puma became Intellisink (sp) sync...I actually made a lot of $$ on it then sold...bought back in....and finally sold again!...but its still in bus...
Got wrapped up in the fed meeting on wednesday. Saw a huge crossed mrk in XOM. took 8000 shares and offered out. Ths nyse dot dropped 30 cents, filled me 15 cents lower. Ah yes the standard 10:30 wednesday oil number, how soon we forget.
My two last trades were dummy trades. Both, turned into losers immediately. Hindsight is always 100% but, my mistake being entering in between a trend (down in this case) and I bought calls on ATI DJ (ATI) and XTO EI (XTO). On the plus side, my options still had a lot of time to expiration. ATI DJ turned into a winner for me. Sold it last Friday at $7.40 (in at $4.70). My XTO EI is still under water but, still has time too. Coulda, shoulda, you know the drill----if I bought the April/May 45 call for ATI and April/May 40 Call for XTO----I would have made a good sum by now!!! Oh, well, that is why we call them mistakes!!! LOL
Early last year I put on a bear spread on GOOG @ 140. It gapped to 170 and then 190 in 2 days. I held. lost 7k I was doing it because I just couldn't see how a search engine could rip so hard.
Like a lot of persons I presume I clicked on the wrong button. Instead of closing a trade I reversed my position ! At the beginning (5 years ago) I went long when I wanted to be short and vice-versa.
Sorry, no nightmare trades here but... Just built a house out in the country. According to the neighbors (before I built), high speed internet access was available on our road. Fast forward to present... it turns out high-speed is only available on certain parts of the road! Im in a few mile range where it's not available. Had to close the futures account. Now Im back to swing trading stocks. This is brutal. Does anyone have satellite internet service? The only person I know who has it near here says it's not any faster than dial up. I thought it was supposed to be like DSL or cable! Any responses/ help would be appreciated! J
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