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2:38 2000 FITB EXIT 8.39 P/L +388.93

stop moved to 8.52...may get botted and don't want to have this one run against me.

2:23 1000 RIMM EXIT 73.66 P/L +517.73

5/11/09: 2:55 1000 RIMM SHORT 74.19 STOP 74.39 TGT 73.79

5/11/09: 2:38 2000 FITB SHORT 8.59 STOP 8.69 TGT 8.39

LATE POST: 1200 WLP EXIT 47.04 P/L -208.40

Well Thanagar..I really screwed this trade up to be honest... 1st I had the wrong stop (22.47) should have been OVER 22.50. 2nd I had wrong entry (22.27) should have been 22.22. My charts were lagging and I didn't realize that. 3rd: I actually hit my intended tgt and I had the tgt set as if I...

1:09 1000 COF EXIT 27.77 P/L + 487.09 *made mistake on this, set wrong tgt..dumb mistake..got lucky. Will explain later.

5/11/09: 11:46 1200 WLP SHORT 46.88 STOP 47.05 TGT 46.55

5/11/09: 11:19 1000 COF SHORT 28.27 STOP 28.47 TGT 27.87

LATE POST: 500 SKF EXIT 40.92 P/L -219.76

5/11/09: 9:45 500 SKF BUY 41.33 STOP 40.93 TGT 42.13

9:37 1000 DRYS EXIT 7.05 P/L -213.27

5/11/09: 9:34 1000 DRYS BUY 7.25 STOP 7.05 TGT 7.45

5/11/09: Monday a.m. Long watch: AAPL RMBS CTSH SNDK IBM Short watch: GRMN PDCO FITB PRU WLP GE COF With the gap down I will watch DRYS long early due to it's daily chart down 2 big days and gapping down today. Will also watch FITB early for short (extended and gapping up)...will watch...

Week ending 5/8/09: Total P/L +3,476.46 22 trades 13 wins 7 losses 2 b/e YTD Totals: P/L +19,629.25 123 wins 138 losses 16 b/e AVG. 47.1% Ratio 1.90

Sudhaker, You use what ever YOU feel is best! I am a visual person myself and you are helping out alot by posting charts, so I am leaving it in your hands. The charts I posted are just from scottrade and I power pointed them, that's all. * With sudhaker's help I think I will post the 4...

Hello CALLumbus, To answer your first question, the way I get my stops is in your second example. If I enter a short at 20.30 and the last pivot high is 20.44 I will put my stop above that. How much extra depends on the stock and attainable target. If it's a lower priced stock I would put the...

Sudhaker, It is easy to see you are serious about learning, and you have helped out w/ this journal. Even though this is a journal, I see no reason not to make it into an open discussion about trades you (or others) take. Please feel free to talk about, or ask questions related to the trades...

Just my luck..Scottrade is down for servicing (that's what she said). I can't get the intraday charts up, but here is what I was looking at with WLP on the daily chart and why I shorted the 1st reversal it made at 9:50 friday on the 5 min chart.