Stops too wide and target too high

I don’t know if it’s worsened by the current market conditions and the really high volatility but I really feel like my stops are way too wide and my targets are too high. Look at this chart of a “successful” KTC trade(1), I noticed my stop...

Candidates for 11/19/2007

Here is the list of my candidates for today. I will not trade all of those but will start watching them for short-term reversals. Date Sym L/S Close MA(200) Vol MA(100) Reason 20071116 DCP 20.91 19.39 343024 1 20071116 DPL 29 28.94 931994 1 20071116 DTV 23.87 23.73...

Candidates for 11/16/2007

Here is the list of my candidates for today. I will not trade all of those but will start watching them for short-term reversals. Date Sym L/S Close MA(200) Vol MA(100) Reason 20071115 BGY 16.2 -1.00 310930 1 20071115 CEDC 49.64 37.51 537592 1 20071115 CNQ 72.09 65.25...

Candidates for 11/15/2007

Here is the list of my candidates for today. I will not trade all of those but will start watching them for short-term reversals. Date Sym L/S Close MA(200) Vol MA(100) Reason 20071114 BPHX 16.45 11.74 514391 1 20071114 CNQ 74.39 65.14 1976494 1, 4 20071114 ENZN 9.53...

Candidates for 11/14/2007

Here is the list of my candidates for today. I will not trade all of those but will start watching them for short-term reversals. Date Sym L/S Close MA(200) Vol MA(100) Reason 20071113 ALTI 3.88 3.41 1492440 1 20071113 AUXL 25.28 17.50 397520 1 20071113 BPHX 16.82...