Daily Report Card
DRC · 2026-08-17
Daily Grade
B
Goals
No small-cap shorts unless the tail is bounded — long put, defined-risk spread, or don't play.
Aggression
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Reminder
Long-term: Conviction-size link (§2 disease) is quiet — keep it quiet: when the tape gives you a story you love, size DOWN not up.
Daily Journal
AMZN
B
closed
C / B
Chart
Entry $261.57
Stop $260.50
Target $265.85
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closed
Notes
This is such a sloppy execution....First try was a 5-min bar break, I'm okay to lose small on it. What I did wrong was accidentally pressing the short button that sell my entire position. Now I'm scrambling to get back all my shares at a decent price. Stopped out in the end for a small loss.
RKLB
B+
closed
— / B
Chart
Entry $83.78
Stop $80.00
Target $91.34
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closed
Notes
This one is just standard swing trade. I'm thinking to take account the volatility of the stock ADR% in my swing. How do I quantify how much percentage it has move within a day in trading view and how much more it could move.
IBKR
B+
closed
C / B
Chart
Entry $93.00
Stop $90.00
Target $99.00
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closed
Notes
This is the one that makes me think I just stopped out and the stock reverses back to high. As if its so bad that I think if I took account the volatility part I wouldn't get stopped out.
Reflection
What I did well
Nothing.
What I learned
I need to be aware not to press other shortcut keys. AMZN was a fat finger mistake. It shouldn't happen again. I sold my shares because of it. I really want to buy it back. IBKR is the one that got away. It just stopped me out at the low then rips higher. Kinda ass move. I hate this kind of move. It makes me question should I even put my stop near LOD. I even have padding out of it. Maybe I should take account the volatility.
Actionable takeaway
Studying whether ATR/ADR stops for my swing entry. I don't like getting stopped out on stocks that I want to be part with if my thesis is not invalidated. If my thesis is invalidated and its a fail setup then I'm fine. I'm thinking how could I find a way to curb that little volatility.
Misc
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AI Review
Three named-setup swings, catalysts B / B+, plan followed on both closed trades. AMZN was mechanical (fat-finger short hotkey), IBKR was a textbook stop-run reversal — process intact on both, losses small. Standing goal held: zero small-cap shorts.
- Fix the hotkey: unbind/relocate the short key before next session — mechanical loss = mechanical fix, not a discipline issue.
- IBKR stop-then-rip is data, not a verdict. ATR/ADR-based stop study is legit R&D — spec it on paper before changing live rules.
- Losing streak 4, aggression 4 — narrow, not quit. A/A+ setups only until the streak breaks; skip B-grade adds.
- 'Did well: nothing' undersells it — plan-followed losses ARE the edge. Log that separately from P&L.