Took a 50% hit. Time to see how long it takes to make 100%.

Step one...MA's have crossed. Usually stock will retrace past the upper MA and then roll-back over. The short signal is USUALLY at the break of the uptrend HOWEVER, if you're willing to risk the extra % failure, you can short the "top" like I did. Stop is simple. Just inside the 52-week high.

That's it for now. Stop 1 point away from entry. [/B]


Holding short. Covered 1/2 position @ close +.60.

Sell signal was confirmed in markets as well. Holding rest with stop moved to 41.

Target 38
 
Anytime you leverage a trade thinking it's a no brainer and will go much higher than where you bought, you're probably going to blow up.

Anytime you buy thinking the price is too low and fundamentally cheap, the price will keep on going lower

Anytime you sell thinking the price can't possibly go any higher, it will probably keep on going much higher while you watch from the sidelines.

Anytime you think you're going to enter a position on the next correction, the price will usually never correct. It's the minute you buy that the price will then correct. And the correction will usually be a violent one.

Anytime someone gives you a market tip that's a "sure thing", 99.999% of the time you'll lose money on that trade. By the time the information got to you, it's already priced in.

Anytime fear grips you and you start sweating while in a trade making you exit the trade. That particular position would have made you a fortune.
 
Quote from austinp:



Trading is often difficult, tedious, laborious and frustrating. Once mastered, it is also the highest-paying profession any of us here qualify for. Unless we have some professional athletes, musicians or actors in their prime lurking amongst our midst, successful trading is the golden goose. :)

wise words
 
HAL still holding short. Stop moved to even. Not a bad sell signal I must say.

Still in sell territory. However, markets going to see another whipsaw tomorrow.

We're at support and I dont think we're going to break this level.

Either way, still looks a lot like 2000.
 
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K taking an overnight. Short HAL 40.5.

System uses a M/A cross. Candle stick trailing stop.

Not going into anymore detail.

HAL at upper edge of resistance. Stop @ 41.5


1 down many to go. For those guys that want to rip this thing apart. HAL was called .30 off the top for a 2.5 point move. and a 1 point stop.

In addition, (an it's not a coincidence) the market also was topped and retraced approx 600 points.

Im keeping this one to myself. Too much time put into this.

GL trading guys. Going to be putting this to use with options in a bit.

So far works with day trading the ES and equities as well as swing trades.

Just need to program a stockcharts scan for this now and im set.
 
Quote from on the money:

Why don't you explain to all the "simple folk" why a person uses a 50% stop loss?!
And why don't you give your "golden system" now so people can evaluate (read: trash it) before you risk all that money.

hah!
 
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