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(7.99) NET LOSS $AMPE - LONG POSITION 100 Entry: 2.90 --- Trade execution poor, I'm blind STT took my level 2. This is trading blindly without the level2, trying to be a sniper without a target guide. Exit: 3.02 -- This is a profit but because of broker commission $9.99 per trade. I am now on track but the LEVEL2 is taken out without warning even if I paid already until the 15th. There should have been respect with the users. I'm Learning already @timsykes @timothysykes thanks, but the STT service sucks. Respect to users should be there. @tbohen
@papajohn Hello John, We talked a bit yesterday in the chat room. Since then I've read your blog posts and have been reviewing your trades to understand your recent success. For example, I see exactly how you played SLTK; in at 1.92 around 3pm and out during the next morning gap up. Perfect! And $AMPE...I had been watching that for a swing for a week but didn't recognize what was happening: On 12/18 it perks to 3.18, retreats and bases at 2.60, then slowly grinds until 12/26 when it breaks thru that previous high and finishes strong before running to nearly $5 a couple days later. So I was watching that stock but didn't understand how to make a plan based on the history of the chart. Thank you for helping me understand what to look for. Two questions: 1.) How did you find/watch SLTK? It wasn't up that much and I don't remember seeing it on the % gainers scan. Hot sector? 2.) When looking at a chart for previous areas of supt and res what time frame do you use? Do you look at a 1yr chart for an overall feel and then work back to 90 days, 30 days, etc to find definitive res areas that signify potential breakout levels? Or is it more about finding stocks that are up-trending and finishing strong after 2PM? I hope you don't mind me asking some questions. I've been a challenge student for 10 months but have mostly floundered because I haven't been able to nail down a pattern that works for me. I'm under PDT so your success story really inspired me and I intend to turn my trading fortunes around by following your lead. In addition to reviewing your trades I'm watching Trading Tickers over the holiday weekend and hope to really focus on the multi-day O/N runners in 2018. Wish me luck! Thank you again for your insight in the chat room and for any further advice you may have. And congratulations on your awesome turnaround. I look forward to seeing you hit the $100k level. See you in the chat room. Happy New Year! Kerry in MI
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papajohn Dec 31, 17 4:53 PM
Looks like my comment got cut off. That's really annoying. I make my initial decision to look further into a chart based on the daily one year chart. And I find the breakout level based on the daily candles. I don't usually wait until after 2 pm to buy, although that may be a better strategy. I've found that waiting until around noon is usually good enough to see if the b/o will hold and then I am in it if it perks up around 1 pm like a lot of them will. Otherwise it might go too high above the
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papajohn Dec 31, 17 4:55 PM
It might go too high above the breakout level for me to find a risk level I am comfortable with. Gritanni trades these fairly quickly as a day trade, while I try to swing them for a night or two. But the setup he looks for detailed in his DVD is exactly what I look for. Good luck!
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Kerry57 Jan 02, 18 2:19 PM
Thankl you John, I just finished Sykes' How to Make Millions DVD but was a tad disappointed in that one. I will be watching Gritanni's Trading Tickers ASAP and will try and understand what has been working for you. I hope you don't mind if I ask a question now and then. Best of luck with your trading in 2018!
papajohn Jan 02, 18 5:49 PM
The thing to be careful of is that just because it is working for me doesn't mean it will work for you. We are all different and so much of trading is about psychology. So you really need to track all your trades and see for yourself which setups you have the most success with.
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GOLD TURN INTO STONE ($32) LOSS - $AMPE - LONG overnight. Position size 200 Entry: @2.29 Bought at the close, speculating to gap up next day with the Positive product research result and a strong chart -- breakout. Exit: There was no gap up, but a short spike after a short morning panic. I did not panic upon opening, i see the price action will go back up and spike. I it did spike, i was initially targeting my exit price at 2.36 a break even because of the morning dip panic. When the pice started to go up saw the price can go up easily I move my price target to 2.40 then to 2.45. When the price went up to 2.40 i saw big sellers on that price. I went back to change my price but doubted. I did not pull the trigger right away hoping that it can break the big sellers. After 4 minutes, it went back up to 2.38-2.39 but the big sellers at 2.40 are still there. So, i decided to pull the trigger -- but the it drop down fast below my entry price -- 2.29. I sold it when it bounce back at a loss. I could have been a win. I did not; 1. take the meat of the move, & (2) I played the strategy of hoping and being greedy. I was there waiting like a a sniper, i saw the price action but did not pull the trigger. Another great experience, and this time my emotions is way controlled and I did not shake while watching the price action. I can see the level 2 and chart very clear -- but need to take action next time.
[TimChallenge] took a small position on $AMPE. has news today. closed at its highs. if it can spike in the AM with volume it can retest the key 1.45 level. risking 1.16 in at 1.21.
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[SuperAlerts] In some $AMPE - 1.06
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You already contact STT support? Complaining about it here isn't going to do you much good man, and if you want respect you need to show respect instead of saying things suck and tagging people whom you feel are responsible for your issues.
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