Friday, December 12, 2008

Stopped Out (THOR) and (ACM)

Stopped out of both of my positions yesterday, I had moved the stops up a bit so I took about a 3 to 5% loss on each.

This market continues to whipsaw, yet it doesn't roll over. As I'm typing this it's absorbed the news that the auto bailout was voted down and is now trading positively.

I can't predict the market and I won't try, but I'm still seeing evidence of a rally here. Whether or not it's tradeable remains to be seen - my results have been poor so far.

I've got one stock left on my watchlist that is setting up for a possible buy point next week. If I have another failed buy however, I will put myself in the penalty box for three weeks. I've heard of this strategy and I like it. No matter what the market is doing, if I fail on three to five trades in a row something is wrong and I need to take a break and re-evaluate.

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