Gross PnL: -$415.
Net PnL: -$450. $18 in borrows.
What a shit-show of a day.
First big thing was that I was a little overwhelmed at the open, didn't get a chance to fully plan out my SHOP short. It moved quick and shot through where I was going to stop. So a nasty combination of lack of planning, fast moving stock, and being overwhelmed. Was down roughly max drawdown on it at peak.
Once this was closed out I was actually up decently on the day, and was going to call it a day (feeling tired and felt like I didn't want to compound initial mistake). Was just waiting for the DNKN short and initial PYDS short to play out. Both ended up being really good stops, but just wanted a little more to make the day profitable...
This lead to unplanned PYDS and NVDA short, so I basically gave money away. Quite nice to be moderately punished for this.
Was feeling pretty shit about this, given how tired and lazy I was - and how I compounded the initial mistake, but not end of world.
Side note, a couple of other things for day:
(1) Can keep entry tight to stop, but can't keep stop tight to level - getting stopped on FB. Point is stop needs to be appropriately positioned, and then if want to keep it tight; get a good entry.
(2) Excellent early stop on DNKN.
(3) I had plenty of other good trade ideas that worked, but knew I was tilted so didn't take them. Only when I wanted to end day slightly positive that forced trades.
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