01
Apr
2008
Posted by Tom as Neural Nets
In case my readers are wondering, my neural net model for Exxon Mobil Corporation is still flashing a long HOLD. The position is showing a loss right now and so far I have not seeing any changes in the signal alerts.
26
Mar
2008
Posted by Tom as Neural Nets, Stocks, Trends
Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) has been thrashing around for the past few weeks on some high volatility. One moment the price of oil is at $90, the next its at $111, and now its around $100. Although XOM is mostly a refiner, the price of oil affects its profit margins and in turn the [...]
17
Feb
2008
Posted by Tom as ETF's, Neural Nets, Stocks
I’m busy going through my list of stocks in my neural net program looking for buy and sell signals. My actual trades in XOM and EWZ have been profitable and I’m looking forward to doing some more trading this week. The beauty of this system is its simplicity. Every morning I just update the [...]
06
Feb
2008
Posted by Tom as Neural Nets, Stocks
The Stock NeuroMaster neural net model issued SELL signals to close out our long PowerShares QQQ Trust (QQQQ) and Exxon Mobil (XOM) positions at yesterday’s open. We executed those orders @ $44.12 for the QQQQ’s and @ $84.11 for a gross loss of -1.03% and -0.5% respectively. Damn! So far the model [...]
04
Feb
2008
Posted by Tom as Stocks
My father asked me a few weeks ago, during the market turmoil, if he should sell his ExxonMobil (XOM) holdings. He’s been amassing a small fortune in Exxon over the years by taking part in their Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP). Although S&P knocked Exxon down to 3 stars I told him to stay [...]
04
Feb
2008
Posted by Tom as Neural Nets, Stocks
It looks like we got our first signal to close a position. The Stock NeuroMaster program has issued a BUY to close out the short position we have taken (on paper) in Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd (SNDA). Currently we are sitting on a 5.96% gain for SNDA and I’m interested to know [...]
01
Feb
2008
Posted by Tom as ETF's, Neural Nets, Stocks
Yesterday was a classic whammy day, gap lower on the open and finish strong at the end of the day. The markets have been chaotic and I purposely trained my Stock NeuroMaster neural net models to compensate for this volatile behavior.
iShares MSCI Brazil Index (EWZ): BUY signal on 1/22/08, entered 1/23/08 @ $66.11, [...]