Grade=C-
P/L: +1.2R
Setup: bear flag. Short as it holds below 5m chart MAs anticipating a break through VWAP. I was looking for downside on the daily chart since earnings are at the end of the week and it had already rallied so much recently.
Result: Got the move and caled out the first two units nicely. I held on to the 3rd, looking for another test and break of 101, but it didn't happen and a fairly long and sustained intraday rally ensued.
To work on: I did okay with this one, but it would be nice to get in an a bigger move. I liked this setup because I saw it as a setup with firly defined risk parameters while still having a lot of potential downside should the move really take hold and retrace some of the gains of the last 8 trading days. So actually the potential R/R was quite high. I think I considered it to be about 5:1 using the 200ema on the 5m chart at 100.60 should things move that way.
Execution detail:
Date/time | Symbol | Side | Price | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
2015-10-12 10:06:09 | HON | sell | $101.200 | short |
2015-10-12 10:11:44 | HON | buy | $101.100 | short |
2015-10-12 10:11:44 | HON | buy | $101.100 | short |
2015-10-12 10:13:44 | HON | buy | $101.000 | short |
2015-10-12 10:21:13 | HON | buy | $101.130 | 0 |
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