CCO
I could have got out with a nice gain (~12%) but instead I’m out with this 2.6% loss on CCO. When doing this sort of short term swing trading it’s all about timing and my timing was very bad on this trade.
PRGN 
Eh. I lost a decent amount of money on this one.
I’m Out
I’m leaving […]

SLG went as high as $26.47 before sliding back down to the $24.60s region. It went up before the close and I sold it at $25.08 because I think it’ll probably drop tomorrow. The overall trend is still going up and if I was a longer term “investor” I’d probably hold it. But I’m more […]

MTW fell through the floor this morning and I had to get rid of it. I sold it at $6 for an 8% loss but it was really a lot more than that because I bought the stock on margin.
I’m reconsidering my use of margin right now. This makes it way too easy to lose […]

I just sold CENX @ $7.01 for a 4.3% gain from my entry point of $6.71 but since I was trading on margin that’s really more like an 8% gain.
It reached as high as $7.33 earlier and there’s a good shot it’ll go back up there today but I had to take my profits and […]

Two successful trades in a row! Yahoo! I could have sold this one for a little bit more earlier but I was hoping it was going to bounce up higher. And it still might. But I think it’s time to move on as I’m definitely not going to hold through earnings (announced this evening.)
I’ll take […]