MACD/Trendline Swing Trader

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

  1. Got stopped out of TWM and POT on that nasty DOW run...
     
    #901     Nov 11, 2008
  2. Going to write a book.... "The Fine Art of Resisting Profits in Trading" a skill that cannot be learned... should make a killing.
     
    #902     Nov 12, 2008
  3. haha im sure everybody here could contribute a good chapter to that.
    i got stopped out of TWM yesterday too (after i bought at 114). my stops are prob tighter than yours though. kicking myself now of course.
     
    #903     Nov 12, 2008
  4. I think a good way to practice staying power could be to trade very small and use the prior day's low/high as a stop... Then buildup from there. It is THE only way to have hope swing trading.. Some more successful Swingers even use 2 to 3 day reversals before closing positions..
     
    #904     Nov 12, 2008
  5. what do you mean by they use 2 to 3 day reversals?
     
    #905     Nov 12, 2008
  6. This is a list of Short ETFs with decent volume and their performance this market leg down... A bit surprised QID is not that far behind TWM considering it's trading volume..
     
    #906     Nov 12, 2008
  7. Meaning they wait for 2 or 3 days of lows being taken out to be convinced the run is over... I do it when a stock downticks..
     
    #907     Nov 12, 2008
  8. I did rebuy TWM 120.9 and Shorted POT 75.9.. Watched POT run into the 78's and thought "here I go again".. Set cover at 70 and loss cover alerts on both... AND LEFT!!!
     
    #908     Nov 12, 2008
  9. nice calls. how long you think you'd hold them. ie you already have a solid profit (as of the close Wednesday and AH) - how come not take profit today? are you looking at charts, or looking for even more bad news tomorrow?
     
    #909     Nov 12, 2008
  10. #910     Nov 12, 2008