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From what I can remember, AMZN did a similar thing last time (or the one previous) they had earnings announcement. Dumped hard, then recovered a lot before market closed?

I'm thankful for ending the week positive. Hard day when starting out with 2 losing trades, first. 1. X puts - stopped out on time/duration 2. X puts - chased entry (bad move) and stopped out on $ loss. I had to override my system (based on indicators) as it was still a hold. Very...

Overstayed my position, but glad I made a little instead of losing money...

It's an ok day... It is very tough to be stopped out for -$250 on AMZN and literally within 10 minutes, the darn thing went in the direction of my trade for +$300 (a turnaround of $550). It was when they released the fed statements. ouch! I learned my lesson on following stops, so if the...

Not much money made, but very thankful for being lucky. I can see the strength in the markets today, but I refused to accept it and kept wishing for a selloff. The result is that I didn't make money out of a strong market move. I'm lucky I stepped aside and didn't fight it. Not that I...

It's a good day. I was lucky I didn't trade the last hour. I was wrong in my opinion of the eod action.

No trades. I just couldn't find a decent bounce to enter a trade into. With the power of hindsight now; I could have taken any bounce to enter a trade on the short side. It was such a slow-grind day. At least for me. I hope you guys didn't have the same problem as me.

Just go to a hotel/resort that has generator power... An update on the Mall of Asia situation. Our electric has been restored at our apartment within 24 hours. Mall of Asia was good on the first day when we didn't have power, but after that, they have had no power since. No internet...

It's a hit or miss. I have spent time at my compadre's remote town of Catbalogan, Samar. This is a place where they don't have any McDonalds, KFC, or any US branded restaurant, and yet, I used my Smartbro there and watched CNBC streaming broadcast (which requires about 400kb/s) with no...

Alona? It's very nice there, but it's further on the other side of the island, maybe next time we'll try that resort. It's also more expensive, no? It's good to hear the speed of the internet has been resolved there.

True story: many years ago, we were planning to go to Pearl Farm resort in Davao which is a very beautiful resort. Before our scheduled vacation, there was an incident at the Pearl Farm resort that left 2 resort workers dead involving the Abu Sayaff(?) Muslim rebels. This changed our plan to...

Very good lunch money. X calls - i played the wrong time period, but happy to get lunch money out of it. AMZN puts - got away from me so i canceled the order (which turned out to be a good move) AMZN calls - when the indices bounced up hard, i tried to get in, but my option quotes were...

Trend7rader, Yes, the power came back to most of the affected areas about 22 hours ago, but there is a tradeoff that there will be rolling blackouts of about 3 hours in order to put permanent fixes. We lost power 10 hours ago for about 3 hours and then it came back. All in all, it's not...

No trades today. I missed the entry 5 minutes prior to this and I tried to chase it, but still didn't get filled so I just canceled the order. I fell asleep today prior to market open and woke up on the last hour. We had a power outage (due to a typhoon) that lasted about 20 hours... I...

I'm sorry but I don't have any info on your questions (at this time). If I come across any of the info, I will post an update here. I trade my own account. Profit target can be as little as $100/day because cost of living is low here. I need to remind myself this so that I don't take...

Just an update. I know I said we hardly lose electricity, but I guess I have to take it back. It's typhoon season here, and last night, we have a storm (signal number 2) that knocked the power. My extended battery on the laptop last 7 hours, so I just fired up my Smartbro prepaid USB...

One-way days are killers for me. I told myself not to trade on one-way days (no volatility but continued step-up or step down), but I think I'm just too addicted to the action, plus there was a volatility and a missed trade earlier (on AMZN) that would have produced a nice profit which may have...

You're welcome. No matter what anyone tells you, stay away from the Mindanao region. It's just not worth it. They have some of the most beautiful islands there, but I've never been there and maybe never will. Good trading.

It's good. The cancelled trades are there as reminders of missed opportunities/profits coz I was too cheap to pay up :) I also call it "chasing", but on a day like today with so much volatility, it's ok to chase/pay up.

1. Best islands? I heard Boracay is the most internet-friendly of all the island resorts. I haven't been there since 1996. It's a beautiful island but too "commercialized" for my taste. I prefer Bohol http://www.panglaoisland.com/ but the last time I went there with my wife in 2008, the...