TRADING PLAY POSTS (below)

Below you will see (sporadic) posts of trades I have taken, with write-ups of each. Although most posts displayed are of winning trades, please know that I "do" make my share of losing trades.

Look through the following trade-shots to see if you would have made the same trades, and if (according to your trading plan) you would have managed them differently, for better or worse.

In any case, my mind-set has been captured in these posts and hopefully you can take something from them.

Friday, May 16, 2008

5/13/08: PPC - Gap play


This was a GAP trade. It gapped down under an hourly pivot, confirming the hourly downtrend. The stock acted bullish from the open, so I kept it on the list to see how much of the gap it would fill... it was less than 50%, so now I look for an intraday opportunity to short. I missed the double top after it retested the 30-minute high, but noticed it forming a small base running into the 5-min d20ma, which is exactly where I like to enter breakdown plays. As you can see, taking the earlier double top entry would have made a nice profit... Check out the chart to see what happened next ---->

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