Trading diary

Back after a month of travel and teaching in Switzerland and off to a nice start. Only have half an hour today, so only made one trade. TEVA was the chosen stock There were a few stocks in play but this one seemed the most clear to me. I saw how bullish the guys at Investors Underground were on it and it did already have a large gap up, so i played it long as well. Seem to have a nice feel for the bottom and scooped up 200 shares. Very small! I wanted to get the mechanics right, and ended up closing it just minutes later for a average but nice win of 23.5cents per share. I am really trying to get the mechanics in and become as emotionless as possible, so this was a good one. My exits were clear as well. The 17.80 area seemed to be quite a bit of resistance so i jumped out when it seemed to stall on the second test and when it stalled again with lots of green prints going through without the stock moving up, i closed out the second half as well. In hindsight i couldve h...