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Agree. But today got me thinking. And what I came away with was that there is a lot to be done around myself most of all. So, I'll concentrate on the most important part of trading - the trader...

-$245 Will be taking a break (lenght to be determined). Haven't had a winning day since 10/10, so need to analyze and regroup. Good trading folks!

Made more mistakes this morning. In fact, last (calendar) month I've done nothing but make maistakes. Not suprisingly, the last positive day I've had was on 10/10/2008 (I disregard a +$2.18 day on 11/6, due to it being well, pathetic). My losses were far from catastrophic (ranging from $50...

No trades today. I've had a 3-day losing streak, so decided to cool off a bit. Will try tomorrow.

Thank you. Long way to go though. Loooong way... Among mistakes of the day (besides not trading in the morning), I should mention not reacting on reversals after my initial trades failed. I should have jumped on them in the other direction. Yes, yes, yes: shoulda, woulda, coulda...

MET chart

LRCX Chart

ADBE chart

To Whoever is Looking: My goal is to get comfortable trading and become profitable with 100-share positions in the next 3-4 months. I would trade in the morning (9:30-11:00 ET), go to work and trade in the afternoon (12:00PM onwards) I expected an initial struggle and lack of stable...

Did not trade in the morning (was up late celebrating my birthday last night). Made 3 trades in the afternoon - went Long on MET, ADBE and LRCX using 100-share positions. End result? $80 loss. The week looks like this now: Mon: -$58 Tue: N/A Wed: -$80 Thu: TBD Fri: TBD...

Still learning to be profitable with 100-share positions. Painfully slow progress, but as they say in racing "if you can't be fast with 100 horsepower, you won't be fast with 1000" :D -$58 for the day, mostly because of comissions.

Decided to sleep in and missed the morning rush. Went to work and lacked any sort of concentration and focus. Had a MAJOR brainfade around 3:25PM and went Short on SBAC for a $0.20 loser. How the heck did I manage to miss the reversal at 2:50PM? Should I watch "Zach&Miri Make a Porno"...

Same here, except for my net was much less well, decent +$2.81 :D I've only had one 100 share trade.

Did not trade today. Decided to take a little break after 5 (!) consecutive losing days. Granted the worst of those days was only $93, but still I need to pull myself together and trade with my head. Will try again tomorrow.

Another failure: -$83 2 trades, both befroe 11AM - went Long on NIHD and shorted T. both reversed almost immediately. Good thing I only use 100 shares at a time.

Ditto...I began trading small lots (50-100 shares) myself. Decided to take it slow, real slow. I ended October positive (+$25, whoo-hoo!), but lost money throughout the year. I'll try and post here as frequently as I can. People on this forum have been very helpful and supportive in the past...

Gocha. You were right on the money (literally). The question now is, will it now stage another mini-rally after rolling back to 9140? And if so, how big of a rally will it really be and how bad of a pull back will follow?

At what point you think it's going to be done? It's at 9227 right now (fell back after hitting 9280)

Heh, well I finally turned a positive trade today. Overslept and was super-scared in the morning, but made one trade and came away with a whopping $0.41 :D Many thanks to NoDoji, SchraderTrader and others who contributed valuabe advice!

I wholeheartedly agree with that. I hope that I'm strong enough to withstand the losses and missed profits, but only time will really tell. I will keep you guys posted though :)