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There were no good sectors yesterday/today..  The setups for pre market were not the best.  I thought, maybe I should not trade.  I tried to be picky, but I traded anyway.  Big loss day, -10$.

I need to adjust my rules to prevent these bigger losses.  A few thoughts:

  • Don't play a ticker after taking a losing position (it's not behaving the way you think it will, so stop)
  • Don't trade at all when the sectors all look that bad... (market is just moving down)
  • Simply manage the risk better (smaller position sizes and controlled amounts of risk) (What is my current acceptable risk?  It used to be 4$ but lately it's really about 1$)
  • Be pickier with my PreMarketRVOL entries.  
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