Dillard's Inc. (DDS)

Break in! Target's shares are -9% after a gross margin miss. We own no retail stocks - though I would be a buyer of and (the shares were green in a sea of red yesterday) on weakness.

The market has grown increasingly unpredictable and "newsy." Many traders are having problems dealing and interpreting the short-term gyrations, which in large measure are machine/algo influenced. Short-term trading has become almost like a guessing...

Back in (a small way) at under $62. I am busy so I haven't yet fully analyzed the EPS miss (sales were fine).

* Trading long around a bearish view... * Even the friend of the devil (the Bear Market) can be a friend of mine when trading "I lit up from Reno I was trailed by twenty hounds Didn't get to sleep that night Till the morning came around" - Grateful ...

With Wednesday's sale of Dillard's and Macy's I have no retail longs.  Retail has been decimated in the last two trading sessions - both absolutely and relatively.  In my view this underperformance likely reflects the recent rise in inflationary pre...

This week I sold and based on the share price increases and the diminishing reward v. risk ratios. I have sold my (the shares have traded up from $31 two weeks ago to $37 today) and (the trading sardine of all trading sardines, now over $76) longs f...

The gift that keeps on giving, is "gifty" again today.  That would be Dillard's .  

I am not making a long purchase today.  But if you don't share my ursine market view I would consider the following at current prices: , , all banks ( , , and ), retail ( and ), and .

* Play it Again Sam   "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world she walks into mine."   - Humphrey Bogart, Casablanca    Of all the trading sardines I have ever traded in my investment career - Dillards has been the most tasty.   The ...

* Trading unemotionally and opportunistically I aggressively bought into the very large sell program at about 3-3:30 p.m. All I can write is that it was a wild day with possibly one of the largest intraday moves I have ever seen.   These sort of spa...

As noted recently, I have been adding to my retail holdings - and . Jiggy today.

Retail catches a large bid - these were stocks up in a sea of red yesterday and could follow through further. I added to and .  

We're all hurt someplace and we're all looking for a painkiller." - Katherine, Looking For Mr. Goodbar As I have previously remarked there is an old trading adage that  long trading opportunities often occur in stocks that are green in a sea of red....

I just paid $70.66 for more Dillard's .

My two retail holdings - and - are flourishing today after recent weakness. I should probably be adding but I will hold back for now given the market's volatility and sizable morning gain. I am a buyer on weakness.

"Music is the soundtrack of life." - Dick Clark After some early buying, stocks closed near their lows today. FANG pulled off a revival led by a robust rise in Amazon and a good move in Google . Chip stocks got slammed again. Autos were bludgeoned.....

Today the markets were influenced by the continued disorganization in the White House (the "Orange Swan" is still flying in the air), new allegations against the Supreme Court nominee and a breakdown in trade negotiations between the U.S. and China....

Dillard's trades over $80 -- I recently reestablished my long investment under $73. The opportunities in this trading sardine has been legendary over the last 12 months. Stated simply, DDS is the gift that keeps on giving!

Here is a list of the positions I own (long and short) that have been mentioned in my Diary: Longs: puts, large, small, , small, , large, , small, , , small, large, calls, TWTR large, small Shorts: SPY calls, SPY Large, , small, tagends, small, smal...

Dillard's , the gift that keeps on giving, is +$4.00 today. Trading at $79.11, I recently (last Friday) reestablished my long under $73.

As I noted earlier, I purchased more Dillard's earlier on Monday and my recent purchase is now up about $4!

Here I go, here I go, here I go again (again?) -- Shoop, Salt-N-Pepa I reestablished my long in Dillard's last week at less than $73, and the stock is getting jiggy now. It's up 2.3% at $75.18 as I write this. Here we go again!

As promised, Dillard's reached my buy zone under $73 (I sold some off last week at $79) and I added and moved back to medium-sized.

Yesterday, with trading at over $79, I moved from medium-sized to small-sized. Today the shares are down by nearly -$3 to $76.25. I would reload at $72-$73.

With about 25 minutes to go in the trading session Mr. Market bent a bit but didn't break. With exception of a sale (moving me from medium-sized to small-sized), I did no trades today - just a lot of research on new ideas. Thanks for reading my Diar...

Here is a list of the positions I own (long and short) that have been mentioned in my Diary: Longs: puts, large, small,  , small, , , large, , small, small, small, small, large, large, small. Shorts: SPY calls, SPY large, large, small, tagends, smal...