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Stock Rookie
http://stockrookgoespro.blogspot.com/
Personal blog of new stock investor using paper trading, in particular swing and day momentum strategies, to practice before risking cash.
Recent Posts
Decision Made
I don't need an extended cooling period to make the move...I'm going to stop trading and watching the markets for likely at least six months or probably at least a year. I'm thinking I should have my ducks in a row by January 2011. The main thing is ...
Trade or "Off the Pot" Deadline
Well, it looks like the hard drive died on the new computer. I could of got the lap top going for trading using a one of the monitors, but before I knew it, the week was over.In the meanwhile, this week I got the opportunity to take on several proje...
hanging left after the u-turn
On Monday, I finally got my work and mental worlds focused enough to get really motivated to do some paper trading...and the new computer I bought in April did not boot, not even in Safe Mode. I still haven't figured it out but should soon. It's fu...
faking it to I make it
Blindsided, I did not see coming - at all - my interest and energy for trading absolutely falling off the cliff. It was a year ago this month that I opened a TD Ameritrade account on a Friday and purchased $2K of GM stock because the price looked so...
Lost....
Somehow I've lost all interest / energy to trade; I would rather do my day job or projects around the house, than to even paper trade.Or go to the batting cages, or research blogs for my fantasy football team, or run errands to get out of my office a...
another shift in gears
I'm having trouble getting back on track with trading. The break I took after my August losses has left me out of touch with the markets, and I can't seem to reconnect. I'm going to continue to paper trade when I get the chance, but am not going to ...

