12:18 PM – Currently selling all of my TILE position as shares continue to advance on lighter volume, and get extended from the 10 DMA. This may be a bit premature, but with my overall portfolio lagging, I am looking to capture solid gains when I can. Locking in an +11.1% profit here gives me capital, flexibility, and a much-needed win.
James Trader’s Tip: Take the Win When It Matters
• Sometimes portfolio context matters as much as the individual chart.
• Capturing gains can help stabilize performance during a tougher stretch.
• A realized profit gives you flexibility; an unrealized gain can disappear quickly.
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Most traders fail because they rely on:
❌ Opinions
❌ News headlines
❌ Lagging indicators
❌ Emotion
I focus on:
✔ Price
✔ Volume
✔ Support & Resistance
✔ Proven technical rules
That’s it.
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James had served as Editor-in-Chief of the first independently licensed website to offer stock reports and services based on the CAN SLIM® investment system.
Since the late 1990s, he has been analyzing growth stocks and providing investor-focused research rooted in time-tested technical strategies. Over the years, James developed a strong ability to quickly and accurately identify high-ranked trading candidates using this proven approach.
He has worked with a wide range of investors — from professional money managers to individual traders — helping them apply this disciplined system in real-world markets.
James has delivered weekly market commentary as part of the “Your Money Matters” radio program, broadcast on both ABC and CBS radio networks, and for a time was a daily guest on the Investor’s Edge radio program.
Today, he is the developer and founder of U L T R A — a robust yet easy-to-use trading system built to identify and manage high-probability stock trades based on strict technical rules and real-time alerts — his most refined and accessible trading system to date.