Small Time Trading

[benchman]

Account value up $370 today. Mostly due to AMD.

AMD was up .28 to $11.07. I had an order in to sell around $11.40, but it only got as high as $11.26.

ESV was a disappointment. It had been up early on at $8.22 (+.16), but finished the day down .10 to $7.96. Not sure why, as oil was up almost 1%. The market was down all day, so maybe that affected it.

MAAFF was up .0029 to .01. It had decent volume today at 385K.

TPLM was up .003 to .045. It looked like it was going to do well today, but then two traders put over 500K for sale on the ask at .048, and that ended any chance. Keep in mind total volume was only 89K today, so the chances of clearing 500K+ at the ask was pretty much impossible.

RAD was down .10 to $4.01. $4.01 or better keeps me out of a margin call.