A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

Discussion in 'Journals' started by geez, Dec 21, 2008.

  1. out +0.12
     
    #3021     Dec 14, 2010
  2. snake

    snake

    nice work today.
     
    #3022     Dec 14, 2010
  3. <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101214/spy.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101214/hig.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101214/ibm.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101214/expe.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101214/x.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101214/lvs.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101214/ual.png">

    9:44

    (2min play)
    LONG HIG 26.02
    STOP 25.93

    - Moster from the open
    - Buy the top.. sigh
    - out -0.10

    10:16

    LONG IBM 145.51
    STOP 145.34
    TGT 145.85

    - Nice strength from the open
    - Clean higher low
    - out +0.33

    10:17

    SHORT EXPE 25.52
    STOP 25.63
    TGT 25.3

    - super weak from the open
    - short the pullback looking for cont.
    - out -0.12

    13:11

    LONG X 55.01
    STOP 55.94
    TGT 55.15

    - over 1hr of running into resistance at 55.00
    - Long the break
    - Should have left a runner, had a SBUX trade like this a few weeks ago that ran hard too.
    - out +0.13

    14:39

    SHORT LVS 43.71
    STOP 43.80
    TGT 43.53

    - after much indecision, the market decided it did not like the fed minutes, look for a short
    - LVS tight lower high at the lows
    - out +0.18

    15:09

    SHORT UAL 24.57
    STOP 24.63
    TGT 24.45

    - See above
    - out +0.12

    http://puddles.humanfund.ca/wp/2010/12/14/2010-12-14-trades/
     
    #3023     Dec 14, 2010
  4. LW: SNDK COST MET V SFD
    SW: HGSI
     
    #3024     Dec 15, 2010
  5. 9:35

    LONG POT 137.82
    STOP 137.6
    TGT 138.26

    out b/e

    (it's on it's way back to tgt after hitting my stop)
     
    #3025     Dec 15, 2010
  6. fu pot, blew past tgt after ticking me out. it was 7c from tgt so it was correct to move the stop.

    9:49

    LONG X 55.81
    STOP 55.59
    TGT 55.25

    out +0.43
     
    #3026     Dec 15, 2010
  7. 10:14

    LONG UAL 24.70
    STOP 24.64

    out -0.07

    stupid trade, daily looks like trash
     
    #3027     Dec 15, 2010
  8. <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101215/spy.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101215/pot.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101215/x.png">

    <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20101215/ual.png">

    9:35

    (2min play)
    LONG POT 137.82
    STOP 137.6
    TGT 138.26

    - Gap up vs. SPY gapping down
    - Tight higher low as SPY tries to head higher
    - out b/e (ticked out then to TGT)

    9:49

    (2min play)
    LONG X 55.81
    STOP 55.59
    TGT 55.25

    - Gaps slightly down but goes green almost instantly at the open
    - SPY pulled back a few times from the open, X moving higher
    - Long over the higher low
    - out +0.43

    10:14

    LONG UAL 24.70
    STOP 24.64

    - Tight higher low at the highs as SPY makes new highs
    - Long the higher low
    - Daily chart had short written all over it, should not have taken this.
    - out -0.07

    http://puddles.humanfund.ca/wp/2010/12/15/2010-12-15-trades/
     
    #3028     Dec 15, 2010
  9. NoDoji

    NoDoji

    Hi Puddles! Haven't looked at your thread for a while, but just checked in and this X trade from yesterday caught my eye. The setup on that chart usually results in a measured move from the last breakout. Since the breakout from the 54.40 zone to the 55.00 zone was .60, assume a breakout of the consolidation flag will very likely be a similar move in the same direction. I try to give those kind of breakouts extra room to run!
     
    #3029     Dec 15, 2010
  10. 9:32

    SHORT BIDU 98.84
    STOP 99.01

    out -0.2

    just stupid, should have had a wider stop this early

    9:38

    SHORT APC 66.64
    STOP 66.81
    TGT 66.3

    out +0.3

    9:45

    LONG SNDK 48.99
    StOP 48.87
    TGT 29.23

    out +0.21

    (allowed for big slip on the entry)
     
    #3030     Dec 16, 2010