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Since I don’t normally hang out in the options area, I thought I would post an option trade I am making. Bought a put on EXPE just after that 11:30 ramp up. BOT (1) put Nov 50 @ $3.50 Watched EXPE for a while and it seemed to be quite strong today. So... I was getting worried about...

Just remembered something, I also did an options trade today, or guess I should say I am doing one, since I am still in it. Bought a put on EXPE just after that 11:30 ramp up. BOT (1) put Nov 50 @ $3.50 Watched EXPE for a while and it seemed to be quite strong today. So... I was...

Aphex, OK, you got a bit of a bloody nose. Good... now stop for a while and catch your breath. And consider getting a series 7 and getting with a prop firm. THEN, you don't have to put up with the PDT BS. I figure there is at least 1 prop firm somewhere that wil take you on with...

Couldn't get any traction today, just spun around. Second SPY trade lasted a LONNGGGG time for me. I did well in the patience department. In hindsight, I probably should have passed on the KLAC trade. But, one of these days I'll catch one like that that really goes, then I will be...

Lescor, Eastside, You have given me something else to think about.. As if I don't have enough. Had a tolerably decent opening. CSC was a late opener, but this time I left it in. Didn't adjust my price, but I will try to think about that in the future. Gads.. it is busy at the open...

Aphix.. It darn sure ain't like papertrading.. is it. :D Def gave you very good advice. Plan on takng ONE trade tomorrow.... win, lose or draw, that's IT. So make it a good one. Look at, and post to, the board after hours. Be assured that your heart will pound for a while...

Didn't get a fill. I now have 216 stocks on my opening order list, and fully HALF of them were pulled due to news. I cancelled all open orders after about 10 min. This caused me to miss a couple of beauties. WOULD.... have been filled long on BBY, and short on G, and nothing else this...

QQQBall, Thanks for your thoughts, they are appreciated... and paid attention to.

Donkell, I am still trading 100/200 share lots. Sometimes even 50 share lots. ( I get even with the specialist that way, 50 share lots :D ) I see no reason to up my size until I slay whatever dragons are keeping me from consistancy. QQQBall, I think that the GS trade was one...

One mediocre trade, KLAC, long early for +.15. I sat out the rest of the day and worked on my opening orders spreadsheet. This was such a drifty day. There were moves, but so erratic I couldn't see trading them. Better day tomorrow.

Another very dicey day. Caught PEG long right off the bat. As you can see, it immediately delt me some pain. Before I could blink, I was showing -.70. Crap.. so what to do. If I hesitate I could easily see the bid drop another .50. All the a****** specialist was showing was a constant...

Don, I just didn't want to be caught with half dozen short positions if the market went to ramping up. 3 or 4 on the same side are more than enough for me. :)

A "for profit day" :D I tried something different today. I decided to do some "scaling in". I started my trades with half the shares I intended to use for the bulk of the move. My thinking was that if the trade moves immediately against me, a not uncommon occurrance, then I am...

Decent morning.. Got filled on 3 short pretty quick, so I canceled all shorts. No fills on longs, canceled some late openers since there were some numbers out at 9:45. BLS short +.30 CCR short +.16 COX short -.03 Coulda got a little more but no complaints.

Another "not for profit" day. Actually, I made just one poor trade, the last KLAC trade. I exited early again, just a moment before it finally got it going and ran up another .25 or so. Gave the last SPY some room to work, but it just wouldn't go until I was stopped out. :mad: Here...

Volume, Thank you for the advice of just bail out when HRB looks like it is tanking. Please take a look at todays charts on HRB. I took your advice. It looked to be tanking AGAIN.. :eek: so I bailed quickly. THEN the evil thing immediately reversed and ran way up... GREAT advice...

Let's give Fluid some credit. He is not a rival or someone out to discredit Allen. Nah.. not that. Keep posting Allen.

And after my disasterous opening orders fiasco, things did not get any better. Zero for 4 today. My last day in the Reality Trader chatroom trial. They are pretty good folks there, but they can't perform miracles. I missed their good calls, but was right on hand to catch the busts...

PS here is a summary HRB -1.50 PEG -.54 EMR +.13 BP +.28

WHAT A DISASTER..!!! WHAT do you do when you get filled and it goes straight down. (or straight up if you are short) Really didn't have a chance to do anything on HRB except eat a large loss right off the bat. But sometimes they come all the way back... like EMR.. And, sometimes they...