I was due for something like that. had my post for today already prepared. I was up $686.60 and it was going to be something like "controlled myself well today, not spectacular, but good & easy trading". controlled myself..until...well until 60min before closing. I returned from a round of golf and deceided I HAD to do something in the market. With euphoria in me, I blew it all away and more. I went from +686.60 to this....not the way you wanna end your week. I will probably take Monday off and do some thinking. something like that should not happen. at least to that extend. I have a working approach with probabilities working for me. I really wonder what else I need to stick to only those setups and stop that other crap. sorry for the length of my post. 44 x 44 ER2 3 x 3 EUR 4 x 4 JPY 4 x 4 NQ 5 x 5 YG nice weekend everyone, K
Not what i was going for today at all. Congrats to the OPG guys on your great days cleaning up the witching mess.
PQ nice day today! didn't realize i missed posting screenshot yesterday so i ll post for both days 1 RT today sold 1 car at 1539.50 (per previous post) and was preparing to hold short over the weekend but decided to take profits here (we shall see if I regret it later). I'm going to look to get short again in the 1542 range sunday night. +162.50 -5 comm (1RT) +157.50 net
Wild ride today. Went from -4k this morning to +10k in the last hour. Then HAR had to happen. Second halt I got stuck in, in two weeks. +3400 -6700 -2800 -3800 +5000 Waste of a week, but the action in the last half of today was good so let's hope it carries over...
haven't posted in a while....wasn't going to continue after reading some negative posts on the subject. shouldn't let that stop me....its a good way for me to stay focused, and hopefully as a community, it helps other traders measure their progress and success. Ill start with my trade blotters again next week. for the week: -700 +1200 +1000 +250 +280 Everyone, have a great weekend.
Not a newbie, 26 y/o been trading for almost 2 years now... this is the first of what I hope to be many posts, probably not in this thread though... saving, resizing and uploading these screenshots takes more time than I might be willing to spend...lol, but we'll see. I started out trading my own capital, then joined a day-trading firm to get more leverage, lost $30K my first 6months, worked hard (200 charts a day before 9am) made it all back over the next 2 months and never looked back... I risk $1500 daily... strictly trade high beta stocks like GOOG, BIDU, AAPL, RIMM, FSLR, GRMN, WYNN, LVS, CME, MA, ICE, GS, BSC, TSL, NOV, OIH, DE, POT, etc... any hot IPOs like VMW or ATHN the other day or news/volume driven stocks. I have a swing account as well. Today... shorted GOOG off the open for a quick trade, using previous day's high as my stop... later went long GOOG around 556... also shorted LVS and WYNN, using WYNNs previous day high as my stop... ended my day around noon, when I took a small loss trying to buy CMI, ... seeing how I trade is probably more helpful than seeing how much I made, so I put my execution blotter for GOOG for the first 10mins of the trading day to give people an idea of how I trade. WINNERS: GOOG, WYNN, LVS LOSERS: ATHN, CMI It was a good day overall.