Stock Futures Trading Made Ezy - Punj Lloyd

What can be said of Punj Lloyd! A company with such strong order book and global presence has been trading at 52 week low on 1st Sep. And on 2nd Sep I gave a call to buy Punj Lloyd Sep Futures to my subscribers at http://www.stockezy.com/ . Another call which could be termed as contrarian to market sentiments. Then why did I give such a call? Find the reasons below:-

1. Bollinger Band contraction had been significant with price of 1st Sep touching the lower band of this narrowed Bollinger. The upper band was getting formed at price level of 120.
2. Trigger line had started crossover of MACD line from below zero.
3. In Ultimate Oscillator there was bullish crossover of line of 30 from below.
4. In ADX there was evidence of jump in buying line with decrease in volatility.
5. And finally my own customized Slow Stochastic was again screaming oversold to maximum level.

From the above signals I was convinced that whatever the TV channels might be saying, there was merit in buying Punj Lloyd at that point. I was sure that the scrip would  move up to 120, albeit at a slow pace since the volatility index was dropping sharply. However those who entered the scrip could book intra-day profit of Rs 3500/-. One of my subscribers who had carried the position overnight could make a profit of Rs 7000/- next day. That's how easy it is!! From purely academic standpoint, Punj Lloyd made a day high of 119.6 in the last trading session.

Trading Room activities are contained in this link: http://www.stockezy.com/opinions/7297/buy-punj-lloyd-sept-futures/ 

Stock Futures Trading Made Ezy - EKC

EKC has been a case of how fundamentals of a company and its performance has no bearing while making money through trading stock futures. When I gave my recommendation to buy EKC Sep Futures on 2nd Sep at http://www.stockezy.com/  some of my subscribers were taken by surprise, resulting in indignation. Their indignation was justified since here was a buy recommendation of a company which was trading at its 52 week low while the index was making new highs. Anyone can put two and two together and arrive at the conclusion that fundamentally speaking this was a wrong call. The trading room details are in this link here: http://www.stockezy.com/opinions/7298/buy-ekc-sept-futures/ . Such justified indignation was aired in the trading room which I m reproducing below:-

Posted by simanchal ratha - Thu, Sep 02, 2010 2:20PM IST

“

can you explain why you have recommended ekc ? is it for the reason that it is trading around its 52 week lows ?

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But as I mentioned earlier, fundamentals of a sector or a company has no place in trading stock futures. It is all about timing your entry. Following are the reasons why I had recommended a buy of EKC Sep Futures, despite highly negative market sentiments for the company:-

1. From 27th Aug to 1st Sep, EKC was continuously getting support at 107 price level.
2. This accumulation by smart money was happening at lower band of Bollinger with the upper band suggesting a target of 120.
3. Strong resistance zone was also evident at price level of 121/122, suggesting that this accumulation at 107 price level will try to test that resistance zone.
4. My own customized Slow Stochastic was screaming out maximum tolerance of being oversold.

Hence armed with this knowledge I gave this buy call of EKC Sep Futures. Those who bought the scrip exited with intra-day profit ranging from Rs 6300/- to Rs 7500/- in 2 hours flat. As easy as that!! And finally in last trading session this scrip made a high of 123.2 , but that is just a point of academic interest. 

Stock Futures Trading Made Ezy - Rpower

Since May 2009 Rpower has been moving sideways between the price range of 140 to 200. That is a very long time for sideways movement. It only indicates that any move outside this range will be ferocious in intensity. In my opinion the move out of this sideways range will be on the upside. This I have inferred from Elliot Wave calculations. Hence if you are a long term investor then Rpower is one space where you should invest at current level of 160.

For trading in stock futures the long term story of a scrip does not help. The daily requirement of mark-to-market (mtm) deters one from holding a position for long term. Trading by retail investors in stock futures can be meaningful at best for short term. Hence the moment I saw near term prospects of making profit in Rpower I gave my recommendations for buying it. On 16 Aug 2010, my subscribers at http://www.stockezy.com/  bought Rpower Aug Futures as per my recommendations between 154/156.

I had recommended buy of  Rpower for the following reasons :-

1. Support of 200 day moving average was available at 154.
2. My customized slow stochastic was at its maximum oversold position.
3. There had been no technical bounce worth its name from price level of 190. Hence from support of 200 DMA it was logical to expect at least a bounce of 23.6%. That would mean a price level of 163 if the scrip had made a bottom at 154.

However the scrip made bottom at 150.5 with a flourish. It formed the Hammer at 150.5 on 18th Aug which I explained to my subscribers during the course of trading and this can be seen at this link here: http://www.stockezy.com/opinions/7079/buy-rpower-august-futures/. From this link I am reproducing the relevant comment thread below:-

Posted by Archana Debnath - Mon, Aug 23, 2010 5:38PM IST

“

@Neelima. I know it is testing ur patience. For the time being just relax. Process of bottom formation at times can b testing to the nerves. Rpower has hammered its short term bottom price at 150.5. Before exploding upwards it is trying to shake away the weak hands. That is one of the ways for market makers to make money. After all futures trading is a zero sum game. If multitude of retail investors and other fishes do not lose money, then how will handful of big fishes gain handsomely??

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With hammer at 150.5 in place, the minimum bounce of 23.6% meant a price target of 160. This hammer price was not violated on 26th Aug which gave me the strength to recommend to my subscribers to buy 2 lots of  Rpower 160 Call at average price of Rs 2/- on 30th and 31st Aug.. And as expected Rpower sailed to 161.8 on 6th Sep. Since Rpower 160 Calls were out-of-money call options, one lot of size 2000 shares was available for total capital investment of only Rs 4000/- . But the price increase in these calls was fast and furious once the stock price neared 160. Those who entered these positions realized how easy it is to profit from futures and options at correct entry point.

Stock Futures Trading Made Un-Ezy : J P Associates

When you start making mistakes, they come in a bundle. After making the mistake of getting overwhelmed by company aura and fundamentals in the case of Reliance (as discussed in my last post http://archana-archdeb.blogspot.com/2010/09/stock-futures-trading-made-un-ezy.html), I made the cardinal mistake of 'trading news' in this curious case of JP Associates. I seem to have developed a penchant for not practicing what I am preaching. In fact just 45 days back, I had written a post which did spell out things to be ensured to succeed in trading stock futures. And of course in that post I clearly warned everyone against trading any news - good or bad. Check out this link here : http://www.stockezy.com/opinions/6872/stock-futures-trading-made-ezy-ultra-tech-cement/

But when it came to observing my rules, I fell short of expectations. The news, which lured me into breaking my own rules, was that a deal had been brokered between agitating farmers and UP Govt for land compensation rate along Yamuna Expressway. Agitating farmers were demanding higher compensation rate for acquisition of their land by UP Govt. Finally the govt conceded to giving Rs 580 per sq m to agitating farmers. This was a huge plus for JP Group which is developing  Yamuna Expressway and connected infrastructure along this corridor. Now JP Group could progress with Project implementation in real earnest after lingering for nearly nine years.

The potential of this news was so huge that JP Associate Aug Futures surged from 117 to 125 in 3 trading sessions. On fateful day of 23rd Aug I succumbed to the potential of this news and recommended a buy at 121/122.5 to my subscribers at http://www.stockezy.com/ . From that day onwards JP Associates kept sliding down for eight trading sessions. On 31st Aug it made a low of 107.8. The reason for this slide was that a faction of farmers led by a new leader rejected the deal and hankered for still higher compensation rate. They even turned violent and burned earth moving equipment and damaged other assets of JP Group. So much for trading good news!!

Sitting 1600 km away we had to move into damage control mode. On 30th Aug  I advised my subscribers to buy one lot JP 120 Call of Sep series at 2.5/3.5. Again on 31st Aug  I advised them to buy another lot of JP 110 Call of Sep series at 4.05/4.15. Un-ezy trading details, as things happened in trading room on daily basis, are available in this link here : http://www.stockezy.com/opinions/7186/buy-jp-associate-sep-futures/

In last trading session JP Associates Sep Fut made a high of 127.7 . But for me and my subscribers it was one of the costliest lessons learned the hard way - "Never trade News".

Stock Futures Trading Made Un-Ezy : Reliance Industries

Harsh lessons have surfaced from trading Reliance Futures. A company which stands at world No 2  in terms of returns to shareholders, has given sleepless nights to my subscribers for about a month for having bought it at seemingly reasonable price level of 1000. This happened at a time when indices were slowly creeping northwards, while Reliance slid south.


Let me begin from the start. On 10 Aug 2010, I had recommended buying Reliance Aug Fut to my subscribers at  http://www.stockezy.com/  at 990/1000. This decision to buy at 1000 level was result of  awe for the company and not any technical reason. On the contrary I had aired my  technical view at the site on 6th Aug. Reproduced  below is relevant comments section of this link  http://www.stockezy.com/opinions/6934/buy-ambujacem-aug-futures/ which explains it all :-

Posted by Shan Upadhyaya - Fri, Aug 06, 2010 1:27PM IST

“

Mam. I have one lot reliance @ 1017. bought it yesterday. what are your views for reliance? Its been making new lows everyday.

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Posted by Archana Debnath - Fri, Aug 06, 2010 1:37PM IST

“

@Shantanu. Reliance is technically in down move. It has strong support at 960. So broadly it will come down to 980 before it manages a technical bounce. So try and get out of this position at around 1020.

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But as I mentioned earlier, the fundamentals of the company got the better of my senses and I was as if mesmerized into recommending  Reliance, believing 1000 level to be mouth watering level, against my own technical reading. Result was that on 18th Aug the scrip slid down to 962.4 and from there bounced back to  997.4 on 20th Aug. So much profit could have been realized if only I had not got over-awed by  name of the company. While trading stock futures it is absolutely imperative not to get carried away by fundamentals of a company.  In fact  12 months back I had laid down certain Laws to be observed during trading in stock market. In this trade I violated Law #3 enunciated in this post of mine http://www.stockezy.com/opinions/3514/Starter-Kit-For-Newbie-Investors--Laws-of-Nature/

Finally on 30th and 31st Aug  when Reliance made a low of 920.9 we had to resort to buying one lot each of Reliance Sept 1000 and 980 Call options. This was to facilitate easy exit from the combined  positions of Futures and options. That was achieved and today in trading  Reliance finally made a day high of 1004, revisiting our buy price level. Uneasy actual trading details are here in this link http://www.stockezy.com/opinions/7024/buy-reliance-aug-futures/