That's right...

DoC's moving on to the big boy game now. I just opened a Charles Schwab Account with a 1000.00 bucks today. My first investment will be in Sidney Resources Corporations, and I should be able to pick up to but not beyond 100,000 shares by Weds as soon as my account opens. But then I also found out, that the brokerage firm acts like a depositor bank as well, issuing bank cards, FIDC insured up to 250,000.

So...once again, DoC stumbles into the unknown with as much luck hopefully as he had when he decided to invest in just metals. So, I got my metals investment, now I'll be rocking the Gain Train, with penny stocks for starters, and once I build my capitol up, I'll switch to some long term, dividend paying stocks as well.

But for now...I got to put in some OT learning the ends and outs of borrowing on Margins, Put and Short selling, getting some great Stock portfolio tracking software...and most of all...seeking out the more secure penny stocks with high volume trading. The guy who sold me on the Idea, said this stock could go to 5 bucks a share! Imagine that...at 100,000 shares that very well could be a 500,000 dollar profit off of 1000.00 bucks..if I don't chicken out and sell it sooner. But I wouldn't sell unless it goes to .50 anyway. That would still bring in a modest 50,000! hehehe I'm loving it....now I'm off schooling myself.

Here's the Website to my first investment ... You can also go the Charles Schwab site and look up it's history for free.
Sidney Resources Corporations.com
It's ticker ID: SDRC
http://www.sidneyresourcescorp.com/

OK First Trades,

Well after having a broker explain the trading sheet to me, I reviewed the Stock chart. My goal was purchasing shares at 0.01..so I put in an order for 30,000 shares at that price.
The order has not been filled yet at that level, 1 because the price is higher and secondly cause no one is offering at that level.


But then I got to thinking...because orders aren't official till filled, I amended my first trade offer of 30,000 shares at 0.01 and reduced it  by 15,000.
I then put up a new order for the other 15,000 at the days low...at 0.0093. mainly I did this to counter buying shares at a higher price to have something to sell...just in case.


Today's final results, I have to two bids:

Buy order for 15,000 at 0.01        --- still pending
Buy Order for 15,000 at 0.0093   --- still pending

After I bid the original offer tho...I considered..what if the price doesn't retreat? I don't have nothing to sell, so...
I placed an order for 15,000 shares at 0.013..which was the current trading price. The order was filled immediately,
I'm officially the owner of 15,000 shares now, and have something to sell should it just rise again like last week to 0.021.

So that's it..I purchased 15,000 shares at current price, just in case it just goes up this week...and I have two orders pending, one at 0.01 and 0.0093 should the price go down to take advantage of the lower price if it heads that way.

Whats good about all this..your only charged a fee, if your orders are filled, so was able to accomplish this all with just one order filled at only one 8.95 charge today.

I have no sell orders right now..as my goal is over 0.02 and the price is currently well beneath this level..but keep in mind, it did hit that level just last week, and this years high is 0.11......

MY  tipster seemly gave me good advice..as trading volume is high with this penny stock, which is important to trading, cause just because you place a buy or sell order..doesn't make it so if there aren't shares being offered or sold at those prices. But the company has been around since 1896, has just recently added 5 tracks of land..two of which it has patents on..and appears to have a trading volume that allows one to take advantage of these price moves..trading on average 400,000 shares aday..but recently in last two weeks at around 800,000 shares traded daily. And I spotted nothing in the local Boise newspaper archives early this morning before trying anything, that worried me.

All and all...a good first day setting up my strategy.

And I gotta tell ya...it was allot of FUN! hehehe!

Wow,

Going to have to take deeper look at the one years charts for my mining stocks and hell, the Dow too. If as the last article suggest, we should see a Wall Street correction, prolly big enough for them to launch QE3 in Sept. Question is..what do mining stocks do? We know Gold and silver goes up, not just cause the market goes down, but also it's the beginning of Indian and Chinese holidays and festivals..leading eventually up to Xmas and the Chinese New Year. I do remember the market sliding..but then all I have in memory is the terrific rise in metals next...and stocks go blank.

Now Hecla mining corp is showing a strong push up right now, and Sidney is showing a modest recovery from a down cycle..but not to bullish. But this ain't gold and silver...

So what does that article, my experience with metals last year, and their current positive trends tell me? Tells me, the mining stocks will first act like stocks. First Reaction will to get out of the stocks, and I think mining at first, will submit to the Fear play, but then as peeps then pile deeper, then they already have, into metals, mining stocks would be first to rise...Gold and silver is going up..there for corporate profits go up, if they go up..the stock goes up even if it don't pay a dividend.

So..I'll take a chance and fore go purchasing any Hecla mining right now at 7.80-8.00 and hope for a correction to 7.45 and 7.00. But it's presently not showing a weakness, and it may just continue to edge upward. I bought SDRC at a higher price then intended, but it doesn't pay to be a gunslinger all the time.
So I'll wait and watch some more on Hecla. if it shows no weakness, and a slow grinding trend upwards like presently... I may buy at 8.25-8.45 and keep it till it does hit 11.00-12.00 or more to start dumping.

Wish I had simply paid attention to mining stocks last Sept....and what that articled coined as the worse month for stocks.
Homework is required.

Well found another Stock to start watching:

GEOPULSE EXPLORATION Inc.
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/business/companies/geopulse-explorations-inc/index.html

Ticker ID: GPLS

I found this stock off a Penny Stock site, but I've already been told not to trust them, so I further researched it, and found an article in the New York Times. Now it's volume isnt breath taking or nothing..but passable. I'll use this stock just as a lower attention, lower volume, lower share trading stock for good returns every once in a while. Trades will be spaced out, future ownership kept at about 45k total shares, with 15k trades, set up at further spacing.

Prolly set-up a First Trade Low ball offer tomarrow..currently it's trading at about .02, think I'll go 15,000 shares at 0.015, goes down further I'll snag another 20,000 shares at 0.01.


As it is tho..my tipster was right, i havent run across anything yet..in mining that seems as good as SDRC, in penny stocks anyway.

DoC's Stock Market Investment To Date 9/2/11:

Symbol        Quantity           Price           Market Value         Day Change +/-         Cost Basis         Gain/loss

ALCL            15,000          $0.039             $585.00                 -$45.00                    $771.85          -$186.85
HL                       30            $7.86             $235.80                 +$8.70                     $236.95              -$1.15
SDRC           25,000        $0.0185             $462.50                +$107.50                   $412.90           +$49.60

Totals:                                                    $1283.30                 +71.20                    $1421.70           -$138.40

Personal Investment: $1450.00 

Notes:
So there it is, my first week in the stock market, and I know it looks bad, but I know...after following metals all last year, the market goes up and down..whether metals or stocks. So I'm not very worried yet, and I did research the companies too, so although not entirely comfortable, I am content.

Now ALCL is a financial consultant company to medium and small sized businesses. While HL and SDRC are Mining Stocks.

I know, I know..Why DoC are you buying stock in a Financial company when you preach against them all the time? hehehe Yeah even I take a step back, but my theory is logical. Not sure if correct yet, and I'm going to find out publically...hehehe GREAT!

Last year, the Banks and other Financial institutions worked opposite of metals, usually, and since I know we got at least 1 more QE coming, I'm not worried about financial companies going bankrupt yet....well not all at one time anyway. So I'm Attempting to play two ends against the middle, is what it amounts too.
I figure while one is doing bad..I can bottom feed, and totally be looking to sell trades at 50-100% profit. (Still trying to pin point the percent that allows for a fair profit, but allows quicker turn over).

Now I was watching Cramer last night on Mad Money, and was lucky enough to hear him say about 10 well researched stocks is all you really need in your portfolio. But I'm no Dummy, so I will be investing sooner or later in about another 6 non-financail stocks. I may have two financial starting out..to hopefully help me obtain some profit when the others are down, thus adding to their positions on down turns.

But why pick bad corps to do this? Well...you do the math..now time the number of stocks I have to only the last 6 month high for the Stock! hehehehe!

Here are the last 6 months high's:
ALCL current price: 0.039    6 Month high: 10.00               hehehe yes that's right you do the math!
HL                          7.85                              10.50              massive volume tho..over 8 million a day lately, listed on NYSE
SDRC                      0.0185                          0.11                Penny Stock Tip..I already have 25,000 of that!

So that's it...metals season just began, only makes since mining would do well too. I'm looking at oil now..the price is under 90.00 a barrel lately..stocks must be cheaper.
And one financial, at least starting out...for each time the freaking Idiots Stimulate the Economy again and one's on it's way..got to go here!
You know you can rub on something and make it hard as a rock..but eventually it fails! hehehe How do they forget this?

Well that's it..as far in thinking and positioning I've gotten in 3 days. May fail..but I had the balls to try!
                               

Atlas Capital Holdings, Inc. Enters LOI to Acquire Textraw
12:07 pm ET 08/30/2011- Business Wire
BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 30, 2011-- Atlas Capital Holdings Inc. (Pink Sheets: ALCL) (OTCBB:ALCL) (the "Company") entered into a letter of intent to acquire 100% of the shares of Textraw, Inc. a Florida corporation that engineers and distributes an environmentally-friendly “green” synthetic ground cover manufactured from recycled materials composited from common landfill items.

“We are very excited about this first acquisition in the area of green products and services. Pursuant to our GreenTech business strategy, our plan is to announce additional acquisitions within the next few weeks that are complementary to and synergistic with the manufacturing of alternative green products and services,” stated Peter Klaich, COO of Atlas Capital Holdings, Inc.

Textraw was idealized in 2000 as a way to recreate pine straw while making use of unrecyclable materials. After 3 years of consistent research and development, the company patented its process and began generating revenue in 2003. Textraw is a sterile, eco-friendly, and long-lasting replacement ground cover that does not fade, crumble, or attract insects. Textraw utilizes its “disruptive technology” to further shrink the pine straw market: for every one bale of Textraw used the traditional pine straw mark is curbed by 8 bales.

The purchase price for these interests is expected to be $3,000,000, and will be paid in some combination of cash and Company stock as agreed upon by the parties prior to closing. The consummation of this transaction is subject to a number of customary pre-closing conditions

Trades Today: 3

1St trade: Sell  (Yeaaaa first sell ever!)
9:30 am EST
HL
20 @ 7.97

2Nd trade: Buy
9:35 am EST
MDFI
25000 @ 0.005

3Rd trade: Buy
12:20 am EST
SDRC
4000 @ 0.014

Cash Injection
1:30 pm EST
$450.00



Numbers below may not represent current position, will try to update during the day as each trade comes in, but will be correct shortly after 4:00 pm EST. And I only present information on days I do have trades.

DoC's Stock Market Investment To Date 9/8/11:

Symbol        Quantity           Price           Market Value         Day Change +/-       

ALCL            15,000           $0.046             $690.00                 -$150.00                   
HL                       10             $7.97               $79.70                    +$1.20
MDFI            25,000         $0.0035               $87.50                    +$2.50   
SDRC           29,000           $0.014             $406.00                  -$116.00                   

Totals:                                                     $1263.20                 +$161.75

Personal Investment: $1900.00
Cash: $452.35
Total Market Value:  $1715.55

The Biggest Threat to the Gold Mining Industry
By Matt Badiali

09/26/11 My friend Brent Cook is buying gold right now… But not for the reasons you’d expect.

Brent is no “doom and gloom” gold bug. He doesn’t think the dollar is going to collapse any time soon.

Brent simply knows the world is running low on gold… which could drive the price of his favorite stocks much, much higher.

He has unique insight into the gold business. He’s one of the best mining geologists in the world…and he spends an extraordinary amount of time visiting mines and analyzing mining data. He shares his thoughts in his Exploration Insights newsletter.

Last week, Brent told readers about the latest on a huge story happening in the gold business: Gold companies are spending enormous amounts of money to explore for gold…with little to show for it.

According to numbers from the world’s largest gold miner, Barrick Gold, the entire industry is having more and more difficulty finding new gold deposits.



Here’s how Brent summed up the situation…

Current global mine production is in the order of 85 million ounces per annum, whereas…the last time the industry found that many ounces in a year was 1999.

This dearth of new discoveries is despite the significant increase in exploration spending since 2002. Particularly disconcerting (to the larger mining companies at least) is the decline in discoveries since 2006 notwithstanding exploration spending has more than doubled from $2.5 billion to over $5 billion.

The years from 1850 through 1900 were incredible for gold discovery. That’s when prospectors found the giant goldfields in Australia, Canada, South Africa, Colorado, and California. However, the modern era of discovery didn’t begin until the 1960s.

Geologist Forbes Wilson found the world’s largest gold mine, Grasberg, in 1960 in Papua, Indonesia. Geologists John Livermore and Alan Coope discovered the largest gold producing region in the United States, Nevada’s Carlin Trend, in 1965.

Since then, we’ve scoured the planet for the “easy gold” — the stuff that sticks up out of the ground in relatively safe, functional countries.

But now, all of the “easy gold” has been found. (It’s a lot like the situation in oil, which I’ve told you about here.) Mining and exploration companies are still finding some good deposits… They’re just generally in inhospitable, remote, or downright scary places.

For example, one “top 10 in the world” deposit that I like, Seabridge Gold’s KSM Deposit, is a monster gold deposit… The only problem is that it’s in a far-off corner of British Columbia. To mine this deposit, the company needs to build a long tunnel…just to get the construction equipment in. I still like owning the stock. But it will take billions of dollars of capital investment to develop the deposit.

Another monster gold and copper deposit, Alaska’s Pebble Deposit, is next to a pristine wildlife area. This creates just as large a hurdle as a lack of roads.

Plus… The costs of gold production (things like fuel, labor, and infrastructure) has more than doubled from 1997 to 2009. The price tag to build a new mine these days can run into billions of dollars. The mine must be able to repay that cost within a year or two and then produce a reasonable return on the investment. The huge upfront costs set the bar high in terms of the size and quality of deposits that big gold companies are willing to pursue.

This just means the highest-quality, large, undeveloped gold deposits in the world are getting increasingly valuable. As $1,500-plus gold sends a surge of profits into the coffers of big gold miners, you’ll see fat premiums paid for great projects.

Mining giant Newmont paid a big premium in 2010, when it spent $2.3 billion to acquire junior explorer Fronteer Gold. One day, Fronteer was worth about $10 per share. The next day, it was worth $14. Investors doubled their money in a few weeks on that deal.

In sum…the world is running low on gold. The “easy gold” has already been found. That’s why Brent is scouring the world looking for great gold projects…

Right now, he’s a fan of investing in deposits in Mexico… Although you hear lots of negative “gang related” headlines from mainstream media sources, Mexico is actually a great jurisdiction for miners. And he’s made good money by owning shares of Almaden Minerals, which is exploring a promising gold project called Ixtaca.

Potential deposits like that aren’t easy to find… But they’ll be worth hundreds of percent more in the coming years.

Regards,

Matt Badiali,
for The Daily Reckoning