As we continue to gravitate towards more Trades2Hold, longer holding time periods for intraday trades, we found another excellent set up today in LXK. This is a simple trade and a pattern you might spot a few times a week. We will discuss the entry and the exit. (let me state at the outset that for some reason I can’t … Read More
How Do You Spend Your Time?
GMan, Joe P and I traded QCOM After Hours (chop!) and then I hopped on the subway much earlier than usual to head uptown. It was a road trip for SMB to experience Avatar on the IMax with 3D glasses. On my ride uptown I overheard some new day traders from another firm talking. I found their conversation unproductive. Three … Read More
A Great Exercise to Improve Your Trading
I can hardly see. My wrists are killing me. My brain is so tired I can barely remember the stock I was trading in the After Hours (AH). Oh yeah AAPL, that tech company run by one of the best CEO’s in the country that everyone has been blogging, talking, and opining about. Cramer is chirping something about something in … Read More
I am a Complete Idiot!
Bella discusses his poor stock selection on the Open today.
Vacation is Over
Bella discusses his trading today after a week of vacation.
I Should Have Made This Trade
Bella answers the Question from his post on Friday about whether he should have bought UPS in front of 60.08 after it broke out from that level on the Open.
Was I Correct Not to Make this Trade?
I just spent thirty minutes writing in my trading journal about a trade I did not make. I am pretty sure the young trader recently moved next to me thought this was a little odd. And then I got up and walked around our trading floor (btw very nice digs) and talked to anyone who would talk back about the … Read More
Sell Before the Number
GMan and the desk was VERY long HAL going into the oil number at 10:30 AM. I would tell you how long but it was probably more long than we should have been. We were in a Trade2Hold and HAL was working. But then most on the desk did something very smart for the intraday trader. They lightened up before … Read More