Shorted when it looked like the stock was going to reverse as it broke under moving averages and stayed there.
Stopped out very quickly as the stock spiked.
Execution detail:
Date/time | Symbol | Side | Price | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|
2013-12-31 12:45:47 | ELMD | sell | $3.000 | short |
2013-12-31 12:45:51 | ELMD | sell | $3.000 | short |
2013-12-31 12:47:05 | ELMD | buy | $3.080 | short |
2013-12-31 12:47:05 | ELMD | buy | $3.080 | short |
2013-12-31 12:47:05 | ELMD | buy | $3.080 | 0 |
Looking at the 30min chart it was still in a uptrend. You have to align your trades on multiple time frames. It bounce right off the 9ema.
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The intra-day setup was ideal for a short. But I have found it frustrating, at least 70% of the time, when I try to short a stock that is in an upswing on the daily. I have had WAY more up days since I decided to just leave alone trade setups that were contradicting to the daily chart.