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Thanks, guys. Just found out I could do partial exercise in TWS. :D

There are no bids for my ITM options, I don't have enough fund to exercise them, IB doesn't seem to allow partial exercise. There are still 3 weeks left, but there were no bids & trades yesterday, I think it will only get worse. Any suggestions?

The cheap option is SFUN Jan 20'17 3 Call. There are no bids today.

Thanks. I think you are right, but it seems not only an updating problem. For about 2 weeks, I''ve only seen trades at these prices. If a tick is 5 cents, that would explain it. Another option only has bids like $1.1, $1.2, $1.3, no bid/ask or trade in between, I trade it as 10 cents per tick.

I have exactly the same problem, it only happens to one option (I only trade a few though), the problem is persistent, it's been like this for two weeks. I don't think it's a data feed problem, after I subscribed all options data feed, no changes. As the option I trade is very cheap, the...

I didn't use hidden orders and my orders were ignored.

I'm trading options in TWS, one option has the bid/ask $0.15/$0.25. If I bid/ask inside the range, the bid/ask doesn't update. Also, there are invisible offers at $0.20, all my bids at $0.2 were executed immediately. I have subscribed to all options data services. Can anyone tell me why bid/ask...

I have a second thought about the trading journal thing, trading should be private and uninfluenced. Therefore, I will no longer update this thread.

When the price didn't move as I hoped, if it swung between my entry price and 3-4 ticks loss, I would lock one tick profit. I don't really take it as profit, just wanted to get out.

Starting account value: $13,112 Ending account value: $12,831 P&L: -281 23 trades today, 8 losing, 15 winning. -54: Fade the trend, forced trade, should be done after a quick rally. -129: Bet on opening time. No more. 8.5: Bet the top, rushed trade. 71: Trend following. 8.5: no good reason...

Winning or losing, just another day.

Thanks everyone for your valuable input, I really appreciated it. Many of you said that I wasn't ready, or my expectation was too high, which kinda discouraged me, because you all have been there and know better than I do. But on the other hand, I really think I have figured it out, at least...

Paper trading is not for me, I can never get serious about it, I can only learn from live trading. I won't stop trading, if I stopped, that's it. Now I have the passion to learn, to trade, I love it. I force myself to stop it to save possible loss? That's just silly, very silly. If at the end...

- Some of those trades almost had my stop loss triggered, I will get out when I can. - Some are 5~6 ticks winning trades, I changed the stop loss to one tick from my entry price so that it won't become a losing trade, it feels bad to see the stop loss triggered. - Some I no longer see the...

Starting account value: $13,168 Ending account value: $13,112 P&L: -56 17 trades, 13 winning, 4 losing. 8.5 -254 96 71 -141.5 96 58.5 8.5 8.5 21 21 -79 33.5 46 8.5 -66.5 8.5 Thoughts This is a very ugly day, I shouldn't trade at all. I didn't feel this bad even on a big loss day. Maybe...

Suggestions on how to improve my trading performance is welcome, but please don't tell me to stop trading or find a new job, that's not something I want to hear on a trading forum. I don't think anyone should ever give such opinions to anyone on a trading forum, it's annoying to say the least.

I will definitely follow my rules strictly this time, I'm determined. If I couldn't abide by my rules after the huge loss, then the trading business is not for me. I trade full time.

Handle, my biggest problem is that I have little discipline or determination to cut losses. When the price moves against me on a trendy day, I may suffer a huge loss. When trading a down trend reversal, I enter at the second bottom to expect a double bottom, if it doesn't move as expected, I...

Thank you so much for your comfort and encouragement, vanzandt. I have recovered from the big loss, otherwise I wouldn't start this thread. I just realized I never review my trades, how silly is that. I will update this thread every trading day as long as I'm still in the market.

Starting account value: $12,916 Ending account value: $13,168 P&L: +252 21 trades today, 6 losing, 15 winning. 71 33.5 -4 -104 58.5 8.5 -116.5 83.5 71 8.5 8.5 -16.5 8.5 46 21 8.5 46 8.5 58.5 -16.5 -29 Summary: this is the first day to try to follow the trend, I used to fade the trend a lot...