Despite being positive, today was a very poor trading day in terms of execution. I let myself get stopped out of PETM several times despite...
I am prop. What sucks about PETM today was that it was a lack of discipline that really created the losses. Chasing, not waiting for the pull...
Today is exactly the type of trading that I am trying to avoid. I was not patient enough to wait for my setups. I knew that PETM was feeling...
While, I usually do not like trading too much the first 30 minutes, because it can be an overly volatile casino. This morning happened to be a...
Looking at the stocks I was trading, I am kicking myself that I stopped trading and didn't just put in stops and let NFLX and GPRO trend, because...
Was up all night with a sick kid, who I think gave it to me, because I feel like crap today. I only traded a little this morning, but am calling...
I use a combination of resources, including general sleuthing. Free resources can be anything from yahoo finance earning calendars, to Google...
I try to trade stocks that I think will have significant moves that day. Therefore, I look for stocks that have a catalyst (news, etc.), or stocks...
I try to keep my max loss limit around $1000. It should be rare occurrence that I hit it, but trading a volatile IPO stock with too much size...
Today started out very rough, and I almost hit my max loss limit for the day. However, I caught a nice move in GPRO in the afternoon that made my...
I am starting this journal for myself to help track my trading, thought processes, and key areas on which I am working to better myself as a...
Up 90 on 2800 shares yesterday Missed the morning, and took a few smaller trades in the afternoon. Should have put on a few additional trades,...
Was not feeling well. Flat on low volume.
Today was a very frustrating day. I put on a short too soon and got squeezed for a big loss. Then went long by bottom picking a stock i thought...
Up 152 on 4400 shares. Dropped my size, since I have missed a few days and wanted to get comfortable. Overall, I missed several trades that...
Have an appointment today, so no trades. Watched FOSL for a few minutes this morning before i had to leave. Wish i had just pulled the trigger...
Was out on Friday and not feeling well today so calling it a day early. Again, hesitated too long today and missed some good moves and easy...
Today, the stocks I was watching really did not have much trend, so there were only a few opportunities. Unfortunately, I hesitated every time...
This journal is for my purposes to track my progression, mistakes, lessons learned, etc. It is primarily to help me reflect on my daily trading...
I have recently transitioned to trading full-time. The last several months have been spent getting my systems, hot keys, etc. set up the way I...
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