Though it was an "unplanned trade" as I messed up, I would take the loss or the profit either way on a live account so figured I better document this.
Missed the entire move from $32-$37. Caught as it reclaimed for another nice profit.............Additional lesson learned, good and bad, I had put in a share order at $35.61 and it did not fill so I went tup to $35.71. I forgot to get rid of the first and after I got out it dropped and filled. I let it run until I was close to break even so it would not mess up the P/L of the account. Otherwise I would have another $100. Mistakes during paper trading still teach a lot.
Saw the alert that this was starting up and had halted. I checked it and saw that it was consolidating. Got in for a small amount to see if I could finish the day out a bit positive. Believed there may be resistance around $35.50 so when it got there I did a market order sale. Just volatile enough and had quite a bit of slippage. Still happy with the small win.
Caulght a small piece of the crazy run while it was halting and unhalting.
Had been watching this stock. Started to run up again. Stopped and dropped. Out at VWAP
Trading paper and working technique. Used a market order, stop sell at target price and a stop/limit for loss control. The order worked.
Small single paper trade, working on process. NO trades left from PDT so I am paper trading to get the experience and strategy.
Decided the day would be best paper trading and working on entry and following stocks. This helped.
Nice paper trade since my regular broker would not let me trade it.
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