I have been watching Sprint for a while for a swing trade because a CEO bought $25 million dollars worth of their stock a few weeks back. It has been down trending for a while but when it dipped in the morning I bought the bottom looking to hold for a few weeks. Then the spy looked weak and it started failing going red to green. I then sold. Thankfully I did. It went down as low as $4.76. Looks like I should have just shorted Sprint. :)

This was supposed to be a swing trade with the CEO & CFO buying significant amount of shares. Add in the fact that Sprint now has a buyback plan for all non existing customers. However, due to the overall market I sold.

This was a trade I thought I cancelled but found out via text alert that had triggered. If you want to read the frustrating story you can do so at http://beyonddebt.net/my-stock-watch-list-9-19-14/

I was dead against paper trading when I wrote http://beyonddebt.net/dont-paper-trade-stocks/. However, that changed when I realized I need to practice how to get in & out of trades without making mistakes. So, for the last few months I have been more or less break even with paper money. Then yesterday I bought EKSO in my paper account as a swing/IPO RWLK idea. When the stock down trended to support I bought with real money. I guess it's better to be wrong on paper and right with real $.

OUCH! This was my first loss as a millionaire challenge student. I saw ARIA triple top and when I thought it was heading back down becoming weaker I shorted again hoping it would go green to red. I was right for a few minutes but then at 10:15am Seeking Alpha came out with an article and the stock went up from there. I cut losses with a stop loss which in hindsight I should have just cut right there and then. Great lesson.

This was a pretty good trade in that I watched the stock pop up 10 cents after being down most of the day. I read the level 2 which showed that buyers were leaving and the sellers were building fast. I was dead on but the stock consolidated for 1 hour doing sideways price action into the close so I bought to cover losing commission. Smart trade for practice. IMO.

This wasn't a smart trade. I just got back from vacation and I scanned 5 stocks. I went over board trying to follow too many too quickly. I missed all the morning spiking and missed the majority of the move. ARGH!!!

I am super excited. This was my first short sale of any stock. I had a plan going in but got too nervous. I sold short lower than I planned and scared myself out too fast. ARIA ended down an extra 20 cents a share.

I tried my very first bounce play. BIOF tanked from $4.46 to $3.88. I noticed that 3.86 was possible support. I also noticed the level 2 shifting so I bought in. OMG! I was so nervous especially when every tick took longer and longer to shift directions. After 15 minutes I got out unscathed as it wasn't doing what I thought it would do. Thankfully I did because it went as low as $3.59 at one point. Phew! I need to study more. Great lesson though.

I was testing out a red to green move as this stock was starting to break green. I got in at the right point and chickened out way too fast. Need to study more. Need different brokers.