Another Useless Day

Net: -$176.58
Trades: 67
Shares Traded: 40000

Stocks Traded Today (net profit/loss):
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI): +$75.20
The Black & Decker Corporation (BDK): +$40.61
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (MER): +$30.70
Countrywide Financial Corporation (CFC): +$22.68
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (CP): +$21.24
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (VAR): +$19.09
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT):+$5.83
Titanium Metals Corporation (TIE): -$11.21
Foot Locker, Inc. (FL): -$19.04
McDonald's Corporation (MCD): -$29.06
MGIC Investment Corp. (MTG): -$37.68
KB Home (KBH): -$45.51
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ): -$112.59
Spectrum Brands, Inc. (SPC): -$136.92

Another useless day.

Not much else to say.

I tried to do something new today - but it didn't work out as planned.....there were several positions in which I added to once the trade was going for me.....but this turned out to be a bad idea as I eventually gave up most of my gains on the trade or I would end up with a loser on my hands.

This happened every time I tried to pyramid up....it happened on MER, CP, MCD, VAR, and MTG. On all of these, the trade went for me and I added more to the position....but then it would move against me and I ended up giving up most of my gains on them, some of them resulting in a loser.

I'm not going to do that again for the next little while.

Also took two "spur of the moment" trades. These were downright stupid and again I don't know why I took them....these were on Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Spectrum Brands (SPC).

I didn't even really assess the trade - I just flipped to the charts, quickly got into a position on them and both just reversed once I got in. I literally didn't think about why I was getting in.

This weekend I'm going to review how I do things. Lately I feel as though I don't really know what I'm doing any more and I'm finding that I don't have valid reasons for getting into trades. I have to figure it out.

No good trades and no bad trades to review.

There will be no Weekend Reading this week....

Not sure if you folks have noticed, but I don't feel as motivated to blog as much these days. I haven't done my monthly reviews and my posts are getting shorter and shorter these days.....perhaps is it a sign of things to come?

Good Trades
(trades in which I make $250 or more)

• None
  

Bad Trades
(trades in which I lose $150 or more)

• None