Friday, October 26, 2007

Making Money with POT

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, symbol POT, "is an integrated fertilizer and related industrial and feed products company" (Google Finance). The stock has more than doubled since January. Today it popped almost 5%.

At around 1PM a huge surge of volume came into the stock, sending it flying high. This was an excellent day trading opportunity. It broke through the highs of the day as the volume increased. If you had seen this developing, or had your trading software alert you of the movement, you would have made sweet profits. If you had bought 500 shares as the stock was making new highs at around $107, and sold near $113, you would have made about $3000.

This week I have noticed several setups exactly like this one. A stock breaks above consolidation on higher volume and surges higher. I think you could make good money day trading like this, especially if you have good trading software that will alert you when these opportunities arise.

Check out the 5 minute chart and the 1 minute chart of POT today:

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