My day sucked - period 8/28/2007

I did not lose much money but I could scream. Other than I did not trade well, everything wanted to go wrong. First I was watching a trade for about 15 minutes and was ready to hit the bid with a short order, my wife IM's me and the IM screen appears over my order screen. By the time I move it the trade is gone. I need to remember to open my IM's from people I think I will talk with and then move them where they will not interfere. Then I was putting some tools away, cleaning up my desk, when I trip and hit my face on some hanging stuff. I spent the next 30 minutes trying to bend my glasses back in shape. Then I tried to download a file on to one of my PC's which killed it. I had to run scans and clean up crap being concerned maybe I downloaded something bad. That kill some time. And finally the lawn care crew came out and cut the grass. I do not understand but the Internet cut out about a dozen times while I could hear them. I could scream. I should have just got a book and read.

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The chart up there shows some of my traded today. At point 1, it where I waited until a big bidding would disappear at the 52.00. Just as the time the buyer just was leaving, my wife's IM screen appeared. Another big buy on the bid was at 51.75. I was looking for the same type of trade. That is point 2. I had the order ready, just had to hit the button but the market started rallying so I went to hit the cancel and instead hit entered. Filled. I added to my mistake when I thought maybe this mistake would work. No luck and I covered for a 24 cent loss. At point 3, I saw that big buyer again at 51.75. I was thinking the same trade again. The buyer was finished. We tick to 51.73 and started moving up. I got out with a 5 cent loss. Then at point 4, I went long after the lows were taken out but then NUE started going higher. I got stopped for a 5 cent gain.

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The numbers:

Stocks: gross -113.50 net -133.50 share traded 4400