Today was kinda weird for me. First, Tradestation’s quotes froze for most of the morning. Then, I found out the hard way that Scottrade’s quotes were a second or two off (by getting a fill 15 cents away from the quote I was staring at). I was gone for 3 hours like I usually am on Thursdays. And, I still managed to make 15 Trades. So, obviously there cannot be a video!
A video wouldn’t be very enlightening anyway. It was one of those, lose 10 cents, reverse and make 15 cents kinda days. I played BLUD perfectly, shorting it twice and buying it once. But, I played NIHD anti-perfectly, losing every time it convinced me to get in.
Were it not for the quoting troubles, it could have been a great day… the massive 15 cent slippage on my USU short scared me out for a 5 cent loss, and it went on to drop an easy 50 cents. Oh well, I’d rather lose because of technical difficulties than lose because my ideas sucked. I also had to take a 5 cent gain on a DRC short because I was leaving for lunch. When I got back I checked the chart, and the very next candle offered a 50 cent drop. So, I wasn’t very lucky, all things considered.
If I had a time machine, I wouldn’t change anything about my trades, but I would go back and schedule a massage for this afternoon… 15 trades leaves me exhausted and a bit tense.
October 4th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
wow! that’s a ton of trades for u…at least there was plenty of opportunity…w/o the technical difficulties, u could have had a great day