MACD/Trendline Swing Trader

Discussion in 'Journals' started by retire45, Jan 26, 2008.

  1. Long XIDE Yesterday 15.53
    2 wasted small loss trades - CY long and MEE short..

    Short JRCC 39
    Added to RTI Short
     
    #511     Jul 30, 2008
  2. JOEY O

    JOEY O

    Still long uaua? thats a pretty healthy gain right there. nice work.
     
    #512     Jul 30, 2008
  3. No.. Just sold UAUA and LCC (may have forgotten to post this long yesterday).. Also covered JRCC.. Correlation dictates.. Smells like an Oil bounce looming..
     
    #513     Jul 30, 2008
  4. Sorry JRCC stop at 40.75 not hit yet.
     
    #514     Jul 30, 2008
  5. May have been bush-whacked out of UAUA and LCC.. The price for watching... we'll see. Original targets were 10 and 6.
     
    #515     Jul 30, 2008
  6. Stopped out of GM
    Sold UYG
     
    #516     Jul 30, 2008
  7. Long SQM 40.6
     
    #517     Jul 30, 2008
  8. Rashid,

    What is your criteria for taking profits on a winning trade?
     
    #518     Jul 30, 2008
  9. Sorry but it varies as these 3 and 4 letter words are unpredictable.. Usually if I have a 10% profit I will exit if there is any intraday breakdown... especially trying to break below the open after an hour of trading after having been strong.. Today Commodities were looking quite strong, and Oil had been close enough to 120 putting in a bit of a floor...

    How do you do it?
     
    #519     Jul 30, 2008
  10. It varies as well. I will sometimes determine a target based on the chart and liquidate as it gets close. Otherwise an intraday reversal on an hourly chart usually makes sense.
     
    #520     Jul 30, 2008