Opening Orders - 2008

Discussion in 'Journals' started by Don Bright, Jan 3, 2008.

  1. gehko

    gehko

    Quickest day since starting the new system.

    21 candidates / 1 block

    19 winners / 1 loser

    18 auto close / 2 manual

    $3130.00
     
    #611     May 8, 2008
  2. Wow! Are you still paper trading?
     
    #612     May 8, 2008
  3. dealmaker

    dealmaker

    1 fill, short $59.
     
    #613     May 8, 2008
  4. Got my ass handed to me today, -900. CSX the culprit.
     
    #614     May 8, 2008
  5. EMZ

    EMZ

    2 fills, 2 shorts, 1 win, 1 scratch, 5.5c/s avg
     
    #615     May 8, 2008
  6. gehko

    gehko

    Yes. I am going to paper trading the whole month of May to get a feel for slippage and fill probabilities. Depending on how May goes and the statistics I collect i will most likely paper trade June as well.

     
    #616     May 8, 2008
  7. DonKee

    DonKee

    Why not just trade it using 100 shares? It would be very hard to lose much money in the aggregate on 100 share lots.

    That will give you a realistic "feel". Paper trading this strategy may lead to a false sense of either security or anxiety that may be completely unfounded in reality.
     
    #617     May 8, 2008
  8. rwk

    rwk

    That was my conclusion. It is hard to identify the 'real' NYSE open price, and harder still to know where I would exit the trades. Trading with a 100-share cap gives me plenty of 'action' without doing any serious damage to my financial well-being. I haven't yet decided how long to keep the cap in place, but taking it off last month turned out to be an expensive mistake.
     
    #618     May 8, 2008
  9. 4 fills / 4800 shares

    3 short / 1 long / +563.00
     
    #619     May 8, 2008
  10. 1 long fill on a smaller position but it was a good one, +750, 1000 shares
     
    #620     May 8, 2008