The market opened strong and stayed strong all day long due to more weakness in the dollar. The Dow, which was showing a flag pattern, broke higher with increased volume.

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With the weakening dollar, metalswere up, which was good for ANV, one of the stocks in my watchlist today.

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I had some other triggers today as well, including…

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VTR gapped up above my buy point, and I took it for a swing trade. This is a real estate/healthcare stock, and to my eyes, real estate seems to me strengthening.

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I’m mostly swing trading this market using small position sizes and being very methodical about my stops. I had to say goodbye to MA for a loss today, but other stocks are holding up and look as if they may make another push higher, such as:

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 Trade Ideas for 11/17/09:

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Good luck and good trading!