January 1st Week

 MONDAY

New year starting off fine. Chose good stocks to watch, couldnt quite get an entry I wanted on a few good longs SBUX MGM MPC, trouble pulling trigger but also just not quite giving what I want.

AMZN was a super clear short trade. Market had nice pop at open but then collapsed so I waited for a short and got AMZN. 

Had trouble at start but its AMZN it needs a bit of time as low vol. Had nice move, took off into it and out rest as it recovered prev LOD and prev D Lo and 9ma. Chose bad option as well so small win. 

Solid trade, didnt take off size too fast, kept some to run. Overall from low delta option really didnt move much at all. 

TUESDAY

Market strong.

Busy volatile morning. Not exactly strong. Market sideways breaking down into open.

TDOC first trade near bell. Reclaimned vwap and D trigger. Stalled dropped reclaiomed added.

But lost it pretty quick. Had no momo on so small loss.

QCOM

Strong rel stregnth.Dipped under vwap unto D trigger and prev buy spots and ripped in and added momo. Didnt go right away though, lower ish rvol and market not clearly strong cut fast but kept og on.

Held again and added to OG for 2nd trade. Had momo and added asap. Had nice rip but market still  not clearly strong. Toook off small size as we saw same sell again just under hod. Stalled and dipped a bit but recoverd and drifted into HOD took more off. Then reclaimed lower under prev hod again and cut rest as Q and SMH failed higher and dropped lower hard. 

Did great today cutting and managing. Decent red day turned small green day becuase of cutting loss fast on TDOC, hanging in there on QCOM and being ready to add momo back on if it showed and held levels.

WEDNESDAY

Pretty good flush yesterday. Tech hit hard. Sentiment getting mish mashed. Not clear one way or the other. No reason to step on gas in uncertainty. 

AMZN monster move win to start the day. Pissed though moved too quick I didnt get filled or even have close to a chance for momentum adds. If I did Would have been probably a +2k$ trade

Tried it again later on, got under vwap with tight MA and super tight action. Failed above a tick and ticked under a tick but ripped me. Only gave back 1/8th of win so nothing to be upset at

THURSDAY

Clearly weak

Missed AMZN and NVDA at the open, I wanted a bit more action before I got in but they dumped hard after quick vwap interactions

Later did get something on TXN super super tight pattern

Chopped around a lot and bailed as it spiked up 2nd time. But reversed asap so looking for way back in. 

Later popped and made new range high, but stuffed back under vwap. 

In and added, stalled, retested, held momo added again and dropped under trange but low vol.  Market helping lower as were seeing 1st pb lower. 

Nice flush but into bigger range low and stopped. Saw buying and turned up. Out most momo. 

Kind of a tough spot, move was so fast I went up 3R so stop has to be positive, spready name so might have to cut short and would be fine. 

And did cut rest as it kept popping higher to breakeven. Maybe re entry. 

Honestly feeling a bit emotional today. Missed great AMZN NVDA trades at open, TXN whipping me around. Feels like Im wanting to make too much happen. Turned my day small green, might be best to leave desk and be done today. Weve seen market pop, fail and drop hard, and slow pop again to new hod. And now retrace back into vwap. Its 2 hours in, what realistically can I make happen from this point on. Not much. 

FRIDAY

Late to setup had things to do earlier. Market still weak but overall seems like holding a bounce. Nothing but longs.

BIDU first. I jacked up my new hotkeys and was unaware of actual risk and size. I freaked out, caught a decent move higher and just bailed the whole trade as it came back in. Was not prepared

Left desk for a bit came back saw UPS setting up beautifully. In and added with momo higher. Slow name but very clear action. 

Made solid move into HOD and tested. But stalled asap and reverted lower with market. Out all momo. 

Built above intraday range, good not great action still. Cant quite bust it yet. Dont see reasons to add again. 

XLI been very strong taking off, just not seeing it in SPY and Q losing vwap now.

UPS broke HOD, waiting to see if fail. If fails and reclaims im out. And is what happened all out. 


Good not great week. I think baby shower this weekend maybe on my mind too much. Biggest misses on NVDA and AMZN super clear shorts I just didnt go for. Massive wins week should be 3/4x as big as it is. 

But overall good trading on what I actually did. 

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