List your best Single Trade of Year 2006

Discussion in 'Trading' started by novais, Nov 21, 2006.

  1. bought knot for $25.00

    sold @ $25.40 $25.70 $25.85 $27.50

    recent trade (today), not best trade
    can't remember best trade for 2006, probably short homebuilders KBH

    made out like $10k on that trade.
     
    #11     Nov 21, 2006
  2. I traded a forty year old wife in for two twenty year old girlfriends!:D
     
    #12     Nov 21, 2006
  3. Bravo!! :D
     
    #13     Nov 21, 2006
  4. Shorted GOOG 380 straddle for 13 on expiration Friday at 1pm. Covered the trade at market for 0.5 at close. Not too shabby for 3 hours of work.
     
    #14     Nov 21, 2006
  5. Thankyou ....thanyou very very much. The pair are working out better than my favorite currency trade.....could be cause they are both EUR born and bread...lol :p
     
    #15     Nov 21, 2006
  6. I bought 200 shares of Dna when the got bought out. Funny thing was I was shorting it everyday till that day. Kind of nuts I even covered my short that morning.
     
    #16     Nov 21, 2006
  7. equities -
    Bought TGE on march 27th at 9.24, sold may 10th for 14.35 for about a 70% gain.
    -Back when I use to be a breakout trader

    Futs-
    Short YM premarket Oct. 26 at 12220 with a 12pt stop. 1221 was the high tick. Rode it down for a week scaling out on different waves until finally covering all runners at 12049 on Nov.11 170 total points
    -Climatic symmetrical 5 wave move top with many other CF's all in that area.
     
    #17     Nov 21, 2006
  8. Australian SPI200 futures.

    Sold near close of 12/5 (or 5/12 for u americans) at 5320
    reason: 2 bar island reversal after breaking resistance

    cover at 4890 on 15/6/2006.
    Reason: 3 bar reversal on heavy volume after breaking resistance.

    430pts at 25 per point per contract over 5 contracts. :D 53k for my troubles
     
    #18     Nov 21, 2006
  9. Tuneman

    Tuneman

    there's an investment that pays serious dividends...
     
    #19     Nov 22, 2006
  10. "u know what the greatest thing about turning 36 is?"

    "what"?

    "i can finally legally screw chicks half my age"

    :D
     
    #20     Nov 22, 2006