Damned parttime trading!!
Had a big meeting all day with some clients and did not have the change to watch the exchange...And I had high hopes of the stock, but from 14 to 28?!
What a rally, what a missed opportunity...
Bought AGN
yesterday
Wanted to trade against the outbreak, expecting it to be false. While watching the stock noticed uptrend pushing through.
It collapsed after lunch an now in for a hefty loss. Put a stop in at 5.28 and kept it overnight..
BOT (much too late for far too much!!) at 5.647...
Traded TOM2 yesterday.
Saw a gap on the 3d of august which was filling up nicely on an allready trending stock. MACD confirmed the bull strength and Stochastic showed an underbought signal with K line tapping the D line.
BOT 8.10 - 11:30
SOL 8.38 - 13:30
Made a good profit after commission...
Came in late the 4th, wanting to trade on the US market.
Bought FLEX at 20:30 in a rush without enough indication there was going to be any development.
very stupid move. Stock was locked at the point of trading around 5.42. Eventualy ended up taking it overnight....
Sold it the next day with...
Hehe, my thoughts exactly. I am safely betting red at roulette now and made my first million last night:)
Black swan, didn't I read something about black swans in "Welcome to my trading room"?
Hoi Pilli,
Groningen dus?! Hoe is het daar? Zelf geboren en getogen in Grunn... Maar ben verhuisd naar de randstad ivm werk.
Ten aanzien van ervaren handelaren. Daar hoor ik zelf nog niet bij. Ben nog aan het leren, maar als je "The Dutch Corner"opzoekt vind je volgens mij meer...
Hi NTT,
Just look up any stock screener( I think Yahoo finance has one) and put in the desired criteria...
But don't have too much trust in that 10%.....
Liking your blog though Foredog! (unless you will start charging $$$ to view ofcourse:))
On courses and subscriptions, never tried it. Not my thing either, even should be actually helpfull( which I doubt) I love the individual process you go trough, learning the technique, getting a feel for...
Waarde landgenoten.
Goed u te ontmoeten in deze Neerlandse uithoek van het T2W forum!
Al doende leert men en na het doorspitten van enkele boeken van Elder en Ehler ben ik voorzichtig de markten ingeslopen. vooralsnog neem ik kleine risico's met kleine winsten/verliezen als resultaat.
Ik heb...
Today traded HMA. Saw a break in the downtrend that was reaffirmed by the resistance and MACD. Slided down to the 5 min. chart.
Chickened out(no papertrade) and stepped in late at 5.93 and put a stop at 5.88.
Watch the trend break through the restistance at 6.60(raised the stop to 5.95) and...
I will be keeping a journal of specific good or bad trades..
Advice is always welcome( Better to get scorned then burned:))
THQI -
BOT 6.46
SOL 6.59
Initial target was 6.60
Bought it late, because used more(perhaps too much) of capital on this specific trade.
Exited late( See exit on...
Thanks for all the sound advice! It is not a general performance measurement I was aiming at, but more of a discussion on my approach to individual trades.
Learning to interprete the indicators and patterns gives me alot to learn and think of even on this level. I can understand that for most...
Thanks Arabiannights,
I know and will be expecting a lot more losses in the future:)
I have been papertrading alot though, but occasionely do a real trade.
Want to know if there are obvious mistakes that I making and learn from them.