3/29_GBR, SEEL

SEEL-great cover. sclap trade plus Nate's long warning got me stayed away from it after my cover.
GBR-a lil frustrated trade but totally worth it.
that's it for today and month. take a good rest the weekend and get back to the battleground next mon.

3/28_CLWT, PLAG

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Whenever I boosted my ego I ended up eating loss. really have to work hard on that!!! Not ez day today for sure. I had a killer start by making nearly $10k before 8:30 and looking to fade these momentum players but got squeezed out. I had fantastic stop, I am really proud of it. CLWT went from $6 to $10ish in 4 candles, 3 halts and each time it halted I covered partial. Yes it was the loss from short side but I am proud that I managed my position the best of my ability. Trying to fade it after 2pm but the action just doesn't feel right to me.
PLAG-sympathy to CLWT and it caught momentum in the a.m. due to CLWT's upward halt. I stopped out but faded it late day. slow slow fader so no thanks.
One thesis that I consider very bullish is tomorrow is Friday. There are people trying to squeeze shorts on friday so no.1 I am extra cautious today and no.2 I will NOT hold short position overnight for sure.
looking to attack tomorrow!!!! remember trade well, pnl will take care of itself.

3/27_GLBS, SXTC, CTRM, RBZ

We are in a everything pop-and-fade market. lack of liquidity so can't use size but still a few grand is good. this market is going to continue until shorts gets overly comfortable and aggressive then we have BPTH 2.0.

traded RBZ fairly well, reasonable size, reasonable profit taking, reasonable hold. the only drawdown is I didn't scale back in at least some. but overall good job. Now it's in no man's land. no thanks.

if no negative news by 9:30am, $25 washout offers good r/r. don't be afraid to put up some longs.

3/26_ALDX, ATOS

Likely call it a day. making near $20k stress free and in 2 hr isn't bad.

3/25_NCTY, CRIS

We are in the straight dump out of gate market. today is monday which I thought it would have a little momentum at least more than thurs and friday last week. nope. sell off straight down. Be very cautious right now as soon as shorts gets comfortable and aggressive we will have BPTH 2.0.

3/22_IMMP, SEEL

IMMP-should be more aggressive i this sluggish market
SEEL-nice stop out. 50/50 at this point.

3/21_SPI, SCON, OSS

SCON-My long bias comes from morning $2 push and grinding action and lots of refreshing bids. at this point it's 50/50. No thanks.
SPI-goes further than you think and fade further than you think.
OSS-straight failing. further than you think.

3/20_MTFB, ESTR

MTFB-no locate until after 10am. momentum is gone so it's very ez to short in this market.
ESTR-same as MTFB except the volume is much much lower. pop and fade.

3/19_VXRT, TYHT

VXRT-awesome trade. due to the price action I am pretty convinced it would head much lower. Midday offering also serves as tailwind to my thesis.
TYHT-ez trade. just tooo low of price for me to attack. Not had good experience trading stock at this price lvl.

3/18_DERM, DARE

Shit, nothing is ez in this game. DERM-choppy action. I covered twice into the strength at $14 that was my mistake. but main loss was due to shorting at $12ish and got squeezed to near $14. thinly in the air as well as downside makes it hard to trade. This vehicle is designed to screw up both longs and shorts.
DARE-much straight forward action than DERM but I didn't take full advantage of it. but still caught piece of the pie.

3/15_SLNO, ATOS, AKTX

SLNO-it pulled 20 min before the close, don't know if I have the patience to wait. left at 1pm for WIC due to frustration and friday effect.
ATOS-AKTX both gapped down 10-20% but continue sell off. manipulative action don't end well. keep that in mind!!!!!should have chased it.

3/14_AKTX, ATOS

lots of dramas with this ticker. took 10k shares short near $4 and immediate power uptick to $6 got me fucked. down $20k in a blink of eyes, never thought it would move like this. AKTX failing and ATOS sympathy stock should be easy and weaker but nope, it's stronger than all have ever imagined.
The best part is I stayed calm and attacked it all day and covered the whole block under $5 before EOD squeeze. not ez. manipulative action plus algo. 80 million shares traded. anything is possible.

7am buying/covering/margin calling or whatever. I took the chance of it. really nice trade which made my day less worse.

never thought ATOS would have reached this lvl. anything is possible in trading!!! remember that. especially a stock trades more than 20-40 million shares.

3/13_AKTX

Honestly didn't trade that bad tho. Sized in accordingly, observing, stopped out. rescaled in, stopped out again and didn't touch it until 1pm. plan is using $5.40 or HOD as resistance line and looking for EOD fade/crack. got a few opportunities to take profit/at least some but didn't. Grand big picture idea which got me into trouble. Used bit too much size-21k shares and nasty spread and spikebility. Paid the price. Never really thought it would breakout HOD and continue to head upward last minute before the close.
lots of red flags/danger sign from short perspection:
1)massive massive volume..not 20m, 40m, i am talking about nearly 80million traded!!
2)whenever key support cracked, it reclaimed or consolidated just merely below support line before reclaim occurred.
3)my cover order is extremely hard to be executed!!! I should have noted it and left it alone.
4) the main thing is the quality of setup deteriorated after 11am. why push with size? why swing against fence???? not worth the risk!!!! There is always tommorrow!!!
But looking at the bright side. Two of my big covers occurred before it ripped another $1.50-$2.00 in next hour. Shit could always get worse!! much worse than you think!!! keep that in mind!
Market has been sluggish past few days and maybe that's why shorts are itchy and delved in too much too early. I am just one of them. Plus nasty manipulators and algorithm involved. very difficult to trade. I guess I have to go back to the basics. My issue can't be fixed overnight. Still green this month but feeling disgusted of myself due to missing opportunities past few days and maybe that's part of reason I told myself to go big today, for redemption purpose perhaps. that's just pure stupidity of doing this business. I can't take time off therefore starting tomorrow, size down and no more trade after 11am unless padding on pnl. respect your frustration!!!

3/12_SFIX, LPCN, BPTH, ORGO,

BPTH-saw the offering the news and located 500 shares for scalp, expensive locate and still many shorts trapped, it holds and grind higher. Same as those hot low float in the past.
LPCN-confident on the trade but have to stay small, no liquidity.
ORGO-chasers market gone, maybe it's safe to short into parabolic now.
SFIX-not confident shorting real company, especially on earning's. so stay small. thinking put higher low and grind towards HOD rest of day. no thanks.

3/11_GLBS, TNXP, MCRB, BPTH

Monday and GLBS 100%+ gap up make me think chasers back chasing, at least into the market open. nope..weak action...pulled back $2 points from premarket high and straight selloff since the open. caught piece of pie it is what it is.

3/8_TROV, TNXP, SBOT

Best way to end the day/week. You can't be perfect on all.
TROV-the way it traded and approaching HOD got me nervous but at the same time I am thankful I stopped out earlier. then it turned and straight down. didn't catch much on the downside. Everything else worked out beautifully.

3/7_BPTH, ALT, GTXI

ALT-fuckery action lately. Support, VWAP and $5 mark reclaim got me think it's EOD squeezer. nope selloff. big bounce off the huge red candle got me think again it was trying to trap everyone so I longed again. nope..wrong again!!! WTF..it never stop messing your mind.
GTXI-pretty straight forward trade. Fantastic stop out before the midday parabolic action then straight sell off. I thought people dumping BPTH and chasing GTXI so I longed it.. wrong!!! longing/chasing trash even if it yields good outcome at the end, never a good trade.

Here comes the mother of black swan. picture perfectly pan out. higher low, higher low, previous resistance acts as support/base. just perfectly...but man when a stock moves from $4 to $15 premarket and it shoots up to near $30 after market open, how could I long it??!! the action is almost equal to once-in-a-lifetime type of move. However I did make $20k on it off the bounces.
The most appreciative thing is there is no locate for it. otherwise it's going to be lot more bloody. Live to fight another day! always feel thankful you could walk away with gains in the pocket and ready to strike tomorrow.

3/6_BPTH

Blackswan play!!!! I traded it the best of my ability. no regret.