Trade Bragging Thread

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  1. OldFart

    OldFart Well-Known Member

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    Got a trade you just can't stand not bragging about?
    Post them here!
    Percentage gains, cash gains, etc.

    Post em if you've got em!

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    OldFart Well-Known Member

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    Ok, I'll start:

    Symbol: IWM AprWk5 113.5 Call

    Action: Bought To Open
    Quantity: 8 contract(s)
    Price: $0.10

    Action: Sold To Close
    Quantity: 8 contract(s)
    Price: $0.23

    230% ROI!!
     
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    OldFart Well-Known Member

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    so no one has any trades to brag about?...I must be the only one who made money today...lol
    Only about $100 profit, but the percentage gain is pretty nice... 130%
    I need to do that every day.
     
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    Tiptopptrader Well-Known Member

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    As a personal rule on stock forums I never give out the dollar amount of my trades for reasons I would not rather get into. As I am a swing trader most of my trades last between a couple day to a couple weeks. But others I will hold extremely longer if i believe the potential is high. Much of what I wrote below can be confirmed on the old HSM threads regarding the buying if they ever become available.


    These prices are the lowest I bought at, but I made many future buys as well
    LVS
    I bought at $2.50 and sold in tiers on the way to $60
    MPEL I bought at $5 and sold in tiers on the to $40
    F I bought at $5 and I am still holding watching those divi's compound since 2009

    Future bragging rights . UVE from 16 to 36
     
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  5. Ciao (Sheppy)

    Ciao (Sheppy) Well-Known Member

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  6. internationalstocks

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    UVE Insurance, correct? That one dropped hard before. Why do you see it rebounding?
     
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    They are a progressive insurance company with increasing revs and they have been beating top and bottom like they did in AH yesterday. I think when insurance companies are back in favor there price will return to previous highs. This could be from mid-term to long-term. Today they are coming off a double bottom but with futures looking bad so hard to say how they will fare today

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    image.jpeg My good DAX trade for today.
     
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    image.jpeg My other DAX short today. Wish I held my short longer though. Regret selling it. Could have made more money.
     
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    Just closed a position in SPLS for a 22.57% gain!
     
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    X MayWk2 14.5 Call

    in .07
    out .27

    :)
     
  12. internationalstocks

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    image.jpeg This made my day today
     
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    image.jpeg My first trade for today. Small profit Missed the entry at opening bell at 10,000 I waited too long before getting in.
     
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    image.png This was a good trade for me today but it pissed me off because after I closed my position within literally about 15-30 minutes it shot up another 50 points so I missed out on another $6K
     
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    I am down -$2100 now. Yo-Yo action caught me and I lost my gains for the day. No more bragging :(
     
  16. Ciao (Sheppy)

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    on Friday I didn't want to post but now I change my mind not to brag but merely to show that many
    time we get over cautious with analysis-chart-fundamental etc... etc.. but some luck is important as any other tools;):)

    Friday at around 11:33 I bought XXX amount of CLRB at 2.12 then got called away (urgent by my neighbour) so I put a SL at 1.80 and left ...

    When I came back (1h later) the price was going up... didn't think twice and sold at 3.90!!!!

    by pure chance I got all those $$$..... most likely that if I had been present I woulda have sold much earlier :D
     
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    One more trade like this will be nice. Should have just stopped though after the first good trade. Too much Yo-Yo action today.
     
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    Nice to come back and see a trade have gone your way. Worst thing is when it goes in the opposite direction.
     
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    Ciao (Sheppy) Well-Known Member

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    agree that is much worse :eek::D I always put a SL or some time trailing stop
     
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    Some times those stop losses do not work so well. I have had some cases where the stop loss did not kick in until way past the stop loss which caused horrible losses.
     
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