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perfect short at 13260 mist it as out of office :-(
And I missed a perfect long from 13282 due to being in the lav.
perfect short at 13260 mist it as out of office :-(
And I missed a perfect long from 13282 due to being in the lav.
Short from 13291 (fut) - target 13281.
firewalker - hard stop at 30 (tradindex restriction) - mental stop at 5.
Going to be switching over to my better funded CMC account after this last trade is closed, so will be able to set arbritary stops there.
This isn't a boast (and damn well shouldn't read like it since I've been pretty open about my dismal performance and poor discipline on these boards when necessary), but I have had days (and weeks) where I've been able to grow my account 10% a day pretty consistently, usually by trading quite quickly in and out of the market.
In for a small tentative long - dipping the big toe !!
If you are able to grow your account by 10% a day, then you must be taking rather big risks... which also explains the 30% drawdown you mentioned...
How much of your account are you risking on a single trade?
Anyone care to enlighten me as to what happened after 16:45 as was driving, get home and the DOW has halved its losses. Can't see anything on the news feeds.