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I keep getting kicked off, or if I do log in, I don't get anything. I'm even having trouble connecting to their website. I want to see if it's my connection. I lost IB a couple times today too. thanks, Johnny

I'll probably start a more complete journal next week. I'll post times and trades and if I get helpful feedback, I'll keep it up. If not, it's a lot of work and I'll go back to posting overall results. My broker is IB. -Johnny

It's been an interesting two weeks. My results don't seem to show an advantage to trading mornings only: For 2 weeks mornings only (almost): +463.02 before commissions / -581.45 after I had been roughly breakeven after commissions for the previous 6 weeks (on average). I have...

Don, I have been trading mornings (9:30-11:00 or 12:00). Nasdaq stocks only. I don't do any OO orders yet. If I said "opening" in this thread somewhere I meant the first 10-20 minutes of the morning. -Johnny

One good trade this morning. Other than that I couldn't squeeze anything for a dime. Missed an NVDA trade I've been waiting for all week by 6 minutes. I gave up on it breaking down 6 minutes before it dropped at 10:45. It went for 2 points from there (I know I wouldn't have gotten more than...

I just didn't expect any follow through after 10:30. I figured everyone had gone home already. -Johnny

I've been waiting for the 45 breakdown for a week and I missed it today by 6 minutes. I was short @44.16 and got shaken out at 44.25 6 minutes before it finally broke down for the second leg. With the volume drying up, I just didn't think it would go today and I wasn't going to hold it over a...

Is it just me or has it been extremely choppy this week? Low volumes, no follow through. My favorite setups are breakdowns and breakouts, and this hasn't been the time for them. Today I concentrated on support and resistance plays and did better. Only made one real trade and one 100 share...

You posted this one while I was replying to your previous post. I suspect my winning percentage is actually lower and my average loss per trade is also lower if I split each stock into all of the trades for the day. I'll do this over the next couple of days. I am doing too much of this on...

The results I post are totals for the day in each stock. The big losers are usually 3 or 4 trades in the same stock. I have planned trades at the start of the day, and I seem to get stopped out a few times because I am trying to get in too early. I seldom (other than today) lose more than...

Part of the reason I decided to post all of this was to be liable to something other than just myself and help me stick to it. Thanks for the reminder. --Johnny

Musicman, A few things sound familiar: 1) I didn't really think I was doing this, but I was reviewing my trades today and this is how they were: 3 shorts/1 long from 9:31 to 9:56 (no positions into consumer confidence) 5 longs/2 shorts from 10:06 to 11:00 3 shorts from 2:45 to 3:33...

Reached a milestone this morning, and not a good one. My first four digit loss since I started. I could not let the $1000 intraday loss stand. I took a break, regrouped, and took a few cautious trades in the afternoon to hopefully gain some confidence back after a tough blow. I also...

Pretty smooth move down this morning and I just couldn't seem to take advantage. At least no damage. Monday: BRCD +216.60 EMLX -5.00 NVLS -114.70 PSFT -148.80 QLGC +171.20 TOTAL: +119.30 before commissions / +20.30 after Last trade closed at 12:04 --Johnny

Decent morning. No big winners but I'll take a couple small ones just the same. I have historically given my morning gains back on Friday afternoons, so I'm taking the money and running. Friday: BRCD -37.60 BRCM +24.4 EMLX +66.00 KLAC +165.80 SEBL +217.60 TOTAL...

Yes, I am trading alone. A mentor would be nice, but I don't really see a way to do that without joining a prop firm or shelling out a lot of money. If I spend that money in the market I feel I will learn as much and it will stick better. I trialed a couple of chat rooms, but for the most...

Very ugly morning. With the slow movement this morning I tried holding a few positions for longer time frames with larger stops. I paid dearly. This is no time to try new methods with full lots. This is a method I want to incorporate into my trading, but I must prove it out with smaller...

I've been debating this. I was considering hiding my P&L so it wouldn't affect my decisions. I think for now I'll leave it because I am trying to keep a max down per day. Do other people hide P&L for the day or does everyone keep it on screen? -Johnny

Good morning considering the big gap down and pretty tight range. Stopping early and going to breakfast. Wednesday: BRCM +144.54 EBAY +2.00 (woohoo!) EMLX +74.00 INTU -137.50 NVDA +251.00 VRSN +154.01 TOTAL +488.05 before commissions / 402.10 after Last trade...

I agree, and that is one reason I am trying this mornings only. I can't afford a huge drawdown to learn how to play the afternoons right now. If I can build up my account by trading mornings only, I will have a little more buffer to work on different methods, including longer holding times and...