New Trade: Long YELP

I bought a starter position in YELP today. I like the business, and I also like the technicals. I started considering it after @ragincajun and @the_real_fly
were taking about it.

Here’s the daily chart:

I like the consolidation here under $24. I also like that price is still above the initial IPO trade price. I also like that it has been creeping up slowly lately, a few percent at a time. I bought at $23.20, and placed my stop at $20.20, underneath the recent swing low. I decided to enter at the price I did from the 5 min chart, as we retraced to the day’s VWAP:

I intend to hold this for at least a few weeks as a position trade as long as I don’t get stopped out. I would consider taking partial profits at a retest of the $26 high, and I will also consider adding more shares later if the stock acts right by making new highs.

GSVC Update: Position Taken

Looking at the chart for GSVC, I’d expect it to retest the support at $16. I placed a buy limit at $16.06. My stop point would be just under $14, with my target a retest of the near $20 all time high. So we’ll see if I get filled. Here’s the chart showing the 16 support:

UPDATE: I pulled the buy limit down to $15.75 for 1/31/2012. Just got filled at that price. Stop level is $13.25, target is to sell any pop from Facebook IPO news, the retest of $19.9x all time high if we get there. Here’s the current chart:

UPDATE: I just closed it out at $17.45 as I trailed up behind the late day price rise. I saw all the potential resistance around $17.50 at the left and didn’t want to wait out the retrace, so that’s +1.7 on the trade, or just about +0.85R on the trade.