Monday, December 10, 2007

Daily Summary

7200 shares
+65

I lost $260 on my first trade. I shorted MON and got squeezed for over 80 cents on 300 shares. I saw other fertilizer stocks selling off in the open and figured MON would do the same. After getting squeezed I bought AGU and MOS and made $160. I chipped away and made it back to green later on in the day.

Not sure why I am so anxious to make a trade right near the open today. I even wrote out a plan on my notebook before the open saying that I need to wait for narrow range entries in the 15 and 30 minute charts so I can define my risk better.
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ainkurn said...

I sometimes have trouble with trading too early myself. today was a good example of that. I guess sometimes I don't really pay attention to what time it is when I am gazing at charts.

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