SessionWednesday, August 19, 2026· 1h 12mMembers only

A DELL long and an Apple reversal carried the morning

Our desk spent most of the first hour waiting on a 30-second trigger in DELL that kept not arriving, took an Apple short in the meantime that stopped over the highs, then got the DELL entry it wanted and scaled out in four pieces on the way up. Apple was later worked from the long side once it crossed, with halves and quarters taken into the move and the stop moved to break even rather than guessing at the top. Earlier stops in INTC and PLTR were re-entered at pre-defined levels rather than chased.

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The morning in figures

Trade ideas (11 legs)

57.1%

Win rate (trades)

4 / 0 / 3

Win / flat / loss (trades)

+3.50

Net points / share

+0.80%

ROCE

Net points are per share. Apply your own size to get your own number: at 1,000 shares, 3.50 points is $3,500.00. At 100 shares it is $350.00. At one share it is $3.50. The desk publishes the move, not a dollar result, because the dollars depend entirely on how you size, and that is your decision rather than ours.

Every trade called that morning

Losers included. Rows with more than one leg were scaled out; open any row to see each exit.

Said on the day

Waiting for your own trigger in a wide-spread name is a position decision, not indecision.

Scaling out in pieces and trailing the stop behind each exit keeps a good trade from becoming a round trip.

A stop taken over the highs on a failed thesis is cheap; arguing with it is not.

Re-entering at the same size on the next signal is different from chasing — decide which one you're doing before you click.

Changing your mind about a name you'd written off is fine if the entry is defined; "no levels" means no trade, not never.

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