Net: +17 Choppy day today.. learning to slowly recognize the different types of trading days and didn't make similar mistakes that I made last week from fake break out trends. No trades last Friday. 2 trades, 2 winners (aka stops moved to cover commissions).
Net: -362 Giving it all right back... probably done for a while and going back to paper trading. 3 trades, 3 losers.
"In the short term the market is a popularity contest; in the long term it is a weighing machine." - Warren Buffett
Net: -377 Done for today.. all the large swings on both sides of the market caught me today.. 3 trades, 1 winner, 2 losers
Since almost half of 2016 is done I thought I'd just continue this one.. will start a new thread for 2017 if my account doesn't blow up by then!
Net: -201 Tough day.. was correct about the afternoon sell off, however entered too early and got burned during the lunch hr reversal. Re-entered on the short side later on but instead of letting the stop-loss do its job I exited early as the market fluctuated both ways.. Frustrating! 4 trades, 1 winner, 2 losers, 1 break-even