8/30_ULTA, SHOP, FSLY, OPGN

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ULTA, FSLY, SHOP-late day revenge trade....trying to turn shitty day into green...make it worse.
OPGN-algo left the house...

8/29_MTC, RKDA, CPAH, ARCI, PSTV, SHOP

trade all according to the volatility and volume. MTC's setup quality deteriorate so no thanks.
ARCI-wrong initially but caught some meat putting myself into others' mindset.
RKDA-tough trade at this point. no thanks.
Knowing what to avoid is far more important knowing what/how to trade!!!

Grinding action, over-extended chart so no regret taking the trade.

8/28_LCI, MDJH

LCI-saw sticky tape and nail and bail. great trade!!!!
MDJH-mobile trading the entire time at hospital with my sister. not as much liquidity as I expected but did the best I could. no regret.

8/27_PSTV, EDNT, OSN and many others...

lots of crazy actions today and for the most plays I don't have borrows but I managed to trade the ones with borrow nicely. this action is intense!!! people chasing stocks plus algos just phenomenal...however the question I want ask self is if I have borrows on OSN and ARCI where and when I would start shorting????? these momentum trash move together...when one is running out of steam and others tend to follow... same group of people buying and selling them.again just like the old pattern...early shorts get fucked and early chasers bank and patient ss profited and late chasers(majority) get bagged.

liquidity is NOT there. thin in the air so I gave it a chance...good risk and reward but didn't workout.

8/26_RKDA, ARCI

ARCI-thank god I have no locates. this is one got me in trouble. big big trouble.
RKDA-uptrend however not smooth of action at all. glad I got out majority before smash down.

8/23_FFHL_VERY TOUGH ONE!

have I had locates I would get fucked. I know myself. This one chopped ppl left and right, shorts and longs trap over and over. I am forced to long it several times and I avoided all the dumps occurred. but slippage had killed me alive. tough one!!!50/50 at this point. no thanks. Rather miss it.
this is shapeless, formless water trading comes into my mind. I am not kind of trader comfortable buying wash/collapse but this one you gotta do so!!! I longed numerous times all didn't work. why not be a sniper or lion hiding in woods and wait for the prey then slaughter it??!!!! why randomly buy??!!! FOMO again. I paid massive price because of it.

8/22_NETE, CETX, JWN, SPLK

JWN-should have accumulated dips given strength, good e/r, volume, 50 week low,
NETE-manipulation 101. I traded it the best I could.

NETE-late day fuckery action.. no thanks. anything could happen from this point going forward.

8/21_LEDS, PDD

LEDS-although I could trade it better but more scalps imposed but due to massive conviction didn't do so. holding shares till the collapse.
PDD-painfull trade both long and shorts. random dump and grind back up action so hard to trade!

8/20_CETX_fuckery action AGAIN

Starting today into my trading career into the future, 1 thing I must start implementing is if a stock gets absorbed in volume...get the fuck out!! No excuse, no rationalizing, no hanging around. just GET OUT!! I ended up break even on CETX and that's the best case scenario. This is type of stock better avoid then early at all cost. Not worth it!!!

8/19_DPW, RKDA, PSTV, YUMA

Nothing goes as I anticipated but glad I cut the stock shot before the stop hit especially PSTV. near the top premarket I was up $4k but turned unrealized $$ into nothing.
DPW-surprising move. unreal!!
YUMA-caught the meat of the move. nothing straight forward at all.
RKDA-volume is pathetic although I attempted to long it. glad I cut it quick.

yuma at this lvl becomes untradable. 50/50 in either direction.

8/16_PSTV

PSTV is the one that I kept missing big moves. 3 of them and I didn't capture none of them. when a stock in low float mania period, it's low float, has volume..it got go!!!! Now things I am wondering is If I have locates would I short?? I don't really know. Looking back it's always ez but given the volume, holding action it's stupid to put up shorts. that's for sure. It's either no trade or small long given no news.

8/13_RKDA

after I covered all at $8s and that's the top. the correct approach should be one of two: use small/partial size a/h and intending to hold o/n or wait for next day-Day3 and attack it anticipating failed/gone momentum. You cannot have the thinking that next day it will gap down 10% and sell off/failed follow-thru to cloud you mind. this is the scenario you rather miss than early. Not worth it! not worth it!!! when offering becomes effective, it ain't coming back.

8/12_RKDA_BLOWUP trade ah

Day2 and wide spread and retracement action got me extremely short biased. and mistake No.1: didn't stop out when higher low, higher low spotted.
Mistake No2: ss before the close and added a/h thinking gap down and sold off tomorrow. WRONG!! that's against Michail Shadkin's methodology!!!! why did I take that trade?>!! driven by greed and past memory that a stock couldn't make a new high likely got sellers up there and likely to fade. Got make it a rule: Don't touch a stock a/h NO MATTER WHAT!

8/9_RKDA, AMD

AMD-those big red candles make me short biased given it has massive run yesterday. nope.wrong! overstayed a bit
RKDA-shit is choppy and trappy!!! killer squeeze from $2.8ish to $4 which turned my profit into loss then I scalped many times thru the day. didn't pan out like I thought but I did the best I could.

8/8_STMP, ROKU

ROKU-unreal upside move. this thing definitely over-valued but when a stock draws attention of entire world it's got nothing but go.
STMP-pissed i missed the move. but lots of sellers so I dabbled in.

8/7_ALLK

ALLK is not ez shit..influenced by Nate therefore ss it. Had I exercised independence thinking I would long it given float is much smaller than people thought and offering price is much higher than all expected therefore massive squeeze is very likely. lots of lots of people are trapped.
I gotta say this ticker is hard to trade. like BYND spread is crazy wide so entry is very important.
Starting tomorrow I must write down the plan. Yes I mean it

8/6_TVIX, ALLK

ALLK-day 2 after 100$ gap up yesterday thinking it can keep going but just not enough vol. oh well
TVIX-traded it appropriately. no regret.

ALLK-pissed that I missed the move and left a million dollar on the table so i started longing dips at 2:30pm thinking EOD push maybe HOD retest. nope..the volatility killed me and this thing is hard to trade.

8/5_MYGN, ALLK, BYND

MYGN-Pain in the ass. expecting liquidity gone today and slowly fizzle..nope..stronger than i thought
ALLK-biggest % gainer. crowded stock and 50/50 at this point. no thanks.
BYND-volatility is gone almost. making $2-4 is the best case scenario.

8/2_BYND, APHA

Yes I know I said to mtyself that I am not gonna touch BYND again but the funny thing about trading is every day is independent, every trade is independent. after all the observation, tape reading, frustration been going with BYND I had strong conviction today $180 at least this lvl couldn't hold. every bounce is smaller. yesterday it was $10 bounce off the low and today it went only from $177 to $182. it's getting weaker so I decided why not attack again risking $180 lvl. worked out. now it's 50/50 scenario. no thanks.
APHA-stick tape so no thanks. 50/50.
just like MonacoTrader said trading is like boxing, it's not how hard you can punch, it's how hard you can get punched and still punch back.

8/1_BYND_3 days in a row!!!!

this motherfucker got me 3 days in a row. shorted 3 times and all got squeezed to hell. today it's got offering price at $160 and down 15% equivalent to $30 down from the closing price so I thought there is no way I would come back up, no way!!!! wrong again!!! it squeezed back up, pullback putting a base and making a new high before the collapse. i got caught once again. In small cap realm a stock down that big shouldn't come back up!!! every push will be met with resistance/sellers. It is what it is. today is last day for me trading BYND. I will remove it from my watch list and restarting to focus on my niche aka small cap starting next week. tomorrow is an event day, likely I will do quick scalp and head to flushing with my wife. No point using size and fight. grinding action=GTFO!