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lol, was just bitching about this to nic.. i cheated the stop because i didn't like how far the real stop would have put my tgt out.. that of course would have worked out..

9:52 LONG BHI 72.14 STOP 71.99 TGT 72.44 out -0.17 9:56 SHORT COF 52.41 STOP 52.49 TGT 52.25 out b/e ughh 9:56 SHORT URBN 30.45 STOP 30.57 TGT 30.21 b/e stop on this too..

i wrote my own stock scanner that watches 500 stocks for the setups i look for. i have no issues trading the same equity multiple times a day as long as it sets up

might have been a bit of a hyperbole. :) usually i don't step out of my house for very long with trades open. in this case i did and my stop didn't trigger. that's a little unnerving

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yup.. slipped 3c on the way out.. (i'm assuming you're referring to monday's RIMM loser)

wow, you've really been watching my trades. :) yes, i try to get in at 1c above or below the prior bar and i use a stop limit order. depending on the stock and situation i'll give it a cent or more of slippage on the way in. there is always the potential to get no fill and miss a trade and...

9:42 SHORT RIMM 42.93 STOP 43.03 TGT 42.73 out +0.2 9:57 SHORT UNH 47.95 STOP 48.11 TGT 47.57 out -0.2 i shouldn't have been in this with 10am #s 10:05 SHORT JDSU 19.34 STOP 19.45 TGT 19.12 out -0.12 10:14 SHORT MDT 40.00 STOP 40.11 TGT 39.78 out -0.11

<img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110523/spy.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110523/rimm.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110523/lvs.png"> 9:33 SHORT RIMM 42.99 STOP 43.1 TGT 42.69 - market gaps down - short the break of the round # - dead...

9:33 SHORT RIMM 42.99 STOP 43.1 TGT 42.69 out -0.15 nice work shorting the bottom 10:05 SHORT LVS 40.62 STOP 40.73 TGT 40.4 out +0.22

i'm currently trading small size as i'm just entering my 2nd year of trading. at smaller size i have to deal with rounding issues as well as platform fees which require a few nice winners to pay for. my YTD after all fees is not much above break even.. the profits will come when i size up...

126-190, just a hair under 40%. this year i'm tracking actual r:r and it's currently 1.77:1..

decided to run some #s.. in 2010 i was 43% on fridays.. in 2011 so far.. <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110520/friday.png"> might be time for a 4 day trading week..

<img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110520/spy.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110520/sndk.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110520/jcp.png"> <img src="http://puddles.humanfund.ca/20110520/akam.png"> 9:38 LONG SNDK 47.14 STOP 46.99 TGT 47.46 -...

9:38 LONG SNDK 47.14 STOP 46.99 TGT 47.46 out -0.17 9:41 SHORT JCP 36.95 STOP 37.09 TGT 36.64 out +0.27 9:54 LONG AKAM 34.71 STOP 34.61 TGT 34.91 out -0.1

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out b/e, i have to head out leaving TEVA as it's on a B/E stop and i love these resist breaks..

10:43 SHORT NVLS 35.81 STOP 35.92 TGT 35.59

10:00 SHORT RIMM 44.86 STOP 45.04 TGT 44.5 out +0.35 10:28 LONG TEVA 50.04 STOP 49.94 TGT 50.24

out -0.26