10)

ADCT    221 (06/10)  22.56 -->  23.40  +3.72%   185.64
ASD     116 (06/10)  42.88 -->  46.06  +7.42%   368.88
BHI     102 (06/10)  48.56 -->  60.51 +24.61%  1218.90
BMY     200 (06/10)  24.99 -->  24.15  -3.36%  -168.00
BR       93 (06/10)  53.27 -->  79.57 +49.37%  2445.90
BSX     174 (06/10)  28.60 -->  23.60 -17.48%  -870.00
CHE     121 (06/10)  41.17 -->  42.55  +3.35%   166.98
CHK     232 (06/10)  21.50 -->  36.61 +70.28%  3505.52
CTAS    125 (06/10)  39.73 -->  40.26  +1.33%    66.25
CVS     172 (06/10)  29.03 -->  28.62  -1.41%   -70.52
CYBX    126 (06/10)  39.45 -->  32.03 -18.81%  -934.92
DPZ     228 (06/10)  21.85 -->  22.60  +3.43%   171.00
ECA     127 (06/10)  39.30 -->  55.80 +41.98%  2095.50
GLW     313 (06/10)  15.96 -->  18.52 +16.04%   801.28
GW      746 (06/10)   6.70 -->   8.16 +21.79%  1089.16
HAL     111 (06/10)  44.80 -->  68.11 +52.03%  2587.41
HSP     128 (06/10)  38.82 -->  40.30  +3.81%   189.44
MXT     357 (06/10)  13.99 -->  14.58  +4.22%   210.63
NBR      84 (06/10)  59.50 -->  71.33 +19.88%   993.72
NE       81 (06/10)  61.60 -->  69.19 +12.32%   614.79
OII     124 (06/10)  40.32 -->  52.22 +29.51%  1475.60
PA      246 (06/10)  20.25 -->  24.49 +20.94%  1043.04
PHEL    196 (06/10)  25.51 -->  33.52 +31.40%  1569.96
PNRA     77 (06/10)  64.59 -->  52.08 -19.37%  -963.27
PZZA    125 (06/10)  40.00 -->  49.70 +24.25%  1212.50
SAFC     91 (06/10)  54.51 -->  51.95  -4.70%  -232.96
SAFM    125 (06/10)  39.89 -->  36.35  -8.87%  -442.50
SLB      68 (06/10)  73.25 -->  84.29 +15.07%   750.72
SPH     146 (06/10)  34.24 -->  29.23 -14.63%  -731.46
SWC     719 (06/10)   6.95 -->   9.17 +31.94%  1596.18
SYY     135 (06/10)  37.00 -->  32.13 -13.16%  -657.45
UNH      98 (06/10)  50.79 -->  55.26  +8.80%   438.06
WEN     104 (06/10)  47.90 -->  45.36  -5.30%  -264.16
YHOO    135 (06/10)  36.81 -->  32.48 -11.76%  -584.55
Gain:   18877.27
Price: 188310.48 in 34 stocks
Cash:   30056.79
Total: 218367.27 (or 218877.27 with 510.00 fees) +9.2%


Although you can definitely see the difference between unmaintained PL and JC portfolios and 3S portfolio, it's not so big. ...And my goal is still 6% per month, 20% per quarter :)

MaS

Just to mark the end of free 3SoF.

Total: 112,929.26 or +12.9%.

Amarens

Quote from: basanlas on September 15, 2005, 10:29:48 AM
It might be a good idea to ask David and Ramsburg if they could do a month to month and quarter to quarter review once they go live with the membership portion of the site. It will give a better grip on the portfolio's appreciation
b

I already suggested this to David a couple of weeks ago, and he liked the suggestion. He was going to do it through an Excell sheet.

Amarens

MaS

Trades since 9/27:

B/S  Stk  Price Date  Qnty
--------------------------
buy  HEPH 10.30 09/27  728
buy  QLTI  7.40 09/27 1013
buy  MEMY  2.20 09/27 3409
sell GOLD 15.85 09/28
sell CDE   4.17 09/28
sell GSS   3.34 09/28
sell SYNC  4.64 09/28
sell DROOY 1.39 09/28
sell HOM   4.35 09/28
sell HEPH  9.46 09/30
sell SFP   3.30 09/30
sell QLTI  7.62 10/03
buy  JDSU  2.15 10/04 3720
buy  SUNW  4.41 10/04 1814
buy  CMGI  1.86 10/04 4301
buy  ATML  2.20 10/04 3636
buy  HEB   2.27 10/06 3524
buy  NVAX  2.12 10/06 3773
sell CMGI  1.60 10/06
sell JDSU  2.22 10/07
buy  VICL  4.64 10/07 1724
sell ATML  2.17 10/10
sell SUNW  3.98 10/11
sell MEMY  2.40 10/11
sell HEB   1.91 10/12
sell VICL  5.02 10/12
sell NVAX  2.36 10/12
buy  JDSU  2.00 10/12 4000
sell JDSU  1.91 10/13
sell SVA   6.25 10/13

A good milestone - no stocks in the portfolio today.
Total since June 1st: $114,340.52 (and subtract fees for 146 trades).

MaS


Stock #### Bought  Price -->  Sold  Price G/Loss
------------------------------------------------
USEY  2536  10/17   2.76 --> 10/18   2.50 -659.4
LUV    451  10/17  15.50 --> 10/19  15.26 -108.2
BIDU    82  10/25  84.44 --> 10/26  80.00 -364.1
CNXT  3589  10/21   1.95 --> 10/26   1.78 -610.1
NVAX  2651  10/17   2.64 --> 10/28   3.60+2545.0
AVII  1966  10/17   3.56 --> 10/31   3.50 -118.0
HEB   2800  10/18   2.50 --> 10/31   3.02+1456.0
SVA    903  10/18   7.75 --> 10/31   5.32-2194.3
NYB    419  10/25  16.70 --> 11/01  16.17 -222.1
HOM   1254  10/18   5.58 --> 11/02   5.25 -413.8
ADPT  1767  10/21   3.96 --> 11/04   3.96   +0.0
VLO     66  11/01 104.74 --> 11/04 109.59 +320.1
EWJ    568  11/03  12.32 --> 11/14  12.18  -79.5
TMTA  4697  11/03   1.49 --> 11/17   1.23-1221.2
DROOY 5384  11/10   1.30 --> 11/21   1.46 +861.4
AAI    518  10/25  13.50 --> 11/22  15.20 +880.6
ACE    141  10/17  49.30 --> 11/22  55.10 +817.8
RDCM  2811  11/01   2.49 --> 11/22   2.85+1012.0
ET     379  10/25  18.44 --> 11/23  19.60 +439.6
CNXT  3664  10/31   1.91 --> 11/25   2.42+1868.6
MGI    302  10/21  23.15 --> 11/25  25.93 +839.6
FSL    278  11/03  25.15 --> 11/28  25.05  -27.8
FNSR  3913  11/22   1.84 --> 11/29   1.70 -547.8
KLIC   836  11/18   8.37 --> 11/29   8.29  -62.7
SOHU   386  11/10  18.13 --> 11/29  18.99 +332.0
TSM    790  11/10   8.85 --> 11/29   9.30 +355.5

Performance since 10/14 (1.5 months)
Gain:    1686.68
Price:  60164.20 in 8 stocks
Cash:   46021.63
Total: 106185.83 (or 106785.83 with 600.00 fees) +6.2%
Nasdaq: 10/14 opn 2054.50, 11/30 cls 2232.82, perf. +8.7%
S&P: +6.2%

Performance for 6 months (Jun-1 to Dec-1):
Mathematical: +22.10%
With $10.00 fees: +20.04%
Nasdaq: +8%, S&P: +4.9%

Projected performance for 1 year: +49.1/+44.1%.



gambler2075

Um... this maybe a really dumb question, but if you are disappointed that the .ob and .pk stocks are responsible for the vast majority of the 140% gain or whatever it was, why not totally ignore the nasdaq, nyse, amex stocks and just buy the 3stocks .ob and .pk stocks? There is no law that you can't just play .ob and .pk stocks, and it seems like they had the vast majority of the gains.

thoughts?

gambler

MaS

I'm not disappointed, I don't have any feelings at all :)

As you can see, the only stock which is currently in the portfolio and which I don't count is BRVO.OB with its modest 2.5% for the last 3 months. All other .ob tradings of June, July and August had resulted in a $3K loss. Since then only nyse, nasdaq, and amex stocks have been traded. I joined this site in June, so I'm not interested in the history before June 1st. Moreover I rather prefer a stable growth, even modest 5% month by month, than very random ups and downs. So I believe my figures are quite correct and representative.

I can't tell you if trading .ob and .pk stocks is more profitable or not, because I have no experience with them and I'm not going to try. I trade "regular" stocks, I have one real and a few virtual portfolios and I'm just trying to figure out how to become rich. ;) That's why I track the performance of 3S portfolio and why I do it this way. I also hope that it can be interesting to other people.

gambler2075

Fair enough.

Thanks for all of your hard work.

best of luck
gambler

MaS

End of 2005 and 2006-Q1 update.

Trades 12/01..12/31

buy  GIGM @  2.72, 12/06 $7500
sell DHB  @  4.72, 12/07
buy  GSS  @  2.65, 12/08 $7500
buy  VDSI @  9.67, 12/08 $-7500 short
buy  AVNX @  1.09, 12/12 $7500
buy  SIFY @  8.93, 12/12 $7500
sell VDSI @ 10.00, 12/13
sell GSS  @  2.32, 12/13
sell SWIR @ 12.25, 12/14
buy  SCMR @  4.80, 12/14 $7500
buy  FORD @ 14.35, 12/15 $7500
sell HEB  @  2.28, 12/16
sell XING @  7.49, 12/19
sell TRAD @ 12.55, 12/19
sell MESA @  9.76, 12/20
buy  HOM  @  5.11, 12/20 $7500
buy  REDF @ 18.90, 12/20 $-7500 short
sell NVAX @  3.82, 12/22
sell AVII @  3.65, 12/22
sell FORD @ 10.20, 12/23
sell HOM  @  4.60, 12/27
sell SIFY @ 11.33, 12/27
sell AVNX @  1.40, 12/28
# To finish the year, let's pretend to sell all
sell GIGM @  2.85, 12/30
sell REDF @ 18.07, 12/30
sell SCMR @  4.32, 12/30

2006, Restarting with $100K

# From 2005, buy back
buy  GIGM @  2.91, 01/03 $7000
buy  REDF @ 18.07, 01/03 $-7000 short
buy  SCMR @  4.38, 01/03 $7000
# New in 2006           
buy  SPY  @125.15, 01/03 $-7000 short
buy  QQQQ @ 40.65, 01/03 $-7000 short
buy  XMSR @ 27.55, 01/03 $-7000 short
buy  TLWT @ 23.82, 01/03 $7000
sell SCMR @  4.25, 01/05
buy  RRI  @ 10.15, 01/06 $-7000 short
sell SPY  @128.42, 01/09
sell QQQQ @ 42.66, 01/09
buy  DIET @  6.90, 01/09 $7000
buy  GT   @ 18.51, 01/09 $7000
buy  OXY  @ 88.81, 01/09 $7000
sell REDF @ 20.18, 01/10
buy  VPHM @ 20.75, 01/11 $7000
buy  ANGN @  4.15, 01/11 $7000
buy  INSM @  2.83, 01/18 $7000
sell GT   @ 17.59, 01/23
buy  SIFY @  9.07, 01/25 $7000
sell SIFY @ 10.30, 01/25
buy  REDF @ 19.46, 01/25 $-7000 short
sell OXY  @ 90.00, 01/26
sell TLWT @ 23.26, 01/30
sell REDF @ 21.90, 01/31
buy  TGB  @  1.82, 02/01 $6800
buy  EZM  @  1.42, 02/09 $6800
sell RRI  @ 10.40, 02/09
sell XMSR @ 26.70, 02/09
buy  DRRA @  2.58, 02/10 $6800
sell VPHM @ 19.40, 02/15
sell INSM @  2.17, 02/22
sell GIGM @  4.50, 02/22
buy  ABLE @  9.13, 02/22 $6600
buy  NICH @  7.35, 02/24 $6600
buy  GNA  @  8.00, 02/24 $6600
sell ABLE @  8.08, 02/27
buy  CVM  @  0.84, 02/28 $6400
buy  QDEL @ 11.24, 03/01 $6400
buy  MRVC @  3.25, 03/02 $6400
buy  ASTSF@  8.99, 03/02 $6400
buy  EVST @ 16.60, 03/02 $6400
sell DRRA @  2.12, 03/03
buy  IIP  @  0.67, 03/03 $6200
buy  NTO  @  4.03, 03/03 $6200
sell TGB  @  1.72, 03/08
buy  NVAX @  6.30, 03/14 $6200
sell DIET @  5.20, 03/16
sell ASTSF@  8.60, 03/16
sell MRVC @  4.15, 03/17
buy  ILMN @ 25.70, 03/17 $-6200 short
buy  CYBS @  9.61, 03/20 $6200
sell NVAX @  7.75, 03/21
buy  XING @  7.75, 03/22 $6200
buy  CCRT @ 36.16, 03/22 $-6200 short
sell CVM  @  0.70, 03/24
sell ILMN @ 26.82, 03/24
buy  XRTX @ 32.40, 03/27 $6200
sell CYBS @ 10.62, 03/29
buy  TGC  @  1.15, 03/30 $6200
buy  TOMO @ 24.00, 03/30 $6200
sell CCRT @ 36.61, 03/30
sell NICH @  7.95, 03/31

Cash:    27513.15
Price:   80124.67 (+9764.55) in 11 stocks           
Total:  107637.82 (or 108267.82 with 630.00 fees) +7.6%


Performance:
7 months of 2005 - 06/01 to 12/31 : +22.3% or +19.8% after subtracting $10/trade fees.
3 months of 2006 - 01/01 to 03/31 : +8.27% or +7.64% resp.

(DJI: +3.65%, Nasdaq: +5.56%, Russell 2000: +13.6% in 2006)

MaS

To finish the story, the one year (6/1/05 to 6/1/06) performance of the 3S portfolio w/o .OB/.PK/pennies was +33.5% (w/o fees and taxes ;))

This year trades (+10.7%, Nasdaq-1.5%, S&P+2%):

Stock #### Bought  Price -->  Sold  Price Change
------------------------------------------------
SCMR  1598  01/03   4.38 --> 01/05   4.25  -3.0%
QQQQ  -173  01/03  40.65 --> 01/09  42.66  +4.9%
SPY    -56  01/03 125.15 --> 01/09 128.42  +2.6%
REDF  -388  01/03  18.07 --> 01/10  20.18 +11.7%
GT     378  01/09  18.51 --> 01/23  17.59  -5.0%
SIFY   771  01/25   9.07 --> 01/25  10.30 +13.6%
OXY     78  01/09  88.81 --> 01/26  90.00  +1.3%
NTLI   293  01/03  23.82 --> 01/30  23.26  -2.4%
REDF  -360  01/25  19.46 --> 01/31  21.90 +12.5%
RRI   -690  01/06  10.15 --> 02/09  10.40  +2.5%
XMSR  -255  01/03  27.55 --> 02/09  26.70  -3.1%
VPHM   337  01/11  20.75 --> 02/15  19.40  -6.5%
GIGM  2405  01/03   2.91 --> 02/22   4.50 +54.6%
INSM  2473  01/18   2.83 --> 02/22   2.17 -23.3%
ABLE   722  02/22   9.13 --> 02/27   8.08 -11.5%
DRRA  2635  02/10   2.58 --> 03/03   2.12 -17.8%
TGB   3736  02/01   1.82 --> 03/08   1.72  -5.5%
ASTSF  711  03/02   8.99 --> 03/16   8.60  -4.3%
DIET  1014  01/09   6.90 --> 03/16   5.20 -24.6%
MRVC  1969  03/02   3.25 --> 03/17   4.15 +27.7%
NVAX   984  03/14   6.30 --> 03/21   7.75 +23.0%
CVM   7619  02/28   0.84 --> 03/24   0.70 -16.7%
ILMN  -242  03/17  25.70 --> 03/24  26.82  +4.4%
CYBS   645  03/20   9.61 --> 03/29  10.62 +10.5%
CCRT  -172  03/22  36.16 --> 03/30  36.61  +1.2%
NICH   897  02/24   7.35 --> 03/31   7.95  +8.2%
NTO   1538  03/03   4.03 --> 04/05   4.90 +21.6%
TGC   5391  03/30   1.15 --> 04/06   1.15  +0.0%
TOMO   258  03/30  24.00 --> 04/06  27.42 +14.3%
EVST   385  03/02  16.60 --> 04/07  19.45 +17.2%
ANGN  1686  01/11   4.15 --> 04/11   4.46  +7.5%
XRTX   191  03/27  32.40 --> 04/12  30.25  -6.6%
IIP   9253  03/03   0.67 --> 04/18   1.19 +77.6%
MSPD  1471  04/07   4.28 --> 04/18   3.73 -12.9%
TQNT  1181  04/07   5.33 --> 04/18   5.00  -6.2%
CYBS   680  04/13   9.55 --> 04/20  10.30  +7.9%
EZM   4788  02/09   1.42 --> 04/20   2.05 +44.4%
QDEL   569  03/01  11.24 --> 04/21  11.88  +5.7%
XING   800  03/22   7.75 --> 04/27   8.31  +7.2%
CPST  1555  04/11   4.18 --> 04/28   3.80  -9.1%
SATC  2604  04/24   2.88 --> 05/01   2.55 -11.5%
NAPS  1482  05/01   5.06 --> 05/02   4.30 -15.0%
GNA    825  02/24   8.00 --> 05/03  10.90 +36.3%
STKL   777  04/27   9.65 --> 05/09  11.58 +20.0%
DEIX   366  04/10  17.21 --> 05/10  15.88  -7.7%
IO     699  04/24  10.72 --> 05/11   9.90  -7.6%
TOMO   292  04/28  25.60 --> 05/11  24.80  -3.1%
CRUS   779  04/28   9.62 --> 05/12   8.95  -7.0%
IMOS   948  05/05   7.91 --> 05/15   7.20  -9.0%
GV    4745  04/20   1.48 --> 05/19   1.55  +5.1%
AOB   1250  05/16   6.00 --> 05/24   5.20 -13.3%
IHR   1127  05/23   6.65 --> 05/30   6.22  -6.5%
AERTA 2707  05/19   2.77 --> 05/31   3.00  +8.3%
GLBL   430  04/19  15.80 --> 05/31  19.40 +22.8%
TWGP   265  05/17  28.26 --> 05/31  31.01  +9.7%
XING   955  05/22   7.85 --> 05/31   8.09  +3.1%

Not counted (-11%):

IGII.OB 0.265 --> 0.195     -26.42%
IVHG.OB 0.037 --> 0.032     -13.51%
WDPT.OB 3.09  --> 2.80       -9.39%
ARTX    0.4525--> 0.41       -9.39%
GSHF.OB 0.233 --> 0.287     +23.18%
NMKT.OB 0.41  --> 0.53,0.68 +47.56%
ONEV.OB 0.04  --> 0.0305    -23.75%