only watched half the market but the market was deep red and TZOO, CHKP, AAPL were up strong... so these were the ones to trade for a squeeze and indeed -- they all jumped into the close, SINA too.
With TZOO, and CHKP --- vol. was particularly strong -- there was little risk here ... and lots of upside despite entering extended conditions.
IWM was down big and had a feeble bounce.
main ideas: 1. You can't control what you'll make. You can control how much you'll lose.
2. Trend trading must focus on strongest stocks always -- regardless of your feelings on value.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
mistakes
was attempting to fade the market after 3 bump set up in TZA emerged -- kept a wide stop and took bigger than normal loss.
attempted TZA again end of day --- stopped again.
Almost took SODA on breakout -- was the leading IBD name... but chickened out.. ran 2 pts. in a hour after I saw it move.
Will need to be willing to go with strength... keep the stop tight... it'll work or it won't. But contrarian fading is no good intraday. failure...
attempted TZA again end of day --- stopped again.
Almost took SODA on breakout -- was the leading IBD name... but chickened out.. ran 2 pts. in a hour after I saw it move.
Will need to be willing to go with strength... keep the stop tight... it'll work or it won't. But contrarian fading is no good intraday. failure...
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