Richard, Those were excellent calls for being a noob, as you described yourself. You seem to have a keen eye for chart trends if you truly are a beginner. Now yes, some of that info can be gathered through indicators, but the true talent is the be able to read the indicators better than the other guy, and deduce long term strategy from that information. Excellent Job!
I am posting this 27 days later. Came across it, and realized that if you forget all the comments to this point, and started a comment chain now, it would consist of amazing reports on following your advice and making massive profits.
Those calls were solid indeed. I scour the forums for good analysts. If you are interested in learning more, to build on what seems to be a natural understanding of the basics, please visit my blog and follow. I have now set to follow your posts. Excellent work, you are doing a service to the community, even at your experience level!