I just got back from a day-job appt. and found my MELI overnight trade in the money. I closed it out without regard for price, etc.
I intend to look at the markets for the rest of the day as I do some admin work for the day-job.
A couple of observations...
1. This trade was down at the open by roughly the same amount as it was up when I closed it out. Trusting one's instincts is important, but I wonder if this was walking the high-wire without a net. Had this been real-money, I wonder what my reaction would have been? Paper-trading IS different than real money in that sense. Although, on an overnight hold/ swing-trade, I would have mitigated risk with an appropriate position size.
2. I missed the ugly open, but I also missed the best pricing at the lows of the day just after a flood of short sellers got out en masse at 10:45 & 10:50. (The first wave of covering occurred at 10:20 am.)
3. The spread hurts on this stock, considering what I am used to practicing on: TNA, POT, MOS, etc.
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