O yea, that particular loss (61K) was a trade made on emotions (the entry, that is). There is no reason to have chased the stock on the way up...
Weekly Update for week 23 ended 08/03/2007 I wish I didn't have to report this horrible performance so soon. But here it is. Only 7 profitable...
Not necessarily. Somewhere between the bid and ask, at a level I feel I could obtain an execution. Of course if I am in a hurry to get out or get...
Shares not available to short at Ameritrade ($35.5). Should be buying puts tomorrow at these prices.
Read the complete sentence: ..while being exposed to the potential of a $1 gap against you.
That's correct. Scalping for 1 or 2 cents while being exposed to the potential of a $1 gap against you is not clever.
Actually I have made more money shorting than from being long this year. So I don't know what you are talking about. Yes I only hold intra-day or...
Buy RIMM on any drop from these levels. That will pay off
All of the above plus more. Fundamentals and quantitative metrics for my multi-day swings News (mixed with fundamental opinion) for intraday...
The important thing is that individuals are acting out their free-will: the individual who is long the stock and does not want to sell cannot say...
I do limit orders. Of course if it is not a very liquid option, very likely I am paying the market maker the spread (bid/ask). Normally the option...
What are you trading, and with what leverage, that a couple of days brought you down from +147% to +65% (down 34%) ?
Weekly Update for week 22 ended 07/27/2007 The week is quite good. Realised a loss of 3.4K on an automated trade carried over from last week....
And by the way, if you received a PM on ET, the username must be known. Have you reported this to ET. They can certainly drop the user and report...
I think they would go out of business if more people watched segments like that on CNN or on the web. Unfortunately most Americans place less...
Thanks for expressing all that fear about a blow-up in my account. I would start by asking: what do you define to be a blow-up? A 50% draw-down?...
Have you forgotten that chance works both ways? If some of my gains are due to chance, why not say the same of some of my losses? I think I have...
Here are a few more hot ones - not on Nasdaq, and some are foreign based. If you like playing ADRs and Brazil then go on: ACH AL BGC BRP BTM...
Hey, that would basically take me to near the beginning. That is not my intention. I would like to build up my account balance. It is then making...
I have also used Ameritrade since when it was Datek (since Dec 1999). I am aware their execution is lousy. I know this because I have an account...
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