Daily Report Card
DRC · 2026-09-02
Daily Grade
C
Goals
No small-cap shorts on Day-1 parabolic / halt-and-reopen names unless the tail is bounded — long put, defined-risk spread, or don't play. First Red Day shorts are a separate playbook: allowed in shares with a defined stop.
Aggression
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Reminder
Long-term: The disease — narrative conviction overriding the pre-decided plan — showed up today as refusing to scale at 2:1 because the story felt bigger; sever conviction from execution by treating pre-planned partials as non-negotiable.
Daily Journal
BH
B
closed
— / B
Chart
Entry $394.00
Stop $387.00
Target $401.00
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closed
Notes
Bought the vwap dipped. stop more than LOD but get chopped and stopped out instead.
HTZ
B+
closed
— / C
Chart
Entry $2.29
Stop $2.22
Target $2.50
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closed
Notes
Looking back this is just pure greed that I didn't take my 2:1 risk reward. My plan is to leave it after I buy for 3-5 days to take profit and taking my first stab off at 2.48 near 2.50 whole number. Hopefully tomorrow it doesn't stopped me out but hope is not a strategy
Reflection
What I did well
Nothing in particular
What I learned
Maybe taking account volatility on certain stock not to set it low of the day like BH. and taking profits in HTZ when its 2:1 around 2.43. Definitely a learning lesson I have to carry forward.
Actionable takeaway
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Misc
HTZ Breakout (6.5)
AI Review
BH followed plan and got chopped on a stop wider than LOD — clean process, bad tape (B). HTZ broke plan: skipped the pre-planned 2:1 partial near 2.48/2.50 by his own admission ("pure greed... hope is not a strategy") — no confirmed loss yet, but the process failure is on the record.
- Pre-planned partials are not optional — 2:1 at a whole number is the exact scale-out the edge depends on.
- BH lesson holds: size stop to name volatility, not just to LOD +1 tick.
- Full-risk open book = 5 (VG/AMC/FIVN/GOOGL/HTZ). De-risked runners don't count — heat manageable.
- Standing-goal irrelevant today (both trades were longs, not small-cap parabolic shorts). Clean on that axis.