Jan 18 2008
Took Some Profits
Today started off like a good dream for my portfolio. I was in training all morning, but at least saw futures were up. During training I snuck a peak at some of my positions and saw I was looking good for today’s option expiration. After lunch I saw a change of fortune (literally) was taking place. I went from up $1k+ to down a few hundred. I ended the day up $1200+ for the first time in what seems forever.
Part of my luck came from being short on time today which made me put orders in to close a couple of positions before the end of the day. I decided not to take the stock assignments from GME and RTN, both of which were up early in the day, but pulled back by the time I got to my computer. I entered orders a little after 1:00 and they both hit [...]
Original post by Alex Fotopoulos