Virtu Financial Inc Cl A – VIRT

Virtu Financial

virtu.com

 

2018-11-25

This trade idea came from Investor's Business Daily www.investors.com.
Vol 35. NO. 32 Week of November 12, 2018

This was featured in the Stocks on the Move section and I reviewed the article on the 15th. This was on my watch list and I bought on 19th.

I got filled at $26.53
-5% stop = $25.20
20% Target = $31.86

IBD Rankings 11/19/18
Composite Rating: 93
EPS Rating: 78
RS Rating: 92
Group RS Rating: B-
SMR Rating: A
Acc/Dis Rating: A+
ROE: 19.5%
Debt: 167%
Outstanding Shares: 107.0m

Dr Alexander has a triple screen for viewing charts and Trading for a Living is why I use the following charts

5 year monthly chart from bigcharts

VIRT 5 Year Monthly from Bigcharts 2018-11-19
VIRT 5 Year Monthly from Bigcharts 2018-11-19

1 year daily chart from Bigcharts

VIRT 1 Year Daily from Bigcharts 2018-11-19
VIRT 1 Year Daily from Bigcharts 2018-11-19

3 month daily from Bighcharts.com

VIRT 3 Month Daily from Bigcharts 2018-11-19
VIRT 3 Month Daily from Bigcharts 2018-11-19

3 month Daily from Stockcharts.com

VIRT 3 Month Daily from Stockcharts 2018-11-19
VIRT 3 Month Daily from Stockcharts 2018-11-19

I am currently down in the position -4% and I'm watching this one close, because it is about to trip my stop. This had a large loss on very light volume and I am expecting a bounce. It may roll over and some warning signs

Stockcharts.com

Notes VIRT 3 Month Daily from Stockcharts 2018-11-19
Notes VIRT 3 Month Daily from Stockcharts 2018-11-19

 

2018-11-30

This had drifted down on light volume and then rolled over. I was stopped out and I got filled at $25.14. This is still on my watch list, but my timing was off

VIRT 3 Month Daily from Stockcharts 2018-11-30
VIRT 3 Month Daily from Stockcharts 2018-11-30

 

2018-12-27

I had kept this on a review list and this has been holding in an otherwise  bad market. I noticed the price action and decided to by back into this stock

VIRT 3 Month Daily from Stockcharts 2018-12-27
VIRT 3 Month Daily from Stockcharts 2018-12-27

I have changed my targets using more of the recent low for the stop and upside. I have a time stop of 7 trading days, because if this is not making me money by then I can move on

Cost $25.56

Stop $23.00

Target $30.00

2019-02-14

I closed out the position today, because I had seen a bad headline. This was getting close to my cost basis and I have not liked the way it has been trading. I wanted to be able to free up the cash to put to better use elsewhere

This was a frustrating trade, because I had held during earning reporting. The stock did nicely at earnings, but it hasn't responded well afterwards. I got filled at $25.76

25.76 - 25.56 = .20 /25.56 = +.07% since 12/07/18

VIRT 3 Month Daily from StockCharts 2019-02-14
VIRT 3 Month Daily from StockCharts 2019-02-14