16400 shares
-343
The day played out just like yesterday. I was up a little over $140 in my first two trades and quickly lost all my gains. The market was just chopping around from 9:30-12pm. At noon, I took an hour break to refresh when I was down $80. My confidence was low and I could not get a feel for the direction. I should have stopped trading and shut down for the day.
I traded again after my break and traded like crap. Every trade I took went against me. I would buy near highs and short near lows. My instincts told me to shut down, but I ignored it. The urge to make my money back was stronger. I tried to play a bounce in TEX and the thing cut right through and I ended up losing 45 cents. I got pretty ticked off. I was thinking of taking some 1000 share positions for 10-30 cent so I can make a come back quickly. I took some gambles with 200-300 shares on MON and MOS, and those trades hardly ever work so I got deeper in red.
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It's a hell out there...
In Feb I had 7 down days (which is 2 more then what I've had in all of January). All of them but 2, I was up initially and should have just stopped at least at b/e before I turned red. But this urge, this cursed inner urge to make it back...
hi OBAT, I agree with stockhunter. Feb was pretty bad for me too. I've had 3 up days so far this month. I think the market has slowed down dramatically from the last few months, we have to adjust accordingly. funny thing was I decided to up my shares at the begging of the months so it just compounded my losses. I think we need to cut back on size until volatility picks up again
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