Bad Start to the Week ::VENTING::
Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:59 am
Hey guys, this is just me venting, since you all are the only ones who know what I am talking about I just felt like posting.
I just added a little bit of money into the account b/c I'm working near the bare minimums as I develop my trading techniques.
I set up my chart and place my entry orders based on the weekly open.
I hooked my laptop up to my TV b/c I just felt like working off of the big screen.
I was going to sleep (NY time, EST) , but I wanted to catch some London Session action, so I also set price alarms to wake me up so I could manage my orders...
My laptop screen powered down (as a screensaver, but the laptop itself never went to sleep.) UNFORTUNATELY, THIS CAUSED MY TV TO GO TO SLEEP, so I couldn't hear when the alarms went off. FURTHERMORE, my sell order below the weekly open was accidentally set as a buy order.
...so instead of a well traded morning, I woke up to a margin call.
I just added a little bit of money into the account b/c I'm working near the bare minimums as I develop my trading techniques.
I set up my chart and place my entry orders based on the weekly open.
I hooked my laptop up to my TV b/c I just felt like working off of the big screen.
I was going to sleep (NY time, EST) , but I wanted to catch some London Session action, so I also set price alarms to wake me up so I could manage my orders...
My laptop screen powered down (as a screensaver, but the laptop itself never went to sleep.) UNFORTUNATELY, THIS CAUSED MY TV TO GO TO SLEEP, so I couldn't hear when the alarms went off. FURTHERMORE, my sell order below the weekly open was accidentally set as a buy order.
...so instead of a well traded morning, I woke up to a margin call.