I had been thinking that usually I play with the whole account on one symbol. Here lately, it has been getting expensive; especially, with my poor trading record. So I decided I would split the money into two amounts. If I see something I like I would play it but I don't want to force trades. So this morning about 7 I saw IDXG it looked good at the time. The price was going up in premarket and the volume was looking good. So I played my plan and only played half. It busted my butt as soon as opening bell came on. It fell 20% in like 10 minutes. So I sold and ate my losses. So I felt down in the dumps. So as the day progressed, I started looking at other stocks just for entertainment value. I saw one and two that looked interesting. Then, I saw ATHX, it's chart was awesome. The stocks was steadily going up. The volume was a lot more than usual. Because of my small account it fit my needs. I didn't need a fifty cent jump to pay my commissions. The eleven cents jump would do that.. so I figured I would go with it. I had already gotten myself in a loss earlier in the day. This looked like it could atleast break the losing streak. Then, "IT WORKED!" To say the least I was jumping for joy. It might not look like much. It isn't much I lost money on the morning trade. But this is my first trade that I sold and it paid my commissions. This is a very "BIG DEAL TO ME" So yes, I just wanted to share this experience.
congrats! :)
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