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SLD 1501.5 CLOSE 10:30:43 This was basically just a play off of Trade 1, but it wasn't working out as quickly as I thought it should.

BOT 1501 OPEN 10:24:36

BOT 1501.5 CLOSE 10:21:13 I'm just glad to be out of this trade with a minimal loss. I had attempted to cancel my sell order, but it was filled right as I clicked cancel. Anyway, it seems that the market action is pretty strong right now, so I'll probably look for a long entry.

SLD 1501 OPEN 09:53:59

Your very last sentence contains the words "completely, discretionary, instinct, possibility, seriously, and outweigh," but the word "you" is too long to type out? I hope that you don't take it personally; I was just wondering if there was a reason for this? On paper I risked 6 points to...

I'm happy about this too. While at the time the market did appear to be stabilizing, it ended up closing at 1494.5. This trade was initiated at 2:20, which probably wasn't a good idea. Unless I am extremely confident about a trade, I think that it would be wise not to initiate trades after...

SLD 1496.5 CLOSE 14:43:53 My entry on this was off. The market was definitely stabilizing, but I couldn't afford to take anymore chances.

BOT 1496 OPEN 14:23:42 I'll give this five minutes to hit 1498, and then I'm pulling the plug.

Since the selloff following the FOMC decision, the NDX has closed above 1490 5 times, but has been unable to close above 1500. I think that today is probably the day. Therefore, I am going to be wary about going short into the final hour, especially below the current high.

I thought it might be a good idea to clarify what I meant by this statement. In order to close a short position, one must buy contracts long. I was able to get enough objectivity to realize that if I wasn't currently short there would be no way that I would buy at that point. Therefore, I...

I'm going to take a short break. I would like to be completely done trading by 2:30 to avoid anymore incidents like the past several days.

BOT 1498 CLOSE 13:26:24 When 12:37 rolled around, I realized that there was no way that I would want to go long at that point. I decided that I would put a stop at 1504.5 which has been the high of the day at that point. So instead of just exiting at 1504.5 with a 6 point loss, I had a stop...

I'm going to give this trade until 12:37.

SLD 1498.5 OPEN 10:14:28

BOT 1487 CLOSE 10:20:47 I need a break.

I know that I failed myself again on this trade, but it looks like the NDX will come back down to 1485, at which point I will get out. Otherwise, I will get out at 1491.

SLD 1486 OPEN 09:17:38

Thank you for helping to keep me accountable. I really appreciate it.

SLD 1467.5 CLOSE I closed this trade when the afterhour session began trading. I can't begin to describe how horrible I feel. Trade 3 violated everything I was trying to accomplish. I held a losing trade past the close. I cancelled my stop. Today, like yesterday, I had a five point...

BOT 1472.5 OPEN 14:32:58