As mentioned in our post mid-December “What goes up must come down” Got in at the right time and made some great gains on $AAPL, $WAG & $RAD as they hit their peak, and of course, as predicted – came right back down as we are getting into the first quarter.

You’ll see that AAPL made for a nice buy and sell as it peaked near the end of December and came right back down almost exactly where it was December 15th.

WAG – which didn’t have quite as extreme up & down as AAPL still is down from where it was when originally called out mid-December.

And last, and certainly not least RAD – was a great buy and good sell with a couple peaks through the course, but over all down from mid-December.

And, in the cycle of a good stock market, what goes down… also usually goes back up. We have some great buying opportunity while the markets are low, and I’ll be expecting a mid-summer gain.

$CZZ – With a chart that is nothing less than ideal for some quick buy/sell flips and, if you play your hand right, some great gains; which after all, is what we’re all after.

Brazilian giant Cosan, who specializes in sugar and bio-fuel is planning to merge it’s ethanol and fuel distribution units with Royal Dutch Shell in a deal that is worth up to $12 billion dollars. The deal, which was announced on Monday, greatly expands Shell’s ethanol operations in Brazil and follows moves by British oil major BP, which in 2008 took a stake in a Brazilian bio-fuel project and unveiled $1 billion in investments.

“Under terms of a non-binding agreement signed by the two companies, Shell will contribute assets including 2,740 service stations and as much as $1.93 billion to a joint venture. Cosan will provide $4.93 billion of assets, including plants able to crush 60 million tons of cane a year and control of an ethanol- trading unit, according to separate releases from the companies. – Bloomberg.com”

The news, has started an upward trend in the stock for a perfect bounce play if you got the timing right. Up 9.23% from close yesterday.

$GPRE is a small known stock but could make you big bucks. With a great chart, this is the time to load up. A great example of an early stage mark-up company with amazing potential.

Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. Announces Opening of Blendstar’s Biofuels Blending Terminal in Collins, Mississippi

January 6, 2010 (MARKET WIRE)
Omaha, NE (Market Wire) – January 6, 2010 – Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: GPRE) announced today the opening of a new Blendstar terminal in Collins, MS. The new terminal is Blendstar’s eighth operating facility, located in six states. Read more of the press release at http://www.gpreinc.com/press/118

With alternative energy really becoming a driving force in the energy sector, we can expect companies such as this to soar.

Is the IPO market making a comeback? $DG, $KRA, $TMH, $CIE…..we have a significant bullish opinion having enjoying gains on those recent IPOs.

Trusted IPO Veteran Francis Gaskins seems to agree with us…

Click this link to watch Gaskins interview on Bloomberg.

With the 5-20% gains consistant on these new IPOs anyone with trading capital should be watching these IPOs launch starting next week: CHC, SYA, AMCF, CLU, TRNO, DQ, CTC, and FFN.

$GOOG is dropping fast today in part due to their latest press release where they announced “Google Inc. Tuesday said it “may well” shut down its operations in China because of a computer network attack on its e-mail service.
In a statement, Google Chief Legal Officer David Drummond said “a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China” was discovered last month. Evidence, he said, suggests attackers were trying to access Google e-mail accounts — known as Gmail — of Chinese human rights activists.” believes that it should reconsider the feasibility of its operations in China. Keep an eye out as depending on whether or not google actually pulls away from China could be the difference to an amazing bounce or a devesating fall. I’ll definitely be keeping a vigil watch.

As we have stated many times, it is about the trade not the fundamentals. In WAMUQ’s case it could be either but for now it is all speculations in our opinion. However speculation as we all know is what drives the market and the gains we like.

Our call from WAMUQ stands from December 16th 2009 trading up nearly 50%. Click here: http://themarketorder.com/2009/12/16/return-from-the-dead/

First Solar looks like it could be a fantastic stock to get your hands on. Right now they are trading in a good range; although it’s down a bit from where they were 3 months ago having a drop in share price due to backing out of an acquisition, they have since released news stating that they have opened the largest Solar PV Power Plant in California.Read press release here With analysts anticipating the solar market to exceed 10 GW in 2010, this stock could really turn into a monster.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) is the leader with 50 percent market share and the industry grew 30 percent last year. Up almost 2% with a close of $6.92 this market has had great liquidity and fantistic opportunities to buy on the dips and sell at the peaks with the value continuing to climb upwards really giving us a chance to cash in.

GLDD is the largest provider of dredging services in the US conducting business to maintain and deepen shipping channels, reclaim land from the ocean, and renourish storm damaged coastline.
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Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend
OAK BROOK, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dec. 1, 2009– Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ:GLDD) – announced today that its Board of Directors (“the Board”) has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock. The Board approved a $0.017 per share cash dividend, to be paid on December 18, 2009 to the holders of record of common stock of the Company at the close of business on December 11, 2009.
Read more of their press release here.

With news like this, I think they’ll continue to dominate and a lot of the stimulus spending is going to urge them on in 2010.

As hot of a commodity as oil is, I’m predicting natural gas is going to be even hotter in 2010. With a shaky economy and a world wide demand for a cleaner energy source for our environment I’m going to jump into January with a handful of natural gas stocks. Some of my favorites are Chesapeake Energy Corp (CHK) up over 8.5% today alone, XTO who has just recently been purchased by Exxon Mobil (XOM), and Canadian Solar, Inc (CSIQ) that keeps going stronger; just to name a few.

What attracts me to CHK is the volatility, as this stock keeps climbing there are plenty of opportunities to loud up on the dip and sell at the peaks.  Why I’m buying into XTO share price was brought way up from where it was, minor increases in volume today just under 2% but I think this will hold steady.

XOM has had a huge dip, and I’m loading up. There’s been a decent amount of volume and I’m predicting a rally over the first part of January as everyone is over the holidays and ready to hit the markets as hard as they are the gym to work off Grandma’s pumpkin pie and famous eggnog.

CSIQ remains  as one I’m particularly interested in, the price keeps staggering upwards with an increase of over 7.5% and plenty of good things to come for this Canadian company.

Cheers and Happy Trading!