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

[monty21]

Quote from geez:

03/23/09:

13:50 1000 DIA BUY 75.60
STOP 75.40
TGT 76.00

Why such a tight stop? You're going to be stopped out so many times with twenty cents on the diamonds.

 

[geez]

Quote from geez:

03/24/09:

10:07 1000 GG SHORT 32.61
STOP 32.81
TGT 32.21

10:31 1000 GG EXIT 32.83
P/L -231.83

 

[geez]

03/24/09:


10:45 800 DXD BUY 62.20
STOP 61.95
TGT 62.70

 

[geez]

Quote from geez:

03/24/09:


10:45 800 DXD BUY 62.20
STOP 61.95
TGT 62.70

10:55 800 DXD EXIT 91.94
P/L -221.10

 

[geez]

03/24/09:


11:46 500 FAZ BUY 19.18
STOP 18.78
TGT 19.98

 

[monty21]

Quote from geez:

03/24/09:


11:46 500 FAZ BUY 19.18
STOP 18.78
TGT 19.98

You're a mid-day, lunchtime trader too. How long do you hold positions if they fail to reach your stop or target?

 

[Thanagar]

Did you have the chance to move your stop up on FAZ?

 

[geez]

03/24/09:

14:03 500 FAZ BUY 18.90
STOP 18.50
TGT 19.70

 

[geez]

Quote from geez:

03/24/09:


11:46 500 FAZ BUY 19.18
STOP 18.78
TGT 19.98

500 FAZ EXIT 18.77
P/L -220.03

 

[geez]

Quote from Thanagar:

Did you have the chance to move your stop up on FAZ?

Thangar, FAZ never got high enough for me to change the stop..I do alot better letting trades go on.