Anyone want to tell their horror story about day trading recently?

Discussion in 'Trading' started by dcwriter2, Jun 16, 2020.

  1. For an interview. Can do by phone or email.
     
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    Long story short; accidently turned a nice sdow profit into a loss;
    this is it and that's all/swing more than daytrade:caution::caution:,:caution::caution::caution::caution::caution: Not really a horror story; simply a non drama stop executed- don't fight the fed.
     
  3. Tradex

    Tradex

    You are writing a book or something like that?
     
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  4. Yes.
     
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  5. Happy to PM on this thread, too.
     
  6. Tradex

    Tradex

    As far as Forex is concerned, I believe the biggest horror stories happened on January 15 2015, when the SNB suddenly removed the EUR/CHF price peg.


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  7. S2007S

    S2007S

    Think you will need just more than words. A daytrading horror story definitely needs proof of trades.
     
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  8. Looking more for a recent Robinhood mishap. Don't expect to find it here, but just covering my research bases.
     
  9. Turveyd

    Turveyd

    Jumped on a downtrend at a bad risk point, thought I'd hold and it as downtrend forming, averaged into downtrend, at worst -$1200 got lucky on the pull back and bailed -$20 right before it ran up again.

    No chasey the market, let and wait for them to come to you, where the Risk is affordable.
     
  10. d08

    d08

    Order entry issue / slow cancellation. Violated my margin many multiple times over, loss (six figures) ballooned to over half my account within a few minutes. If I was a few decades older, I might've had a heart attack. The only redeemable thing was that I let the price settle and I came out with relatively tolerable losses. It would have been the equivalent of 1987 for me if I panicked as it happened and liquidated immediately. I believe that's what they'd call a "career ender".
     
    #10     Jun 16, 2020
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