S @ 1039.25 (11.49 EST) B @ 1039.25 (1.12 EST)
B @ 1035.5 (10.35 EST) S @ 1030.00 (10.43 EST) - 0.50pt The weak downtick shook me out. I keyed in a market order on fear of a plunging...
:) on that note. S @ 1041 (10.00 EST) C @ 1039.25 (10.07 EST) + 1.75pt Looking to short again.
Thanks for the advice. I will take a look at Mark Douglas.
Day 1 Trades +2.0 pt -0.75 pt -3 pt +2 pt Total : +0.25pt less 0.48pt commish = - 0.23pt Day 2 -1.75pt +2.0 pt + 1.75 pt...
... can't understand how expiration day behaves. I guess that with all the gamma trading by option guys going on, it should be a very tense...
Cutten, Thanks for your comments. It's not that I don't value the long trade - I have been toying with a liquidity based system, trying to make...
Realised from my last post that I better learn the lesson of the AM. Mkt gave a nice fat vol bar... took the bounce. B @ 1039.25 C @ 1040...
S @ 1042.75 C @ 1040.00 + 1.75pt Using training wheels at the moment with profit tgts. When I feel more confident, I may try a more...
I figured that with two peaks yesterday at abt 1050, 1051 was enough room before I was officially wrong abt my prognostication. Too obvious a...
Yes - I have a love-hate relationship with stops. On one hand they are a safety net, on the other hand, they reflect your anxieties (I don't...
S @ 1049.25 10.38 STP out at 1051. Had the right call on the AM to go short, but that 9.49 print @ 1052 was wild. Clearly a case of locals...
dbp this is a great thread. Thanks for the reference. I do have a few systems that I have built that work. They are EoD systems that are...
16:03 S @ 1049.25 STP 1052 The gap down was nice - wasn't expecting it. Thought we might see a nice 3 pt decay over the next few hours in...
Thanks Chris. Actually, I was inspired to try "intuitive" trading by something you said in an earlier post about how the human brain is the...
:) Anyway - I don't really want to get into a discussion about my plan just quite yet, because it is not mechanical. I don't trade TA...
Thanks for the advice. i had initially figured it would be a good place to store thoughts. Plan - yes. I am trying to trade reversals based on...
C @ 1048 -3pt Made some mistakes that I had corrected before but have recurred. Could be adjustment to journal. Will take 2pt hit home with...
... is instructive. Should have taken my exit signal right away. Hanging around for a better fill is not wise. 2 pts against me now and...
... at 1043.75 blast! should have used a market order when I got the right volume (4000)
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