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February 20, 2012

Market Strategies Guide To

Successful Trading

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New Trades for this week:

BUY 6 RCII March 35 PUTS @ $1.00                    

BUY 4 WTW March 77.50 PUTS @ $1.95                                                     

BUY 5 RVBD March 28 PUTS @$1.20                                                          

BUY 10 MTOR March 8 CALLS @ $.50                                                      

The $10,000 Options Only account had a Loss last week of $190, decreasing our gains for the year from $5,497 to $5,307.

Two positions remain:

The ZSL March 10 Calls and JEF March 16 Calls.

The Open positions are highlighted in the options table below. 

Approximately $ 3329 funds are in use.

This was a very interesting week, again….Greece continues to do nothing with any degree of consistency and the powers-that-be in the Eurozone don’t really seem to care, OR, they are fine with not making their own commitments and actually putting their “skin” in the game.  The current argument seems to be that if Greece fails to knuckle under, and they get tossed from the

EU, all of the others will be that much better off……VERY shortsighted. Syria and Western Africa continue to grow worse, and Iran/Iraq are barely being talked about. We had what I would call a “junior technician” event in AAPL… A move of parabolic proportions followed by a “one day reversal” and an almost meaningful decline… In fact, it broke out @ $425 and ran $100 to $525…and pulled back to $486, a retracement over one-third of the rally over 425.  I’m not saying that the stock can be bought without risk, but the stock is cheap by most standards.  Pick a spot and by 20-25% of your position and add down anytime it drops 10%…Have a good, and short week…..CAM

Remember, these trades are based on your participation in the

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Previous closed out trades not listed here may be seen in the February 13 and 2011 weekly newsletters.

New trades $ 10,000 account…In Texting we have a limited amount of words. In the interest of brevity: OPTIONS ONLY: 3 March, 4 April . The Quantity and Strike Price for each trade is specific.

For any questions please call 702 650 3000

MArket Laboratory – Weekly Changes

Prices are copied from Barron’s Weekly and Yahoo Finance and may be incorrect

M1…all money in hands of the public, Time Deposits Traveler’s Checks, Demand Deposits

M2 adds Savings and Money market Accounts both compared with the previous year.

New Stock Recommendations

Last week with a text alerts we Sold PRGN.

Buy 2000 Shares Cross Border Resources ( XBOR * ) at $ 2.25

 Each stock is allocated a theoretical $ 5,000 share of the portfolio unless otherwise indicated.

Note: Previous closed out stock and option positions can be found in the February 13 and newsletters dating back to July 20, 2009.  Stay alert on the free texting service for new trades and exits.

Model Portfolio Comments/Changes:

                                    INDEX OPTION RECOMMENDATIONS

For those of you who do not buy puts to protect your portfolio, there are many ETF’s that are the inverse of the DOW. The symbols are DOG, SDS and TZA, whichgo up when the DOW, S&P 500 and Russell 2000 go down and down when they go up. The DZZ goes up double when gold goes down.

New Stock Option Recommendations

BUY 12 RCII March 35 PUTS @ $1.00                    

BUY 8 WTW March 77.50 PUTS @ $1.95                                                     

BUY 10 RVBD March 28 PUTS @$1.20                                                          

BUY 20 MTOR March 8 CALLS @ $.50                                                      

Option and overall Comments

We had a loss last week of $1,660 in an up week. Our gain for the year was $15,420 and with last week’s loss has decreased to $13,760.  We have Three long options positions remaining, the CSCO Jan 20 Calls, ZSL March 10 Calls and JEF March 16 Calls. The stock table includes Fourteen long stock positions: CISG, DZZ, ANX, ABR, PKRK, QUIK, CALM, AOI, DVR, AEZS, LEI, LEOM, XBOR and SDS. The SDS is a double inverse SP500 ETF and DZZ is a double inverse Gold ETF.

The options call for a $ 2,500 investment unless otherwise started, while each stock position requires $ 5,000 unless specifically stated.

We are basing money management on a hypothetical $ 100,000.00 and are using $3,300 in the
options positions and $ 63,050 in the 14 long stock positions for a total of $ 66,350 with $ 33,650 in cash. These figures are approximate. We do not count commission costs and there may be errors.

Executions that have occurred at or near the open or close of trading sometimes vary from our actual numbers.  For example, when something opens down and it is through our price, we take the next trade whether it is an uptick or continues lower.  This sometimes results in a 50% trade that is slightly above or below the exact number…

Previous Week’s Recommendations and Rules for the $ 100,000 account

• Text UPDATES to 69302.
• All options count for about $ 2,500.00 for model portfolio calculations unless otherwise stated.
• When the option has doubled sell half the position.
• Stop Loss protection is either half or offered with each trade.
• The cost of the option is the asking price (or the price between the bid and ask, whichever is more realistic)
• The options will be followed until closed out.
• Option Symbols are stock symbol with expiration month and strike price
• Subscribers can follow us on Twitter or call  702 650 3000 for up to date information.

Note: Previous closed out stock and option positions can be found in the February 13 and newsletters dating back to July 20, 2009.                                                                                                       

                                This Weeks’ Economic Numbers and Media Data

Economic Data

Domestic data was heavy last week. Initial weekly jobless claims continued to move in a positive direction at 348K, again less than the estimated 365K. Housing starts improved in January to an annualized rate of 699,000 from an upwardly revised rate of 689,000 in the prior month. CPI rose 0.2% a bit less than the expected 0.3% rise while Core PPI rose 0.1%.  Year over Year the CPI is up 2.9% and Core CPI was up 2.3%. PPI Core also rose 0.4% while the overall PPI rose 0 .1 %
Leading rose 0.4 %, but less than expected 0.5 %.  The Philadelphia Fed Survey rose 10.2 from 7.3, expectations were for a rise to 10.0. Industrial production came in Flat versus expectations for a 0.6% increase.  Total Retail sales for January increased by 0.4% half the expectations for an 0.8% increase, ex-auto sales were better than expected at 0.7% increase and Business inventories increased in December by 0.4%, less the 0.5% increase.

Fundamentals (previous letters may be seen at www.princetonresearch.com)

Nasdaq rallied to its best level since November 8, 2000, only to have a very light correction Friday.

Tonight, Sunday evening the S&P is 7 points higher at 1368.Technology stocks have traditionally performed well in times of economic crisis, partly because they deal with a wide range of diverse products that are comprehensively distributed across international markets.

All ten Dow Industrial Groups were higher led by Oil and Gas, up 2.51%; Technology was second best plus 1.71%. Financials improved by 1.40% but were besieged by worries that analysts at Moodys were going to review their ratings. Both Bank of America ( BAC: $ 8.02 ) up from $ 4.92 December 19^th  and JP Morgan Chase  ( JPM: $ 38.47 ) up from $ 28.48 November 25^th had a sideways type week climbing a wall of worry.

Congress voted to extend the payroll-tax cut through December. Wal-Mart (WMT) and Home Depot (HD) report Earnings on Tuesday.  Last week Comcast (CMCSA), Teva Pharma (TEVA), Deere & Co. (DE) , Marsh McLennan (MMC), MetLife (MET), HJ Heinz (HNZ , and Nordstrom (JWN) all rewarded shareholders with better than expected earnings. Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), General Motors (GM), Enbridge (ENB), and Marriott (MAR) were considered to have missed the expected earnings.

Separately, Kellogg ( K: 52.53 ) announced that they would buy Pringles from Procter & Gamble ( PG$ 64.91 )  for nearly $ 2.7 billion. SanDisk ( SNDK: $ 47.79 ) announced it has agreed to acquire FlashSoft, but did not disclose the terms.

On the Geopolitical level, China officials expressed interest to expand their interest in Europe. Greece’s parliament approved austerity measures last weekend, however, market participants are concerned about the sincerity of Greece’s commitment to measure to shore up fiscal and financial conditions. Other area such as Austria, France and the United Kingdom received negative outlooks from analysts at Moodys.

Technical Information

Support Levels:   S&P 500          1346; 1334                   Resistance S&P 500   1377; 1383

                                     DOW           12,890 12,680              Resistance DOW        13,040; 13,100

                                        QQQ            6270; 6190                   Resistance QQQ        6430; 6509                     

                                       Nasdaq         2928; 2883                   Resistance Nasdaq     2990; 3036                                              

CYCLES

The Stock Trader’s Almanac believes that a first half top will most likely occur in the March to May timeframe, but the much anticipated pullback of 2-4% may not occur and the market may push higher than we have forecasted before any significant decline takes hold. Last Thursday’s solid upside move has pushed the DJIA and NASDAQ to new recovery highs. Though the S&P 500 has not yet been able to take out its April/May 2011 closing and intraday highs it has taken out the July highs and the 2011 highs are less than 1% away from today’s close.

Additionally, NASDAQ impressively pushed through the first level of monthly pivot point resistance as noted in the chart below by the dark red dotted line early in February and now encroaches on the second level of resistance. The Stochastic and MACD technical indicators in the chart have been stubbornly resilient.

As the market is nearing the DJIA 13,000-13,500 range of the first half top we detailed in our 2012 Forecast (http://www.stocktradersalmanac.com/sta/alertDisplay.do?alertId=1520#article2) and in subsequent commentary, it has become increasingly apparent that some contrary thinking may be in order. It may not be classic contrary analysis, but many traders, market professionals and people we know and talk to have been expecting a mild correction over the past several weeks.

Rule 17B requires disclosure of payment for investor relations*

Princeton Research has received about $ 2,500 per month from Lucas ( LEI ) marked with an asterisk.    Princeton has been paid for investor relations in the past and has negotiated a contract to be paid 100,000 restricted shares from Leo Motors. In addition Princeton has bought shares. Princeton is paid by Baron Energy ( BROE ) to do investor relations in the amount of 300,000 shares. Princeton has also bought separate shares about 327,600 and owns the shares for its own account. USPR paid us 200,000 restricted shares. Cross Border paid us 25,000 restricted shares and we bought and own another 25,000 purchased at higher prices.

Pursuant to the provisions of Rule 206 (4) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, readers should recognize that not all recommendations made in the future will be profitable or will equal the performance of any recommendations referred to in this Email issue. Princeton may buy or sell shares in companies it represents at any time.

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Princeton Research

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Covering High Return Balanced Investing Success Strategies For

Stocks ■ Bonds ■ Interest Rates ■ Natural Resources ■ Currencies ■ Venture Capital ■ Gold

 A Publication of Princeton Research, Inc. (www.PrincetonResearch.com)

 Contributing Staff: Michael King, Bill Chippas, Charles Moskowitz

Market Strategies Guide to

Successful Trading

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Read PDF Market Investing Strategies Newsletter PDF Version – CLICK HERE - http://www.princetonresearch.com/2-13-2012-Market-Strategies.pdf

$10,000 OPTIONS ONLY ACCT:

New Trades for this week:
We don’t have any new listed trades this week, stay tuned for text alerts during the week for trades . 

The $10,000 Options Only account had a Gain last week of $1125, increasing our gains for the year to $5497.

Four positions remain: the CALM February 35 Calls, JAZZ February 48 Calls, HSGI March 12 Calls and ZSL March 10 Calls. The Open positions are highlighted in the options table below.  Approximately $ 3329 funds are in use.

   This was an interesting week for the markets.  Greece is still somewhere between nowhere and Never- Never Land.  It seems that they will give us all of the encouraging words while continuing to push toward the final act of this tragedy.  At least the market seems to not be held hostage on a daily basis…True to the MO of most politicians, the only way to know if they are lying is to see if their mouths are moving.  The Iran / Pakistan / Israeli / Syrian problems continue to percolate and keep us in suspense.
    But back to the actual market performance, we continue to have good rotation from groups that have yet to become overbought. Friday was not a particularly good day, but the banks are holding on to their gains and making the most of the opinion that it’s more dangerous to be out than it is to risk some of your profits by being unwilling to take positions into the weekend.  Many of the “dinosaur” technology stocks (MSFT, CRUS & CSCO) are acting like they did prior the NASDAQ crash in February 2000…It should also be noted that we are now at highs in the Composite that we haven’t seen for 12 years on a closing basis.  For those who didn’t participate in the “Lost Decade” this is quite impressive.

We will continue to keep a balanced portfolio to insure that if we do have a sustained down move, we will not be caught unaware….CAM

Remember, these trades are based on your participation in the

TEXT MESSAGE TRADE ALERTS SERVICE TO RECEIVE ALL UPDATES.

TEXT the word UPDATES to 69302 To Get In Now

Previous closed out trades not listed here may be seen in the February 6 and 2011 weekly newsletters.

New trades $ 10,000 account…In Texting we have a limited amount of words. In the interest of brevity: OPTIONS ONLY: 2 February ; 3 March. The Quantity and Strike Price for each trade is specific.

For any questions please call 702 650 3000

MArket Laboratory – Weekly Changes

Prices are copied from Barron’s Weekly and Yahoo Finance and may be incorrect

M1…all money in hands of the public, Time Deposits Traveler’s Checks, Demand Deposits

M2 adds Savings and Money market Accounts both compared with the previous year.

New Stock Recommendations

We do not have new stock recommendations this week.

Last week we Bought DZZ, ABR and ANX. 
With text alerts we Bought CISG and PNGN, and Sold WG.

 Each stock is allocated a theoretical $ 5,000 share of the portfolio unless otherwise indicated.

Note: Previous closed out stock and option positions can be found in the February 6 and newsletters dating back to July 20, 2009.  Stay alert on the free texting service for new trades and exits.

Model Portfolio Comments/Changes:

                                    INDEX OPTION RECOMMENDATIONS

We don’t have New Stock Option or Index Option recommendations this week. Those who follow the texting service should stay tuned for text alerts during the week for trades.

For those of you who do not buy puts to protect your portfolio, there are many ETF’s that are the inverse of the DOW. The symbols are DOG, SDS and TZA, whichgo up when the DOW, S&P 500 and Russell 2000 go down and down when they go up. The DZZ goes up double when gold goes down.

New Stock Option Recommendations

Option and overall Comments

We had a gain last week of $ 3885 in a down week. Our gain for the year was $11,535 and with last week’s gain has increased to $15,420.  We have Four long options positions remaining, the JAZZ Feb 48 Calls, CSCO Jan 20 Calls, HSGI March 12 Calls and ZSL March 10 Calls. The stock table includes fifteen long stock positions: PRGN, CISG, DZZ, ANX, ABR, PKRK, QUIK, CALM, AOI, DVR, AEZS, LEI, LEOM, XBOR and SDS. The SDS is a double inverse SP500 ETF and DZZ is a double inverse Gold ETF.

The options call for a $ 2,500 investment unless otherwise started, while each stock position requires $ 5,000 unless specifically stated.

We are basing money management on a hypothetical $ 100,000.00 and are using $5,350 in the
options positions and $ 65,600 in the 15 long stock positions for a total of $ 70,950 with $ 29,050 in cash. These figures are approximate. We do not count commission costs and there may be errors.

Executions that have occurred at or near the open or close of trading sometimes vary from our actual numbers.  For example, when something opens down and it is through our price, we take the next trade whether it is an uptick or continues lower.  This sometimes results in a 50% trade that is slightly above or below the exact number…

Previous Week’s Recommendations and Rules for the $ 100,000 account

• Text UPDATES to 69302.
• All options count for about $ 2,500.00 for model portfolio calculations unless otherwise stated.
• When the option has doubled sell half the position.
• Stop Loss protection is either half or offered with each trade.
• The cost of the option is the asking price (or the price between the bid and ask, whichever is more realistic)
• The options will be followed until closed out.
• Option Symbols are stock symbol with expiration month and strike price
• Subscribers can follow us on Twitter or call  702 650 3000 for up to date information.

Note: Previous closed out stock and option positions can be found in the February 6 and newsletters dating back to July 20, 2009.                                                                                                       

                                This Weeks’ Economic Numbers and Media Data

Economic Data

Domestic data was light last week. University of Michigan consumer sentiment for February slipped to 72.5 from 75.
The Treasury deficit for January dropped to $27.4 billion from the $50 billion deficit in December. The US trade deficit for December grew to $48.8 billion, larger than estimates of $48.2 billion. Initial weekly jobless claims continued to move in a positive direction at 358K, less than the estimated 370K. Consumer credit also came in much better than expected at $19.3 billion, twice the number expected. Wholesale inventories rose by 1% in December again more than expected. 

Fundamentals (previous letters may be seen at www.princetonresearch.com)

60 %of companies have reported results and about 60% of those results have exceeded analysts’ expectations.
Deere & Co. will issue first-quarter results Wednesday, earnings are expected to be $1.23 on sales of $6.6 billion. General Motors’ fourth-quarter results are on will be released Thursday analysts are expecting 43 cents a share of earnings on revenue of $37.9 billion.

Technical Information

      Support Levels:   S&P 500          1334; 1322                   Resistance S&P 500   1361; 1377

                                        DOW           12,740; 12,680             Resistance DOW        12,890; 13,040

                                        QQQ            6190; 6101                   Resistance QQQ        6270 6350                     

                                       Nasdaq         2883; 2829                   Resistance Nasdaq     2937; 2990                                               

                     CYCLES

In the February Almanac, it was noted that February is typically the weak link in the Best Six Months ranking no better than ninth out of twelve months on the major U.S. indices we track. Even bullish election year forces have failed to lift February’s standings with no large-cap index ranked better than ninth (DJIA and S&P 500 since 1952, Russell 1000 since 1980) in election years since 1950. NASDAQ and Russell 2000 have better election year records largely due to a 19.2% and 16.4% gains, respectively in 2000. But, January finished with the best gain since 1997 and February began in typically bullish fashion. So what does history suggest about the rest of February?

Every S&P 500 January gain of 4% or more since 1930 is presented with the subsequent performance over the next 1-month, 3-months, 6-months and full-year. Even with three Depression-era years and post-WWII 1946 in the list, strong Januarys have been especially bullish indicators with average full-year gains of 15.0%. But, February was still a weak link in 9 of the previous 24 big Januarys.

After January’s typically strong finish February opens well for large cap stocks. The first trading day is bullish and it has traded higher in 15 of the past 21 years with an average S&P 500 gain of 0.5%, Strength fades after that until the stronger eighth, ninth and eleventh trading days. Expiration week is marred by two bearish days and begins an often weak second half of the month. Neither small caps nor technology shares completely escape mid-month weakness.

Presidents’ Day is the lone holiday that exhibits weakness the day before and after. (Stock Trader’s Almanac 2012, page 86). The Friday before this mid-winter three-day break is exceptionally treacherous and average declines persist for three trading days after the holiday. ( From Stock Trader’s Almanac must reading )

             Rule 17B requires disclosure of payment for investor relations*

Princeton Research has received about $ 2,500 per month from Lucas ( LEI ) marked with an asterisk.    Princeton has been paid for investor relations in the past and has negotiated a contract to be paid 100,000 restricted shares from Leo Motors. In addition Princeton has bought shares. Princeton is paid by Baron Energy ( BROE ) to do investor relations in the amount of 300,000 shares. Princeton has also bought separate shares about 327,600 and owns the shares for its own account. USPR paid us 200,000 restricted shares. Cross Border paid us 25,000 restricted shares and we bought and own another 25,000 purchased at higher prices.

Pursuant to the provisions of Rule 206 (4) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, readers should recognize that not all recommendations made in the future will be profitable or will equal the performance of any recommendations referred to in this Email issue. Princeton may buy or sell shares in companies it represents at any time.

CONTACT 

Please Direct All Inquiries To:

Mike King

Princeton Research

3887 Pacific Street, Las Vegas, Nevada 89121

Phone: (702) 650-3000

Fax: (702) 697-8944

mike@princetonresearch.com

Visit: www.princetonresearch.com

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