E-mini Rookie Trading Journal

Globex for the ES and Nq's, the cash are indices and standard in any feed.

 

So just to clarify:

The Nasdaq 100 CASH index and the SP500 CASH index should/would both be included in a Globex subscription?

Thanks.

 

Bronks, nljones,

I'm not looking for your secret move, but your journals would be more interesting if you added a bit of flavor as to how you trade and what leads you to enter/exit.

 

you can trade without charts bronks? very interesting. just looking at price? do you look at ask/bid and times and sales or something? very interesting...

 

aaa, sadly, I am without a system. I just look at the CNBC ticker and if the S&P, dow and nas are going up I go long, if they're going down I go short. If they're doing neither or they're mixed I should just sit here, but often times (too often) I just guess, which is lot worse than waiting for the market to move one way or the other. I hope this post doesn't subject me to excessive ridicule, but thinking too much always gets me in trouble.

 

nljones, dude are you serious? if so, well let me be the first to ask- how have you been doing trding this strategy??? and how long you've been doing this?

maybe we should move this to another thread, bronks has a good thing going. start a new thread with trading using CNBC.

 

Not with Interactive Brokers quote feed. IB gets their cash index quotes from the CBOE. So you have to subscribe to their equities quotes with includes OPRA(CBOE).

When IB's support person told me this I thought he was messing around.

 

FUTURES TRADES
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Trade Time Exchange Description Qty Trade Price Set
Price Gain/Loss *
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02-06-04 10:33:59 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 -1 1158.0000
1181.0000 -460.00
02-06-04 10:37:09 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 1 1160.0000
1181.0000 420.00
02-06-04 10:41:46 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 -1 1154.5000
1181.0000 -530.00
02-06-04 11:02:48 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 1 1163.0000
1181.0000 360.00
02-06-04 11:13:38 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 -1 1167.5000
1181.0000 -270.00
02-06-04 11:15:49 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 1 1165.0000
1181.0000 320.00
02-06-04 11:20:31 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 -1 1159.5000
1181.0000 -430.00
02-06-04 11:22:10 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 1 1162.5000
1181.0000 370.00
02-06-04 11:26:12 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 -1 1159.5000
1181.0000 -430.00
02-06-04 11:30:30 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 1 1158.5000
1181.0000 450.00
02-06-04 11:33:39 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 -1 1158.5000
1181.0000 -450.00
02-06-04 11:36:25 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 1 1160.0000
1181.0000 420.00
02-06-04 12:03:30 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 1 1164.0000
1181.0000 340.00
02-06-04 12:08:22 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 -1 1163.5000
1181.0000 -350.00
02-06-04 12:29:07 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 -1 1158.5000
1181.0000 -450.00
02-06-04 12:32:29 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 1 1157.5000
1181.0000 470.00
02-06-04 12:44:55 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 -1 1156.5000
1181.0000 -490.00
02-06-04 12:47:44 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 1 1152.5000
1181.0000 570.00
02-06-04 12:55:17 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 -1 1152.5000
1181.0000 -570.00
02-06-04 12:57:23 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 1 1153.0000
1181.0000 560.00
02-06-04 13:32:24 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 1 1164.0000
1181.0000 340.00
02-06-04 13:34:22 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 -1 1169.5000
1181.0000 -230.00
02-06-04 13:47:35 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 1 1177.0000
1181.0000 80.00
02-06-04 13:48:29 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 -1 1175.5000
1181.0000 -110.00
02-06-04 13:51:57 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 1 1178.5000
1181.0000 50.00
02-06-04 13:56:28 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 -1 1177.5000
1181.0000 -70.00
02-06-04 14:12:24 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 1 1179.5000
1181.0000 30.00
02-06-04 14:14:58 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 -1 1182.0000
1181.0000 20.00
02-06-04 14:28:53 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 1 1191.0000
1181.0000 -200.00
02-06-04 14:30:30 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 -1 1192.5000
1181.0000 230.00
02-06-04 14:49:52 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 1 1191.0000
1181.0000 -200.00
02-06-04 14:53:25 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 -1 1188.5000
1181.0000 150.00
02-06-04 15:11:53 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 -1 1176.0000
1181.0000 -100.00
02-06-04 15:16:01 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 1 1170.0000
1181.0000 220.00
02-06-04 15:27:48 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 -1 1168.0000
1181.0000 -260.00
02-06-04 15:30:32 GLOBEX NQ JUN02 1 1160.5000
1181.0000 410.00
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0
210.00


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USD
Total: 210.00


FUTURES GAIN/LOSS SUMMARY
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Gain/Loss From Futures Trades
210.00


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USD Total:
210.00


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ACCOUNT STATUS
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USD
Starting cash balance 5733.60
Settled: 5733.60
Cash deposits/withdrawals 0.00
Total Futures Gain/Loss 210.00
Total Commissions -86.40
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==> Ending cash balance 5857.20
Settled: 5857.20


Open options value 0.00

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==> Total Equity 5857.20

 

Default limit.

Far be it for me to give any advice since I'm a newbie also, but I feel persistence is paramount in any endeavor. Trading included. Good luck.

 

AAA and Sunny, I'll go into detail after I get back from dinner.