Sandvine Corp. Share Discussion Threads

[thepinkpanther] 06/3/2008 15:08

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Sandvine Corporation

06 March 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SANDVINE'S BOARD APPROVES PLAN FOR STOCK BUYBACK PROGRAM


Waterloo, Canada; March 6, 2008 - Sandvine Corporation (TSX:SVC; AIM:SAND) ("Sandvine") today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the adoption of an open market stock buyback program for the purchase of up to approximately 10 million common shares ("Shares") over a one-year period, expected to commence in mid-March, through a normal course issuer bid over the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX"). The program is subject to obtaining requisite regulatory approvals.

"We are confident in Sandvine's opportunity and believe that the shares repurchased will enhance shareholder value in the long-term," said Dave Caputo, Sandvine's President and CEO.

The actual number of Shares purchased, the timing of purchases and the price at which the Shares are bought will depend upon future market conditions, and upon potential alternative uses for Sandvine's cash resources. Any purchases will be made by Sandvine at the prevailing market price of the Shares at the time of purchase. As at March 5th, 2008, Sandvine had 137,192,799 Shares issued and outstanding.

ABOUT SANDVINE

Sandvine's award-winning network equipment helps DSL, cable, and wireless broadband service providers characterize what is really happening on their networks, enabling polices that improve customer satisfaction, reduce operational costs and increase profitability. Sandvine's DPI-based policy solutions are both application and subscriber-aware, empowering service providers to better manage network traffic congestion, mitigate the proliferation of malicious traffic, and deliver QoS-prioritized multimedia services. With over 100 customers in more than 40 countries, Sandvine is enhancing the Internet experience for millions of broadband users worldwide.

[seanmiller] 06/3/2008 15:08

one to watch to be honest

lvl 2 is now 3v1, from 4v1 a second ago, and that was after the latest drop, so more to come IMO.

there is obviously a bottom, finding it is the fun bit..........0p is the starting point

[seanmiller] 06/3/2008 15:04

lol, it doesn't warrant any fall IMO, and I have seen a few shares drop in the past on "no problems here" news, but this just about takes the cake.

i'll have a proper read of accounts lol

[thepinkpanther] 06/3/2008 15:01

but does it warrant such a huge fall?
doubt it........

[seanmiller] 06/3/2008 14:55

loved that statement lol.


"We are confident in Sandvine's opportunity and believe that the shares
repurchased will enhance shareholder value in the long-term," said Dave Caputo,
Sandvine's President and CEO.

but in the short term will completely screw the share price rofl ;)

[andrbea] 14/2/2008 16:02

BARCELONA, SPAIN, Feb 11, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX News Network) --
Sandvine, (TSX: SVC)(AIM: SAND) a leading provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for DSL, Cable, FTTH, 3G wireless and WiMAX providers, today announced that it will demonstrate its powerful Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF) at Mobile World Congress 2008. Sandvine brings a wide range of policy-based solutions to enhance service delivery for mobile data providers. With three major wireless wins announced last month, Sandvine provides a robust 10-Gigabit Ethernet solution for handling large subscriber volumes in mobile networks.

"Worldwide consumer adoption of new mobile data services into work, home and play has advanced carrier rollouts of 3G / 3.5G and WiMAX networks to attract consumers with the same performance, quality and open Internet access of their residential broadband service. Sandvine provides the granular policy control to help wireless operators create innovative service plans, consistently deliver high-quality services and optimize the use of valuable radio spectrum and backhaul networks," said Tom Donnelly, Sandvine Executive Vice President, Marketing and Sales.

Sandvine's PCEF identifies subscribers and tracks detailed data application usage in real time. Mobile data providers can determine subscribers' usage quotas and notify subscribers via a captive portal that allows them to monitor usage and purchase additional quota. This functionality lets mobile data providers monitor and charge the subscriber for application usage, track historical usage and monitor the network for congestion, especially during peak hours.

Visit Sandvine in the Canadian pavilion, C58 Hall 2_1 and take a closer look at:

- Unprecedented visibility into application and subscriber traffic;

- Opportunities to promote mobile data usage and monetize traffic;

- Manage congestion and plan for growing capacity;

- A demonstration on real-time subscriber-centric policy enforcement and charging.

[sandbank] 26/1/2008 06:07

In a 2005 study, "Action Bias Among Elite Soccer Goalkeepers: The Case of Penalty Kicks," five Israeli professors found that while "the utility-maximizing behavior for goalkeepers is to stay in the goal's center during the kick, in 93.7% of the kicks the goalkeepers chose to jump to their right or left."

In other words, in a high-stress situation, the most efficient decision -- inactivity -- was taken but 6% of the time. The researchers hypothesized that the reason for the discrepancy was "action bias":

This isn't to say you should never sell. It's just that you should be investing with your brain, not your emotions. Without a sense of perspective, you don't have a chance of long-term wealth creation in the market. So make it your resolution today to steel your stomach and change your mindset -- fortunes are made over decades by investing in high-quality companies at good prices.

[sandbank] 09/1/2008 22:54

ben gunn - 9 Jan'08 - 20:49 - 35166 of 35167

1964
I'm not Smarm but let me give you an angle on breakouts:
(assuming that your broker doesn't rob you, you have done suitable research and the spread is below 2%)

Use the 20 day and 200 day moving averages to establish that a stock really has broken clear into "BUY" territory. (Ample's site gives these for free)

Once you have established that it has- buy immediately.

The risk of you mistiming a purchase (and losing money) rises with the "premium" that you pay i.e. the price line being a high percentage above the 200 day average price line.
By definition the sooner after it breaks above 200 EMA the lower its premium.

For perfection do the above but buy on a down day so you can see that when the selling pressure eases off the positive momentum still has legs (and its cheaper hence more profitable). The chart of minute by minute price movements on the ADVFN page for each share is brilliant for this.

Having said the above I would caution anyone not to buy positions until the market benchmark and the share's sector are rising. Since they are mostly tanking at present I wouldnt buy any non-cyclical equity until the NAS recovers above 2600............in say............ 2010. DYOP.

[sandbank] 31/12/2007 15:35

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[sandbank] 20/12/2007 08:11

henryatkin - 20 Dec'07 - 07:57 - 34653 of 34653

Sandbank - wouldn't rush in personally.....you could do a lot worse in these situations by following the RSI indicator. For index and equities buying on the 50 upwards and selling on 50 downwards can be rewarding with limited risk.

[sandbank] 20/12/2007 08:11

henryatkin - 20 Dec'07 - 07:57 - 34653 of 34653

Sandbank - wouldn't rush in personally.....you could do a lot worse in these situations by following the RSI indicator. For index and equities buying on the 50 upwards and selling on 50 downwards can be rewarding with limited risk.

[tradx666] 13/12/2007 13:18

sandbank,

LOL!

A point well made.

regards

T..

[sandbank] 13/12/2007 13:07

FTSE DOWN:LEG UP

The cat - who has lent his official imprimatur to TNT's new book - has irritatingly pointed out that his Xmas share nomination LEG is one of the few risers of the day.

[sandbank] 23/11/2007 13:51

henryatkin - 23 Nov'07 - 11:35 - 33844 of 33851

Smarm - buying early so not to get left behind. I have an emotion free policy I now use for entering after a retracement:

Sort out ideal portfolio ahead of the bounce.

Monitor the 5 day MA of each stock.

Don't buy in the morning - wait for UKX to confirm 5DMA and DOW to give a clue that it will accept the verdict of Europe....so 15.30 - 16.00hrs

Start buying only the stock that has the share price breaking up through TODAYS 5DMA.

Set stops just a couple of points below the recent low.

Its all emotion free with no risk of getting left behind and with little downside risk.......well works for me.

[sandbank] 08/11/2007 14:28

So I know if I have a tenner bet on a 500p share that's £5,000 exposure TNT

[sandbank] 23/10/2007 14:36

I've a list of 33 stocks both AIM and full listed that you don't pay stamp duty on. Like beer money some of them so long as you have 10 secs to accept your price. COLT and EXPN are my 2 favs. I'll copy and paste the list if anyone wants to shove them into a monitor.

smarm - 23 Oct'07 - 14:14 - 32568 of 32571

BBJL - yes please.

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BIGBOBJOYLOVE - 23 Oct'07 - 14:27 - 32569 of 32571

888,AEY,AGR,CEY,CGL,CLE,COLT,DAB,DDC,DGRE,DTR,EGU,EXPN,FCPT,GOC,HDY,HSX,IFD,KSK,LAM,MAY,NKR,OIL,PFC,PRTY,ROC,RRS,RUS,SAND,STOB,UCP,UKCM,YAU

Any others anyone knows of the let us know ta.

[cwilliamham] 17/9/2007 12:56

strong performance in weak market.

[protean] 17/9/2007 08:40

Looks keen to breakout past previous highs.

[sandbank] 03/9/2007 14:45

rb5 - 24 Feb'04 - 18:40

All of the successful traders we know blew out their account at least once before becoming consistently profitable on an annual basis. (Or monthly, or weekly, depending on their goals and trading style). These "bits" are not meant to make you a conservative or hesitant trader. On the contrary, trading takes guts, and by following these "bits of wisdom" you are being given the key that will allow you to embrace risk and take the necessary chances required in the pursuit of capital gain. That is, you will feel more compelled to take a chance, because you know you are also going to fight to protect your capital. You won't freeze and lie helpless as it is whittled away.

This is the greatest business in the world. By following the "bits of wisdom" below we hope that you can stay in this business as long as you choose.


40 Bits Of Wisdom

Trading is simple, but it ain't easy. If you want to stay in this business, leave "hope" at the door and stick to your stops.

When you get into a trade, start looking for signs right away that you are wrong. If you see them, then get out before your stop is hit.

Trading should be boring, like factory work. If there is one guarantee in trading, it is that "thrill seekers" get their accounts ground into parking meter money.

Amateur traders turn into professional traders when they stop looking for the "next great technical indicator" and start controlling their risk on each trade.

You are trading other traders, not the actual stock. You have to be aware of the psychology and emotions behind trading.

Be very aware of your own emotions. Irrational behavior is every trader's downfall. If you are yelling at your computer screen, imploring your stocks to move in your direction, you have to ask yourself, "Is this rational?" Ease in. Ease out. Keep your stops. No yelling.

Watch yourself if you get too excited-excitement increases risk because it clouds judgment.

Don't overtrade-be patient and wait for 3-5 good trades.

If you come into trading with the idea of making "big money," you are doomed. This mindset is responsible for most accounts being blown out.

Don't focus on the money. Focus on executing trades well. If you are getting in and out of trades rationally, the money will take care of itself.

If you focus on the money, you will start to impose your will upon the market in order to meet your financial needs. There is only one outcome to this scenario: you will hand over all of your money to traders who are focused on protecting their risk and letting their winners run.

The best way to minimize risk is to not trade. This is especially true during the low-volume "chop and slop" found during the afternoon trading session between 11:30AM Eastern and 2:30PM Eastern. If your stocks are not acting right, then don't trade them. Just sit and watch them and try to learn something. By doing this you are being proactive in reducing your risk and protecting your capital.

There is no need to trade 5 days per week. Trade 4 days per week and you will be sharper during the actual time you are trading.

Refuse to damage your capital. This means sticking to your stops and sometimes staying out of the market.

Stay relaxed. Place a trade and set a stop. If you get stopped out, who really cares? You are doing your job. You are actively protecting your capital. Professional traders actively take small losses. Amateurs resort to hope and sometimes prayer to save their trade. In life, hope is a powerful and positive thing. In executing a trade, hope is a virus that can infect and destroy.

Be right on day one or get out. Don't take a "red" position home overnight.

Keep winners as long as they are moving your way. Let the market take you out on a trailed stop.

Money management is the secret to success. Don't overweight your trades. The more you overweight a trade, the more "hope" comes into play when it goes against you. Hope is to trading as acid is to skin. The longer you leave it in place, the more painful the outcome will be.

There is no logical reason to hesitate in taking a stop. Reentry is only a commission away.

Professional traders take losses. Being wrong and not taking a loss does damage to your wallet, mind, and soul.

Once you take a loss you forget about the trade and move on. Especially if it is a small one. Do yourself a favor and take advantage of any opportunity to clear your head by taking a small loss.

You should never let one position go against you by more than 2% of your account equity. This means if you have a $50,000 trading account, you should never let one stock turn into a loss of more than $1,000. This means if you max out your 2 to 1 margin account and buy 2000 shares of a $50 stock, you must have a stop loss of 50 cents. That is tight and bound to get hit. Do yourself a favor and buy 400 shares of this $50 stock and use a $2.00 stop to start. That is only an $800 dollar loss and gives you room to trail your stop up to break-even before you are taken out on a wiggle. Is there ever a time when it is okay to take more than a 2% portfolio loss on a position? NO! Never means exactly that. This is a maximum loss by the way. Setting up your plays for losses of 1% of your equity is even better.

Use daily charts to get an idea of the 30-day trend, hourly charts to get an idea of the 1-day trend, and 5-minute charts to establish your entry points.

If you are hesitating to take a position, that indicates a lack of confidence that is not necessary. Just get into the position and PLACE A STOP. Traders lose money in positions everyday. Keep them small. The confidence you need is not in whether or not you are right, the confidence you need is in knowing you will stick to your stop no matter what. Therefore you can actually alleviate this hesitancy to "pull the trigger" by continually sticking to your stops and reinforcing this behavior.

Averaging down on a position is like a sinking ship deliberately taking on more water.

Build up to a full position as it goes your way.

Adrenaline is a sign that your ego and your emotions have reached a point where they are clouding your judgment. Realize this and immediately tighten your stop considerably to preserve profits or exit your position.


Look for opportunities NOT to trade.

You want to own the stock before it breaks out, then sell it to the momentum players after it breaks out. If you buy breakouts, realize that professional traders are handing off their positions to you in order to test the strength of the trend. They will typically buy it back below the breakout point-which is typically where you will set your stop when you buy a breakout. (In case you ever wondered why you get stopped out on a lot of "failed" breakouts).

Embracing your opinion leads to financial ruin. When you find yourself rationalizing or justifying a decline by saying things like, "They are just shaking out weak hands here," or "The market makers are just dropping the bid here," then you are embracing your opinion. Don't hang onto a loser. You can always get back in.

Unfortunately, discipline is typically not learned until you have wiped out a trading account. Until you have wiped out an account, you typically think it cannot happen to you. It is precisely that attitude that makes you hold onto losers and rationalize them all the way into the ground. If you find yourself saying things like, "My stock in EXDS is still a good investment," then it is time to start following the basic principals all professional traders follow. (That would be protecting your capital, aggressively cutting your losses, and letting your profits run by not giving in to the temptation to sell just because you have a quarter profit).

Siphoning out your trading profits each month and sticking them in a money market account is a good practice. This action helps to focus your attitude that this is a business and not a place to seek thrills. If you want an adventure, go live in Minnesota for a winter. If you want excitement, deliberately forget your anniversary. Just don't trade.

Professional traders only place a small portion of their assets into 1 position. Or if they take on a large position, then they strictly limit their risk to 1-2% of their current equity. Amateurs typically place a large portion of their assets into 1 position, and they give it "room to move" in case they are actually right. This type of situation creates emotions that ruin accounts, while professionals are able to make decisions and cut losses because they strictly define their risk.

Professional traders focus on limiting risk and protecting capital. Amateur traders focus on how much money they can make on each trade. Professionals always take money away from amateurs.

In the stock market, heroes get crushed. Averaging down on a losing position is a "heroic move" that is akin to Superman taking a spoonful of Kryptonite. The stock market is not about blind courage. It is about finesse. Don't be a hero.

Sadly, traders never learn the importance of "the rules" until they have blown their account out of the water. Until you "lose it all" it never seems that important to have to follow the basics of professional trading. (Cut your losses, let your profits run, etc).

The market reinforces bad habits. If early on you held onto a loser that went against you by 20%, and you were able to get out for break-even, you are doomed. The market has reinforced a bad habit. The next time you let a stock go against you by 20%, you will hang on because you have been taught that you can get out for break-even if you just be patient and hang on long enough. Tell that to the folks who bought VERT at $145. When's it going to get back to break-even? Well, if your timeframe is "never," then you have nothing to worry about. Control your risk by sticking to your stops.

This next "bit" is brutal, but true. The true mark of an amateur trader who is never going to make it in this business is one who continually blames everything but his or herself for the outcome of a bad trade. This includes, but is not limited to, saying things like:


The analysts are crooks.
The market makers were fishing for stops.
I was on the phone and it collapsed on me.
My neighbor gave me a bad tip.
The message boards caused this one to pump and dump.
The specialists are playing games.


The mark of a professional, however, sounds like this:


· It is my fault. I traded this position too large for my account size.

· It is my fault. I didn't stick to my own risk parameters.

· It is my fault. I allowed my emotions to dictate my trades.

· It is my fault. I was not disciplined in my trades.

· It is my fault. I knew there was a risk in holding this trade into earnings, and I didn't fully comprehend them when I took this trade.

The obvious difference here is accountability. For amateurs, everything having to do with the market is "outside their control." That is not reasonable thinking, and really just points to an individual who has, probably for the first time, had to confront their "real self" as opposed to the perfect self or idealized self they have constructed in their mind. This is also known as "living in a fog." A person can drift around through life in their own private world, where they are pretty special and can do no wrong. Unfortunately, trading rips off this mask, because you cannot dispute what has happened to your account. This is also known as "confronting reality." For many people, when they start trading they are suddenly confronting reality for the first time in their lives. Just to see the world as it really is requires a lifetime of training, and for many people trading the stock market is their first real step in this journey. Some people say that traders are born, not made. Not so. If you choose to see the world as it is, then you can start trading successfully tomorrow.

Amateur traders always think, "How much money can I make on this trade!" Professional traders always think, "How much money can I lose on this trade?" The trader who controls his or her risk takes money from the trader whose head is in the clouds.

At some point traders realize that no one can tell you exactly what is going to happen next in the market, and that you can never know how much you are going to make on a trade. Thus the only thing left to do is to determine how much risk you are willing to take in order to find out if you are right or not. The key to trading success is to focus on how much money is at risk, not how much you can make.


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20 Golden Rules


Want to trade successfully? Just choose the good positions and avoid the bad ones. Poor trade selection takes a heavy toll as it bleeds your confidence and wallet. You face many crossroads during each market day. Without a system of discipline for your decision-making, impulse and emotion will undermine skills as you chase the wrong stocks at the worst times.

Many short-term players view trading as a form of gambling. Without planning or discipline, they throw money at the market. The occasional big score reinforces this easy money attitude but sets them up for ultimate failure. Without defensive rules, insiders easily feed off these losers and send them off to other hobbies.

Technical Analysis teaches traders to execute positions based on numbers, time and volume. This discipline forces traders to distance themselves from reckless gambling behavior. Through detached execution and solid risk management, short-term trading finally "works".

Markets echo similar patterns over and over again. The science of trend allows you to build systematic rules to play these repeating formations and avoid the chase:

1. Forget the news, remember the chart. You're not smart enough to know how news will affect price. The chart already knows the news is coming.

2. Buy the first pullback from a new high. Sell the first pullback from a new low. There's always a crowd that missed the first boat.

3. Buy at support, sell at resistance. Everyone sees the same thing and they're all just waiting to jump in the pool.

4. Short rallies not selloffs. When markets drop, shorts finally turn a profit and get ready to cover.

5. Don't buy up into a major moving average or sell down into one. See #3.

6. Don't chase momentum if you can't find the exit. Assume the market will reverse the minute you get in. If it's a long way to the door, you're in big trouble.

7. Exhaustion gaps get filled. Breakaway and continuation gaps don't. The old traders' wisdom is a lie. Trade in the direction of gap support whenever you can.

8. Trends test the point of last support/resistance. Enter here even if it hurts.

9. Trade with the TICK not against it. Don't be a hero. Go with the money flow.

10. If you have to look, it isn't there. Forget your college degree and trust your instincts.

11. Sell the second high, buy the second low. After sharp pullsbacks, the first test of any high or low always runs into resistance. Look for the break on the third or fourth try.

12. The trend is your friend in the last hour. As volume cranks up at 3:00pm don't expect anyone to change the channel.

13. Avoid the open. They see YOU coming sucker

14. 1-2-3-Drop-Up. Look for downtrends to reverse after a top, two lower highs and a double bottom.

15. Bulls live above the 200 day, bears live below. Sellers eat up rallies below this key moving average line and buyers to come to the rescue above it.

16. Price has memory. What did price do the last time it hit a certain level? Chances are it will do it again.

17. Big volume kills moves. Climax blow-offs take both buyers and sellers out of the market and lead to sideways action.

18. Trends never turn on a dime. Reversals build slowly. The first sharp dip always finds buyers and the first sharp rise always finds sellers.

19. Bottoms take longer to form than tops. Greed acts more quickly than fear and causes stocks to drop from their own weight.

20. Beat the crowd in and out the door. You have to take their money before they take yours, period.

[andrbea] 13/8/2007 11:49

sandvine get mentioned lower down (Aug 10)

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