As of tonight, with one night left to go for the month of Feb, had you purchased 100 shares of every Cramer recommended "buy" pick in Feb, this is stocks he features, not lightning round, or just mentioned, ones he features and tells you to buy, you would be down $3234.00. This is Mr. Wall St, Mr. Got his own TV show, Mr. Goldman Sachs.

If you had purchased during the same time frame, my picks, you would be up $1771.00. To view our previous stock picks from last year look under the Free Stock picks tab, their archived there, 95% winners. Nobody picks that many winners on Wall St other then Jon Anthony. Bottom line, we win at Trademechanic, thats what we do. If you need help winning, you have come to the right place.--Jon
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The bulls have had a great time in Oil over the last months, but I believe its time for the bears to get their due;
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Headline: $100 oil, consumer confidence plunges, inflation more then double expectations, home foreclosures skyrocket, stock market up 600 points in 3 days. Which headline seems out of place to you?

Sell the rallies is my advice to you. We continue to do so, I have lowered our exit on KEX to $49, which is where its at, basically we will sell it tomorrow. DROOY sets up to make a run at $13, we are sticking with that trade. Please do not over stay your welcome right now, use the rallies to book profits. The markets are heavly shorted for good reason, thus prone to fast moves higher.

The buy side crowd is in control right now, but you can bet their confidence is low. The shorts have plenty of ammo, and will be all over the air ways in the coming days drumming up the fear. The bulls will not stick around long, count on it.--Jon

Jimmy C. made a nice come back today, getting 4 stocks in positive territory up from zero over the weekend. Looks like for tomorrow he decided to go Telecom on us, picking MICC an AMX. I really like the AMX pick, worth well over $100. However, I think MICC could take a bath, just because the broader NASDAQ looks so bad, look at shares of GOOG today on an up 200 day.

We are doing some trade alerts for tomorrow, probably wont get hit. Both of those are my picks against Cramer as well.--Jon

Today we exited HOS in accordence with the Trade alert from Thursday. We are still long shares of DROOY, our target remains $13. Today I have added to the tradable list shares of ITU, HPQ, HAL. As the market internals improve, are list of tradable stocks will continue to climb. As mentioned on the Feb 21st blog, where I cautioned everyone not to get bearish, I am now looking for this market to be able to move higher week over week for the next 45 calander days.--Jon

The tug a war continued today between the Bulls n Bears. Remember at Trademechanic, we are never in either camp, we just try to balance the trading portfolio in a way that offers us the best path to more money in our pockets.

On the next page, we will let Brian take you through some charts, but I caution you, every start of a big rally comes out from the jaws of certain defeat. Brian is a little too cautious and risk being caught on the wrong side of the trade. Having said that, his views are worthy of a look;
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Today I am adding ICON Brands to our tradable list. Stock has flushed out the weak hands, recovered above its 200 day mva on the back of strong earnings report; and raised guidence going forward.

ICON holds the rights to such brands as Candies, Mudd, Joe Boxer, etc. Watch for it on trade alerts.--Jon

I am issuing Sell Trade Alerts on the following shares for Friday, TNE, KEX, HOS, DROOY. We are looking for specific prices to exit, refer to the Trade Alerts section for more details.--Jon

Hope you are following the stock picking contest between myself and Jim Cramer. To date we have picked 5 stocks each, he has a total of zero winners for a total loss of $2250, compared to my 4 winners and 1 loser for a gain of $600.--Jon
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We had nice moves today in shares of HXM and DROOY. We will plan on exiting these stocks in accordance with the Next Number Rule.
For more details on this, please vist the Trade Alert Section.

Cramer Vs Anothny--Looks like Jim didn't pick tonight, good thing for him. He is probably scared of a big sell off, but I believe we are about to move higher over the next 45 calander days. Check the Cramer Vs Anthony section for the latest up to date comparisons.

I am keeping it short tonight, we are going higher, keep trading.-Jon

Jim has decided to go with Qdel, while I am picking RIO. Qdel is overpriced by about $8 per share, while RIO has explosive pricing power and worth at least $70 per share. CHINA just agreed to pay 65% more for RIO's products, to be announced this week. Thanks Jim but no thanks;
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Time to take inventory of where we are, and give a few probabilities of where we are going. Sucessfull trading always depends on a sucessfull game plan.

As we have seen with many of the big Money Institutions on Wall St, even though they have been doing this game for 100 years, their game plan as it relates to housing was wrong, and they are now paying for it. So here at the Trademechanic, we take invetory of the big picture almost daily, to help guide our trades;
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Cramer tried to jump on the solar band wagon and burned his followers for 10 points. While 1 day doesnt mean a lot, I like our chances in shares of BUCY much better.

Smoking earnings after the bell tonight should send us above par soon, and Jim Cramer back to the Trademechanic school of investing.

Today he is going with shares of, IGT, WG, YUM brands. These plays show the man is scared of the bear and doesnt want to risk major downside. Nothing wrong with that, but 52weeks from now, these picks will have barely moved.

For Trademechanics, we are going to take down Cramerica with shares of QMAR, KEX, TNE. Two shippers and Latin America Telecom play.

I say, "Stick With Anthony!"
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Somebody forgot to tell Wall St. that its a day of love and forgiveness today. None the less, we had a good day booking gains in QMAR, and getting long shares of KEX. I believe todays action was nothing more then options expiration shake out. However, the market is always the boss, so we have to respect that.

Tomorrow we will attempt entry in DROOY, and TNE. For more on those moves check the Daily Setups and Trade Alert section. As for todays broad market action;
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We are starting to take out some overhead resistance with todays action, however on very light volume. While I love up moves on light volume in a bull market, in a bear market situation, one has to be aware of the potential resistance levels;
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Today we will attempt entry in shares of Kex. Check the Trade Alert page and Daily Set-ups for more details.

KEX is trading near 5 year historic p/e lows, and analyst just raised the quarter earnings estimates.

Don’t forget our new section, where I match the amount of “buy” picks by Jim Cramer with my own to see if he has what it takes to be a Trademechanic.

Feb 13th he recommended buying FSLR, my counter is BUCY. FSLR is a terrible pick that should easy lose Jims viewers 30% over the next month.
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Inside I will show you why our swing trades are not coming 5 a day. If you run money for a living, the number one priority is to keep your job, not trade the most stocks. Hard to keep your job if you trade like a gun slinger, not considering the enviornment your trading in;
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This week we will try to complete another Swing Trade for 2008 in shares of QMAR;
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We added 3 more swing trade canadiates to our list today, BOOM, DRYS, DSX, all have re-taken their 200 mva and 30 day ago highs. These stocks breaking out continue to show the bulk shipping sector and commodities plays anything but dead money. This is where the big money continues to move in to.

With that said our swing trades are on hold until the broader averages can either touch a support bottom, or take out some resistance. Come inside and we will let Brian Shannon show you what I am talking about;
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As you know, Trademechanic keeps a under $10 list we call High Risk. The criteria we use for inclusion in this list attempts to take as much of the “High Risk” out of play as possible. What is certain, over 100 years of stock trading; under $10 value plays have outperformed all other stocks by a large margin. A wise trader would never be foolish enough to ignore these potential hidden gems. Let’s look at which ones in this bear market, are doing ok so far;
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As you know, in our trading we believe exclusively in reverting to the mean style of trading. Like a stretched rubber band that always reverts back to its base form. So when I am asked how much more downside do I expect in housing, I just look at the trend;
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Todays market action forced us to take profits in shares of ETFC and DBA today, taking these stocks down to an ownership position;
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This moring we will attempt to catch shares of HXM on a dip. Refer to the trade alert section for details and price targets.

We do not want to chase the shares, but they present a good chance to move fast to $63.--Jon

Monday we will attempt to enter shares of QMAR for a swing trade.
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Another nice day in the market brought us 3 more swing trade possibles for a total now of 9 stocks we feel have flushed out the weak hands and are now in control of the strong hands. There is more to swing trading then just jumping on any stock as it appears so on T.V. You need a flush out process to take place first to give you the highest probability trades. Come inside to see our next 3 contestants;
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China is struggling to cope with its worst snowfall in decades, with officials warning of future food shortages as winter crops are wrecked;
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