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Jan 25th Weds 2006 Trade Log

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NihabaAshi's Total Points Today: ER2 +7.50 or $750.00, EuroFX EC +0.00270 or $337.50

Session Start: Wed Jan 25 09:28:46 2006Session Ident: #futurestrades

* Now talking in #futurestrades 09:28

<X> [NihabaAshi] Password, trade post script, trader profiles and trade journals are posted ONLY at the discussion forum at http://p207.ezboard.com/bthestrategylab

<NihabaAshi> Shorts ER2 @ 721.20 -> large size 09:32

<pat255> gm all.. 09:33

housing numbers at 10, oil numbers at 10:30

<PapaJon> gm all 09:34

<eminitrader> morn pat255, pj 09:35

<pat255> morn emini 09:36

<eminitrader> Long ES @ 1274

<WannaBeBOS> gm

<NihabaAshi> That sucks :( 09:38

<WannaBeBOS> yeah 09:39

spike

<NihabaAshi> I remember ES doing a lot of these types of sudden spikes as it became more popular to the institutional program trading. 09:40

<WannaBeBOS> er is pretty thin still 09:41

<NihabaAshi> The spike are not...

<eminitrader> Long ES @ 1273 -> Add 09:42

Exited 1/2 ES Long @ 1273.50 --> + 0.5 09:44

<NihabaAshi> Covered ER2 Short @ 721.90 --> - 0.7 09:47

Reverse and Enter Long ER2 @ 721.90

<eminitrader> Exited 1/3 ES Long @ 1274.50 --> + 0.5 09:49

<NihabaAshi> Short EC 1.22850 09:51

That's a trade error and will be dumping it soon...

I left an open order on that and it got filled :( 09:52

<eminitrader> Exited Remainder ES Long @ 1274,50 --> + 1274,50 - 1274 09:53

oops ...avg 1 pt plus on this trade 09:54

Exited Remainder ES Long @ 1274.50 --> + 0.5

<NihabaAshi> exit stop moved to breakeven ER2 @ 721.90 09:56

exit stop raised ER2 @ 722.00

Exited all ER2 Long @ 722.20 --> + 0.3 09:58

Cover all EuroFX EC @ 1.22950 (-0.00100) reversed into Long 10:00

<danshirley> Shorts YM @ 10767 «« paper »» 10:01

<eminitrader> Shorts ES @ 1274.25

Shorts ES @ 1275.25 -> Add 10:02

<NihabaAshi> Long ER2 @ 723.00 -> large size 10:04

<danshirley> U.S. DEC. EXISTING HOME SALES FALL 5.7% TO 6.60MLN RATE 10:05

U.S. DEC. EXISTING HOME SALES LOWEST SINCE MARCH 2004

NAR: SPECULATORS ARE PULLING OUT OF HOUSING MARKETS

<eminitrader> Covered 1/2 ES Short @ 1274.25 --> + 1 10:07

<NihabaAshi> Exited ER2 Long @ 722.20 --> - 0.8

Reverse and Enter Short ER2 @ 722.20

Exit all EuroFX EC @ 1.23060 (+0.00110) 10:08

Ok...got out of a sticky spot with EuroFX EC :) 10:09

<eminitrader> Covered 1/3 ES Short @ 1273.25 --> + 1

<NihabaAshi> Now I can concentrate on my ER2 trades.

<danshirley> Covered 1/2 YM Short @ 10757 --> + 10 «« paper »» 10:10

<NihabaAshi> Need a 720.90 to be profitable for the day in ER2. 10:11

<eminitrader> Covered Remainder ES Short @ 1271 --> + 3.25 10:13

<danshirley> homebuilders taking a hit on NAR comment 10:15

<NihabaAshi> Covered all ER2 Short @ 721.20 --> + 1

<PapaJon> yah.. our area.. housing mkt has done a huge about face... 10:16

<NihabaAshi> A lot of damage control work via the mistake in EuroFX :( 10:17

<PapaJon> its really bad time to put ur house for sale

<NihabaAshi> Agree

<eminitrader> which area pj..

<PapaJon> california...

<eminitrader> k thx

<PapaJon> sacramento and bay area

<eminitrader> same here in the detroit area

<PapaJon> silicon valley

<NihabaAshi> The house across the street from me had to lower their price by 4k just to sell it.

<PapaJon> thats nuthin niha.. 10:18

<NihabaAshi> First house in the neighborhood that didn't get its asking price.

<eminitrader> got cousins in san hose

<PapaJon> more like 40k might help here

might

<NihabaAshi> Geesh :(

<PapaJon> course price may be quite higher here.. so.. may be relative

<eminitrader> 1.4 mill houses being offered @1mill with no takers..past 6 months 10:19

think we r the worst hit ..mean the det and suburs 10:20

suburbs

<pdays> Shorts YM @ 10751 «« paper »» 10:22

<NihabaAshi> Shorts ER2 @ 720.50 -> large size

<pdays> exit stop set YM @ 10741 «« paper »» 10:23

exit stop set YM @ 10731 «« paper »»

<eminitrader> Long ES @ 1268.75

<pdays> Covered all YM Short @ 10728 --> + 23 «« paper »» 10:24

<eminitrader> Exited all ES Long @ 1267.75 --> - 1 10:25

<substanz> Long YM @ 10725 «« paper »» 10:26

<NihabaAshi> Covered 2/3 ER2 Short @ 719.40 --> + 1.1

<danshirley> Covered Remainder YM Short @ 10728 --> + 39 «« paper »» 10:28

oil inv in 1 min 10:29

<NihabaAshi> exit stop lowered ER2 @ 720.40

<X> #FuturesTrades Info -> This room is only for Trade Posting (real or paper) and/or discussions about a posted trade or key market events that could affect a trader's open trade position. LURKING not allowed..strictly enforced.

<NihabaAshi> Hopefully my remainders can survive the Oil numbers.

<danshirley> oil inv are expected to be up 10:30

U.S. CRUDE STKS DOWN 2.3 MLN BRLS LAST WK: ENERGY DEPT 10:32

U.S. GASOLINE STKS UP 3.2 MLN BRLS: ENERGY DEPT

U.S. DISTILLATE STKS UP 1.8 MLN: ENERGY DEPT

<NihabaAshi> Trailing Stop Hit ER2 @ 720.40 --> + 0.1

<substanz> Exited all YM Long @ 10735 --> + 10 «« paper »» 10:35

<NihabaAshi> Long ER2 @ 720.00 -> small size 10:36

If I reverse this trade...I will do such via an increased position size because I'm BEARISH for the day so far. 10:41

Exited all ER2 Long @ 720.10 --> + 0.1 10:43

<eminitrader> Shorts ES @ 1271 10:48

<NihabaAshi> Shorts EuroFX @ 1.22800 -> large size 10:49

<eminitrader> Shorts ES @ 1272 -> Add 10:51

<NihabaAshi> Covered all EuroFX Short @ 1.22830 --> - 0.0003

Long EuroFX @ 1.22870 -> large size 10:52

Exited all EuroFX Long @ 1.22970 --> + 0.001 10:59

<danshirley> for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction 11:01

:-)

<eminitrader> Covered all ES Short @ 1273 --> - 3

<NihabaAshi> Shorts ER2 @ 721.80 -> large size 11:06

<eminitrader> Shorts ES @ 1272.50 11:08

<NihabaAshi> Covered all ER2 Short @ 721.30 --> + 0.5 11:13

That was a shallow pt1

Decided to dump it all there considering ER2 looks like its putting up too much of a fight to continue its counter-thrust upwards. 11:14

<eminitrader> so is the ES niha 11:16

Shorts ES @ 1273.50 -> Add 11:18

Covered 1/2 ES Short @ 1272.50 --> + 1 11:24

Covered ES Short @ 1271.50 --> + 1 11:36

Reverse and Enter Long ES @ 1271.50

Exited all ES Long @ 1270.50 --> - 1 11:38

<X> #FuturesTrades Info -> This room is only for Trade Posting (real or paper) and/or discussions about a posted trade or key market events that could affect a trader's open trade position. LURKING not allowed..strictly enforced. 11:41

<eminitrader> Long ES @ 1270.25

Exited all ES Long @ 1269.75 --> - 0.5 11:46

taking a chill pill...see ya all in the pm

* GoodMood is now known as GoodMood_jogging 11:47

<pat255> guys c u all later back to office ... 12:06

ty all

* Disconnected 12:38

* Attempting to rejoin channel #futurestrades 12:40

* Rejoined channel #futurestrades 12:41

<X> [NihabaAshi] Password, trade post script, trader profiles and trade journals are posted ONLY at the discussion forum at http://p207.ezboard.com/bthestrategylab

<NihabaAshi_away> See all later...I have another important appointment at 2pm est (toddler stuff again).

<X> #FuturesTrades Info -> This room is only for Trade Posting (real or paper) and/or discussions about a posted trade or key market events that could affect a trader's open trade position. LURKING not allowed..strictly enforced. 12:53

<szubaark> Im forced to take 2-3 months off from trading due to some Personal and Financial issues. See you all when i get back. Good Luck. 12:56

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... Click!

* GoodMood_jogging is now known as GoodMood 13:05

<eminitrader> Shorts ES @ 1269 13:34

Covered 1/3 ES Short @ 1268 --> + 1 13:46

Covered 1/3 ES Short @ 1266.50 --> + 2.5 13:48

Covered Remainder ES Short @ 1266 --> + 3 14:03

<X> #FuturesTrades Info -> This room is only for Trade Posting (real or paper) and/or discussions about a posted trade or key market events that could affect a trader's open trade position. LURKING not allowed..strictly enforced. 14:05

<eminitrader> Long ES @ 1264.25 14:49

Exited ES Long @ 1263.75 --> - 0.5 14:50

Reverse and Enter Short ES @ 1263.75

Covered all ES Short @ 1264.25 --> - 0.5 14:53

Long ES @ 1264.50 14:55

Exited all ES Long @ 1263.50 --> - 1 14:59

<codehead> friend sez bond market close signal bullish (short term signal, usually means if you b uy the close today, you'll be up in the morning) 15:11

<X> #FuturesTrades Info -> This room is only for Trade Posting (real or paper) and/or discussions about a posted trade or key market events that could affect a trader's open trade position. LURKING not allowed..strictly enforced. 15:14

#FuturesTrades Info -> This room is only for Trade Posting (real or paper) and/or discussions about a posted trade or key market events that could affect a trader's open trade position. LURKING not allowed..strictly enforced. 16:26

#FuturesTrades Info -> This room is only for Trade Posting (real or paper) and/or discussions about a posted trade or key market events that could affect a trader's open trade position. LURKING not allowed..strictly enforced. 17:38

#FuturesTrades Info -> This room is only for Trade Posting (real or paper) and/or discussions about a posted trade or key market events that could affect a trader's open trade position. LURKING not allowed..strictly enforced. 18:50

* DisconnectedSession Close: Wed Jan 25 19:17:15 2006 19:17

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	Session Start: Wed Jan 25 09:28:46 2006Session Ident: #futurestrades
* Now	talking in #futurestrades	09:28
<X>	[NihabaAshi] Password, trade post script, trader profiles and trade journals are posted ONLY at the discussion forum at http://p207.ezboard.com/bthestrategylab
<NihabaAshi>	Shorts ER2 @ 721.20 -> large size	09:32
<pat255>	gm all..	09:33
	housing numbers at 10, oil numbers at 10:30
<PapaJon>	gm all	09:34
<eminitrader>	morn pat255, pj	09:35
<pat255>	morn emini	09:36
<eminitrader>	Long ES @ 1274
<WannaBeBOS>	gm
<NihabaAshi>	That sucks :(	09:38
<WannaBeBOS>	yeah	09:39
	spike
<NihabaAshi>	I remember ES doing a lot of these types of sudden spikes as it became more popular to the institutional program trading.	09:40
<WannaBeBOS>	er is pretty thin still	09:41
<NihabaAshi>	The spike are not...
<eminitrader>	Long ES @ 1273 -> Add	09:42
	Exited 1/2 ES Long @ 1273.50 --> + 0.5	09:44
<NihabaAshi>	Covered ER2 Short @ 721.90 --> - 0.7	09:47
	Reverse and Enter Long ER2 @ 721.90
<eminitrader>	Exited 1/3 ES Long @ 1274.50 --> + 0.5	09:49
<NihabaAshi>	Short EC 1.22850	09:51
	That's a trade error and will be dumping it soon...
	I left an open order on that and it got filled :(	09:52
<eminitrader>	Exited Remainder ES Long @ 1274,50 --> + 1274,50 - 1274	09:53
	oops ...avg 1 pt plus on this trade	09:54
	Exited Remainder ES Long @ 1274.50 --> + 0.5
<NihabaAshi>	exit stop moved to breakeven ER2 @ 721.90	09:56
	exit stop raised ER2 @ 722.00
	Exited all ER2 Long @ 722.20 --> + 0.3	09:58
	Cover all EuroFX EC @ 1.22950 (-0.00100) reversed into Long	10:00
<danshirley>	Shorts YM @ 10767 «« paper »»	10:01
<eminitrader>	Shorts ES @ 1274.25
	Shorts ES @ 1275.25 -> Add	10:02
<NihabaAshi>	Long ER2 @ 723.00 -> large size	10:04
<danshirley>	U.S. DEC. EXISTING HOME SALES FALL 5.7% TO 6.60MLN RATE	10:05
	U.S. DEC. EXISTING HOME SALES LOWEST SINCE MARCH 2004
	NAR: SPECULATORS ARE PULLING OUT OF HOUSING MARKETS
<eminitrader>	Covered 1/2 ES Short @ 1274.25 --> + 1	10:07
<NihabaAshi>	Exited ER2 Long @ 722.20 --> - 0.8
	Reverse and Enter Short ER2 @ 722.20
	Exit all EuroFX EC @ 1.23060 (+0.00110)	10:08
	Ok...got out of a sticky spot with EuroFX EC :)	10:09
<eminitrader>	Covered 1/3 ES Short @ 1273.25 --> + 1
<NihabaAshi>	Now I can concentrate on my ER2 trades.
<danshirley>	Covered 1/2 YM Short @ 10757 --> + 10 «« paper »»	10:10
<NihabaAshi>	Need a 720.90 to be profitable for the day in ER2.	10:11
<eminitrader>	Covered Remainder ES Short @ 1271 --> + 3.25	10:13
<danshirley>	homebuilders taking a hit on NAR comment	10:15
<NihabaAshi>	Covered all ER2 Short @ 721.20 --> + 1
<PapaJon>	yah.. our area.. housing mkt has done a huge about face...	10:16
<NihabaAshi>	A lot of damage control work via the mistake in EuroFX :(	10:17
<PapaJon>	its really bad time to put ur house for sale
<NihabaAshi>	Agree
<eminitrader>	which area pj..
<PapaJon>	california...
<eminitrader>	k thx
<PapaJon>	sacramento and bay area
<eminitrader>	same here in the detroit area
<PapaJon>	silicon valley
<NihabaAshi>	The house across the street from me had to lower their price by 4k just to sell it.
<PapaJon>	thats nuthin niha..	10:18
<NihabaAshi>	First house in the neighborhood that didn't get its asking price.
<eminitrader>	got cousins in san hose
<PapaJon>	more like 40k might help here
	might
<NihabaAshi>	Geesh :(
<PapaJon>	course price may be quite higher here.. so.. may be relative
<eminitrader>	1.4 mill houses being offered @1mill with no takers..past 6 months	10:19
	think we r the worst hit ..mean the det and suburs	10:20
	suburbs
<pdays>	Shorts YM @ 10751 «« paper »»	10:22
<NihabaAshi>	Shorts ER2 @ 720.50 -> large size
<pdays>	exit stop set YM @ 10741 «« paper »»	10:23
	exit stop set YM @ 10731 «« paper »»
<eminitrader>	Long ES @ 1268.75
<pdays>	Covered all YM Short @ 10728 --> + 23 «« paper »»	10:24
<eminitrader>	Exited all ES Long @ 1267.75 --> - 1	10:25
<substanz>	Long YM @ 10725 «« paper »»	10:26
<NihabaAshi>	Covered 2/3 ER2 Short @ 719.40 --> + 1.1
<danshirley>	Covered Remainder YM Short @ 10728 --> + 39 «« paper »»	10:28
	oil inv in 1 min	10:29
<NihabaAshi>	exit stop lowered ER2 @ 720.40
<X>	#FuturesTrades Info -> This room is only for Trade Posting (real or paper) and/or discussions about a posted trade or key market events that could affect a trader's open trade position. LURKING not allowed..strictly enforced.
<NihabaAshi>	Hopefully my remainders can survive the Oil numbers.
<danshirley>	oil inv are expected to be up	10:30
	U.S. CRUDE STKS DOWN 2.3 MLN BRLS LAST WK: ENERGY DEPT	10:32
	U.S. GASOLINE STKS UP 3.2 MLN BRLS: ENERGY DEPT
	U.S. DISTILLATE STKS UP 1.8 MLN: ENERGY DEPT
<NihabaAshi>	Trailing Stop Hit ER2 @ 720.40 --> + 0.1
<substanz>	Exited all YM Long @ 10735 --> + 10 «« paper »»	10:35
<NihabaAshi>	Long ER2 @ 720.00 -> small size	10:36
	If I reverse this trade...I will do such via an increased position size because I'm BEARISH for the day so far.	10:41
	Exited all ER2 Long @ 720.10 --> + 0.1	10:43
<eminitrader>	Shorts ES @ 1271	10:48
<NihabaAshi>	Shorts EuroFX @ 1.22800 -> large size	10:49
<eminitrader>	Shorts ES @ 1272 -> Add	10:51
<NihabaAshi>	Covered all EuroFX Short @ 1.22830 --> - 0.0003
	Long EuroFX @ 1.22870 -> large size	10:52
	Exited all EuroFX Long @ 1.22970 --> + 0.001	10:59
<danshirley>	for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction	11:01
	:-)
<eminitrader>	Covered all ES Short @ 1273 --> - 3
<NihabaAshi>	Shorts ER2 @ 721.80 -> large size	11:06
<eminitrader>	Shorts ES @ 1272.50	11:08
<NihabaAshi>	Covered all ER2 Short @ 721.30 --> + 0.5	11:13
	That was a shallow pt1
	Decided to dump it all there considering ER2 looks like its putting up too much of a fight to continue its counter-thrust upwards.	11:14
<eminitrader>	so is the ES niha	11:16
	Shorts ES @ 1273.50 -> Add	11:18
	Covered 1/2 ES Short @ 1272.50 --> + 1	11:24
	Covered ES Short @ 1271.50 --> + 1	11:36
	Reverse and Enter Long ES @ 1271.50
	Exited all ES Long @ 1270.50 --> - 1	11:38
<X>	#FuturesTrades Info -> This room is only for Trade Posting (real or paper) and/or discussions about a posted trade or key market events that could affect a trader's open trade position. LURKING not allowed..strictly enforced.	11:41
<eminitrader>	Long ES @ 1270.25
	Exited all ES Long @ 1269.75 --> - 0.5	11:46
	taking a chill pill...see ya all in the pm
* GoodMood	is now known as GoodMood_jogging	11:47
<pat255>	guys c u all later back to office ...	12:06
	ty all
* Disconnected		12:38
* Attempting	to rejoin channel #futurestrades	12:40
* Rejoined	channel #futurestrades	12:41
<X>	[NihabaAshi] Password, trade post script, trader profiles and trade journals are posted ONLY at the discussion forum at http://p207.ezboard.com/bthestrategylab
<NihabaAshi_away>	See all later...I have another important appointment at 2pm est (toddler stuff again).
<X>	#FuturesTrades Info -> This room is only for Trade Posting (real or paper) and/or discussions about a posted trade or key market events that could affect a trader's open trade position. LURKING not allowed..strictly enforced.	12:53
<szubaark>	Im forced to take 2-3 months off from trading due to some Personal and Financial issues. See you all when i get back. Good Luck.	12:56
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	..
	... Click!
* GoodMood_jogging	is now known as GoodMood	13:05
<eminitrader>	Shorts ES @ 1269	13:34
	Covered 1/3 ES Short @ 1268 --> + 1	13:46
	Covered 1/3 ES Short @ 1266.50 --> + 2.5	13:48
	Covered Remainder ES Short @ 1266 --> + 3	14:03
<X>	#FuturesTrades Info -> This room is only for Trade Posting (real or paper) and/or discussions about a posted trade or key market events that could affect a trader's open trade position. LURKING not allowed..strictly enforced.	14:05
<eminitrader>	Long ES @ 1264.25	14:49
	Exited ES Long @ 1263.75 --> - 0.5	14:50
	Reverse and Enter Short ES @ 1263.75
	Covered all ES Short @ 1264.25 --> - 0.5	14:53
	Long ES @ 1264.50	14:55
	Exited all ES Long @ 1263.50 --> - 1	14:59
<codehead>	friend sez bond market close signal bullish (short term signal, usually means if you b uy the close today, you'll be up in the morning)	15:11
<X>	#FuturesTrades Info -> This room is only for Trade Posting (real or paper) and/or discussions about a posted trade or key market events that could affect a trader's open trade position. LURKING not allowed..strictly enforced.	15:14
	#FuturesTrades Info -> This room is only for Trade Posting (real or paper) and/or discussions about a posted trade or key market events that could affect a trader's open trade position. LURKING not allowed..strictly enforced.	16:26
	#FuturesTrades Info -> This room is only for Trade Posting (real or paper) and/or discussions about a posted trade or key market events that could affect a trader's open trade position. LURKING not allowed..strictly enforced.	17:38
	#FuturesTrades Info -> This room is only for Trade Posting (real or paper) and/or discussions about a posted trade or key market events that could affect a trader's open trade position. LURKING not allowed..strictly enforced.	18:50
* DisconnectedSession	Close: Wed Jan 25 19:17:15 2006	19:17