Bought +2 RTH 100 AUG 09 85 PUT @3.30 Mark 82.91
This is a belated post on a re-entry for Retail HOLDRS ETF (RTH). I entered into a RTH short again last Friday when we failed to stay above $83 into the close. The doji on Thursday seemed like a good pause for the rise. Then the inside-day (trading within the range of the previous day) on Friday with a close looking to be below the resistance seemed good to go short at the time. Then Monday we made a slightly new high and closed near the top. Today is continued indecision in the market as we hung onto a high level. (See Figure 1)
However, we’ve never touched my mental stop of $83.91 (Figure 2) yet. Thus, I continue to hold this position while the price swings around.
Entry: $82.91
Stop: $83.91
Target: $79
Reward / Risk = 3.91 / 1 = 3.91 < 5, which is less than my trading rule stated. I’m gonna tighten my stop to $83.50 based on today’s (Tuesday) action.
New stop = $83.50
New Target = $80
New Reward / Risk = 2.91 / 0.59 = 4.9 < 5 … still not good!
This isn’t a good entry because I based this entry mostly on my previous analysis plus the charts of the day and didn’t reassess the situation fully. I was away on holiday on Friday when I made this trade near the close so I didn’t even have all of my analytical tools available.
Retail HOLDRS ETF
Retail HOLDRS ETF
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