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Old 12-14-2007, 06:01 PM
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Re: Daily stop loss/profit targets

Sparrow,

Thanks for the article, it was refreshing!

I can certainly relate to this passage...

"If you have been day trading more than a few weeks, I am sure you have experienced that one, terrible day where you look back and ask yourself, “Why didn’t I stop trading after I was down X amount of dollars?” or “I cannot believe I made $500 each day the last three days only to lose $2,500 today because I could not walk away.”

I can remember one week I was up about $4,600 by Friday afternoon on the week. By the time the closing bell rang I closed the week out down nearly $5,000 (total losses near 10,000)! That was the single worst day I have ever had trading. I was really undisciplined and arrogant back then

It's all a trial by fire though. Some people just get burned more than others on the way to the top!

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