Quote from lindq:
Congratulations. You've managed to break not just one, but four rules at once for successfully trading shorts.
1. NEVER SHORT A DULL MARKET. This old adage holds a lot of truth. And there is seldom a duller market than during the holidays.
2. NEVER DOUBLE DOWN. Unless you have a proven system that specifically calls for it. But you don't.
3. NEVER SHORT JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK SOMETHING IS HIGH. That alone is a sure route to disaster. In the specific case of GOOG and AAPL, you are fighting some solid fundamental reasons to be buying them, which is supported by huge institutional money positioning for the new year.
4. KNOW WHEN TO ADMIT YOU ARE WRONG AND CUT YOUR LOSSES. If you can't, you will NEVER last in the trading business.
You might want to try actually trading for a few years before jumping into a chat room and embarrassing yourself with such lame predictions.
Quote from Div_Arb:
Pathetic trades to say the least. Next time, just give your money to charity.
As the previous poster pointed out, never NEVER short something because "it has been going higher". As a result of your naive analysis, you have managed to be short the two strongest stocks on the strongest index in the US. Fundamentals, technicals, price action - there is absolutely no reason whatsoever for you to be short these two stocks.
Be a man and take your losses and learn from your mistakes. Trust me, you'll be glad you did. For the future, never short a strong stock in a strong sector. You need to be shorting weak stocks in weak sectors. How much did this lesson cost you, BTW??
Yep, this is one of the things the OP is unaware of. I actually wish you hadn't brought it up in this thread. Of course he'll claim he knew all about it. Techcrunch has it codenamed Slate or iSlate and if it hits, AAPL will have a nice run.Quote from kinggyppo:
looks like a long consolidation pattern on the daily. The thing to watch out for on the short side is the itablet.