Weinstein Trading and Fading

Discussion in 'Journals' started by Robert Weinstein, May 5, 2008.

  1. RW,

    That's some pretty fancy trading there. What is your return thus far on your starting capital at the beginning of the year?
     
    #681     Apr 15, 2009
  2. Hello Piggie,

    sometimes I take huge pain but normally I am shorting at or very near the top up to that point in the day.

    Yes I do scale in and out of trades. Yes a stock as a rule must be overbought (from my point of view) for me to get interested in it.

    Best of trading to you

    RW
     
    #682     Apr 15, 2009
  3. Hello MohdSalleh,

    yes, I am a big believer in scaling in and out of trades with my style.

    Its not the right method for all styles but there is more than one way to catch a mouse.

    Best

    RW
     
    #683     Apr 15, 2009
  4. Tough day as I did not sleep well last night.

    It was difficult to drag myself out of the bed and send myself to the office today. I also thought today might offer more than it did but for a nothing day I did ok. My biggest challenge today was probably staying awake.

    NFLX fell out of bed and I guess it felt more tired than I did. With my naked 47.50 and 50 calls within sight of expiring it was a welcome sight. Once NFLX crossed below 46 I pulled my .05 bid for the 50s and decided to wait it out.

    I did get a couple of trades today and for a nothing day it wasn’t bad

    SYT DS, GU, + 448

    OC H, + 830 Traded a second time late day with a B6

    NTES GU, DS, + 108

    KBH H, + 260

    + 1647 Day

    +15030 Week

    + 35260 Month

    ~ 11 K Shares
     
    #684     Apr 15, 2009
  5. Hi Robert, great blogg you got going. I noticed in alot of your post you mention b6, DS, H, and GU? What do all these abbreviations mean? GU, is gap up?.
     
    #685     Apr 15, 2009
  6. mikea59

    mikea59

    I have been considering moving to Tradestation - seems to be the grandaddy of online brokers. Can you share some of the concerns you have with the product. My issue is the cost. I'm not a full time trader and there may be months where I do virtually no trading. I don't like paying $100/mo for doing nothing.

    Thanks,
    Mike
     
    #686     Apr 15, 2009
  7. Not sure how I would be able to maintain my edge doing that....LOL
     
    #687     Apr 16, 2009
  8. Hello Thunderdog,

    Thanks for saying so.

    I am up over 70% so far this year but with a time weighted average over 100% as I withdrawal from the account on a regular basis. Its not something I keep track of on a less than year period so I am just guessing.

    Best of trading to you

    RW
     
    #688     Apr 16, 2009
  9. Started out as a good day

    Came in this morning and just before the open I see that JAH is making a huge gap up in a very nice setup. while trading JAH I also get GPC at the open with a signal to trade.

    Not really happy with my trading today. JAH offered me a nice gain and I let it go to get more. poorly traded all day. Other than JAH I thought it was a good day and my other trades were handled well. RYL and TIF refused to break down further before the bell so I am going to carry them into tomorrow with the thought that they will break within the first half of the day tomorrow.

    Tomorrow is option experation day so things might get a little harry but I am looking forward to a good day. today was crazy as my radar screen lit up like a Christmas tree again. Makes me wonder if a shoe is going to drop and the dow drops 500+ points in a day…..

    Still short JAH RYL and TIF

    GPC + 395

    JAH G, DS, - 1512

    NOK DS, GU, + 48

    MHP H, + 203

    CLI B6+ + 35

    RYL B6+, +201

    TIF B6+, +155

    SPG B6, + 238

    -234 Day
     
    #689     Apr 16, 2009
  10. I had some of my bids hit in after hours trading.

    I had both TIF and RYL traded in after hours trading. As of this post I am still short some of both but a much small amount. I am also still short JAH

    Not sure if any of my current bids will get hit anymore today but this is probably the only update I will do.

    TIF + 493

    RYL + 262

    + 165 Day
     
    #690     Apr 16, 2009