Had 3 separate FEYE trades today: 1 intentional, 1 inadvertent, and the 3rd to offset the damage of the unintentional. This was the 1st & intentional of the 3. While trying to place an OCO order on TOS so I can tend to work and not be tethered to the computer, or, have to close positions before maximum movement, the OCO order got fubar'd and instead of having a sell at target or sell at stop, it closed the short position by covering the 700 shares at the current price. Not only did it create a loss on the short, it also took me long by buying 700 to open. Very ticked. All said and done, I managed to close out of the long with a minimal loss, and then waited for another opportunity to open a short position, which did negate the loss and turned a profit of $194. Lesson? Practice or make sure i know what i'm doing before executing OCO and automated orders.
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