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Thanks for the post. I have a great deal of trouble with my exits still. I definitely thought about moving my stop to B/E (59.25) when it failed to break 59.00. I normally do this, but as I've analyzed my trades I've noticed that I tend to close out a lot of stocks that end up reaching my...

It didn't meet my setup requirements and I felt I would be chasing the up move. I like to see a retracement first. If you look at the COV chart, when my long didn't work and I was stopped out (look at the long red 5 min bar at 1015-1020) and then the short green bar followed by a break of...

11:41 Out of JBL +.04 --> adjusted stop to top of base that had formed 12:03 Out of AES B/E --> Adjusted stop to B/E after it got within 2 cents of my PT 12:09 Out of OVTI +.36 --> Hit my profit target

11:26 Stopped out of MCP -.56 Again could have possibly moved my stop to B/E after it failed to get through 59, but wanted to give it time and as I mentioned earlier I am trying to get away from adjusting stops. I really just need to stop shorting MCP.

11:13 Long AES @ 12.53 Done for the morning, will only be closing positions at this point, no new trades. Frustrating morning so far, seems the setups I didn't take (short NFLX + AZO) and the setups I couldn't take (tries to short COV 3 times and couldn't get shares) worked great, while...

Stopped out of LVS -.17. Was very close to my target, possibly should have moved stop to break even at that point, although I'm trying to get away from adjusting my stops post-trade as it seems to hurt me more than help me.

11:02 Short MCP at 59.25 I've never made money shorting this, but it is a strong setup so I'm taking it.

10:55 Short OVTI @ 28.37 All trades still alive except the stopped out COV position. CNX was a few cents away from my target and then shot back up and is now negative. Will be trying to avoid the 11:15-1:45 period today. Passed on two AZO shorts this morning to take other shorts...

10:42 Short CNX @ 50.51

10:14 Stopped out of COV -.09 10:37 Long LVS @ 46.73

10:12 Short JBL @ 20.65 10:14 Long COV @ 47.95

I've decided to start this journal for purely selfish reasons as I hope it will help with my progression as a trader, although I also hope others can learn from my mistakes. I've been trading intraday for a year and during this time have learned A LOT, mostly from the many mistakes I have...