Although Jim Cramer was still on vacation, it turned out to be a good week for my newsletter stocks. Five of the six stocks featured closed the week profitable for an average return of +2.29% per trade. The best of the six was Colonial Properties Trust ( CLP ); it was up +5.83% on the week. The Trade Ideas had a quiet week ( -0.01% ), but was well ahead of the market ETFs which finished the week down -1.82% . In terms of overall performance, my newsletter picks outperformed the Trade Ideas scan, Jim Cramer and the market ETFs 40% of the time. However, the best average return per trade belongs to stocks drawn from the Trade Ideas scan and featured regularly on this blog. The +0.55% per trade for 1 week is well ahead of the next ranked system, Jim Cramer's Mad Money lightning round picks, at +0.19% per trade for 1 week. If you would like to try a full version of the Trade-Ideas software, follow this link for a free 7-day trial. If you would like to subscribe to my newslette

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A came across another article in favor of the bearish view on Tim Knight's blog (http://tradertim.blogspot.com/), adding to the opinion of Trader Mike (form whom I sourced Tim's article), Bill Cara and Martin Pring. Tim's charts look more compelling and if his thesis is true then there should be no break of late May/early June highs and markets should head south fast; for the NASDAQ this high is around 2,233, for the Dow it's 11,285, for the NASDAQ 100 it's 1,627, for the Russell 2000 it's 740 and for the S&P it's 1,290 - give a take a point or two. Friday's action played into this weakness as selling volume increased on a continuation of Wednesday's selling. A number of indices have reached an important juncture. The NASDAQ closed right on combined support of the 20-day MA and former resistance from early January. A further 5 point loss below 2,125 would likely bring a test of 2,065. Look to the semiconductor index for leads as it fast

My May call for a tradable bottom proved to be premature as markets took another step down on the way to deeper oversold levels. This knocked out the majority of my earlier buys for losses. Furthermore, two of the exited plays carried higher than desired capital risk: CHRK and BDY each carried about 9% risk compared to the 5% or less of other trades. Existing positions in the portfolio carry a profit of +$3,127 . Bearish action over the last few days in the semiconductor index and NASDAQ 100 , as well as the struggles at the 50-day MAs from indices like the Russell 2000 and S&P , do not provide much comfort to the bulls. Certainly the bearish view as put forward by Trader Mike and Bill Cara , the latter with reference to the opinions of Martin Pring, is worth reading. Collective2

On Thursday I tightened the stops on a number of positions to protect gains (or reduce exposure) in the face of an additional retest of prior indices lows, in particular the NASDAQ 100 and Semiconductor index - both of which look shaky. The higher stops knocked out three positions; UARM was a big loser on the day, losing -9% to close at $38.69. The Collective2 position was stopped out at $40.77 . The play registered a +$1,065 gain on 300 shares. Two losses were taken in FISV and SWY . FISV suffered its fifth straight day of declines, enough to dip below its 50-day MA. The 200 share lot closed with a -$266 loss. Finally, SWY suffered modest declines on light volume - building on two inverted (bearish) hammers from the last couple of days. As a precaution the stop was raised to stop the 500 share position for a -$70 loss. UARM FISV SWY

Quiet action across the board as traders took a breather from yesterday's selling. Still plenty of support to look forward too (with the possible exception of the semiconductor index and the NASDAQ 100) across markets. Trade Ideas scan was again busy. One of the stocks to crop up into the close was Sensient Tech, SXT . The stock is trading inside a solid $1 wide channel after posting strong April gains. Internal channel volume favors buying, supported by a developing MACD 'buy' trigger. Look to add on break of $20.93. Stops can go on a loss of $19.85. The point-n-figure chart target of $29.50 looks reasonable - part of an April 21st double top breakout. Yield of 2.90% adds to the bullish mix. Sensient Technologies Corporation engages in the manufactures and marketing of colors, flavors, and fragrances worldwide. Its products include flavors, flavor enhancers, and bionutrients; fragrances and aroma chemicals; dehydrated vegetables and other food ingredients; natural and synt

A good week for stocks with my newsletter and Trade Ideas stock picks up, along with the market ETFs. The Trade Ideas picks maintained their superiority with a +3.52% gain on the week. My newsletter picks slightly underperformed the market ETFs at +1.53% and +1.84% apiece. There were no picks from Jim Cramer to compare. If you would like to try a full version of the Trade-Ideas software, follow this link for a free 7-day trial. If you would like to subscribe to my newsletter you can do so by ordering monthly, 6-month, or annual membership from the 'Quantity' box in the right-hand-margin. If you would like to see Jim's picks you can tune into his TV show, or get them from Madd Money or Mad Money Recap . SPONSORED BY:-