Makin a livin', trading FSLR, POT , TSLA, PHOT
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That would so friggin' happen to me, wrong on both positions. I just stayed away cause I have bad luck lol. Who knows what's in store for tomorrow but not looking good for you dude.
Going to miss your trading skills. Drop in when you can.
Yeh it's like there is a Trojan Horse in my computer that turns the market when I buy and sell.
I updated my chart with the ema 3 and ema 8 a long time ago on your recommendation. Guess I just don't put it to good use. Yesterday when I got in that trade it hadn't quite made the cross but a pretty good 5 min red candle with some volume got me to bite too early. MACD was turning and the slow stow had crossed Williams r was dipping. Longer time frame seemed more up but it had sold off hard earlier in the day so was looking a scalp and out. When it didn't sink after 15 or 20 minutes I should have bailed . Sort of had 115.50 as my "give up price" and then got busy and the market closed. Yeh news can get you and it gets me all the time. I will look back and study your recommendation. Thanks
Sold AAPL 115 puts .09 this morning. That trade was doomed after Googl and AMZN beat. Last thur I sold a position to protect my cash. The next day it was like a 10 bagger if I held. This time I hold and lose .75% ....you can't make this up.
Looks like we're smoked on the AAPL puts. Hope peeps sell into the gap up tomorrow morning. Might have a chance to ave down ??(lose twice as much money...)FML
Looks like that isn't happening. Both up 70 points ... I was looking for a quick pullback but it didn't happen. Got one good 5 min candle that got no conformation. Guess I'll see how the morning plays out. I'm in very light
I'm in the 115 puts thought it was going to sell off into the close. Candle at 3:25 was looking good but it bounced back like .25 and is currently pissing me off
BTO AAPL wk 115 puts .43
AAPL think it's running out of gas?
Oh man, so sorry to hear that. I hope the Dr's do a good job of fixing the damage and that he heals quickly.
ROTFLMAO hehehehe!
I do look at lots of trades and if I feel like the post was near the actual time of the trade I do exactly that. Try to see the setup that make their decision. What were the indicators doing, volume, support levels etc. That's why the time helps. Like this morning you said you bought mkt at the open. I would guess you made that decision off the late day to closing action from yesterday and maybe pre mkt trades. Anyway got to finish up a policy and get out of here. Have a great week-end OTCer's
Sent! Thanks Roy!
Thanks for your insight, I have tried to stick to a few stocks to develop a feel for how they react. I watch SPY iwm and NDX a lot to gauge the overall market and now and then trade spy and iwm. TSLA AAPL BIDU NFLX (after the split) get the most of my action. Wish I had the luxury of having something to write a covered call against! Yep it's war and I'm getting wounded or blown up way too much.
I have read/studied technical charting for years actually....totally realize that you are trading blind without some understanding of at least some basic concepts. I have read stock charts lessons on most all the topics. Most recently re-read the info on candles and paid most attention to the price/volume concept. I know you are big on that and I agree it's important. Problem is I struggle to identify real reversals vs headfake moves even watching the volume on those moves. I have MACD, Williams r, rsi, price volume, parabolic sar, slow sto , bollies (10 and 20)set on my chart. It might not seem like it due to my utter failure but I actually do take a very focused look at these things to try to make good decisions. Lots of days I'm not trading but watching other trades on the board and looking for the setup that may have triggered that traders decision. I analyze and make a mental determination if I agree or disagree and then see which way it goes. Like would I make that trade or not, mental trading. It's funny I'm better at predicting the outcome of someone else's trade than my own but having no risk helps you see more clearly I guess.I don't have PM on ihub but maybe I can give you my e-mail so we can work on it. Any and all help is appreciated.
I would say day trader but earlier in the week I am willing to give something anther day to turn around if I didn't get a great entry. Most times if I had a loser position and hold over thur to fri any little pop would fade and I would wish I had just bailed thur. Heck I would not have trusted this to go that much higher, that never happens for me. I may have hit the exit the first few minutes and glad to make a profit. Not trying for homeruns, pretty much have never seen one except the trades I never bought or trades I closed "protecting my cash" or getting out with a small profit after being way down etc. Never have bought something and watched it run pretty much steady up or down if a put...never. I bet 75% of the time its goes against me in 15 minutes and I spend hours or days trying to figure out how to get out of another mess. So cut my losses right? Lots of times when I do it will turn my way almost instantly. Brad sold!!take it up!LOL just a way to go broke more slowly if you are wrong 90% of the time. I rarely post my trades cause I don't want anybody to think they are a good idea but if you did the opposite of me you could make a fortune lol. I know you guys are rooting for me but you probably think I'm the dumbest trader you ever came across. I know you worry if someone follows your trade well you are right a lot. I wish someone would just tell me what to do a few times so I could make some money. You should forbid me to even have my own idea actually lol
Not my worst day ever but close....Wed bought tsla 225 call way too early.Later near the close added to ave .69. chart looked like it finally was bottoming out. Held overnight..call opens around .22...yep the usual result of holding overnight. Finally climbs to .49 and may have some momo...well no no back to .25..end of day another rally but running out of time on a thur. Well better protect my cash...live to fight another day right? Rally start to falter, it's 3:45 don't want to go back to .20 or hold over and be .10 fri morning so I slip out at .38 and take my lumps. Last 10 minutes it surges calls close at.58 well damn... Fri morning most everything lower or about even except TSLA...calls open 1.25 ish stock up $3.. now it's up almost $8 calls have been hod $5.50 are you kidding me? Pretty much every decision I make is the wrong one. Hard to swallow...I was a deans list student Bus Adm in college, analytical thinker knonw to be pretty intelligent through out my career. My lack of ability to do this with at least some success has beat the self esteem out of me.
That's working, i thought it had to make some kind of little bounce run before the day was over.
New software update lets car almost drive itself. Cool live feature on Squawk Box this morning
Yep jumping too quick can hurt your chance of success . I'm too guilty of that.
From personal experience if you find yourself on the opposite side of a trade as Roy it's likely to go badly. The option gods favor him...no really he's just better than most of us at this. Hey but it's still early in the day.
LOL he just means it isn't that easy most of the time! A few here make it look easy but take it from me this game can kick your ass quickly. That said, congrats jeff
Just to add one more thing. Option trades settle overnight unlike stock that takes 3 days. So you can sell today and use you money again tomorrow.
Somehow I missed this post from a few weeks ago. Interesting reading...and ...about the only thing you've posted that actually made some sense. lol
I'm not trading much at the moment but I actually have enjoyed the benefit of your time stamps. At night I can go back and examine your trade and look at the chart setup with a lot of accuracy. Thanks for taking 3 more seconds to add that info to your posts. I notice your usually put it up within a few minutes anyway but it's been very educational for me so thanks.
BIDU lol there wasn't any good put strike today! Crazy runner. I was a bit worried I was a buck out of position on AAPL but turns out I was fine.
Googl options..that's what is always scary to me is the big spread. I don't think I have had one work out but Smart usually pulls off a win trading GOOGL
A total of $2300 worth of emergency car repairs on 2 cars is what the problem is. Wiped out my account once again. One real nice winner on those 5 contracts would have more than paid for the latest problem. Cut your income in half and then you can relate to my situation. That said I'm glad you and most on the board are doing well at least financially.
Bidu runaway train. Bummed I got scared out of the aapl calls 4x now. The worst person that could have walked in had to show up right then. How can I have such bad luck lol. Got busy and didn't make the re entry. 'bout to consider a life of crime. Making an honest living is not working for me...sigh
EDIT maybe not! that is a beast today
Trying to figure a re entry in apple calls or will everything just fade this afternoon.
BIDU puts? Looking a little vulnerable now maybe?
AAPL calls out .43 + .20....had a long winded customer and got nervous I couldn't watch it so took the money. He's still standing here talking ...oh boy
AAPL 109 calls .23 should have bought the 108's but ok so far
Nice work again gunslinger! Have a good week end
Ran out of posts, on happy hour now. That drop just happened so late i had several times teed up a sell order at like .45 just so I didn't totally screw the pooch so I was just mentally done. Based on that hey I ended up with $140 more than I almost bailed out for.Thanks for helping keep me in it long enough to make a few bucks. Have a great week-end everyone. Got to work Mon tue and wed so may not be around much.
EDIT well left a couple hundred on the table. That's what happens when you sit here all day and have to look to just escape without getting hurt. Bit I'm up so I'll take it.
I appreciate your concern but look how well I'm doing on my own...LOL I don't jump blind on anything. I missed AAPL and had already noticed BIDU gapped up. It only made me feel better to see you were in it when I saw your post. And I actually got a little better entry. The technical info you shared actually helped me see better what you were seeing. That was a very good lesson. Now I wish I had blindly jumped on LNKD cause that was the winner and I wouldn't have had to sit here all day to make $40 LOL
LOL I thought that on your first run but it worked out. This time you may have pushed it too much LOL
BIDU 135 put Sold @.80 + .13 Couldn't chance it leaving me in the hole...missed .90 to $1 2 min later.
PSAR just flipped on the 15 min. If it's going to have a chance this is it. On ARCA Level II the bid just fell out from under it too
EDIT normally I would agree but the Brad factor is a strong force.( trying to keep my sense of humor.)
I only need this to sell off like .25 and I'd be OK 134.50 would be nice.
Nice out! I can't win this game..only had one chance today and as usual I picked the worst trade of several I looked at.