Share tips thread (Vol 2)

[Mark8303]

WolfieBot said:

Checking in, got a bit of money to spend somewhere so currently looking for ideas.

I posted last month on Ceres Power wondering if it had peaked and if it was a good idea to go in again after buying at £1.40 then £208 last year. Luckily (so far!) I did at £3.80 and it’s it’s flying at around £4.80. Their full year report is due soon and I hear good whispers about that and Bosch increasing their stake above 18%. With all the recent announcements regarding H2 perhaps Bosch could be planning to go all in and take over the whole show? It’s dramatic rise has made them a bit top heavy within my portfolio but I think I’m in for the long haul and believe they can be a game changer if H2 really does go mainstream. Their unique technology advantage will put them in pole position.

[*Badger*]

p1stonhead said:

*Badger* said:

Currently up 145% on PHE.
Has anyone got any exit plans?

What’s your target? If you haven’t reached it yet, you are a greedy fker!

I am tempted at 200%, as good as the readings are, that would be a decent ROI.
We're not talking about massive gains, but as we know AIM is a risky market.

[ATM]

*Badger* said:

p1stonhead said:

*Badger* said:

Currently up 145% on PHE.
Has anyone got any exit plans?

What’s your target? If you haven’t reached it yet, you are a greedy fker!

I am tempted at 200%, as good as the readings are, that would be a decent ROI.
We're not talking about massive gains, but as we know AIM is a risky market.

Fortune favours the brave

[Cheeese]

*Badger* said:

I am tempted at 200%, as good as the readings are, that would be a decent ROI.
We're not talking about massive gains, but as we know AIM is a risky market.

I'm up 196%. Cashed in half my portfolio to secure profit and now going to let it ride and see where it goes.

No major money in it.

[Harpoon]

Cheeese said:

I'm up 196%. Cashed in half my portfolio to secure profit and now going to let it ride and see where it goes.

No major money in it.

I'm only up 180%. I stuck £100 in, so my target is £1/share

[ATM]

ATM said:

egomeister said:

ATM said:

So since my massive success shorting SXX I am now unable to remember the money I lost on MTFB and therefore I have been waiting for the opportunity to use my new found prowess to gamble on another AIM listed good luck story. The one I have chosen is called Versarien with ticker VRS. And this time I am long.

Did you stay in this ATM? Tough month if so...

No

In at 80 and then out at 60 and now teetering on getting back in.

Feels like I missed the boat a bit when I was gonna get back in around 40p. It's already almost 70p. I know it was a bit oversold but that's ridiculous. Surely the shorters will return or was the fair price really around 70p.

[DonkeyApple]

Gandahar said:

p1stonhead said:

ATM said:

Gandahar said:

HarryW said:

Wonder how many of the shorts are locked in now on Tesla, it’s gone up 4 fold since June.

There are 3 people currently buying Tesla shares.

1. Fanbioys
2. Shorts
3. The greedy ones jumping on the bandwagon who don't even know when the stock market opens.

Not one for people who don't know the ins and outs.

IG showing 53% short on Tesla.

Ouch. That’s the problem with shorting, there’s no limit to the losses! At least my longs can only go to zero

Exactly


to see how badly that can go wrong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNYNMM0hXXY


awful for him and the people left owing money ....


Don't borrow to buy also.

It's gambling at the end of the day, betting against others. Even more so at this point in time.

Make hay whilst the sun shines, but don't risk it all.

Edited by Gandahar on Tuesday 11th February 16:53

Nowadays a retail punter can’t be left owing, they’re capped at their account balance.

Also, I have no reason to believe, being an OTC broker of twenty years, that the data reflected in heat maps etc is specifically accurate.

[supercommuter]

Harpoon said:

Cheeese said:

I'm up 196%. Cashed in half my portfolio to secure profit and now going to let it ride and see where it goes.

No major money in it.

I'm only up 180%. I stuck £100 in, so my target is £1/share

I have 80k shares which cost me £400 approx so i think i am up about 200% so far. Think i will exit if we see 2p a share

[kingBadger]

g4ry13 said:

*Badger* said:

Currently up 145% on PHE.
Has anyone got any exit plans?

Just run your profit and wait until it turns into a loss. That's my usual tactic

Exactly!

[p1stonhead]

Harpoon said:

Cheeese said:

I'm up 196%. Cashed in half my portfolio to secure profit and now going to let it ride and see where it goes.

No major money in it.

I'm only up 180%. I stuck £100 in, so my target is £1/share

£100?

So with fees presumably at up to £10 for the trade, you need to claw back that just to break even?!

[Skyedriver]

g4ry13 said:

*Badger* said:

Currently up 145% on PHE.
Has anyone got any exit plans?

Just run your profit and wait until it turns into a loss. That's my usual tactic

My usual too....
A correction today, got in at 1.5 and out at 1.7 thereby halving my loss on PHE....
Continuing to watch which way this will go, seems steady now at 1.7 (sell 1,65).
Wish I'd held on to my original purchase at 0.4.
Anyone got any free hindsight.

[elanfan]

PHE up another 35% so far today now at 1.65p

[bad company]

I’m wondering what to do with my ‘oilies’, I’ve held BP and Shell for a number of years mainly for the dividend. I’m now getting concerned about the sustainability of the dividends particularly from BP which seems to have no cover.

Any thoughts?

[Benbay001]

I need some advice -

I am looking at a company that is 80% owned by the founders.

What are the risks that this poses?

Can i be forced to sell my shares?

Would there be anyway that general share holder interests wouldnt align with the 80% owned by the founders?

Does anyone have any personal experience of companies with this sort of ownership makeup? Good or bad.

Any insights appreciated
Thanks

[Harpoon]

p1stonhead said:

£100?

So with fees presumably at up to £10 for the trade, you need to claw back that just to break even?!

Yes, £105 initial cost (£100 + £5 trade fee) in June 2018. Delayed value is currently £313. Target of £1/share means only 98.something pence to go!

[Newky Brown]

Skyedriver said:

ATM said:

elanfan said:

PHE blasted through the 1p barrier standing as I write at 1.1p

Ceres Power broke £5.00 earlier to £5.22 but has dropped back to around £4.92. Be nice see it stick at over £5.00 at close.

Think I’ve tripled my money on each of these now. PHE has been a long slog having been a holder for at least a couple of years now (though I bought another lump on a drop and made £700 in a couple of weeks). Ceres has been brilliant haven’t held for 9 months yet. I can see this share rocketing over the next few years as they try to dominate their market (and stairs). The potential is there for some major price increases.

This is what we need

More stories of fortunes being made from AIM gambling

I'd greatly appreciate it if no one would mention PHE
(sold at 0.3 after buying at 0.4)
Thank you

Same. Bought 70'000 at .5 and sold at .34. Arse

Edited by Newky Brown on Thursday 13th February 20:46

[Skyedriver]

bad company said:

I’m wondering what to do with my ‘oilies’, I’ve held BP and Shell for a number of years mainly for the dividend. I’m now getting concerned about the sustainability of the dividends particularly from BP which seems to have no cover.

Any thoughts?

Crosses my mind occasionally but the ilkes of BP & Shell are both pushing towards future energy projects allegedly.
The divi is still pretty good but the share price seems to be on a steady downward direction

[egomeister]

ATM said:

ATM said:

egomeister said:

ATM said:

So since my massive success shorting SXX I am now unable to remember the money I lost on MTFB and therefore I have been waiting for the opportunity to use my new found prowess to gamble on another AIM listed good luck story. The one I have chosen is called Versarien with ticker VRS. And this time I am long.

Did you stay in this ATM? Tough month if so...

No

In at 80 and then out at 60 and now teetering on getting back in.

Feels like I missed the boat a bit when I was gonna get back in around 40p. It's already almost 70p. I know it was a bit oversold but that's ridiculous. Surely the shorters will return or was the fair price really around 70p.

It's certainly been on a wild ride. I'm not sure there are much in the way of shorts - it shows as unborrowable on IG

[ATM]

egomeister said:

ATM said:

ATM said:

egomeister said:

ATM said:

So since my massive success shorting SXX I am now unable to remember the money I lost on MTFB and therefore I have been waiting for the opportunity to use my new found prowess to gamble on another AIM listed good luck story. The one I have chosen is called Versarien with ticker VRS. And this time I am long.

Did you stay in this ATM? Tough month if so...

No

In at 80 and then out at 60 and now teetering on getting back in.

Feels like I missed the boat a bit when I was gonna get back in around 40p. It's already almost 70p. I know it was a bit oversold but that's ridiculous. Surely the shorters will return or was the fair price really around 70p.

It's certainly been on a wild ride. I'm not sure there are much in the way of shorts - it shows as unborrowable on IG

The way its dropped recently I'm assuming some people were short. IG does show 22% short which is odd if unborrowable means you cant short with them.


Found the below in the IG blurb which implies you can still short them - maybe -


When shares in a company become unborrowable, the traditional means of short-selling them is impossible. Using CFDs and spread bets for short-selling can give you a much more flexible method of shorting, because you are not selling the actual shares, but speculating on the price movements.

[DonkeyApple]

ATM said:

The way its dropped recently I'm assuming some people were short. IG does show 22% short which is odd if unborrowable means you cant short with them.


Found the below in the IG blurb which implies you can still short them - maybe -


When shares in a company become unborrowable, the traditional means of short-selling them is impossible. Using CFDs and spread bets for short-selling can give you a much more flexible method of shorting, because you are not selling the actual shares, but speculating on the price movements.

It’s about making a book and offering short selling when everyone is long is a means to use customer flow to hedge customer flow which is the most cost efficient means to hedge. It also lowers your debit balance risk if the shares halt trading and become priced at zero as you run 100% hedged on all smallcap flow despite knowing that customers will overall lose.

Will 22% of a retail book be short on a small cap that is on a run? No. Will there be institutional flow sitting short? No because they won’t be allowed to hold shorts of any size in what is an illiquid market. Is maybe that 22% not entirely linked to the real picture? Hmm;)

To get an accurate idea as to how much retail flow there is sitting short of a small cap what you need to do is work through social media and bulletin boards collating the data on all the investors who say they are short, estimating the size of their positions and then divide by ‘n’ where ‘n’ is the largest number you can type into your calculator.