In my 2nd month of trading, I too had a blowup on AMAT. My biggest up day to that point was maybe $150 (mind you this was my 2nd month) and this one day I kept adding and adding to my AMAT position, terrified of taking a loss. All in all, I had 7500 shares and lost .48 cents. It was overwhelming, and I came in the next day and traded small size and kept plugging away day after day. Now, 2 years later, I am consistently profitable, average about 9k a month and growing. Just pick up the pieces, start from square one. As ozzy said in an ealier post, if trading is your passion, you'll find a way to succeed.
Giannos, I understand your feeling. Well, whats done is done. Now, the only way to come back is to make it back slowly. Do not begin trading huge sizes to cover your loss. It wont happen because the bigger the shares, the more fear you will have and you wont be able to make the money back. Do less shares, follow a system and you will be fine. good luck
Slew of blowups around here lately... Baron should make another thread category, possibly sponsored by Vic Niederhoffer, called "Devastation Education - how to wipeout in the markets."
LOL Sympathy to the original poster --- you have completed one of the steps to becoming a consistent trader. Have you read Mark Douglas's "The Disciplined Trader"? You might add that to the advice that you are getting on technique.
Sounds to me like you are trading randomly .... random entries and exits are not the way to make money in my opinion. You need to sharply reduce your share size until you have a basket ot techniques and know when to use them: thus each trade has a reason for the entry and a reason for the exit that was planned before you put the trade on .....
Don't do another trade until you have looked at this: www.collective2.com Pick two of the better money making systems (this is real stuff), and trade with them. Trade small at first then, slowly increase size. I'll soon be activating my trading system on C2. It's called No-Losing-Weeks trading strategy. Good luck.
I hear all you guys talk about "blowing up", then trading the next day. I thought "blowing up" meant losing all your money. If I blow up, I'll be combing the classifieds the next day. Who bankrolls you guys?
=========== Gianos; My favorite trades over the years are short airlines; and LONG TEK. Frankly while it looks like my time frame may be longer for longs/shorts than you; enter on intraday charts also , you had an excellant long entry MSFT at $26.13-26.15. And speaking of probabilities ,not predictions; MSFT & some major airlines are below & CLOSED BELOW 20dma & 50dma. Closed down again ,note patterns DIA,SPY,QQQQ,LUV are ABOVE 20 & 50 day moving averages; and closed Above 20 & 50 DMA. Closed UP again , note patterns. Wisdom is profitable to direct.
CLOSED BELOW 20dma & 50dma. Closed down again ,note patterns ------ DIA,SPY,QQQQ,LUV are ABOVE 20 & 50 day moving averages; and closed Above 20 & 50 DMA. Closed UP again , note patterns You're saying follow their lead? Go with the flow or mirror their moves?