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More woulda.... coulda... shoulda.... At the last minute, I took off all my shorts because I didn't want to be short in a rocketing up market. Well... I should have remembered why we do this..... to be on the same side as the specialist. The specialist doesn't want to be caught short in a...

One fill today. OEI for +.25, man did I leave a bunch on the table. :mad:

Only made 1 QQQ trade late in the day. 13:48 sold sh 23.35 14:02 covered 23.48 -.13 Missed a couple of decent opportunities early... just hesitated too much. Spent most of my time getting my DSL up and running. Seems to be working fine.

Baron, I have a problem with my threads getting marked as read when I haven't done any such thing. It happens most frequently if I am reading a long thread or if I leave a post open for a few minutes. They also get marked as read whenever I logoff, whether or not I have read all threads...

I will check it out. NVLS is sort of reminding me of SPY.

No fills again today. But would have had a dandy in HIG, but it opened nearly 15 min late. How long do you guys give them to open before you do a manual cancel? AXP also would have been nice, but it had news and was off the list. Lesson.. look at the ones with news... might get some...

Monday........ all day. Didn't do much. Went short early, had a slightly better than 1:1 profit. Chose not to take it. Never got as good a chance again. Everytime I said.. "ok I'll take .xx if I see it again... well, I never saw .xx again. :( Finally stopped out even. Went long...

There are at least 4 very long threads that cover this subject in more detail than you really wanted to know. Look for Don's Openings parts 1 through 4 :)

Thanks Don, No problem. As with everything else, the more you do it, the better you get. I am throwing out some stocks, adding a few with characterstics I like better, and adjusting some of the numbers on the rest. I go back every day and look at all the opening orders stocks to see...

No fills today. Went back and looked at where things opened. Seemed to me that I could tighten my envelope, but... I noticed I got as many adverse fills as good ones when I did that. I am going to really study my criteria this weekend, see if I can come up with a better mix. I am going...

here are the charts...

Another so so day. Got stopped out of one decent trade, and misjudged on a couple of others. But, I am getting some encouragement to get a plan and stick to it, and not be jumpy. And I believe I am doing that, following the plan, that is. Now, I just need to get better plans. :)...

To further elaborate.. I mean without encountering the dreaded PDT spector? Thanks,

Def, I presently have approx $25,500 split between futures and stkopt. If i get a universal account, can I daytrade stocks if I am not doing futures that day? Thanks,

Thursday's charts.

A definite spin my wheels day.... didn't force things, and nothing came. I did give myself a chance with some "sort of ok" entries, but nothing was cooking today. Try again tomorrow. I have definitely slowed down the pace a bit, and am trying to give my trades a chance. But not too...

Got CL short... scratched it at 55.00 Good thing too, it shot to the moon later. I haven't had much going on in opening orders this week. Must be the weather.

I live in a San Diego neighborhood that is well know for a different and much worse reason. Sabre Springs.. the former home of one David Allen Westerfield. Today the jury went out to decide if he gets life without parole or death. My money is on "the big sleep" FWIW, this is a very...

Opening orders for Wed. Not much to show for the last 2 days. But I have not been burnt, been getting out just in time.

here are the charts.