Huge day of trading. In fact, it was our best day in month. We were just short of pulling three points out of the market.

What lessons can we take away from today? First, remember that profits are not evenly distributed. It's unlikely that Thursday will be a similar day of trading. Second, you need these big days to be a profitable trader over the entire year. Days like today are necessary to offset losing days. Third, don't shut down for the day because the morning exceeded your expectations. It's natural to be wary of giving back your gains, but feasting on big days will get you through the famines.

BK LONG 30.01 30.04 $0.03 Trail hit.
COP LONG 62.31 62.18 $(0.13)
COP LONG 62.31 62.39 $0.08 Trail hit.
CPB LONG 47.56 48.09 $0.53
CVS LONG 59.86 60.63 $0.77
DFS LONG 47.08 47.46 $0.38
HON LONG 78.73 79.36 $0.63 Trail hit.
MET LONG 42.36 42.84 $0.48 Trail hit.
STT LONG 63.13 63.31 $0.18 Trail hit.
WDR LONG 46.24 46.24 $- Exit end of day.
ESRX LONG 61.21 61.19 $0.02 Trail hit.

Total of $2.97 per share. Multiply average share size to estimate gross earnings. 1000 shares per trade would be $2,970 gross earnings for the day.

Wide-range bar setups for the next trading day. The day trade setup is only good for the upcoming trading session.

Entries, targets, and stops are based on the day's likely inflection points, and natural support and resistance. Avoid trade until bid/ask spread narrows.

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Bullish Long-Side Setups

AIZ Assurant Inc
AL Air Lease Corporation
ARW Arrow Electronics
AVT Avnet, Inc
AVY Avery Dennison Corp
AWAY HomeAway Inc
BBBY Bed Bath & Beyond
BEAV B/E Aerospace
CCE Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc
COL Rockwell Collins
DLTR Dollar Tree Inc
DO Diamond Offshore Drilling
DPS Dr Pepper Snapple Grp Inc
EMN Eastman Chemical
FBHS Fortune Brands Home & Security
FDO Family Dollar Stores
FFIV F5 Networks
HCN Health Care Reit
HON Honeywell Intl
INTU Intuit Inc
JEC Jacobs Engr Group
KBR KBR Inc
MOLX Molex Inc
MYL Mylan Inc
NOC Northrop Grumman
NOV National Oilwell Varco Inc
O Realty Income
PCAR PACCAR Inc
PCL Plum Creek Timber
PNR Pentair Inc
RHI Robert Half Intl
SLCA US Silica Holdings Inc
TRN Trinity Industries
TROW T.Rowe Price Group
VIAB Viacom Inc Cl 'B'
WMT Wal-Mart Stores

Bearish Short-Side Setups

ARIA Ariad Pharmaceuticals
BVN Comp De Minas Buenaventura ADS
BZH Beazer Homes USA
VIPS Vipshop Holdings Ltd
YELP Yelp Inc

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