This weeks results - 12/5/2011-12/9/2011

Dow futures: +61.12
crude futures: +99.32
Russell futures: none
gold futures: none
Stocks: -169.58
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net: -9.14
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This was one of the would could should weeks that make me scream. I was in a trade with MCD and I scratched it for break even because the way it was trading was new to me. It then ran over a buck seconds later. I had an buy stop in GMCR for like 20 minutes and then pull it. Three minute later is run like crazy. I placed an order trying to hit the ask and the stock ran never filling my order. And last I had a winning in crude and I debated to place a stop at one price or 3 ticks lower. A course i got hit but the other stop would not have. All in all that cost me a lot of money.
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On the other hands, I just missed getting filled by one cent on a buy stop where the stock died 50 cents soon after.
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You win some and lose some but i would have preferred all of the above trades getting filled or placed correctly. I would have had a happy week.