do you trade commission free? 1 cent is sure loss, unless you trade huge size. Even with IB roundturn will cost you 2 cents for first 500 shares, and 1 cent for the rest. so you do lose $5 on this trade. Unless there are was 0.2% cap in 2003
No problem! count this trade as a loss! update: date: 29-Sep-04 SINCE INCEPTION (11-04-2003) 29 trades (21+ , 1. ISSI => +5% 2. CGNX => +2% 3. ISSI => +1% 4. YRK => -1% <= LOSS 5. SAY => +0.4% 6. PXLW => -1% <= LOSS 7. GES => +0.4% 8. AMX => +4.5% 9.AEIS => +0.8% 10.PCLN => +2.3% 11.ARO => -0.1% <= LOSS 12.ARO => -1.4% <= LOSS 13.GPS => +2% 14.AMX => +1% 15.XMSR => +5.3% 16.LF => +0.3% 17.IDT => +3.7% 18.IVGN => +0.1% 19.WMAR => -0.3% <= LOSS 20.PD => +0.2% 21.AA => -0.6% <= LOSS 22.INFY => +4% 23.IVGN => +0.5% 24.AET => +1% 25.WLS => + 4% 26.GPS => -0.6% <= LOSS 27.HEW => -1.2% <= LOSS 28.PD => +1% 29.WLS => +1.2% ---------------------------- CUMULATIVE PROFIT => +39.9% S&P => +7% ----------------------------