Worked:
WX - Made 10% on the trade, WX closed up 13.3% today. It was the top stock on my list of stocks up by a wide margin of anything else. Good picking there.
CPST - Continues to get a bid late in the day for the second or third day in a row. I like this [...]

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Index long trade was absolutely looking great until BSC came out around 9:50am and turned down a huge up opening for the market. F$%k.
WX - Dumped it  22.52 for a gain of 10%. I sold it basically because of a panic on the market open and didn’t want to see the profits disappear. Jefferies upgraded [...]

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This is a late posting. Was extremely tired and I guess it caught up to me. I konked out last night early.
Worked:
EMKR and CPST both came back and closed positive. I was impressed with CPST’s trading action yesterday. Nice volume right near the close to push it back to even. CPST looks good long term [...]

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Worked:
The QID short, the UWM trade,  AMAT upped a little more, DAR was up almost 2%.
Sucked:
Being long the indexes and NOT taking the gains this morning when the market popped. Grumble… I cashed out those index longs eating the loss of 2% in the RUT and less than 1% in the NDX. Might have been [...]

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Covered the QID short this morning @ 53.29 for a gain of 3.5%
Bought UWM @ 45.82 around 10:40 before the market popped. Then sold UWM @ 47 flat at the 11:20 bar for a very fast 2.5% gain. Which at this point was a perfect sell. However, I attribute it more to me having to [...]

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Well being long the indexes did NOT work today, but two other trades did. BTW the indexes lost 1% against my positions. That sucked for sure so I reduced my exposure today in the indexes at the close.
TITN - Continued its breakout today and saw some nice volume near the close. Up 15% on the position.
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Churnfest 2008 here.
Lost back what I made in the indexes yesterday. 4% loss in the NDX, 4.6% in the RUT. Ugh. I shouldn’t have been as exposed as I was yesterday. Lesson learned.
Pretty much lost a little on a bunch of trades today.
Sold: IMB @ 8.09 for a loss of 3%, COIN @ 10.20 for [...]

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Bought:
IMB @ 8.35, YRCW @ 17.8,YHOO March 32.5 call options @ .56, XJT @ 3.07, EMKR @ 14.47
Sold:
CSUN @ 9.06 for a 1% loss, DAR @ 12.89 for a 12.6% gain - worried about some gaps lower - will buy on pullback, XJT @ 2.95 for a 3.9% loss, EMKR @ 13.9 for a loss [...]

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Being long. I wish I covered my index longs this morning. I contemplated it, but hung on. Still made money between my split positions of NDX and RUT. I am actually more skewed towards RUT about 60/40 and RUT closed up 1.6% and NDX down 1.4% so ka ching on the spread.
YGE - Nailed the [...]

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Being long. The Rut gained some pennies, while the NDX gained more than 2%. Hanging onto the longs is not looking so dumb (referring to the Feb 6th buy).
AAPL Feb 125’s - In @ 3.4, Out @ 4.9 (early) for a 44% gain. Trade of the day.
DRYS - Up again - this time 7%. Now [...]

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Bought:YGE @ 19.43, ZIXI @ 3.95, CHNR @, SCA @ 2.08,  SOHU @ 47.08 (will be good eod), RIMM Feb 90 Puts @ 1.95
Sold:
AAPL Feb 130s @ 4.9 for a 44% gain on the morning pop - I want to buy these back possibly.
RIMM Feb 190 puts @ 1.9 for a 2% loss.
Overnight holds still [...]

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Being long and NOT getting scared out of the trade. Made back 3% in the RUT, 1.5% in the SPX, and 1.4% in the NDX.
AAPL Feb 120 calls - In @ 4.5, Out @ 5.65. Had as much as 50% at the highs of the day, but got a little scared and with the market [...]

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Bought: EMKR @ 13.96 (smart trade), BNI @ 86.81 (longer term trade unless techs turn on it), AAPL Feb 120 call option @ 4.55, AKAM @ 32.21, CREE @ 30.57, CPSL @ 5.31 (sucked in on volume spikes) bad discipline, DRYS @ 68.13 (smart trade)
Sold: BKUNA @ 6.82 for a loss of 3%, CDS @ [...]

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Bought: ABK @ 13.14 and 12.93, KONG @ 5.19, DSTI @ 3.39, CTDC @ 5.64
Sold: EMKR @ 13.47 for a gain of 12.8%, DRYS @ 75 for a gain of 32.7%, DSTI @ 3.31 for a loss of 2%, CTDC @ 5.22 for a loss of 7%.
I’ll probably complain about selling my last bit of [...]

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Being LONG! Another great trading day today except this time big gains in the indexes and better profits on the equity trades. The markets soared today, but they really soared from the morning Rydex trading window at 10:45. The NDX was down 2% at that moment and its where I added to my NDX longs. [...]

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