<img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101007/spy.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101007/rig.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101007/gs.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101007/rrc.png"> 9:47 (2 min play) SHORT RIG 62.56 STOP 62.71 TGT 62.26 - RIG gaps up with SPY but closes the gap quickly - short the lower high - hangs around .30 for a bit, take it at .29 - out +0.27 10:19 LONG GS 151.86 STOP 151.59 TGT 152.4 - SPY gapped up and headed lower till just past 10am - GS bounced prior to 10am and was retracing to the highs pretty hard - Long GS with the SPY turn - out -0.35 10:59 SHORT RRC 36.93 STOP 37.01 TGT 36.77 - Weakness from the open - Short the tight lower high below clearly defined resistance at 37.00 - out +0.16 http://puddles.humanfund.ca/wp/2010/10/07/2010-10-07-trades/
<img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101008/spy.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101008/klac.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101008/rimm.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101008/gs.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101008/cost.png"> 9:41 SHORT KLAC 33.25 STOP 33.41 TGT 32.93 - SPY gap up - KLAC big gap down - try to ride the weakness as SPY is whipping around - out -0.17 9:42 LONG RIMM 48.70 STOP 48.56 TGT 48.96 - SPY gaps up slightly but whips around at the open - RIMM gaps up very green and tightens up at the highs - out -0.14 10:13 LONG GS 152.31 STOP 151.99 TGT 152.95 - GS very strong all day - nice higher low at the highs, stop below round # - GS held strong but the post 10am SPY selloff was too much - out -0.35 10:48 SHORT COST 63.99 STOP 64.13 TGT 63.73 - COST gaps down, puts in a huge green bar then proceeds to give it up over the next hour - short the 2nd break of the round # - out -0.14 5-16 week, 6-18 month. All time worst trading week. Been battling a cold all week (weak excuse?). Browsing the one of very few other threads I read I saw that lescor had a bad week too. At least I'm in good company right? http://puddles.humanfund.ca/wp/2010/10/08/2010-10-08-trades/
I'm a 22 year old computer engineer (mostly software, some electrical and embedded stuff too) looking to get into day trading. I haven't gotten through this entire thread yet, but this is by far best source of information I've come across. I'm a long way from actually trading since I don't have the required capital (have about 13k saved up since starting my job in February), and I don't fully understand the strategies yet. In the mean time, I'll be practicing with paper trades and studying the trades puddles and geez are making. My ultimate goal is to write some software that will fully automate the trading. Anyway, I just wanna say thanks for this great thread. Hopefully I can turn into trading pro like you guys!