I don't usually trade the afternoons but today I was forced to... What was initially a pretty decent morning almost turned into a disaster. Right after I placed one of my last trades for the day I lost my software connection. By the time I reconnected (about 2 minutes) I was down almost 2 bucks (I trade fast movers). I was really pissed because prior to that I was up about 150. This loss basically wiped out my hard earned gains and then some. Instead of getting out without thinking, I paused for a little bit and considered my options. All indexes were in a steady uptrend and pushing higher. My loser stock seemed to stabilize and slowly started to move up. I established 3 more long positions with the intent to hold as long as the market keeps grinding higher to help offset the unintended loss. Things worked out and I ended up holding all 4 positions until just minutes prior to the close. Trades: 50 Shares: 10000 Winners: 31 Losers: 19 Win %: 62 Avg Win $: 14 Avg Loss $: -8 Max Win $: 49 Max Loss $: -33 Win$/Loss$: 2.64 Gross P/L: 263
Happy to finish green today since I spent most of the morning under water. Trades: 27 Shares: 5400 Winners: 15 Losers: 12 Win %: 56 Avg Win $: 19 Avg Loss $: -18 Max Win $: 86 Max Loss $: -56 Win$/Loss$: 1.27 Gross P/L: 59
Happy with the result since almost nothing was really moving... Only 5 point range on the ES so far. Trades: 35 Shares: 6900 Winners: 21 Losers: 14 Win %: 60 Avg Win $: 14 Avg Loss $: -8 Max Win $: 124 Max Loss $: -14 Win$/Loss$: 2.58 Gross P/L: 175
Typical holiday trading... scalping was the way to go today. Trades: 28 Shares: 5600 Winners: 18 Losers: 10 Win %: 64 Avg Win $: 11 Avg Loss $: -6 Max Win $: 25 Max Loss $: -17 Win$/Loss$: 3.38 Gross P/L: 135
Not happy with today's performance... let too many profitable trades evaporate or turn into a loss. Gotta get rid of the stupid buy and hold mentality . Trades: 26 Shares: 5200 Winners: 14 Losers: 12 Win %: 54 Avg Win $: 26 Avg Loss $: -22 Max Win $: 99 Max Loss $: -52 Win$/Loss$: 1.37 Gross P/L: 99
Was very close to hitting max daily loss shortly after the open. Took a lot of effort to come back. Trades: 48 Shares: 9430 Winners: 29 Losers: 19 Win %: 60 Avg Win $: 15 Avg Loss $: -16 Max Win $: 57 Max Loss $: -41 Win$/Loss$: 1.34 Gross P/L: 107