Trading Order Mistake
August 31st, 2006Have you ever placed a buy order when you were supposed to place a buy to cover order? My short position in GES hit my trailing stop just now and I realized that I made this exact mistake.
It took me a few seconds to figure out what the heck I had done! I was on the phone when I was putting my stop in, so I’m sure that had something to do with it. Whatever the reason, this was a wake up call for me. I’ve always heard about how easy it is to screw up an order, but this is the first that I can remember. Luckily no damage was done. My broker negated the positions and everything is exactly the same as if I entered the order correctly to begin with.
I guess this is another reason I should have taken today off. Is there wind in anybody’s trading sail today? 
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Michael Said,
August 31, 2006 @ 7:02 pm
A nice thing about CyberTrader… you just enter an order to close your position. The software figures it out.
Dave Said,
September 1, 2006 @ 5:06 am
That is nice, Mike. Good to know.
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