Crazy day with that rally out of left field. I had shorted the market seconds before and I had not put in my stop loss order yet. Very painful. I was putting in an 8 point reverse stop but as I typed it in, the market had exploded so instead of taking a small short loss and making tons of money on the long side, I was in pain. It took me a few second to get the order in to get me out. Not funny.
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I then became crazy and started firing off trades left and right with very little reason. At my low point, I was down about $400 and ended off only $150 when the dust settled. I had been down about $175 after my screwed up stop.
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All of this happened after getting a late start to the day because I had a doctor's appointment. I did not start trading until nearly noon.
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I am looking forward to the fact the Big Mouth is back in town and will provide stock picks for me.
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The numbers:
Stocks: gross +3 net -12, shares 3000
Stock Futures: gross -100 net -135 contracts 16 (a high for me I think)
Other Futures: none
Forex: none
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