Friday, October 14, 2011 12:57:22 PM up late today current plan to trade small moves upwards until potential second peak and then go short and close out 2nd Nov near close. CL 12-11 Buy 1 87.17 10/14/2011 12:51:52 PM CL 12-11 Buy 1 87.13 10/14/2011 12:52:07 PM execution error have two order to sell 1 at 87.18
CL 12-11 Buy 1 87.17 10/14/2011 12:51:52 PM CL 12-11 Buy 1 87.13 10/14/2011 12:52:07 PM CL 12-11 Sell 2 87.12 10/14/2011 1:05:35 PM CL 12-11 Buy 1 86.96 10/14/2011 1:10:02 PM CL 12-11 Sell 1 86.81 10/14/2011 1:10:17 PM Bot 1 at 87.17 @ 12:51 sld 1 at 87.12 @ 13:05 = -0.05 * 1000 = -$50 Bot 1 at 87.13 @ 12:52 sld 1 at 87.12 @ 13:05 = -0.01 * 1000 = -$10 Bot 1 at 86.96 @ 13:10 sld 1 at 86.81 @ 13:10 = -0.15 * 1000 = -$150 -$50-$10-$150 =-$210 oops!
Wave 3 down starts next week, imho. either wednesday or thursday. good to see some old regulars back on. have a nice wknd, y'all.
Great call Usman. I was looking for 87.50 area but all day today got stopped out as CL moved towards the target with lot of back and forth which I am not used to. Today mfbreakout mind set did not help. If you can, can you post a chart to show what method you use for trading and potential targets? Lot of traders were expecting a nice pull back into pit close ( including me) on the premise of profit taking into the weekend. I wish trading was that simple.
--- Day end Summary for: Friday, October 14, 2011 ---- (This is a paper account started with $20,000 on Monday Sep 26, 2011. I follow the margin rules for IB.I try to post my trades in advance when possible and with graphs. I am not reading the thread so if you wish to contact me please do so by PM.) Bot 1 at 87.17 @ 12:51 sld 1 at 87.12 @ 13:05 = -0.05 * 1000 = -$50 Bot 1 at 87.13 @ 12:52 sld 1 at 87.12 @ 13:05 = -0.01 * 1000 = -$10 Bot 1 at 86.96 @ 13:10 sld 1 at 86.81 @ 13:10 = -0.15 * 1000 = -$150 sld 1 at 87.01 @ 13:20 Bot 1 at 87.57 @ 15:00 = -0.56 * 1000 = -$560 Sld 1 Nov at 82.00 @ 12:53 Thursday, October 06 Bot 1 Nov at 87.38 @ close = -5.38 * 1000 = -$5,380 -$50-$10-$150-$550-$5,380=-$5,990 Opening Cash Balance today $20,870 Change in Cash = -$5,990 Closing Cash Balance = $14,880 Holding at the close 2 short contracts: 1 Dec at 84.53 @ 10:04 Thursday, October 13 1 Dec at 86.81 @ 13:10 Friday, October 14 avg = 85.67 Closing Price 87.57 -1.90 * 2,000 = -3,800 Open Equity = -$3,800 Closing Cash Balance $14,880 Net Equity $11,080 ---Weekly Summary Initial Balance $20,000 End of week: 1=$29,190 30 Sept 2=$20,880 07 Oct 3=$11,080 14 Oct
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