Playing the long side in the morning when the S&P's were under pressure, then: Shorting the bonds everytime the S&P caught a good bid, especially after the Bonds closed in Chicago's Pit Trading Session.
caught me by surprise as well. started around 3:15PM on a Friday!!! who would have thought. was thinking it would just lay steady to the close. and to think i had my biggest position today long in the ES. i was selling way too early. left so much money on the table. argh!
Same here...WTF was up with that...I shorted twice in the 1025+ area and just got stopped out. Should've just stayed out since I didn't have time to trade in the afternoon -Fast
Totally expected that the market would turn at exactly 9515/9498 since it was announced on 22 October see Is it that the protection team has somehow a similar model than mine or vice versa . http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23730&perpage=6&pagenumber=3
next time... i will hold at least half of my position for the whole move can't do anything about today now. good day nevertheless.
2BC All the way! After feeding only on small mammals all afternoon. Finally got some meat to eat! http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21684&perpage=6&pagenumber=79 This chart reminds me of the Jan 2000 Alan Greenspan days! The poor & unsuspecting wondered into the lare of the BEAST!
Today was the perfect way to lose for me... Worst day in a while, and a few of you know how bad they can get for me. There is always the next week. PS. For some reason the morning kicked my ass.
Love these days! I called the selloff and the rally yet still managed to f**k up.....and with 40 lots!.....sometimes the best lessons are from these days.....and it's especially a great day cause I can come back and do it again Monday! Never lose your respect for how the market can Humble you!