Opening Orders - 2009

Discussion in 'Journals' started by Don Bright, Dec 31, 2008.

  1. 6 fills, 3 longs, 3 shorts, 4 winners, 2 losers, +0.07 average
    A good one.
    I am giving another shot at stop losses. Plain stops, no trail. May trail latter. Trigger method, 2 trades. Initial 0.75% and I move it or take profits. It's about 30 cents on a 40$ stock. It seems to give me the mental safety net I was looking for to hold the positions and try to get more profits. I was really prone to big losses in my trading after looking at my P/L distribution. I want to try to avoid them. At the same time it's an insurance against operator glitch. I also want to be less chicken on the news and therefore have more fills but without riding naked. Will test for about a week and see from there. For today it did well, moved one up and got hit properly. No one was shaken out.
     
    #221     Mar 2, 2009
  2. 6 fills / 2600 shares

    6 longs / - 2.50

    push....
     
    #222     Mar 2, 2009
  3. Took a little ride in ABT, LOL....but overall +14 cents on 4 fills.


    Don
     
    #223     Mar 2, 2009
  4. 5 fills, 3 longs, 2 shorts, 3 winners, 1 flat 1 loser, flat net.
    All mostly flat.
    No meat.
    Stops did well, upped and one was usefull on MO. But I still feel I will be shaken out sometimes. I'll see if I prefer that to riding naked. It sure feel safe though.
     
    #224     Mar 3, 2009
  5. 7 fills / 3400 shares

    7 short / -188.00

    had stops too tight...it was a classic failed rally i just didn't wait long enough...

    oh well...
     
    #225     Mar 3, 2009
  6. 5 fills, 2 longs, 3 shorts, 3 winners, 2 losers, -0.01 (flat before fees).
    1 Stop hitted, usefull, BTU.
     
    #226     Mar 4, 2009
  7. 7 fills / 3400 shares

    7 short / - 116.00...
     
    #227     Mar 4, 2009
  8. 4 shorts, all winners....GE..."wow" ..... +39 cents overall.


    Don
     
    #228     Mar 4, 2009
  9. 6 fills, 5 longs, 1 short, 2 winners, 1 flat, 2 losers, -0.04 average.
    1 stop shaken out. Raised other stops, usefull somehow but some reversed after that. I may want to move to trail since it makes a lot of orders to manage.
    Some just red right off the bat.
    I seem to have an issue with my limit profits. I modiify them and dont see my order as the NBBO! Will have a look at it tomorow.
    Lean times.
     
    #229     Mar 5, 2009
  10. 5 fills, 4 winners, 1 small loss (DD).... +25 cents overall.
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    Don
     
    #230     Mar 5, 2009