Dipping the toe in uncharted waters - $MJN

Looking to buy into MJN if it hits 43.11. Day order only.

$XOP and $SBNY

Buy SBNY 12/10/09 @ 30.9882 -- Trying to catch this just below the SMA
20 + short ratio >8 + 31% short. Target 32 (will lock in with a
trailing stop @ 32), stop 30. Sold at 32.0547 on 12/21/09.
Buy XOP 12/10/09 @ 38.19 -- Trying to catch this just below the SMA 20
+ trying to catch a benefit from a possible upswing in oil and decline
of the dollar. Target 41.50, stop 37.00. Sold at 39.92 on 12/17/09 on trailing stop on LOD.

More housecleaning... $VLO and $CNO

Selling off more shares that I had no basis for buying in the first place.

Sold off $CNO for 2.242 (0.47/share loss)
Sold off $VLO for 17.15 (1.11/share loss)

Actually, in the case of $VLO, I noticed that the stocks from the S&P 500 performed very poorly with my trading strategy--so I will be sticking with Russell 2000 stocks only.

In $EXAC at 14.55

Also looking at $WNR, but no position.

In $SNTA, out of $GRO

I decided to start weeding out positions that I don't have any conviction in, especially if they're down.

Sold $GRO for a loss @ 3.03 (average purchase price 3.45).
Bought $SNTA @ 2.608

Sold $FTK for 2.6265

I put alerts on the hourly chart for $FTK after watching it approach a peak, and the alert just tripped. I'm all out of $FTK for now.

In @ 2.40
Out @ 2.6265

In $MNI and $SBCF

$MNI @ 0.7884
$SBCF @ 2.7387

Cashed out of $SPNG at an average of 0.135 or so

Bought in at 0.079-ish. At least it more than offset my $BZ blunder.

May need to spend some time looking around to consolidate and raise cash. Feeling a little too fully invested--maybe it's just the down market.