Short Position in HOG This morning as I was running through my trend following screener, I found Harley Davidson. What I saw was not good. After reporting an extremely disappointing earnings seasons, HOG started its downfall yesterday. It's interesting because for the first time I'm shorting a company that emotionally I like. This is a good learning lesson. It is helping me remove emotions completely from my trading, and I like that. On the weekly chart, this weeks candlestick bar is trending lower than the 200 MA.
I wouldn't be surprised to see some pullback from this selloff, however the earnings are indeed that badly, and on a macro perspective, I have a feeling many companies will fall the way of HOG in terms of earnings reports, but that is for a longer idea back on my website.
I entered at 55.80 and put a stop at 56. Yes its super tight, but due to my emotions before the trade, I wanted to trim my stops and I only used 0.5% of my trading capital on this trade. Trying to learn when to pare back due to emotions before the trade.
All the best,
RC
