I just cut loss this morning also, i queued to buy 1500 lots of a call warrant around 8:10:58 am this morning by using my smartphone and then i was away until 10am sth.
Unfortunately, i dont know whether it was my smartphone's error or what, i queued 1500 lots for one time* only, but in the end i found that i got two 1500 lots orders matched in my order status where the time between the queuing of the two orders was only 1 s (the second order was queued at 8:10:59).
Same as the author of this article, it did not follow what i planned before queuing the order, my cut loss principle is to cut loss when i speculate once the price falls more than 10% from the price i bought. But i didnt cut loss this time when the price of the call warrant fell because the loss was 2x worse than what i expected in the worst case scenario.
I begun to hope for the rebound but it didnt happen like what i hoped, the stock continues to fall and the paper loss became 30% in the afternoon(12.30pm). While having my lunch, i was thinking that whether i should cut loss or continue to wait for a rebound. The 30% loss(4.5k) is quite a lot to me since i am just a student.
In the end, i managed to cut loss at 20% loss(3k). Lesson learnt, I should not and will not trade again by using my smartphone when i got no time to monitor my trade.
This refresh my memory on K1 & Frontkn. When it started sharp falls it suppose to immediate cut loss. For anyone didn't take quick action and hold till now, really big disaster!
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Posted by kakashit > 2015-06-18 00:16 | Report Abuse
ta is only for smart alex