Don's openings and more for 2005

Discussion in 'Journals' started by Don Bright, Jan 3, 2005.

  1. all of those questions have been answered dozens of times. all you have to do is read the threads.
     
    #1341     Dec 8, 2005
  2. Moreagr

    Moreagr

    thanks don and shreddog!! i have to start out by doing 100 or 200 to start out with

    yeah GE is really thick you be luck to get a dime or two out of it.

    oh BTW Don is your platform automated to have your calulations done and orders placed minutes before the open?

    i'll have to stop by your booth for the expo
     
    #1342     Dec 9, 2005
  3. 1. One, two, or three letters in the stock symbol, large cap.
    2. Determine estimated opening price based on futures - FV.
    3. Envelope that price.

    We do trade all day....this is just a good way to start the morning with an uptick (usually, LOL).

    It is just plain stupid to not trade during the first hour and the last hour of the day....(sorry to sound rude, but even my friends st Schonfeld saw the light a number of years ago).

    Don
     
    #1343     Dec 9, 2005
  4. We have several automated programs that we use, with various levels of sophistication.

    See you at the Expo...join us for our Christmas party...

    www.stocktrading.com/party2005.html

    Don
     
    #1344     Dec 9, 2005
  5. Dedupe

    Dedupe

    I was stupid today... i forgot to update the closing price for WYE and it went straight up after opened, and of coz i got filled at the worst price since my closing price wasn't being updated.
    Got filled short at 43.61, it went straight up to 44.00... wut a stupid mistake to make :(

    Anyway, here is the result:

    17 Stocks/ 34 Orders, 4 fills

    Winner: CVS (Long 10 cents), KO (Long 11 cents), SLE (Short 2 cents)
    Loser: WYE (Short 19 cents) !!!!

    i will be more careful next week.
     
    #1345     Dec 9, 2005
  6. Something fishy went on today....10 fills all short 7 losers 3 winners... -2100 :( worst opening orders ever...had a .5 envelope...you can bet that envelope is moving to .7 now
     
    #1346     Dec 9, 2005
  7. mnx

    mnx

    3 fills 1000 shares each on 77 stocks (154 orders....)

    LUV long
    HLT long
    AES Short

    total net $245.

    LUV and AES were winners... HLT was a scratch...

    until monday...

    mnx
     
    #1347     Dec 9, 2005
  8. No fills again today...with a .4 envelope.....missed HPQ by 2 cents, bummer....

    I am working on the "next level" spreadsheet and will start adding layers next week...should be going full bore by Jan 2.

    Don
     
    #1348     Dec 9, 2005
  9. question for people that do over, say, 20 stocks. how do you track them all if most of them get filled? do you have automated routines to close them out? thx.
     
    #1349     Dec 9, 2005
  10. I close them out manually. The stocks i am in i can see in my position monitor box and it tells me how much I am up or down in each specific stock. My basket of stocks is 18 stocks
     
    #1350     Dec 9, 2005