Sunopta
STKL
Stake Technology (Now Sunopta) came into my portfolio many years ago when their device for breaking down cellulose came to my attention. I started AIMing it again in earnest in 1997. The company has changed quite a bit over the years but remains a good AIM stock. It had traded as low as $0.50/share and recently as high as $11.00. This gives an AIMer plenty of room to work.

In February of 2002 I changed my internal settings on STKL. I'd been using a large SAFE range (about 40% total) along with a minimum trade size of 5% of stock value. What I found was that the range was correct, but that the order size wasn't all that exceptional relative to the price swings. Using "Zig Zag" patterns (www.stockcharts.com) it appeared that I was trading well, but could have improved profitability with smaller SAFE and larger Min. Order size. So, I switched it to 10% SAFE for buying and selling and increased the Min. Order size to be 10% of Portfolio Control. The use of Zig Zag analysis was brought to my attention by Don Carlson and the idea of making the minimum trade a percentage of the Portfolio Control value came from Steve Grabczyk. A special thanks to both of them.

12/20/2002 - Update: I have dropped back to 5% minimum trade sizes while keeping the SAFE at 10% for buying and selling. The year of 2002 has shown me missed opportunities with the 10% trade size I'd been attempting. I'm now back to Mr. Lichello's original AIM settings.

01/01/2003 - Update: I "harvested" over $17,000 from the Cash Reserve while reconciling all of my AIM accounts. This would over-state the profits of this account, so I'm maintaining the original value shown since 1997. I also have decreased the Sell SAFE to zero, changed the Buy SAFE to 12% and increased the minimum order size to 10% of Portfolio Control. This seems to be giving me a better overall trade range with more effective trades when they occur.

07/11/2003 - Okay, here we go again. Because of the strength of this current rally, AIM's buy signal is now well above the 26 week Moving Average. I've done two things to compensate. First I have expanded the Buy SAFE to 20% while keeping the Sell SAFE at zero. Next I up'd the Minimum Order size to 10% of Portfolio Control. Even with these changes AIM's still showing the next Buy above the M.A. So, I have set AIM's buy order at just below the M.A. at the number of shares AIM predicts at that price.

12/19/2003 - Because of the shift in the trade pattern of STKL I've dropped the Min. Trade size back to 5% of Portfolio Control.

08/12/2004 - After a string of Buys as the price/share rapidly descended, I've instituted a new Rule or Filter of only one sequential buy per 30 day period. I've also added another rule to only buy at a price equal to 90% of the previous sequential purchase. This makes the buys larger and also tends to stretch out the time frame between sequential buys.

Most Recent Three years of Trade History

Stake Technology (STKL)

Current AIM Settings:
SPLIT SAFE = 20% Buy; 0.0% Sell; Min. Order = 5% of Portfolio Control

Trade History From 2003 through 2006
Historical trades from 2003 through 2006

Trade History From 2000 through mid-2003

Trade History From 1997 Through 2000.
Historical trades from 1997 through 2000

06/01/1997 Account "re-started" with 10,300 shares @ $1.3146 and $7349 Cash Reserve.
06/11/1997 Bought 800 shares @ 1.125, and Portfolio control changed from 13540 to 13990 due to the purchase.
09/24/1997 Sold 2500 shares @ 1.875.
10/20/1997 Bought 800 shares @ 1.3125, and Portfolio control changed from 13990 to 14515 due to the purchase.
12/03/1997 Bought 2000 shares @ 1.125, and Portfolio control changed from 14515 to 15640 due to the purchase.
12/24/1997 Sold 800 shares @ 1.75.
07/31/1998 Bought 800 shares @ 1.031, and Portfolio control changed from 15640 to 16052 due to the purchase.
08/21/1998 Bought 1000 shares @ 1, and Portfolio control changed from 16052 to 16552 due to the purchase.
09/14/1998 Bought 1200 shares @ .9375, and Portfolio control changed from 16552 to 17114 due to the purchase.
11/23/1998 Bought 5000 shares @ .7813, and Portfolio control changed from 17114 to 19067 due to the purchase.
01/06/1999 Bought 2000 shares @ .625, and Portfolio control changed from 19067 to 19692 due to the purchase.
01/22/1999 Sold 1000 shares @ 1.25.
05/11/1999 Bought 1000 shares @ .875, and Portfolio control changed from 19692 to 20130 due to the purchase.
07/27/1999 Sold 1000 shares @ 1.0625.
08/02/1999 Sold 500 shares @ 1.125.
08/17/1999 Sold 1000 shares @ 1.25.
08/25/1999 Sold 1000 shares @ 1.3125.
10/22/1999 Bought 1000 shares @ .875, and Portfolio control changed from 20130 to 20568 due to the purchase.
11/18/1999 Bought 300 shares @ .8438, and Portfolio control changed from 20568 to 20695 due to the purchase.
11/18/1999 Bought 3700 shares @ .8281, and Portfolio control changed from 20695 to 22227 due to the purchase.
12/07/1999 Bought 2000 shares @ .75, and Portfolio control changed from 22227 to 22977 due to the purchase.
01/19/2000 Sold 1000 shares @ 1.1875.
02/09/2000 Sold 1000 shares @ 1.25.
02/09/2000 Sold 1000 shares @ 1.3125.
02/10/2000 Sold 1000 shares @ 1.375.
02/11/2000 Sold 1000 shares @ 1.5.
02/15/2000 Sold 2000 shares @ 1.6875.
02/16/2000 Sold 1000 shares @ 1.8125.
02/17/2000 Sold 1000 shares @ 2.0313.
02/22/2000 Sold 1000 shares @ 2.3125.
07/19/2000 Bought 1000 shares @ 1.25, and Portfolio control changed from 22977 to 23602 due to the purchase.
07/26/2000 Bought 1000 shares @ 1.1875, and Portfolio control changed from 23602 to 24196 due to the purchase.
08/09/2000 Bought 1000 shares @ 1.125, and Portfolio control changed from 24196 to 24758 due to the purchase.
09/05/2000 Sold 1000 shares @ 1.6875.
09/06/2000 Sold 500 shares @ 1.7813.
09/06/2000 Sold 500 shares @ 1.8438.
10/18/2000 Bought 1000 shares @ 1.1875, and Portfolio control changed from 24758 to 25352 due to the purchase.
11/16/2000 Sold 1000 shares @ 1.875.
12/20/2000 Bought 1000 shares @ 1.25, and Portfolio control changed from 25352 to 25977 due to the purchase.
12/26/2000 Bought 800 shares @ 1.1875, and Portfolio control changed from 25977 to 26452 due to the purchase.
05/07/2001 Sold 1000 shares @ 1.93.
06/05/2001 Sold 1000 shares @ 2.25.
06/06/2001 Sold 1000 shares @ 2.4.
08/10/2001 Bought 1000 shares @ 1.5, and Portfolio control changed from 26452 to 27202 due to the purchase.
01/22/2002 Sold 1000 shares @ 2.25.
02/15/2002 Changed Buy and Sell Resistance (SAFE) to 10% each. Increased Min. Order Value to 10% of Portfolio Control.
03/22/2002 Sold 1000 shares @ 2.43.
03/26/2002 Sold 1000 shares @ 2.65.
04/01/2002 Sold 1000 shares @ 2.87.
04/16/2002 Sold 800 shares @ 3.13.
04/23/2002 "VEALIE" Changed Portfolio Control from 27858 to 29837
01/01/2003 Redeemed $17562.50 from cash reserve to rebalance portfolio.
02/14/2003 Sold 400 shares @ 3.6.
Reset SAFE to 12% Buy, 0.0% Sell and increased the Min. Order size to 10% of Portfolio Control.
02/27/2003 Sold 800 shares @ 3.77.
04/04/2003 Sold 800 shares @ 4.15.
04/27/2003 "Vealie" changed Portfolio Control from 31479 to 33790. Cash at 39% and IW at 21%.
05/01/2003 "Vealie" changed Portfolio Control from 33790 to 36655.
05/02/2003 Sold 700 shares @ 5.40. Cash now at 42% of total value.
05/27/2003 Sold 600 shares @ 5.85.
06/08/03 "Vealie" changed Portfolio Control from 36655 to 38803
06/22/03 "Vealie" changed Portfolio Control from 38803 to 41042
06/26/2003 Sold 600 shares @ 6.85.
07/06/03 Changed Portfolio Control from 41042 to 43378. Changed Min. Order size back to 10% of PC Value. Changed Buy SAFE back to 20%. This may end up being temporary, but AIM's current buy price is above the 26 week M.A. so I want a bit of extra inhibition against buying shares back right now.
07/16/2003 Bought 100 shares @ 5.12, and Portfolio control changed from 43378 to 43634 due to the purchase.
07/16/2003 Bought 100 shares @ 5.09, and Portfolio control changed from 43634 to 43889 due to the purchase.
07/16/2003 Bought 1400 shares @ 5.08, and Portfolio control changed from 43889 to 47445 due to the purchase.
07/18/2003 Sold 600 shares @ 7.10.
08/07/2003 Sold 600 shares @ 7.80.
09/02/2003 Sold 500 shares @ 8.60.
09/07/2003 "VEALIE" changed Portfolio Control from 47445 to 50155
09/19/2003 Sold 700 shares @ 10.27.
12/08/2003 Bought 1600 shares @ 6.55, and Portfolio Control changed from 50155 to 55395 due to the purchase.
12/29/2003 Sold 300 shares @ 8.95.
01/05/2004 Sold 300 shares @ 9.46.
01/16/2004 Sold 300 shares @ 9.92.
03/01/2004 Sold 200 shares @ 10.39.
05/06/2004 Bought 300 shares @ 8.1199, and Portfolio control changed from 55395 to 56613 due to the purchase.
05/17/2004 Bought 500 shares @ 7.7, and Portfolio control changed from 56613 to 58538 due to the purchase.
06/04/2004 Bought 400 shares @ 7.42, and Portfolio control changed from 58538 to 60022 due to the purchase.
08/05/2004 Bought 600 shares @ 6.98, and Portfolio control changed from 60022 to 62116 due to the purchase.
08/09/2004 Bought 1200 shares @ 6.23, and Portfolio control changed from 62116 to 65854 due to the purchase.
03/15/2005 Bought 1600 shares @ 5.60, and Portfolio control changed from 65854 to 70334 due to the purchase.
04/22/2005 Bought 1500 shares @ 4.65, and Portfolio control changed from 70334 to 73822 due to the purchase.
01/10/2006 NOTE: Non-AIM Event - Changed Portfolio Control from 73822 to 59000 to reduce overall exposure (rebalance) on this stock to be in line with the rest of my portfolio.
01/10/2006 Sold 2300 shares @ 6.18. (This sale was done to rebalance the size of the STKL holding
to be more in line with the rest of my account.)
01/19/2006 Sold 400 shares @ 6.785.
01/31/2006 Sold 800 shares @ 7.4.
03/16/2006 Sold 200 shares @ 8.2.
03/16/2006 Sold 500 shares @ 8.25.
04/03/2006 Sold 700 shares @ 8.975.
04/24/2006 Sold 600 shares @ 9.96.
05/08/2006 Sold 600 shares @ 11.2.
06/12/2006 Bought 900 shares @ 7.99, and Portfolio control changed from 59000 to 62595 due to the purchase.
09/28/2006 Sold 300 shares @ 10.51.
10/04/2006 Sold 300 shares @ 10.99.
10/16/2006 Sold 300 shares @ 11.5687.
12/18/2006 Bought 700 shares @ 8.69, and Portfolio control changed from 62595 to 65636 due to the purchase.
02/02/2007 Sold 300 shares @ 11.32.
07/09/2007 Sold 300 shares @ 11.94.
08/20/2007 Sold 300 shares @ 12.63.
09/02/07 "VEALIE" changed Portfolio Control from 65636 to 67580 (Cash at 48% of total).

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