Afraid to trade today so watched in vein

I'm noticing my gut is right and to go with it and not question as long as i put in hard target and hard stop.

CF - Breakout but didn't leave limit in (RIGHT IDEA, DIDN'T EXECUTE +2)

WYNN - Alert triggered but looked extended (TUFF TRADE BUT RAN +.75 FROM ALERT)

IBM - Alert triggered but looked extended (TOP TICKED, BUT TIGHT STOP FOR -.35)

AAPL - Bounce play but failed (GREAT FOLLOW AND RAISE STOP FOR B/E STOP)

BIDU - Pennant but didn't believe in trade quick enough (RIGHT IDEA, DIDN'T EXECUTE +1)

Another day ended red as hesitated on trades.

I see my mistakes after they happen, i cannot seem to apply them real time yet.  I tend to hesitate on winners and pull triggers on losers.  On setups today i went 2 for 3.  2 GREAT winners, and 1 small loss.  I need to stop hesitating and go with my initial assessment with stops in place.

AMZN - 1st attempt on long but didn't pull trigger (RIGHT IDEA, DIDN'T EXECUTE +2.5)

NFLX - Gapfill bounce play (GOOD STOP, SMALL LOSS)

SRI - Paper traded as cheap stock but great move (RIGHT IDEA, DIDN'T EXECUTE +5%)

Ended day red as didn't trade that well.

I'm not pulling trigger on big winners and getting in losers, However doing well at exiting quick on losers.

JBL - 1st bounce attempt

JBL - Buyers stepped in again so tried 2nd time for failure

GOOG - Missed the HIGH PROB SHORT

AAPL - Long but got stopped before the run

NFLX - Great trigger long but didn't take it

Good stops saved me big

GS - Liked the Breakout but was a fakeout

DDD - Long triggered alert off previous day high

PCLN - Missed the pullback and then break of intraday highs.  LEARN

AMZN - Missed the blood buy

AAPL - Love this pattern but still not pulling trigger

RHT - How to play the gaps

Not enough balls to pull trigger today

Only papered 1 trade

AAPL - Missed the dip

Terrible day as went 1 for 6 but good stops for only small loss on day

AAPL Rel Strength but chased and was punished

GS - Long off consol break but fake out, great stop

AMZN - Long off previous day consol

Didn't pull trigger today and papered only, BIG mistake

Don't hesitate and stick to plan:

POT - Great bounce off 50MA

AAPL - Missed the shakeout buy but bought the consol push

NFLX - Consol fail

I swear i'm getting closer

Good day as i feel i'm getting close to getting it.

FDX - Liked the gapdown for play long, great initial run but rolled out for flat exit

FFIV - Flag call from @gtotoy, great read on price action

SWHC - Breakout failure, great exit on failure and not hope

BIDU - Trade of the day but unfortunately was papered

I feel like i'm getting close to getting it!

I'm making the same mistake but i'm seeing it more clearly and it's not costing me as much money.  I think i may be on the verge of making a huge break through with my mindset.

ALOG - Short the gapup but abandoned plan

CTXS - Liked the long but "afraid" to chase cost me money

LVS - Great tight pennant

Tried a few shorts on BIDU but out flat, missed EQIX

Had EQIX on screen but never pulled trigger, great lesson:

Ended day slightly red but used good stops, just didn't pull trigger or let winner run

CRM - Missed opp as didn't pull trigger, LEARN

CRM - Anticipation bounce long off MA

Abandoned plan and took a big + day and ended flat

I commit to let trades work out, let the winners run and cut losers at stops.

PPO - Loved this as felt would run, was right but took off flat.

SINA - Great tight flag B/O but cut out too quick

UNFI - Missed lesson of the day

Potential was there, but i messed it up abandoning my plan

The lessons:

BIDU - Great bounce long off support but took off flat prematurely

AAPL - Bounce play that worked but missed the prevailing weakness short on bounce

CBM - Lesson of day as daily looked great and i missed the easy setup

I did a good job today but missed the bigger picture as still ended slightly red

Great lessons today, felt in the grove this week even though i had 1 green day and 3 red days, i still ended week slightly positive.

TTWO - Looking for the daily breakout and caught the false one.

BIDU - Long off the gapfill and bounce of rising MA

LULU - Missed the long so stalked the short, but was short lived

All losers today but great job exiting quick

AXP - Reversion bounce but failed, quick exit

AKAM - Long on daily consol break but failed

CF - Long off Asci Tri, right move but didn't give wide enough stop or re-enter

AAPL - Lesson of day on shorts as well as missed great opportunity for long

Let Target hit and big green day

The trades:


QCOR - Great gap and run

 

AAPL - Consol and MA bounce

NFLX - Long reversion bounce but exited too early