One of the stock picks I posted on 6/17, Evergreen Solar (ESLR) went up 20.12% today from $10:24 to $12.30 today. Of course what I’m blogging is not any “It-will-go-up-soon” fiction. I believed the Evergreen Solar has the potential to grow based on research and analyzes ,

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However, so that’s about it for being up 20%, I sold some of my ESLR shares today and gained $300 profit, nothing huge but good start with this stock. ESLR is actually a stock you can fall in love with and you’ll just keep buying and selling this same stock for a while.

One small tip for people who just started investing.
I knew this stock was going to blow up before the market opens when a lot other average investors don’t.
When you go to most finance related sites for stock quotes, they usually don’t show you the pre-market and after-market trading quotes. Pre-market and After-market are extended trading hours investors to trade before or after regular market hours, usually many sophisticated investors trade in non-regular hours. Therefore their activities in the pre-market and after-hours can be a good indicator of how hot the stock is for the day.

For this case today, ESLR, I noticed pre-market trading (Before 9:30AM EST) was so heated up and up $1.00+ already compared to previous closing price. Check screen shot below
Even if I sold the stock right at 9:30AM when market opens, It could still be profitable, although it later went up even more.

Guys, don’t overlook these information if you want to make money, information makes you a winner, let the losers stay behind.

To obtain Pre-market and After-market quotes you can log on to Nasdaq’s offical site .
Scottrade’s real time streaming system will also provide some pre-market quotes under bid / ask column minutes before market opens.

Update: Also read Evergreen Solar (ESLR) Signs $600M In New Contracts