Yes, it was the post-inventory breakout at 10:31am ET. I bought 1 tick above the HOD (85.05) and was filled @ 85.20. I was immediately confused and placed a sell stop above my entry price, out 6 seconds later @ 85.23. I realized quickly the volatility was bit much for this old lady and decided to take no chances with getting slipped on a violent retrace.
SIM so far has been a bad day for me net -$530 trades = 8 was moving in-out from my desk, missed few good setups and did lots of mistakes, all in all not a single good trade for me so far. I thought I was progressing until today... eye opener, need more practice.
Yeah i've noticed slippage seems crappy around inventories , glad to hear you got out cleanly though.
I think missing a good setup is a major cause of mistakes (over trading, revenge trading, impatience waiting for the next real setup). I saw a quote yesterday that reminded me of trading, of when you hesitate and miss a really good move and can't stop dwelling on it, and keep trying to "get back" what you missed: When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. - Helen Keller
sim long .89 Good luck to the bold and brave trading this live add .09 stop-limit at .22 to add last :21 stop to be at .99 avg Nod, yep, 200 ticks in less than one minute - talk about a breakout :22 stopped out at, well, you know, be
sim long .76 - brutal breakout in the making once euro turns up again :26 stop to be and stopped out - gold keeps falling
sim Short .69, chasing If it can't go up, it's going down stops at .46 and .16 to add :30 filled .46 & stop to be .57 Target new LOD > 82.80 :33 almost stopped out; never mind, actually stopped out; done for today. --- Take a look at those 30 year bonds
After being down close to $ 500 real money, I clawed my way back to plus $ 100 real money on all account. Playing after Fed dec was insane and probably not something I will do again. I think better to wait for market to settle a little 1st.