🔴 P&L: -$2.45 December 19, 2025 Trades
Today finished slightly red, but structurally controlled.
The market remained thin and unforgiving, and while risk stayed contained, engagement increased into the open, particularly on AZI. This was a day where discipline prevented damage, but selectivity slipped as I tried to extract more from a fading leader.
SGBX
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3.05 → 3.10
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3.10 → 3.10
NRXS
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3.53 → 3.23
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3.57 → 3.39
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3.51 → 3.36
AZI
Premarket
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2.06 → 2.18
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2.17 → 2.14
Regular Market (Wanted to try…… no harm no foul) – learned that for me edge isn’t there…. may try again sometime, but for now, sticking to the bread and butter (pre-market)
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3.18 → 3.14
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3.12 → 3.06
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3.09 → 3.09
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3.06 → 3.00
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3.09 → 3.03
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3.11 → 3.09
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3.05 → 3.00
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2.99 → 2.87
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2.89 → 2.99
(Several micro-scalps, mixed results, no sustained follow-through)
Trade Breakdown
🔍 Trade-by-Trade Breakdown (Expanded Session)
Trade 1 – SGBX
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Shares: 10
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Result: 🟢 +$0.25
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Grade: B+
Notes:
Clean early prediction pop. Took the base hit and didn’t force continuation.
Trade 2 – NRXS
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Shares: 10
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Result: 🔴 -$1.50
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Grade: C
Notes:
First NRXS attempt. Momentum already weakening. Should have been more selective.
Trade 3 – AZI (Premarket)
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Shares: 10
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Result: 🟢 +$0.60
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Grade: B+
Notes:
Best read of the day. Bought ~2.06, sold into 2.18. Looked like short covering. Clean execution.
Trade 4 – AZI (Premarket)
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Shares: 10
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Result: 🔴 -$0.15
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Grade: C+
Notes:
Re-entry after the main move. Exit was fast and controlled, but edge had already decayed.
Trade 5 – NRXS
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Shares: 20
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Result: 🔴 -$1.65
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Grade: C-
Notes:
Over-engagement. This was the danger zone. The win here was stopping before this turned into revenge trading.
Trades 6–12 – AZI (Regular Market Attempts)
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Shares: 5–20 (micro size throughout)
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Result: Mixed → net slightly negative
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Grade: C / C-
Notes:
AZI was the premarket leader, so I attempted to work it into the open. While individual executions were fine, the stock never offered clean continuation. These trades were more exploratory than edge-driven. Size stayed small, but trade count crept higher than ideal.
Market Context
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Premarket volume light
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Weak open follow-through
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Former gappers faded quickly
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Breakouts failed or stalled
This was not a market built for persistence — it was a capital preservation environment. Not a day to take any risk at all... which is what I managed to do.. didn't take any 50 share size positions...
Execution Notes
What Went Right
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Size stayed small across all attempts
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Losses remained contained
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No emotional escalation
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I stopped before spiraling (especially on NRXS)
What Went Wrong
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Re-engaged AZI too many times
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Tried to “make it work” after edge faded
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Ignored initial instinct to stay mostly sidelined
Core Takeaway
Today reinforced that being right early doesn’t justify staying engaged late.
The biggest win was protecting capital and emotional capital, even as engagement increased. Compared to past similar days, this would have easily turned into a much larger red — it didn’t.
Lesson of the Day
Leaders don’t owe continuation.
When a stock transitions from premarket strength into a weak open, curiosity must not override selectivity.
Rule Reinforcement
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Premarket leader ≠ open-session edge
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One clean win does not justify multiple re-tries
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Exploration requires even smaller size
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Stop trading when information stops improving
Scorecard
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Market Read: B
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Execution: C
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Risk Control: A
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Emotional Awareness: B+
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Emotional Execution: B
Overall Grade: B-
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