Dow soars 485

Bush pushes bailout as bank crisis spreads

Nasdaq to cancel some late trades in Google shares

Volatile 3rd quarter for stocks ends on up note

GOOG 323.00 -58.00 -15.22%
SKF 100.99 -13.31 -11.64%
GS 128.00 +7.30 +6.05%
BIDU 248.23 +17.03 +7.37%
AAPL 113.66 +8.40 +7.98%

GS:
GS VT SLD to Close 6 Limit $1.70 Executed $1.70

GOOG:
GOP VT SLD to Close 1 Limit $20.00 Executed $20.00

GS:
BOT to Open 6 GS VT GS Oct $100 PUT Executed $5.00
BOT to Open 2 GS VT GS Oct $100 PUT Executed $3.80
BOT to Open 1 GS VT GS Oct $100 PUT Executed $2.00

GOOG:
BOT to Open 1 GOP VT GOP Oct $400 PUT Executed $33.20

Stocks tumble on 'no' vote

Apple tumbles on consumer spending concerns

National City drops 52 percent as market wonders who's next

Stocks tumble as bailout plan fails in House

House defeats $700B financial markets bailout

Oil sinks below $100 as US bailout plan voted down

Central banks redouble efforts to save bank system

Dow falls 500+ points as House rejects bailout

Bailout bill fails;stocks plunge

Dexia bank shares plunge 30 percent

Stunning defeat for economy bailout; stocks plunge

Dow drops 778 as bailout bill fails

Dow 10,365.45 -777.68 -6.98%
Nasdaq 1,983.73 -199.61 -9.14%
S&P 1,106.42 -106.85 -8.81%

$VIX.X 46.19 +11.4
SKF 114.30 +17.97 +18.65%
GOOG 381.00 -50.04 -11.61%
GS 120.70 -17.29 -12.53%
RIMM 61.73 -9.03 -12.76%
AAPL 105.26 -22.98 -17.92%
BIDU 231.20 -29.55 -11.33%
ISRG 251.40 -23.61 -8.59%
RTP 226.50 -44.50 -16.42%
FSLR 180.31 -26.82 -12.95%

once I loose the money ..

I find this is very interesting situation, again the same questions go through my mind all the time when I make money, will I be able to maintain this? what is next? should I be doing this full time? Is it worth it for me to spend time on the day job where I can't make as much money? I have found that this type of thinking does stays with me for a while and in fact it bothers me. Sometimes the constant thinking makes me trade excessively, and once I loose the money, I start thinking differently almost relaxed! The best way, for me, has been is to just stop trading... give myslef something else to think about, clear the mind. Until the feelings goes away, from the subconscious I cant trade well.

Stocks surge onmassive rescue
The market has its biggest two-day gain in 8 years

Dow up 369 as dramatic week ends

Extraordinary rescue effort spurs Wall Street rally

U.S. launches all-out attack on credit crisis

BIDU 289.75 -15.50 -5.08%
SKF 100.00 -15.44 -13.37%
GS 129.80 +21.80 +20.19%
ISRG 225.18 +16.65 +7.98%
FSLR 241.90 +18.51 +8.29%
RTP 314.90 +40.39 +14.71%
GOOG 449.15 +10.07 +2.29%

MA:
SLD to Close 10 MAL ID MAL Sep $220 CALL Executed $5.00

GS:
BOT to Close 3 GS UB GS Sep $110 PUT Executed $0.24

Rally erupts on rescue plan
The Dow jumps 410 points on news the government may create a vehicle to take over banks' bad debt. Crude oil is up slightly, and gold briefly tops $900.

Dow up 410 on bank rescue news

Stocks soar, Treasuries fall on US crisis plan talk

Wall St rallies on hopes of crisis solution

Paulson raised RTC-style concept with Congress: source

Central banks open taps to tackle market squeeze

GOOG 439.08 +24.59 +5.93%
MA 208.53 +12.53 +6.39%
AAPL 134.09 +6.26 +4.90%
GS 108.00 -6.50 -5.68%
SKF 115.44 -19.57 -14.50%

MA:
BOT to Open 10 MAL ID MAL Sep $220 CALL Executed $0.90

GS:
SLD to Open 3 GS UB GS Sep $110 PUT Executed $6.65
BOT to Open 3 GS VT GS Oct $100 PUT Executed $14.75
SLD to Close 5 GS UA GS Sep $105 PUT Executed $10.00
SLD to Close 4 GS UT GS Sep $100 PUT Executed $7.20

SKF:
SLD to Close 3 SKF UU SKF Sep $130 PUT Executed $10.00
BOT to Close 3 SKF UR SKF Sep $125 PUT Executed $4.00

Dow falls 449 as fear grips Wall St.
Stocks plunge despite the Fed's decision to lend insurer AIG up

Washington Mutual is for sale: sources

Banks rush to do deals as Wall St crisis deepens

Morgan Stanley, Goldman shars sink as fear spreads

Another nightmare on Wall Street: Dow down 450

Bloomberg warns of possible 'next wave' crisis

GOOG 414.49 -28.44 -6.42%
SKF 135.01 +16.99 +14.40%
BIDU 254.46 -12.03 -4.51%
GS 114.50 -18.51 -13.92%
AAPL 127.83 -12.05 -8.61%
MA 196.00 -18.81 -8.76%
X 90.20 -10.87 -10.75%

GS:
BOT to Open 4 GS UT GS Sep $100 PUT Executed $5.10
BOT to Open 5 GS UA GS Sep $105 PUT Executed $10.80

SKF:
SLD to Close 3 SKF UH SKF Sep $120 PUT Executed $2.40
BOT to Open 3 SKF UU SKF Sep $130 PUT Executed $6.00
SLD to Open 3 SKF UR SKF Sep $125 PUT Executed $4.20

Dow up 142; Fed leaves rates alone

AIG shares drop on media report

Futures fall on report conservatorship eyed for AIG

SKF 118.02 -14.50 -10.94%
FSLR 214.65 +11.68 +5.75%

SKF:
SLD to Close 1 SKF JR SKF Oct $125 CALL Executed $16.82
SLD to Close 3 SKF IR SKF Sep $125 CALL Executed $6.30
BOT to Open 3 SKF UH SKF Sep $120 PUT Executed $6.40

GOOG:
SLD to Close 3 GOP UF GOP Sep $430 PUT Executed $2.30

FSLR:
SLD to Close 3 HJQ UB HJQ Sep $210 PUT Executed $8.60

2 giants fall

Wall Street woes batter stocks

Lehman, Merrill shake markets

AIG struggles to survive financial tsunami

Wall St extends losses on financial jitters 9/15/2008 3:04 PM

Paulson says prepared to act to ensure stability

Oil closes below $100 for first time in 6 months

Stocks tumble amid new Wall Street landscape

Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 protection

Dow -504.48 -4.42% 10,917.51
Nasdaq -81.36 -3.60% 2,179.91
S&P -59.00 -4.71% 1,192.70

VIX 31.70 +6.04 +23.54%
SKF 132.52 +19.39 +17.14%
FSLR 202.97 -11.68 -5.44%
BIDU 273.02 -8.99 -3.19%
CF 110.22 -12.54 -10.22%
RTP 290.64 -34.78 -10.69%
GS 135.50 -18.71 -12.13%
MA 211.77 -12.05 -5.38%
SPWR 72.40 -10.29 -12.44%

BIDU:
SLD to Close 2 BDU IX BDU Sep $280 CALL Executed $10.00
SLD to Close 3 BDU IX BDU Sep $280 CALL Executed $8.70
BOT to Close 2 BDU IY BDU Sep $290 CALL Executed $5.00

SKF:
BOT to Open 1 SKF JR SKF Oct $125 CALL Executed $19.40
BOT to Open 3 SKF IR SKF Sep $125 CALL Executed $9.50

FSLR:
BOT to Open 3 HJQ UB HJQ Sep $210 PUT Executed $10.50

GOOG:
BOT to Open 3 GOP UF GOP Sep $430 PUT Executed $7.98

you wish you had never taken the trade..

the more money you make .. the bigger positions/risks you take and once the the trade is on, you start realizing the impact the trade would have on the account and your trading over all... you just want to walk away... you wish you have never taken the trade ... you even stop looking at the account, ... scared... confused.. don't know why you did it?

Don't even want to think what will happen the next morning... the next morning if the position has reversed... well, then you don't go near it... let it go down and down ... giving yourself one excuse after another to avoid looking at your account... consoling yourself... being unable to see all your gains wiped out... or ... it just gets overwhelming...

If the gain is big even in just paper money... you have already made up your mind... you are thinking about what will you do next ... what will be the next move ... your emotions are in sync with that thinking and suddenly ... the next morning you see the position has reversed... the gains you were thinking/dreaming/planning about have disappeared.... the emotion suddenly changes/switches ... you don't like it any more... don't want to look at it... don't want to think about it.... and that is when the losses keeps getting bigger and bigger.... later on when you think what happened it is hard to rationalize what happened ... why didn't you cut the loss ... and let it grow...

the sudden shift in emotions is very uncomfortable to deal with...

BIDU:
SLD to Open 10 BDUIY BDU Sep $290 CALL Executed $4.70
BOT to Open 10 BDUIX BDU Sep $280 CALL Executed $9.30
SLD to Close 10 BDUUJ BDU Sep $250 PUT Executed $3.00

SKF:
SLD to Close 3 SKFIC SKF Sep $110 CALL Executed $10.90

GOOG:
SLD to Close 4 GOPUD GOP Sep $420 PUT Executed $8.10

RIMM:
SLD to Close 10 RULUT RUL Sep $100 PUT Executed $1.52

BIDU:
BOT to Open 10 BDU UJ BDU Sep $250 PUT Executed $8.70

MA:
SLD to Close 8 MAL UB MAL Sep $210 PUT Executed $9.00

RIMM:
BOT to Open 10 RUL UT RUL Sep $100 PUT Executed $3.25

GOOG:
BOT to Open 2 GOP UD GOP Sep $420 PUT Executed $12.40

SKF:
SLD to Close 6 SKF UE SKF Sep $115 PUT Executed $11.00
BOT to Open 3 SKF IC SKF Sep $110 CALL Executed $6.20

MA:
SLD to Close 10 MAL IF MAL Sep $230 CALL Executed $2.00

Dow up 290 on Fannie, Freddie plan

Fannie, Freddie bailout greeted with cautious optimism

UAL shares walloped by new posting of old news


FSLR 222.68 -13.33 -5.65%
GOOG 419.95 -24.30 -5.47%
SKF 103.24 -9.46 -8.39%
CF 119.48 -11.72 -8.93%

SKF:
BOT to Open 6 SKF UE SKF Sep $115 PUT Executed $14.00
SLD to Close 10 SKF UE SKF Sep $115 PUT Executed $12.20

GOOG:
BOT to Open 2 GOP UD GOP Sep $420 PUT Executed $13.00

BLK:
BOT to Close 5 BLK US BLK Sep $195 PUT Executed $0.90
SLD to Close 5 BLK UT BLK Sep $200 PUT Executed $1.40

MA:
BOT to Open 8 MAL UB MAL Sep $210 PUT Executed $6.50
BOT to Open 10 MAL IF MAL Sep $230 CALL Executed $4.90

Stocks end flat; more hurdles ahead

Treasury near GSE bailout plan: report

Jobless rate at 5-year high

Copper tumbles to just above $3 an ounce

SKF 112.70 -6.20 -5.21%
GOOG 444.25 -6.01 -1.33%
CF 131.20 +7.77 +6.30%
ISRG 268.86 -4.63 -1.69%
POT 162.05 +11.66 +7.75%

BLK:
SLD to Open 5 BLK US BLK Sep $195 PUT Executed $2.70
BOT to Open 5 BLK UT BLK Sep $200 PUT Executed $4.00

ISRG:
SLD to Close 1 AXV UZ AXV Sep $290 PUT Executed $23.80

GOOG:
SLD to Close 3 GOP UL GOP Sep $460 PUT Executed $18.20

SKF:
BOT to Open 8 SKF UE SKF Sep $115 PUT Executed $6.20

BIDU:
SLD to Close 1 BDU UZ BDU Sep $300 PUT Executed $35.00

The bear's back as the Dow falls 345

Stocks suffer their worst 1-day losses in about 2 months as economic fears take over Wall Street. Merrill Lynch is having problems unloading some troubled assets. Boeing faces a strike. Wal-Mart's August same-store sales are better than expected.

Services, productivity up but job market weak

BIDU 271.14 -22.11 -7.54%
POT 150.39 -5.07 -3.26%
GOOG 450.26 -14.15 -3.05%
FSLR 237.13 -10.01 -4.05%
ISRG 273.49 -16.95 -5.84%
MA 216.03 -13.60 -5.92%
SKF 118.90 +8.89 +8.08%

GOOG:
BOT to Open 3 GOP UL GOP Sep $460 PUT Executed $19.00
SLD to Close 3 GOP UL GOP Sep $460 PUT Executed $15.60

BIDU:
BOT to Open 1 BDU UZ BDU Sep $300 PUT Executed $29.00
SLD to Close 1 BDU UZ BDU Sep $300 PUT Executed $31.00

GOOG:
BOT to Open 1 GOP UL GOP Sep $460 PUT Executed $12.50
BOT to Close 1 GOP UH GOP Sep $440 PUT Executed $5.80