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 2, 2008

5/2/08: JAVA - Gap play


Not much of a trading day today (for me). Lots of stocks (watchers) on my list, but few set up the way I liked, except for JAVA. I initially shorted a 2-minute low at 9:32, but I didn't give it "any" room to move against me as the gap was fairly large, so the chance of it retracing back into the gap fill was not something I was going to let happen. No chart of this play, but I got out at break even after there was no immediate follow thru.


The 2nd play came much later at the 11:15 reversal time. The gap was still a bit extended, but a rather perfect setup otherwise. Check out the chart:

No comments: