This one stung, as it was the biggest lose that I've had to date. There was a potential for a squeeze upward, but it sunk & I didn't put in a stop loss. It moved too quickly for me to respond and I tried to sell this for as high as I could. Automatated stop loss (fast, emotionless) > Mental stop loss

This ticker came straight off of my watchlist of the previous day's -10%+ losers. Realizing this was a low float stock I knew it would move quickly. I entered the trade once I saw it moving northward, and I had my finger on the sell button to quickly exit as the price reached its initial peak. As it hit resistance I sold my stock, and I was out within 2 minutes.

I had an opportunity to lock in my profits and passed it up. I didn't realize the Fed was going to give a speech that day (huge oversight) and by the end of the speech, the markets took a nosedive. Damage control turned into heavy collateral damage.

I could have very easily locked in my profits (the high reached $4.28), but I was trying too hard to try and swing this in order to save a daytrade. I realize now that I shouldn't think like that, and at least so far, I'm not a disciplined enough trader to use mental stop losses. I should start using hard stops and try to take my easy money. This was the right trade but the implementation was the greatest b/c I just watched it go from green to red without taking sufficient preventative measures.

This came off of my watch list (the stock was bouncing after a -10% day). I scanned my stocks, this one was turning green, and so I entered. The problem was that I wasn't quick enough to enter and try get a better entry price. It was a low float stock so it moved quickly. The next day the stock did continue to climb but I wanted to exit early to enter another stock. It probably was a bad move. It was the right trade but the implementation wasn't the greatest. I should let my winners run.

I wrote a blog post about this. This was a gap and crap that bounced off the previous day's high and stayed green. I entered the trade too early and things didn't go as planned. I see here a 3% loss isn't necessarily bad but I should probably try to get it closer to a 1% loss or try and stay green all-together.

Ohh how I wish I could have sold all of my shares for $8.42, but I wasn't fast enough. I played this one off of my watch list; it was coming off a -10% day. I scanned my list, saw one that was rebounding, and I entered. The stock climbed throughout the day and when the stock got good news overnight ('ehhh, that's the risk of swing trading biotechs), it gapped up. I couldn't sell all my shares at the price I wanted at the opening bell, but I did rid my shares after it crapped out (turned g/r).

This trade was a bit frustrating as I didn't get price I wanted (I was a hair too slow getting $1.34/$1.33), & because of the extreme resistance waiting for me at $1.39. Someone had an enormous sell order there, & the stock bounced up and down between $1.36 and $1.39 until it fell and faded for the rest of the day. Because the seller stubbornly left the order at $1.39 it was really good of me to cut my losses and get out before everyone else followed suit. At least I left the trade in the money.

I found this on my morning scan and jumped in before the initial dip. I grossly underestimated the bulls on my level II and I set the sell order too low (the high eventually reached $1.55). Perhaps I should either let the stock play itself out without putting in the sell order right away, I should read my level II better, or I need a better tool for the job. This was not the best trade as I could have bought EBIO for less and/or sold it for more.

This was my first time buying a stock at the open relying on my scanner exclusively. I deliberately waited a few minutes before buying after the first dip. It could've been better but it wasn't a bad trade overall. The good: I liked that I put in my sell order right away. It was good to sell into strength. The bad: The high reached $.55 and leveled off in the low $.50's so I could have been a tiny bit more aggressive. The ugly: N/A.