Hey Guys,
The market is starting the morning on a good foot, with the S&P up 30 points. It's still down overall from where it had been a few weeks ago.
Today is election day, and the market could make strong moves in either direction today, overnight, and throughout the rest of the week. Even if the market makes wild fluctuations overnight, I don't have to pay any attention to it because I'm just going to stick to my trading plan like always. It's worth noting that I'm comfortable with the risk involved, but if you don't want to expose yourself to the potential market volatility, you can considering closing or minimizing your positions.
I had two positions reach profit targets this morning. My stock position for RCL already hit its profit target just one day after entering the trade. And my option position for KMI reached its profit target, too.
I took on two new positions this morning. I bought a stock position for GLW in the stocks account, and I bought an option position for GLW in the options account. It was weird at the opening bell because none of my buy orders got filled right away, even though some clearly met the criteria for being filled. It took a couple minutes before my system started filling my orders. From my experience, no matter which trading platform you use, it's inevitable that delays like that occur every once in a while.
If you have any questions or feedback, I'd love to hear from you.