Daily Journal · Q2 2026
cutting PLUG for -$171
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-$171
realized this session · running total since April below
-$171, nearly all of it Plug Power.
PLUG didn't work
I sold all 600 shares of PLUG at $2.50 against the $2.79 I'd paid on June 17, a loss of -$171 or roughly 10%. Eight days, one direction, cut it.
I also sold the 250 SPCE shares I'd bought the previous day at essentially breakeven — down thirty-two cents in total.
The pattern by now is obvious
Six sessions into the post-DAIC stretch and the shape is unmistakable: the trades that made money were the ones I sat on, and the trades losing money are the ones I entered and exited within days of each other. I was trading more and earning less with each passing week.
My April self bought a stock and waited six weeks. My late-June self couldn't hold anything for eight days without cutting it. Same account, same person, worse results.
Running total: +$4,839.
Disclaimer: This is a personal trading journal documenting my own trades and opinions. It is not financial or investment advice, and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Day trading, swing trading, and micro-cap stocks carry a high risk of loss, and most active traders lose money. Figures are reconstructed from my brokerage statement on an average-cost basis, net of fees. See the full disclaimer.