I made money early on by shorting!But i stopped trading when i saw stocks across the board breaking out to new highs.I could sense a steady surge and felt that a big buy wave was coming and that i should stop trading til i saw a pullback and re-assess..No pullback came so i just waited it out and watched.
of all things i was shorting VZ!! i scalp off momentum and support/resistance ...sell rally's/ buy dips...couldnt hit the buy keys as there was no pullbacks.
I was just busting chops. Hope you didn't get too beat up. That rally was sick. You'll make up for it tomorrow.
i made money...stopped trading...isaw that gradual surge coming and got the f out of the way...vz is up 8$ in 2 days...I dont think this rally has much gas...dow range 8000-9000 is being established...
Same here... captured the initial move down for 11 ES points on the short side...then try shorting more rallies a few times and had to cover for peanuts. Too bad didn't see the monster rally early on because I had Bear tatooed in my head..crap! Should have known better. At least glad I was quick enough to get out of the way. Went short at the close and then decided to cover AH for a quick 9 ES pts...thinking I'll get a better short level tomorrow. May be it rallies AM and dump afternoon and rally to the close. In any case, I trade based on observing the action. Anyway my observation today was biased (to the Bear) and seriously flawed. Well, tomorrow is another day. Yeah I need to find that "BUY" key. Good trading!