Frustrated with my broker (Schwab) - I tried to buy HXHX at $0.96 and my broker said I had to call them. I got a machine. It just wasted my time and wouldn't place the trade. Now it's at 1.40. Grr. Just had to let that out. Overall it was a good day. I made bad choices with LHAI overall, and I sold all of my winner way too early. Several of the issues I bought on Friday took small dips at he market open and so I sold, only later to watch them revive by $2 a share. But, overall, it was a good day where I made more than my maximum goal. So, it has been a good trading day.

This morning had some seriously wild fluctuations in the stocks I was trading and watching. As a newbie, I am trying to get a feel for all of this. Just watching helps. Trading and experiencing this is developing muscle memory. It feels like progress that I am up by $602.77 this morning. If I could to that every day, then 2026 could be a six figure year. I know that won't happen every day.

Tim said there'd be days like this. So, I'm on Schwab. Yesterday we all ended the day thinking that yesterday had exciting trades from the pre-market through the day and planned to get up early and trade in the pre-market. But Schwab doesn't open until 7:00am for their pre-market trading. Anyway, I got in there and had already missed the start of some good trades. I tried to chase several trades. I took a couple of wins, some losses that were big for me, and several sideways trades that were slight plus and minuses. I'm posting all of my trades in part to drive home the lessons they have taught me. Number one I did well yesterday - sell losses quickly. I went and got some tea this morning and had one stock go very low in both accounts I trade in while I stepped out of the room. I guess this morning I didn't adapt to what the market was telling me. I tried to force the trades. Now I am hearing Tim Bohen's voice saying don't trade until 9:45 with clear signals from Oracle. And I hear Tim Sykes in the last twelve seconds of the middle DVD of Spikability saying,"Think about your risk of loss before you think about your potential for profits."

@elisabethwelsh just became a fully transparent trader today!