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I am scrambling to put together a plan for trade for tomorrow, got some idea, but now it is already late and I am far from finish yet. I guess I have to pass. In the last few days, the research I did two weeks ago on shorting started to pay me back some. My execution is now better. One of...

5 days seems to be a good holding period for the momentum time. I was trained to hold no more than 2 days after a lot of penny stock trading. Now that penny momentum are mostly drying up, I need to find new setups and the strategy suitable to that.

I knew the market had changed since three weeks ago. It changed from a trendy market, which favors the momentum setup, into a rangy market, which favors swing setup. But I wasn't prepared yet. Two years ago I had made one scan which would have worked nicely in this environment, I backtested...

Looking back, the short positions are perfectly good ideas in Jan 26th, one day before the fast down slide starting from Jan 27th. I didn't make money shorting because my short strategy was still in research, but mainly because I screwed up big in Jan 27th. Funny thing is that January of last...

COMS 8.7, stop 8.95, now 8.85, -$180 FAX 6.42, stop 6.52, stopout -$50 CK 7.64, stop 7.75, stopout -$140 BBA 7.9, stop 8.1. now 8.03, -$160 ENMC 8.9, stop 9.11, now 8.89, -$40 EXLT 7.7, stop 7.86, now 7.84, -$170 ARRY 7.62, stop 7.84, now 7.37, keep IMCO 8.7, 8.95, keep ACAI 9.48...

COMS 8.7, stop 8.95 FAX 6.42, stop 6.52 ARRY 7.62, stop 7.84 ACAI 9.48, stop 9.74 BITI 7.3, stop 7.5 BBA 7.9, stop 8.1 CHRS 6.13, stop 6.25 CDE 6.1, stop 6.23 CK 7.64, stop 7.75 DCEL 7.5, stop 7.73 ENMC 8.9, stop 9.11 EXLT 7.7, stop 7.86 HL 8, 8.25 IMCO 8.7, 8.95 INGP 6.7, 6.92

CRIS target 5.45.

ARRY shorted at 8, now 7.72 +$250 BEXP shorted at 8.15, now 8.15, close -$30 CHRS shorted at 6.15, now 6.1, close. $0 CRIS shorted at 6.4, now 6.19, keep ARIA gaped above the stop, skip. CNET no shot CPWR no shot CRXA no shot GAP no shot GRIC no shot

ARIA short 1000 at 8, stop 8.15 ARRY short 1000 at 8, stop 8.15 BEXP short 1000 at 8.1, stop 8.25 CHRS short 1000 at 6.15, stop 6.27 CNET short 1000 at 9.3, stop 9.55 CPWR short 1000 at 7.1, stop 7.25 CRXA short 1000 at 6.8, stop 7.02 CRIS short 1000 at 6.4, stop 6.65 GAP short 1000 at...

CHIR shorted 200 at 55.5, stopout 55.5 -$30 ICGE bought 4000 at 0.46, stopout 0.4 -$270 CHIR shorted 200 at 55, stopout 55, target 53, now 54.8 -$30 TJX shorted 500 at 21.2 at open, stop 21.1, target 20.2, now 20.67 (+$250) ACE shorted 300 at 34.05, stop 34.65, target 32.6, now 34.06 ($0)...

GE shorted 400 at 28.7, out at close 28.4 +$90 FD shorted 300 at 46, stopout 46.4, -$150 NSC shorted 600 at 18.55, stopout 18.8, -$180 YUM shorted 300 at 32.85, stopout 33.15, -$120 CHIR shorted 200 at 55.5, stop 55.5, target 53, now 54.8 (+$140) ICGE bought 4000 at 0.46, stop 0.4, target...

YUM short 300 at 32.85, stop 33.15, target 32. UIS short 700 at 15.55, stop 16.1, target 14.6. UTX short 150 at 83.35, stop 84.15, target 82.

ACE short 300 at 34.05, stop 34.65, target 32.6. BA short 300 at 36.55, stop 36.85, target 35.45. CDWC short 200 at 60.2, stop 60.65, target 58. CHIR short 200 at 55, stop 56, target 53. FD short 300 at 46, stop 46.4, target 44.55. KR short 600 at 17.5, stop 17.75, target 17.05. MDT short...

PHM bought 150 at 76.55, out at close 78 +$200 DG bought 500 at 21.55, out at close 21.57 -$30 IACI bought 300 at 37.55, stopout 36.95 -$210 CHIR shorted 200 at 55.5, stop 56.5, target 53, now 53.9 (+$320) GE shorted 400 at 28.7, stop 29.15, target 27.88,now 28.35 (+$130) ICGE bought 4000...

CHK shorted 1000 at 11, out at close 11.33 -$360 AMGN shorted 150 at 62.84, stopout 63.1, -$70 ESRX shorted 200 at 56.7, stopout 57.7 -$230 PDE shorted 600 at 16.85, out at close 17.18 -$230 YUM bought 300 at 33.2, stopout 32.95,-$90 LEN shorted 200 at 84, stopout 85,-$230 NE shorted 300...

ACE buy 300 at 34.05, stop 33.5, target 35.2. AMGN short 150 at 62.8, stop 63.1, target 61.15. FD short 300 at 46.78, stop 47.28, target 44.5. GE buy 400 if moves above 29.05, stop 28.85, target 29.85. GILD buy 200 at 58, stop 57.3, target EOD. IACI buy 300 if moves/gaps above 37.55, stop...

NSC bought 600 at 19.15, stopout 18.88, -$160 CHK shorted 1000 at 11, stop 11.35, target 10.3, now at 10.98 ($0) CHIR shorted 200 at 55.5, stop 56.5, target 53, now 54.95 (+$100) ESRX shorted 200 at 56.7, stop 57.7, target 55, now 56.93 (-$40). PDE shorted 600 at 16.85, stop 17.3, target...

ACE buy 300 if moves/gaps above 34.2, stop 33.8, target 34.7. AMGN buy 150 if moves/gaps above 65, stop 64.2, target 67. BSC short 200 at 76.75, stop 77, target 73.5. BA buy 300 at 36.7, stop 36.2, target 37.8. CDWC short 200 at 61,95, stop 62.4, target 58.8. CHK follow breakout of...

TJX bought 500 at 21.2, stop 20.9, out at close 21.15 -$100 IACI shorted 300 at 38.2, stop 39.1, out at close 37.37 +$210 CHIR bought 200 at 55.45, stopout 54.85, -$150 CDWC shorted 200 at 61.9, out at close 60.5 +$250 GILD shorted 200 at 60.1, out at close 57.4 +$510 PDE shorted 700 at...

Now my favorite part, the would-be commission savings assuming an IB account is more than $2500, since I count $30 for a round trip, and IB would be $8 for a round trip. So far 127 round trips have been traded. Never realized commission plays such a big role. Bigger than my profit, damn !:mad: