Thank you...it's just that I got some beginner's luck from last week and thought the advice of this site like gospel.  Of course, there is no promise in life and no free lunch.  I am learning the hard way today.  Only the market god knows where the market goes.  The key is to have structure in one's trading.  I don't have stop loss or profit target in place whenever I make a trade.  I just thought to ride the trend.  For a day like today where the trend didn't show itself for a long while, it's hard.  Maybe for a day like this, I will not trade or trade for small small profits, instead of thinking to ride the leveraged ETFs for significant gains.  These 3X products can be your best friends and can be your worst enemies, too.