So Who or What is BioRunUp?
BioRunUp is more a “who” than a “what”. Since the market downturn in late 2008/ early 2009 I have taken an interest in the stock market. I remember reading this quote from Warren Buffett
“We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.”
When I graduated high school I began working at Bank of America (BAC) while attending college. Seeing the price of BAC fall to $3 a share, I had a sense that this was a good time to buy. At the time I didn’t have much of a savings, but I managed to buy about 1500 shares. The recent upturn of the financial industry increased my portfolio and gave me the confidence and opportunity to branch out in other areas of the market. That is when I discovered Biotechs.
CTIC will always hold a special place in my heart, it was the first biotech that I ever traded. I bought a few thousand shares in the $.30 range, and watched it grow to well over $1. Next was HEB. Although now former “HEBber’s” view that stock as a nightmare, I watch my original buy of $.96 climb to $4.54. This ignited my interest in biotech stocks. The more research I performed the more excited I got. There seems to be a semi-predictable pattern with FDA Catalyst stocks. Simply put- Buy early, let the anticipation drive the price up, then sell.
Portfolio Performance
As of this writing, my initial investment in my “Biotech” trading portfolio is up over 20 times from just over a year ago. That sounds crazy but its true. Here is a chart of my biotech portfolio performance in terms of monthly percentage gains for the past year:
| Month | Performance |
| April 2009 | 34% |
| May | 158% |
| June | 53% |
| July | 78% |
| August | 33% |
| September | 28% |
| October | -11% |
| November | 25% |
| December | 7% |
| January 2010 | 20% |
| February | 17% |
| March | 7% |
Employment
So, is this what I do for my employment? No, currently its not. I have a regular full time, 40 hour a week job. That being said, this is my true passion and as long as I can have a great time trading and make money I will be here. My ultimate goal is to trade full time. The beauty of it is, as long as you are connected to the Internet, you can live, work, and play anywhere.
Let’s Ride the Waves of Biotech Together
Riding the ups and downs of biotechs can be a mix of skill and timing. It does not look like this sector will be going anywhere any time soon. As long as there is sickness, there will be a biotech market. With a healthy combination of run-ups, free shares, shorting, and options I feel there is a huge potential in these plays. That being said, lets go ride the waves.
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Impressive performance! I am a 15 year industry vet, and have been playing biotech names I hear from customers, and names where my experience provides greater insight, for almost that entire time.
I have to say, this is a great way to play biotech yet hedge the downside. Drug sales these days are unpredictable until the product clears the FDA, clears the payers at an affordable tier, is in the hands of providers for over a year without any significant label changes or postmarketing surveillance issues, and actually performs in real world populations as the studies suggest. I especially like the risk/reward ratios (of both the medicines and the stocks) in high unmet medical need, short course of therapy or acute care, and disease states where long term safety is not an issue (i.e. cancer).
The idea of playing the pre-market stage this way is a great idea..especially in this era with Big Pharma so thirsty for licensing and acquisitions!
I will be following you closely.
finally a site that looks to be run by an transparent professional!
what is your thought on BMGP, it seems to have an amazing diagnostic technology from the same institution that made the nuclear bomb!
Just ran across a link to your site. It’s one of the most intelligent sites I’ve seen regarding stocks since I started investing. No nonsense, logical, & completely free of useless fluff. I’ve used many of your techniques and they do work. Congratulations for offering something to the investment world that is rarely found: Solid advice for earning a strong return.
Wondered if you have any thoughts on Mela?
I bought it on reading the Barrons article last week,Rob Lane,SF,CA
I like MELA for the run-up, here is an article I wrote: http://www.biorunup.com/248/mela-fda-panel/
Greetins again.
Really looking into AVNR but I am frozen in CYCC presently.
Any thoughts on CYCC?
TIA
Mike Parise
With no solid upcoming catalyst dates for CYCC, I hold no position. ANVR seems to be a very promising prospect for the run-up, although much can happen in this market from now until October. That being said, I hold a preliminary position in AVNR, both shares and options.
I stumbled across this website a few days ago while I was doing some follow-up on VVUS and JAZZ. I had a nice run with RNN (157%) in mid-march and early April and that hooked me. I like your strategy. Great site.
No doubt about it, bio stocks with FDA catalysts are the way to go. I started a very similar way you did late 2008. I started trading stocks right after the market crash and noticed the ones with the most pop are the pharmaceutical ones and had to find out why. It seems like most do have a positive “runup” right before a PDUFA decision date and produce great gains. I only trade these stocks as they have the best risk/reward profile. Great site, and thank you for the unbiased reports that only contain facts about the company and explain why they are good runup candidates for short term gains. There are some frauds out there who try to exploit the emotion in traders to produce wild price swings, but you keep it real. Good luck to you and Mike Havrilla and keep up the great work!!!