How do you make sure that I am not, pardon the language, bullshitting you? Simple. I will use Covestor. Covestor is a fantastic site which can connect to your broker’s system and verify that you are making the trades you say and whether you are able to turn profit or not. Here’s my profile. Next, [...]
Entries from October 2008
Tracking my Journey
October 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments · General
Tags:commission·journal·tos
Second Trading Day
October 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments · General
Yesterday, I had messed up by doing too big a trade. I was hoping to correct that mistake today. I was watching ABK closely to get out of it as soon as I can. ABK gaped open nicely and slowly but steadily kept climbing. One thing I did was I sold 300 shares of ABK [...]
First Trading Day (aka realizing that trading is much harder than I thought)
October 3rd, 2008 · 4 Comments · General
Today was my first trading day. How well did I do? I think I completely messed it up. As I did the post yesterday, I was looking at ABK, AGM and LAB. ABK started strong. It quickly moved to 4.0. JV suggests not to trade right at Market Open but wait for some time and [...]
Tags:abk·lesson·mistake·sfi·sov
Getting ready for my first trade
October 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · General
Now that I have selected my broker and funded it with money (5,000$), it’s time to start trading! TOS gives you couple of options to perform your trades. 1. thinkDesktop [An application which you can install and run.] 2. Web based trading [You can use your browser] 3. Mobile Trading [Trade from your mobile device. [...]
Tags:abk·agm·lab·thinkDesktop