I should have waited for this to crack lows. I shorted at $19.99 after it showed morning weakness but my general rule on these continuation plays is to wait for them to crack lows. Also, I did not honor my stop on this one which was a huge mistake. I had my stop set at $20.22 but I bought manually when the ASK was $20.22, rather than waiting for my stop to kick at $20.22 when the bid hit. I was the sucker that triggered everyone else's stops today. Had I honored my stop, even though I'd have had to wait all day I would have made $100 on this trade. Instead: -$69.00
Execution detail:
Date/time | Symbol | Side | Price | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
2012-12-04 09:48:08 | SGY | sell | $19.990 | short |
2012-12-04 09:48:08 | SGY | sell | $19.990 | short |
2012-12-04 10:13:05 | SGY | buy | $20.220 | 0 |
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