First day trading with STT. Saw this stock early in the morning (6:30am est), plus some help from Tim. As the P/M rolled on, I saw stock start to rise. I told myself wait to see what happens at the open. 2 minutes after the open, the stock jumps up 20%. Told myself jump in. I bought 800 shares @0.61 at 9:35. Within 5 minutes, the stock jumps to 0.74. 20% profit. I try to sell, but I cannot pull up my E*Trade screen. Now it's up to .79! Finally I find it. I punch the sell order in. But wait what?!? The stock is not down to .69 in the 2 minutes it took. And still drifting down. Damn it, I blew it! It somewhat bottoms out at 0.65. Now the praying starts! It slowly moves up. At 9:50, it breaks 0.70 again. Now don't be stupid. I put a stop order in at 0.68. Not going to lose it again. Stock moves to 0.72. I change stop order to 0.70. I look away for a second. Crap!! It's back down to 0.67! Did the order take?? Please take!! I get an alert at 9:53 800 shares sold @0.70. $72 gain, less transaction fees. Nervous as hell!! Cannot wait til next trade! Will have to wait til tomorrow, as I also got a PDT alert. Oh well.
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