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    A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

    14:13 1000 DIA EXIT 75.40 P/L -214.02
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    A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

    03/23/09: 13:50 1000 DIA BUY 75.60 STOP 75.40 TGT 76.00
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    A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

    1000 DIA EXIT 75.97 P/L + 394.90
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    A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

    03/23/09: 11:32 1000 DIA BUY 75.56 STOP 75.36 TGT 75.96
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    A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

    10:13 600 DIA EXIT 75.03 P/L +363.70
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    A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

    10:02 400 GS EXIT 103.97 P/L +412.20
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    A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

    03/23/09: 9:59 400 GS BUY 102.91 STOP 102.41 TGT 103.91
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    A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

    03/23/09: 9:55 600 DIA BUY 74.41 STOP 74.11 TGT 75.01 Buying the first pullback on the 5 min charts on the gap up after a 2 day pullback on the daily charts,
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    A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

    Hey One2, I stay very strict with my stops and as long as I hit pretty close to a 2.0 ratio on each trade I can be under 50% and still make a profit. That being said, I actually would have been in the red this past week if it wasn't for 1 FAZ trade taking off for me and rising a buck past my...
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    A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

    Hey Mike, Of course I have thought about raising my risk/reward, but my worry is how it may change my exit strategies and ability to get over a losing trade quickly and move on. Also, I work fulltime (while trading) and having a lower risk I don't feel pressured to monitor a trade tick by tick...
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    A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

    Thanks for stopping in again Scorpiano, Here's my dilema: Of the 8 trades I stopped out at b/e 7 actually turned and went to target. If I would have left the trades go to either stop or target I would be +2500 on those trades instead of -100. This is (in my opinion) the hardest part of...
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    A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

    03/21/09: Week Totals: 21 Trades 6 wins 12 losses 3 b/e P/L +201.53 YTD Totals: 59 wins 59 losses 8 b/e P/L + 9,758.49 win % 50.0 R/R Ratio 1.8
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    A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

    03/20/09: 800 KLAC EXIT 20.18 P/L + 397.10 800 QID EXIT 51.36 P/L -202.06 200 FAZ EXIT 33.13 P/L -21.14 Moved stop to b/e after up over 1.30 Total P/L +173.90 3 trades 1 win 1 loss 1 b/e
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    A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

    03/20/09: 10:36 200 FAZ BUY 33.16 STOP 32.36 TGT 34.86
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    A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

    03/20/09: 10:18 800 QID BUY 51.60 STOP 51.35 TGT 52.10
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    A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

    03/20/09: 9:58 800 KLAC SHORT 20.69 STOP 20.92 TGT 20.25
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    A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

    03/20/09: The market had a strong move up and may still have alittle left in it, but I will focus on stocks that are getting extended and look for some clean short set ups. Watching KLAC short.
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    A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

    03/19/09: 200 FAZ EXIT 26.34 P/L -176.00 600 DXD EXIT 68.03 P/L -16.80 400 SRS EXIT 58.03 P/L -221.50 Total P/L +321.75 4 Trades 1 win 2 losses 1 b/e The 3 trades that stopped me out turned right after and all 3 went t tgt. but that's what trading is all about.
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    A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

    03/19/09: 15:10 400 SRS BUY 58.55 STOP 58.05 TGT 59.55
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