even though yesterday (fri) seemed like a very volatile day in the indexes .i parameters didn't get hit .. now ... a few did get close ...and maybe back a couple of years ago i may have entered these 'marginal' setups ..but i have learned this raises my probability for loss exponentially .. to reiterate..these days i do not take a lot of trades ..however ..my win/loss probabiity is extremely high.. have a great weekend .. earnings are right around the corner ! --m
well ...its been a bit frustrating to say the least ... haven't been able to bite into anything good this last week .. but during these times ..its better to take a step back and breathe ..then to just trade for the action .. with that being said .. i had nothing yesterday .. and a partial STP trade today ... 10:54:34 Buy 300 STP at 62.32 on ARCA (100 traded @ 62.3200) Executed 11:11:56 Sold 100 STP at 63.170000 with PSE-LR-EINTGA (order 5c32fad3-bb-000t) Completed so i'll take my $85 and trade another day .. again ..earnings are around the corner ..and there will be plenty of great trades to take .. until then .. --mark
just had a decent MATR snack ... in: 11:51:10 SellShort 300 MATR at 28.61 on ARCA (300 traded @ 28.6100) Executed out: 12:01:36 Bought 200 MATR at 27.420000 with PSE-LA-EINTGA (order 5c32fad3-bb-001l) Completed 12:03:11 Bought 100 MATR at 26.880000 with PSE-LA-EINTGA (order 5c32fad3-bb-001n) Completed wanted to short a second lot over 29.50 ...but never got it off .. anyway ..i'll take it ... --m
how many stocks do you screen to come up with the ones you take? congratulations on your success. bgp
do you ever have those days ..where your timing is off ..and things are just not flowing !! well today was one of those days .. probably the main reason was because my data was lagging by 90 sec earlier ..which is never a good thing... anyway ..had 4 trades ... all profitable ..but struggled with some of them ... JASO ins: 10:00:45 Buy 300 JASO at 57.18 on ARCA (300 traded @ 57.1800) Executed 10:15:21 Bought 300 JASO at 55.800000 with PSE-LA-EINTGA (order 5c42fad3-bb-000y) Completed outs: 10:18:58 Sold 300 JASO at 56.720000 with PSE-LA-EINTGA (order 5c42fad3-bb-0011) Completed 10:22:57 Sell 300 JASO at 56.30 on ARCA (300 traded @ 56.4667) Executed POT: ins: 10:41:13 Buy 200 POT at 130.55 on ARCA (200 traded @ 130.2250) Executed 10:42:43 Bought 200 POT at 128.900000 with PSE-LA-EINTGA (order 5c42fad3-bb-001p) Completed outs: 10:47:27 Sold 200 POT at 130.520000 with PSE-LA-EINTGA (order 5c42fad3-bb-001w) Completed 10:54:05 Sold 200 POT at 130.820000 with PSE-LA-EINTGA (order 5c42fad3-bb-0024) Completed MON: (traded the calls) ins: 10:40:44 Bought 5 +MONAA at 5.800000 with KEX (order 5c42fad3-bb-001m) Completed outs: 10:49:32 Sell to Close 5 +MONAA at 6.30 on CITIOPT (5 traded @ 6.3000) Executed FSLR: ins: 10:37:54 Bought 100 FSLR at 185.000000 with PSE-LX-EINTGA (order 5c42fad3-bb-001g) Completed 10:44:04 Bought 100 FSLR at 181.520000 with PSE-LA-EINTGA (order 5c42fad3-bb-001r) Completed 10:49:04 Bought 100 FSLR at 179.810000 with PSE-LR-EINTGA (order 5c42fad3-bb-001y) Completed 10:49:47 Bought 100 FSLR at 178.240000 with PSE-LX-EINTGA (order 5c42fad3-bb-0020) Completed outs: 10:53:43 Sold 200 FSLR at 181.200000 with PSE-LA-EINTGA (order 5c42fad3-bb-0025) Completed 10:57:58 Sell 200 FSLR at 181.82 on ARCA (200 traded @ 181.8200) Executed all in all ... i booked about $900 ... FSLR was a bad trade .. on the first entry ..the chart and lvl II said 183 ..and i got 185 fill (used a mkt order ..big mistake) markets are crazy volatile ..but i believe we trade through 12k and to 11500-11800 ... there is a big low on the dow at 11939 ..this was FEB's (2007) panic low .... we will see ... stay tuned !
Nice work, Mark. But what do you think about the market being pretty resilient today, considering the slew of bad news? Imagine if we only had one fairly okay news, it would have rallied like there's no tomorrow. Thanks, Schaefer
one thing i have learned about the markets is they are random ...they will do what they are gonna do ... but i think 11500-12000 is in the bag ... anyway ... no trades yesterday as i am still on vacation ... and one small YM trade today 11:57:08 Buy 2 /YMH8 at 12073 on CME (2 traded @ 12073.0000) Executed 12:00:43 Sell 2 /YMH8 at 12094 on CME (2 traded @ 12094.0000) Executed going to enjoy the rest of the weekend from beautiful south beach .. have a nice holiday weekend everyone .. --m