Today is going to be tough FOR TRADES

Discussion in 'Trading' started by NY_HOOD, Sep 8, 2008.

  1. S2007S

    S2007S

    wow, just sold my TWM PUT A Limit order in to sell at 65.75 and it took at $65.92


    :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
     
    #11     Sep 8, 2008
  2. Shorting has been great, but some of the short covering squeezes have been very quick.
     
    #12     Sep 8, 2008
  3. Dustin

    Dustin

    When can we start trading?
     
    #13     Sep 8, 2008
  4. JamesJ

    JamesJ

    what the heck are you talking about...
    it's daytraders paradise, not in the indexes but fannie and freddie and the financials...
     
    #14     Sep 8, 2008
  5. JamesJ

    JamesJ

    explanation: first idea was to trade divergences in fre/fnm.. sort of a pseudo arbitrage... but with the momentum coming up i decided to close that trade for a loss and jump on the train

    profit after commission: 4800$.
    max position size 15'000

    SLD 2000 FRE 1.000 15:32:54
    BOT 2000 FRE 1.020 15:34:37
    SLD 2000 FRE 1.020 15:35:04
    SLD 1000 FRE 1.070 15:35:28
    SLD 1000 FRE 1.070 15:35:32
    SLD 1000 FRE 1.070 15:35:37
    SLD 1000 FRE 1.08 15:35:43
    BOT 6000 FNM 1.070 15:36:10
    SLD 2000 FRE 1.13 15:36:34
    BOT 2000 FNM 1.070 15:36:37
    SLD 2000 FRE 1.19 15:37:03
    BOT 2000 FNM 1.060 15:37:54
    BOT 10000 FRE 1.326 15:39:43
    BOT 10000 FRE 1.380 15:40:01
    SLD 5000 FNM 1.336 15:40:44
    BOT 5000 FRE 1.510 15:41:53
    SLD 5000 FRE 1.55 15:43:29
    SLD 5000 FRE 2.140 15:46:05
    SLD 5000 FRE 1.430 15:48:42
    SLD 5000 FNM 1.39 15:48:53
    SLD 2000 FNM 1.35 15:55:53
    BOT 1000 FNM 1.26 15:57:54
    BOT 1000 FNM 1.260 15:58:03
    BOT 2000 FNM 1.350 16:05:34
    BOT 3000 FNM 1.360 16:06:19
    SLD 5000 FNM 1.391 16:07:17
     
    #15     Sep 8, 2008
  6. Free markets aren't soaring...
    US markets are...
     
    #16     Sep 8, 2008