Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Sep 7, 2011, 12:20 am
I know it’s been a while since my last post, but my trading activity has gone from day trader to position trader in the span of a month. On top of that, I just got back to school for my last semester, so I have other things to worry about, which sucks because all I want to think about is trading. ...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Aug 24, 2011, 10:54 am
Hi all, It’s been a while since my last post, but that coincides with a slow down in my personal trading. This market is so volatile, I cannot make too many long term decisions in here. Until the S&P breaks out of its recent range, I will be trading lightly in opportunities I see both short and l...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Jul 13, 2011, 4:17 pm
Hey all, I know I’ve been slacking lately on updating my blog. For that, I apologize. Check out YoungGunsTrading.com to see my recent guest post! I will likely be contributing to that blog more than my own in terms of market outlook and trading research. I will keep this blog as more of a persona...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Jun 30, 2011, 6:40 pm
Today was a short, late, lazy effort of a day, which produced nothing but a stinging loss for my equity. Let me recap the past two weeks in case you have not been following my story. Two weeks ago I experienced my sharpest nominal draw down ever. I lost somewhere around $4000 in two days to finish o...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Jun 23, 2011, 5:39 pm
The video says it all. Great night for me. I apologize for not updating much this week. Click here to view the embedded video. I realized after this week that the content I have been creating is not as good as it could be. Starting next week, I plan to have MUCH more detail in my posts. I will cov...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Jun 22, 2011, 6:09 pm
Hi all, So far this week has been pretty miserable for me. Lost $600 Monday, made $100 yesterday, lost $2900 today. For the most part, I am alright, but I do not feel like giving a simple update. I made a lot of mistakes this week, today especially, and a simple review of them would not do them jus...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Jun 17, 2011, 3:05 pm
Today was by far my most profitable day in the market. Best of all, it felt effortless and stress free. Only taking good trades is the best approach, go figure. Two of my trades were killers today. My short position in RIMM really paid off, and I added to the short this morning into the selling pre...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Jun 16, 2011, 5:10 pm
Today was an interesting day. My P&L took a bit of a hit, which affected me in a crude oil trade later in the day. After that, I stopped trading. It’s nice to see that my decision to hold 100 shares of RIMM short into the earnings announcement is a bet that is paying off. My plan is to hold thos...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Jun 15, 2011, 3:17 pm
Let me start by apologizing for not posting yesterday. I did not make any trades because I was fried from my friend’s 21st birthday on Monday. Today was an interesting day for me. I woke up a little late, but before the market opened. I had a few good trades today and a few mediocre trades. Aro...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Jun 13, 2011, 5:09 pm
Today was a good day as I made profits. It was important for me to get my equity curve back on the right track. My mentality now is going to be a slow and consistent grind higher over the next week or so. Once I am able to build on my consistency, I will ramp up the aggressiveness as needed. Click ...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Jun 12, 2011, 2:00 pm
As promised, I am posting an analysis of my trading performance so far this month, with a game plan going forward. I have not done any of these yet, after about 4 weeks of trading, but I have the feeling it will become a regular weekend activity, whether I share my thoughts on the blog or not. I ma...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Jun 10, 2011, 3:23 pm
This week was awful for me. I consistently lost money every day except Wednesday (made a few hundred on Wednesday, while at the beach, trading on my phone with delayed quotes). This weekend I have some serious evaluation and criticism to conduct. I cannot afford to keep trading so poorly. One of th...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Jun 9, 2011, 12:32 pm
Today was not a good day for me. I over-traded a little, my stops and risk management were weak, and I did not use enough discretion in selecting good trades. I made money yesterday while at the beach, and lost a lot more money today. I clearly have a lot of work to do. ~ Jason Tweet This Post
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Jun 7, 2011, 12:01 am
Sorry I didn’t rip a video today, I was just so drained after my longest day in the business. Early in the day I had a bad string of losses, putting me down somewhere around $400 or so (AMX, CAT, DANG, DV, LO, ITMN) . The early trades were poorly timed and had bad risk-reward setups. I simply over...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Jun 3, 2011, 4:18 pm
Today was a fairly active day for me in the morning, but I stopped trading early, which was probably a very good decision. In the morning I was positioning myself short in a large number of positions. I tweeted that I had the feeling today would test my ability to flip my conviction. Minutes later, ...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Jun 2, 2011, 3:24 pm
I did not really trade today. I stayed out on the town a little later than expected last night and woke up a couple hours late today. After missing the open, I could not see much of a trend in the market anyway. I took five very small trades in stocks that appeared to be trending, so far, four have ...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Jun 1, 2011, 5:21 pm
Today was my most profitable day yet, but I feel like I could have made more money if I traded a little better. However, I managed my risk pretty conservatively today, so I am proud that I did not get too carried away with my positions. Click here to view the embedded video. Thanks for being a par...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - May 31, 2011, 4:14 pm
Today was a weak day for me trading wise. It seemed like all of the names I played refused to stay in nice trends, which is apparently my forte. I need to learn how to play range-bound stocks intraday. In general, there just was not much volume in the market for most of the day. The stocks I played ...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - May 27, 2011, 7:21 pm
So I made some big mistakes in the afternoon again. Because of those mistakes I gave back all of my profits. The video really explains everything I am thinking right now. This weekend will be good for me to really take a step back and review my trading. Click here to view the embedded video. Thank...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - May 26, 2011, 9:13 pm
Today was an interesting day. About half of my trades worked and the other half didn’t. Watch the video for more. Click here to view the embedded video. Thanks for being a part of Swing-High.com. Always trade with a stop loss and manage your risk appropriately. Happy Trading, Jason Tweet Th...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - May 19, 2011, 2:59 pm
Today was a much better day for me than yesterday. I made sure to get a healthy amount of sleep and woke up nice and early. Ate a large breakfast and conducted my pre-market prep. Using SMB Capital’s Stocks in Play service, I identified about ten potential stocks to trade. After the open, I playe...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - May 18, 2011, 10:48 pm
Today was by far my worst trading day to date. I stayed up a bit too late with friends again and was off all morning. Lost many times on calculated stop outs. Made the decision to walk away from my computer around 1pm and not trade anymore. Or so I thought… I ended up revenge trading a stock that...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - May 17, 2011, 3:30 pm
Today was another successful day. I had a trade that was very similar to yesterday’s trade, but about half as profitable. I lost money early again, but flipped my position and rode the trend down. I demonstrated a lack of mental discipline towards the end of the day, coming back to HPQ after being...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - May 16, 2011, 4:16 pm
Today was only my third day trading session of the summer. Last Tuesday was a miserable day for me trading-wise. On Wednesday I drove to New York for the Market Technicians Association Annual Symposium at the New York Stock Exchange. After coming back from a short and losing two day trading week, I ...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - May 16, 2011, 3:39 pm
Last Monday was my first day-trading session of the summer. I made $200 and felt great about getting off to a good start. Tuesday, I was lucky to only lose what I lost. A buddy from who lives in Pittsburgh (I live near Philadelphia) was home for that weekend, and Monday night was one of his last ni...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - May 9, 2011, 4:48 pm
A quick review of my first day trade. Click here to view the embedded video. Thanks for being a part of Swing-High.com. Always trade with a stop loss and manage your risk appropriately! Happy Trading, Jason   Tweet This Post
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - May 6, 2011, 9:24 pm
I am only about a week away from day trading full time, At which point you can expect many more regular updates. For now, here’s a review of my recent trading. Click here to view the embedded video. Click here to view the embedded video. Click here to view the embedded video. Always trade with...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Apr 20, 2011, 5:20 pm
Hello Traders! I’ve been long overdue for another update to the blog. Here you go! Click here to view the embedded video. Click here to view the embedded video. Thanks for being a part of Swing-High.com! Always trade with a stop loss and manage your risk appropriately.   Happy Trading, Jas...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Mar 17, 2011, 5:34 pm
In these three videos, I review the broad market action in the S&P 500 (SPY) and Japanese Markets (EWJ). I also review four recent trades I made in HES (and AEZ), HRC, ICON, and CBPO. There are about 15 minutes of videos in this post, so I will keep my text to a minimum. Enjoy! Click here to view t...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Feb 22, 2011, 1:15 pm
This is a review of a fairly recent trade I made in WRES. At the time it was a swing trade that was geared toward becoming a trend trade. It barely became a trend for me before reversing and stopping me out. Right now I am working on trading on a much shorter time frame, so I analyze this trade from...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Feb 15, 2011, 3:57 pm
This is a quick analysis of SPY. Enjoy Click here to view the embedded video. Always trade with a stop loss and manage your risk appropriately. Happy Trading, Jason Tweet This Post
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Jan 30, 2011, 6:41 pm
I just got back to State College, PA after an amazing Saturday in Charlotte NC. The MTA Southeast Regional Seminar was the best I’ve been to. Amazing speakers and a great reception. I managed to party with Timothy Sykes and Corey Rosenbloom (and get a girl stolen by Tim) among other traders whom I...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Jan 28, 2011, 2:55 pm
This is my first post in a VERY long time. I plan to get back into the swing of things starting in February. I took a mental break from trading last semester while my classes were extremely tough. Now my schedule is lighter and I am ready to make money again. Some exciting things are coming up in t...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Oct 31, 2010, 4:24 pm
Hello traders. In this video I discuss the S&P 500 tracking etf (SPY) and what I think we might see going forward. I also take a minute to look at one of my most profitable trades (so far) in CMG. The last bit of the video I revisit PLCE and my mistake; I dodged a bullet, but it was lucky and I shou...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Oct 7, 2010, 2:03 pm
Here is a critical review of a recent trading mistake. I figure the best way to hammer out my personal set of trading rules is to analyze my mistakes when I deviate from the rules I am trying to establish. Click here to view the embedded video. Lessons learned: Stick to your trading time frame! I...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Sep 30, 2010, 2:28 pm
Hello Traders! It’s been a while since my last video analysis of the markets. I will do my best to be more frequent with these going forward. I have been busy building a technical analysis club here at Penn State. Check out PSU-STA to see what it’s all about! Click here to view the embedded vi...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Aug 25, 2010, 12:44 pm
Hello Traders! I am glad to be back after months of sitting on my hands. I am still sitting on them, but I am here to review the markets while I wait. While the market figures out which direction it wants to go, I be here trying to predict its decision. Stay with me… things could get very interest...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Apr 2, 2010, 2:20 pm
This afternoon I was doing some whimsical research on the term money illusion and stumbled upon this article. I could not find the author’s name, but here is a link to his/her site. There are a bunch of articles on the site and judging by this one on Money and the Illusion of Wealth, they will pro...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Apr 1, 2010, 12:53 pm
Yesterday, CAGC gapped down passed a crucial support line (for this specific trade) and past my stop. Luckily, it traded up to my stop limit price and I got my fill before it closed lower on the day. Today, the broad markets are all up .5% or more and CAGC is dropping about 7%! The verdict: wait for...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Mar 27, 2010, 11:25 am
Click here to view the embedded video. After one very successful trade in CAGC, I am back in it on a pull back play. I expect resistance at 28.77 and 30.75 and the round number of 30. If CAGC makes another bullish set up and breaks above these resistance areas, I will add more. Be careful if you ar...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Mar 27, 2010, 11:16 am
Click here to view the embedded video. This is another long term trade (position trade). My position size starts off very small on these trades, and as they make new highs and new bullish set ups, I add to my position. Thanks for being a part of Swing-High.com! Always trade with a stop loss and ma...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Mar 27, 2010, 11:11 am
Click here to view the embedded video. I have locked in my profits already on this trade. I will add to my position on a high base breakout/ascending triangle breakout if we get one. I expect CMG to run into resistance in the $124 to $130 range. Thanks for being a part of Swing-High.com! Always tr...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Mar 27, 2010, 11:04 am
Click here to view the embedded video. So far, this trade is profitable. Looking for a continuation play on a breakout of the ascending triangle that appears to be forming right now. I will add to my position aggressively if I deem it appropriate. Thanks for being a part of Swing-High.com! Always ...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Mar 27, 2010, 10:59 am
Click here to view the embedded video. Successful swing trade in MED. Got stopped out for no loss or a small gain. Thanks for being a part of Swing-High.com! Always trade with a stop loss and manage your risk appropriately! Happy Trading, Jason Tweet This Post
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Mar 27, 2010, 10:45 am
Click here to view the embedded video. This is a long term trade to say the least. If anything, you can call this one a position trade. Swing trades are usually 2 days to 2 weeks. I personally like trades that are a little longer than average swing trades. Thanks for being a part of Swing-High.com...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Mar 26, 2010, 1:40 pm
If you recall this post, I stated that we had put in a swing low that would last for a while. Well, I could not have been more right. Since I made that call, the S&P has risen 9.3%! During this most recent up leg, I made many successful trades to the long side (CAGC for example). Unfortunately, my s...
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Jason Gordon posted an article on Swing High - Mar 25, 2010, 8:49 am
I know it has been a little over 3 weeks since my last post. I apologize for this. Hopefully I will get a few new posts up by Monday March 29. Thanks for your understanding. Always trade with a stop loss and manage your risk appropriately! Happy Trading, Jason Tweet This Post
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