Long VG Vonage Holdings Today at 4.68

I went long VG today at 4.68 as Vonage Holdings seems ready to break above the recent triangular down trend line and trade a full candlestick body above this down trend.  I would like to stay long VG for a week or two or three as a possible swing trade.

There is nothing ‘magical’ about this trade, but it appears to be a small to mid cap stock that is in a growing business with some near term momentum.  So this is a trade, nothing more.  I am not looking for a miracle here, but would certainly like to see some nice upside going forward.

VG has had about a 1.5 month sideways consolidation up until today and is constructive for a new move higher.  The major challenge level is the 4.94 swing high on high volume that occurred on 2/15/2011.  I suspect there will be a bit of selling near that level and maybe even a handle of a cup and handle type situation developing.

I am willing to take ‘pain’ slightly below 4.5 assuming that does occur, but would then like to see a quick resumption of uptrend.

I am thinking VG has potential up to the 6 range assuming the general market cooperates and VG can maintain momentum.  That would equate to a possible 28% return.  So a downside of about 5% versus a possible upside of 28% looks quite good here.

VG is going to be the first trade of the BestOnlineTrades Mastermind Project.  The BMP is an experiment I want to start to try to identify weaknesses or strengths in trading and that I hope would be somewhat educational not only for me but for any one else who might stumble upon it.

I will be going into more detail what this is all about in a future post, but for now let it be known that VG is the first trade that becomes part of this ‘project’.

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