So going into the day after the HUGE sell off on VNET yesterday from low 20's to tapping 14, I thought it would bounce today. I started in a bit too heavily 1/2 (misreading a chat call. I may have not nourished myself with enough rest the night before and mentally not 100% there lately) This led me to mismanage my position and in reality, had no concrete plan. Before going into a 'successful' trade I ALWAYS have a concrete point where I will cut my position in half or fully depending on how the stock is acting. This allows me to have relatively small losses and conviction in a trade.
I had an average of 17.22 and sold for a loss around high mid 16's. May not seem like a lot but remember, going into the trade, I had no plan and no set stopping point. As a result I traded out of fear.
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None
BAD
No set plan.
No set stopping point.
Started in TOO early
Revenge traded/trying to make a bad trade work.
Mismanaged my loss/took a BAD loss. I consider a losing trade without a plan beforehand, a bad loss.
Tried catching a falling knife play, this NEVER works for me. I will stay away from trying to pick the bottom in the future.
IMPROVE
At this, I have no plans on trying to improve/add this play to my repertoire.
Only improvement I can take away from this is only take trades once concrete plans are set and to stay away from these type of trades.
Just letting you know I'm still following your posts
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