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Not a bad trade, but I made a huge mistake which was that I did not sell while I had a $30 unrealized profit. This stock had substantial resistance around and just above $.30/share yet I held on gambling it would break $.30 and when it did not, I continued to hold because I had wed myself to my flawed hypothesis it would break $.30. It was also a huge mistake to not cut losses quickly. I should have called it with a $30 loss. $100 swing here.

Once again, I think patience after market open is helping me trade more reactively to good opportunities which I think is contributing to my high winning percentage. I was extremely tempted to impulsively go long on a few top gainers today, but I waited and found TOPS had once again gained momentum and my risk reward was solid. I was certain it would go higher, but, as I've said before, I'm trying to develop the habit of taking substantial profits while I have them.

Did not rush to make any trades this morning. Looked at top gainers for the day and TOPS made the list. Looked at charts dating five years back and saw it's a former runner -- a former parabolic runner I might add running to $1000+/share in what I presume was a short-squeeze. Additionally, I saw TOPS had $38.8 million in revenue and $8.6 million in net income for the first half of the year. Seemed undervalued to only have a $20MM market cap. Took the trade willing to hold weeks. Took profits.

Obviously a horrible trade. The trade was bad because I: (1) Traded today because I told myself I would, (2) kept adjusting my risk down, and (3) made a prediction about how far down this stock could go. Obviously not happy with a 10%+ loss. I needed this though. This was a good wake up call regarding losses since I haven't had a big one so far. I'll just wait the rest of the week and see if there is anything worth trading. If not, then I won't trade. Too predictive.

This was a great trade because I reacted appropriately and did not predict. I was watching 4 top gainer stocks any one of which could have theoretically popped. In fact MOTS opened up over 100% this morning but I didn't jump in because technical were telling me the right thing. SNTI was at $10/share a year ago at this time. Technicals showed me if it broke $2 it could run a bit and it looked like it wanted to break $2 and had good support. Sold to develop the habit of locking in good profits.

Horrible Trade. Not much good to say about this trade. I jumped the gun and did not wait patiently enough for good opportunities. Again, I'm really trying to develop the habit of trading reactively in lieu of trading predictively. This trade was far too predictive. The only good thing to say about this trade is that I cut losses with my stop but even then they probably should have been cut sooner. My focus needs to be on developing good habits, especially trading reactively.

Abysmal trade which can be attributed to two factors: (1) I predicted in lieu of reacting and (2) I set a stop that was far too low resulting in a 14% loss. Realistically I should not be trading anything within the first 20 minutes of market open and in fact because that just makes me too susceptible to my own behavioral biases, namely, FOMO and predictive trading. From now on I'll be more patient and wait at least 20 minutes after market open to trade. Luckily dollar value loss was small.

Timing was not great but chart looked alright. Over the last year this thing has been slowly grinding down week after week from the $30s to now the $1s. This morning it jumped 30% or so on some news which is when I picked it up on my scanner. It seemed like reasonably good risk/reward and considering 365 days ago it was trading at $30+ -- I could see it blowing up. I think I sold too early, but decent-sized gains add up and I want to be in the habit of taking reasonably substantial profits.
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