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Hurricane IRMA

Last Sunday Sept 10th, I was home alone with my 4 cats while the hurricane IRMA was barreling down towards the Tampa Bay - my home area - with over 130 mph winds. My internet was down and I didn't get to post my regular weekly blog post that I publish before Sunday midnight. I was scared and very concerned for my family and friends and loved ones in the area. I have experienced many hurricanes living in Florida for the past 47 years but this one was definately a very scary one and in hind sight I should have left Florida with my 4 cats. 6 million Floridians - 1 out of 3 Florida residents - evacuated and left the state. This has never happened before and I am proud of the emergency officials for letting the residents know to evacuate from all the low lying areas. Flooding was the main concern. A category 5 hurricane would have brought in a 15 to 20 foot tidal surge and would have submerged most of my county of 1.2 million people under water.

I am most thankful for the prayers that were offered to me personally from my connections in social media. I received so many messages from all regions of the world that I felt truly blessed. I know their prayers had a large role to play in the wrath that IRMA was bestowing on Florida residents. The storm made landfall and it dropped down to category 2 storm by the time it got in my area on Sunday evening at 8 pm. Wind speed dropped down to 65 miles per hour from 135 miles per hour. We were all sparred. I offer my very special thanks to all the prayers from all my followers and readers. I am grateful that all my family, friends and loved ones - including my 4 cats - are all safe and sound.

Performance of My 27 Stocks

My internet had been down since the day hurricane IRMA landed in Florida on Sunday Sept 10th. It was finally restored just 3 hours ago - in time for me to publish my blog post tonight. I was completely cut off from the markets last week because there was no way for me to access the markets. One very important lesson that I learnt was that having trailing stops to lock in profits and/or to mitigate losses in your positions is critical part of trading the stock market. I always do that and this hurricane confirmed my thesis as to why this should be a standard operating procedure for any disciplined trader and investor.

The performance of 3 major indexes since my last post 2 weeks ago as compared to my 27 stocks is as follows:

$SPY ... +0.55%
$QQQ ... +0.06%
$DJI ... +1.28%
27 stocks ... +2.98% (out performed the leading index $DJI by 233%)

September traditionally is the worst month of the year but I managed to outperform the market by leaps and bounds. This is not an accident or an anomaly. It takes one to be totally engaged with the market on a daily basis and to be disciplined to follow the rules of trading. 4 of the stocks were stopped out with -4% losses and 1 stock was stopped out with +16.22% gain just 3 weeks in the trade.

Losses and Profits of 27 Stocks ($ Amount)

$KEM +3.0
$CTRL +4.92
$VMW +14.50
$FOXF +3.0
$ALGN +11.00
$RACE -4.48
$MNST +1.18
$CRM +1.63
$MRCY +0.03
$ATHM +3.83
$CNC +10.18
$CDNS +0.77
$ADBE +3.49
$RTN +1.5
$LMT -2.70
$RHT +2.30
$UNH +3.22
$CI +6.55
$CCL -2.73
$IPGP +9.84
$PYPL +1.20
$ASML +5.91
$ANET +0.96
$GRUB -2.94
$CELG +4.04
$V +1.65
$MA +8.28

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