bricap ([info]bricap) wrote,
@ 2006-05-28 22:15:00
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Another squeaker
It was a close week in the head to head league. I eked out a 6-5 win, and I can't say I lit it up this week. Funny thing was that I would have been routed by two other teams, but squeaked out wins against 7 teams, while drawing against one other.

This upcoming week is going to be interesting. My pitchers in the head to head league have a brutal schedule. I have Armas pitching at Philly. I have Washburn pitching at Texas. I have D-Train at Coors Field. I have Contreras at Cleveland. Expect sky high ratios this week from the pitching staff. I'll send them out there and hope for the best. If it was rotisserie, I would sit most of them. If I only had one problem start, I could skip that one start. But with so many, I have to march them all out to face the music.

In the roto league, I added Gagne off the waiver wire. Can't believe he was there. I needed another closer. I only have K-Rod in that league. If Gagne stays healthy, this could be big.

Oh, and I finally had a few up days in the market this week. I was wondering when that was going to happen. I have to be aware that some of these are mere retracements and need to be watched closely. I escaped a disaster in CROX. Support failed, and I made sure I got out before it got out of hand. When it failed to rally to close above support, I bailed. Nothing worse than seeing something fail and then watching it collapse afterwards without having sold out at the first sign.



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The week goes on
[info]bricap
2006-06-01 10:12 pm UTC (link)
Strangely enough, my pitching is holding up, while my hitting continues to suck. V-Mart, the consensus top FBB catcher, didn't crack the Mendoza line during the month of May. Delgado sucked in May. Sexson has been horrendous. Now I find out he has a nagging heel injury. This is not good. I know that if my team continues like this, I cannot keep getting lucky in the head to head matchups each week. I have to hope they come around, or start working trades and working the waiver wire.

What a crazy week in the market. Tuesday was awful. Yesterday and today were great. Movado was a big win for me today. I paid 18.20 for it back in the second week of May, and sold it out at 22.49 today. Almost 25% in 3 weeks. Not too shabby. It hit a big trendline support when I bought it. The trend has lasted since 2002. 22.50 was an important level. The stock seemed to be pausing, and I couldn't look a gift horse in the mouth any longer. Someone once told me it's okay to show up at the party, but to make sure to leave before the cops show up to break it up. So I left. As I said before, knowing when to get out is one of the hardest things in this business. Someone else once said, "I never buy the bottom, and I never sell the top, but somewhere in between, I always make money."

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