Recent Content by Bob Jackson

  1. E-mini Surfer

    A loss of $130 w/commissions. I'm gonna need to start going long once in awhile...for some reason I'm fixated on the short-side. Tried to go...
    Post by: Bob Jackson, Nov 20, 2002 in forum: Journals

  2. E-mini Surfer

    A loss of $175 w/commissions. I missed the morning session; tried to go short twice, right close to noontime, at 897, and then at 899. Stopped out...
    Post by: Bob Jackson, Nov 19, 2002 in forum: Journals

  3. E-mini Surfer

    It wasn't the complete downside wipeout I was hoping for, but I'll take it. Looked for a gap-up at the open and got it. Went short with 4 SP-emini...
    Post by: Bob Jackson, Nov 18, 2002 in forum: Journals

  4. E-mini Surfer

    Another not-so-great day. A loss of about $322, including commissions. I wound up covering my $2-Dow short overnight - woke at 4:30AM, saw the SPs...
    Post by: Bob Jackson, Nov 15, 2002 in forum: Journals

  5. E-mini Surfer

    Finished today with a total loss of about $230, including commissions. I did violate my own trading rules on not trying to trade against the...
    Post by: Bob Jackson, Nov 14, 2002 in forum: Journals

  6. E-mini Surfer

    Went long today on the $2 Dow, at 9:45, it looked like a move higher was setting up ahead of the Greenspan comments hitting the wires. The market...
    Post by: Bob Jackson, Nov 13, 2002 in forum: Journals

  7. E-mini Surfer

    John Q - To answer your question (not sure if its rhetorical or serious) - I don't care who I lose it to. Its a zero-sum game, so someone's...
    Post by: Bob Jackson, Nov 13, 2002 in forum: Journals

  8. E-mini Surfer

    No trades on Tuesday.
    Post by: Bob Jackson, Nov 13, 2002 in forum: Journals

  9. E-mini Surfer

    Oh how I wish I'd kept that Dow short contract over the weekend! Granted, I thought the bias would be to the upside on Vets Day. At any rate, I...
    Post by: Bob Jackson, Nov 12, 2002 in forum: Journals

  10. E-mini Surfer

    Closed out yesterday's $2 Dow short-sale at 8517 for a net overall gain of about $306 w/o commissions. The indexes basically went flat after 11AM...
    Post by: Bob Jackson, Nov 8, 2002 in forum: Journals

  11. E-mini Surfer

    Thanks Dottom, I'll consider it. Went short at 8670 this morning, in the pre-open, on the $2 Dow futures. My main reason for doing so was no...
    Post by: Bob Jackson, Nov 7, 2002 in forum: Journals

  12. E-mini Surfer

    A loss today of about $330. Went short with one SP-emini this morning at 914, betting on further downside. Closed with a stoploss of $62.50....
    Post by: Bob Jackson, Nov 6, 2002 in forum: Journals

  13. E-mini Surfer

    Once again, no trades amid generally slow, light-volume 'bouncy' conditions.
    Post by: Bob Jackson, Nov 5, 2002 in forum: Journals

  14. E-mini Surfer

    No trades today. I elected not to play the open. U/D + TRIN were way too strong to bother going short. I thought I might have a shot at a good...
    Post by: Bob Jackson, Nov 4, 2002 in forum: Journals

  15. E-mini Surfer

    No trades today, Friday. There was one good play at 10:30am, from 830 to 890+. I saw it happen, but never entered a trade. I admit to being a bit...
    Post by: Bob Jackson, Nov 1, 2002 in forum: Journals