Trades 31/03/14

Lessons:

• ON BIG MOVERS OUT THE GATE (eg $BIOF WAIT FOR THEM TO SETTLE BEFORE ENTERING A POSITION!!!!)
• IF STOCKS HOLDS SUPPORT 2-3-4 TIMES, JUST SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE, COVER AND RE-SHORT HIGHER ... I'M STILL UNABLE TO DO THAT QUICK ENOUGH

Overall ok day - got too caught up with $BIOF and annoyingly was unable to wait for it to settle before shorting - so I was in my usual situation where I'm down a bunch unrealised and i have to average up, a very risky strategy. I could have actually finished up $300 on it, instead i was just under even. But my greatest takeaway and lesson is to not "get in front" of it, not to be too eager, maybe i need to go back to not trading nas the first 30 minutes, that usually helps me avoiding entering a trade before it's ready; +$850 today



Swings: 3/4 -$24

$TWTR $50 Apr Calls -$585
$GLGI +$1 was too illiquid for me to bother
$CBYI +$350 bag held this one for a while - problem is once it starts moving i have zero patience to see where it might go, just happy to take profits after being down 
$VHUB +$210 first day it's actually looking decent, but i'm not a fan of prepromos at the moment so i'll take my money and run

Longs: 4/4 +$673

$USEI .0135 risk +$119
$ERBB at .09 taking it o/n
$KNSC on news could only fill $600 worth unfortunately +$258
$REDG +$293

$LIEG +$3
$ICBU gapper .1326
$ENRT .76 gapper
$CANA small $1 for gapper
$VHUB rebought some for gapper


Shorts: 4/6 +$230

$SPLI +$121 right out the gate on that gap up
$CLNT +$36

$ARTX +$38

$ARTX again 6.50 risk +$84

$BIOF did my usual jumping into a position too early sizing up and not covering quickly ... added more on 6 o/u which helped, but i keep missing big gains due to mistiming my entries. From down $1500 unrealised to almost breakeven

covered half here for +$164

added 1/3 here

holding onto 5.75 support - i could cover here for b/e but wish to give it another crack at it. risk is it bounces hard from here if support holds yet again

it indeed held support, gave it a chance, instead of covering for another $150 instead i covered for -$170 so down -$5 overall again on a trade that should have been epic. maybe next time
$PSID -$44

Trades 28/03/14

Must be the day with the fewest trades I've made since I started ... overall only one bad trade so I'm pretty happy. No real exciting setups, I guess I should have risked more on the setups that I did end up trading; +$1100 on the day

Gappers: 2/2 +$354

$TWTR Apr $50 calls -$26 got a few more left
$TSL Apr $14 calls +$380


Swings: 1/1 +$1

$VHUB .65
$GSML +$1

Longs: 5/5 +$304

$ERBB +$63, should have played more size

$CSIQ calls +$94
$BODY +$61
$TRTC chased some here, couldnt get a fill lower, nice little perk; b/e after comms

$ERBB rebought on this perk +$86

Shorts: 4/5 +$451

$IDRA 4.70 risk 4.40 target +$181

$KRED +$150
$MEIP +$69

$ICLD +$81

$TWTR -$30 boredom trade, my only bad trade of the day (well only had a handful of trades today)

Trades 27/03/14

Well started the day so bad with two gappers ($SPLI $ELED setting my back $2k ...) was tough from that point onwards, couldnt quite get my game back on, made some poor (emotional) trading decisions.
What did work today was $FB $QIHU calls - will try to incorporate more options on big pulls (calls) and big spikes (puts) in the future.


Gappers: 0/2 -$1891

$ELED .15 just couldnt fill at the open, some shitty promoter was on it o/n -$624
$SNRY .008  even
$GSML .043
$SPLI .42 -$1267

Swings: 1/2 +$429

$BYSD sold rest of my position +$503 
$GLGI -$74 sold some

Longs: 8/14 +$717

$MJNA -$259
$UTRM .009 -$248
$CBGI trying some long here +$30
$LATF .0113 risk
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$LVGI .01 risk -$90
$LVGI again +$60
$USEI -$141
$LATF +$21
$FB calls +$550
$QIHU calls +$755
$UPIP 2.10 risk -$92

 well my sell orders were at 2.24, patience was never my strongest 

$EMBR off news not really moving, might by again eod, it is holding up, but it's up 50% +$107
$FBCD  -$206 i should be shot for taking this trade ... argh, when i'm down on the i tend to make unnecessary trades like this one
$WAFR +$88
$TWTR 47 calls +$42

$TWTR $50 calls for a swing
$MBYL long small .127 +$100
$TSL Apr $14 calls
$VHUB .65 swing

Shorts: 5/13 -$437

$TSL -$152
$SPCB -$73 - annoyingly my covers were hit shortly after i covered ... and then it got demolished

$AERO -$32
$TSL calls -$201
$CBIS small -$57
$CBDS on $CANN +$110
$SHIP +$175 - could only afford 1k shares at suretrader, i really would have taken much more on this setup and this stock that always gives back gains

$VAPE +$20
$CBDS +$110
$CBIS -$57
$AERO -$32
$SPCB again 6.63 risk fade to 6 target +$40

$UPIP reversed the long to short as it couldnt make new highs -$10

$TWTR $45 puts here -$34
$MBYL -$245 wasnt quick enough to cover on a .10 break