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March 30th Thursday 2006 Trade Log

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 Session Start: Thu Mar 30 09:19:09 2006Session Ident: #futurestrades
* Now talking in #futurestrades09:19
<X> [NihabaAshi] #FuturesTrades info @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/FuturesTradesChatRoom.htm and trade log archives @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/RecentTrades.htm
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<NihabaAshi> I'm still offline from my cable ISP.09:29

However, they completed their upgrades and repairs late last night in back of my house.09:30

Just waiting on a special tech guy to come by today to determine why I don't have cable nor dsl internet.

Thus, I'll be paper trading today until everything is online again.09:31
<pat255> :(09:33
<eminitrader>  Shorts ES @ 1312.25 09:36
  Long ER2 @ 771.40 -> small size «« paper »»
<eminitrader>  Covered all ES Short @ 1313.25 --> - 1 09:38
<NihabaAshi> I still have a Bearish Bias on ER2 which means I will try to go large on the Short positions and small on the Long positions.
<eminitrader>  Shorts ES @ 1314.25 09:40
<NihabaAshi>  Exited ER2 Long @ 771.00 --> - 0.4 «« paper »» 09:43
  Reverse and Enter Short ER2 @ 771.00 «« paper »»
 Thats a reversal into a large size position.
 Went from a 2 contract Long into a 6 contract Short09:44
<eminitrader>  exit stop set ES @ 1316.25 09:51

will hold this ...
<NihabaAshi> I'm not expecting any volatility until 0955am due to the 10am Help Wanted Index and 1015am est due to the pending 1030am Natural GAS Report09:53
<eminitrader>  Trailing Stop Hit ES @ 1316.25 --> - 2
<NihabaAshi>  Covered ER2 Short @ 772.60 --> - 1.6 «« paper »» 10:07
  Reverse and Enter Long ER2 @ 772.60 «« paper »»
<mispe>  Long YM @ 11309 10:11
<NihabaAshi>  Exited all ER2 Long @ 772.20 --> - 0.4 «« paper »»
 Wanted out of that position so that I'll have a clean perspective when 1015am est arrives.10:12
<mispe>  Exited 1/2 YM Long @ 11315 --> + 6

Exited Remainder YM Long @ 11319 --> + 10 10:13
<NihabaAshi>  Shorts ER2 @ 772.10 -> large size «« paper »» 10:16
 10 contract large position.10:17
<mispe>  Shorts YM @ 11305
<NihabaAshi> I usually don't do that size unless I had a high probability pattern signal while I have a Bearish Bias.
 Such only occurs a few times per month.10:18
 Currently 771.20 is a WRB profit target 1...will hold and go for a pt2 level.10:19
  exit stop moved to breakeven ER2 @ 772.10 «« paper »»
<les>  Long ER2 @ 771.4 «« paper »» 10:22

Exited all ER2 Long @ 770.9 --> - 0.5 «« paper »» 10:25
<NihabaAshi> ER2 now at a WRB pt2 level10:26
<mispe>  Covered 1/2 YM Short @ 11298 --> + 7
<NihabaAshi>  Covered 1/2 ER2 Short @ 770.10 --> + 2 «« paper »» 10:28
<mispe>  Covered Remainder YM Short @ 11293 --> + 12
<NihabaAshi>  exit stop lowered ER2 @ 772.00 «« paper »» 10:30
  Covered ER2 Short @ 769.00 --> + 3.1 «« paper »» 10:33
 Holding 3 contract remainders.
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<eminitrader>  Long ES @ 1315
<NihabaAshi> ER2 now in the middle of a candlestick s/r level via the 5min chart.10:37
<pdays>  Shorts ER2 @ 768.2 «« paper »» 10:41
<NihabaAshi>  Covered ER2 Short @ 767.70 --> + 4.4 «« paper »»

Holding 1 contract remainder.
<eminitrader>  Long ES @ 1313.50 -> Add
<pdays>  Covered all ER2 Short @ 767.7 --> + 0.5 «« paper »»
<NihabaAshi> If I can catch this next WRB pt level...I'll dump the remaining 1 contract.10:43
 It looks like it can be a pt level between 766.60 - 766.2010:44
<les>  Long ER2 @ 768.1 «« paper »» 10:48

Exited 1/3 ER2 Long @ 768.6 --> + 0.5 «« paper »» 10:49
<NihabaAshi> Two trade errors today so far...I had for the day was my last loser at -0.40 per contract on that Long position that shouldn't have occurred10:55
 Other error was that I missed and ADD signal to the current open Short position @ 770.7010:56
<les>  Exited Remainder ER2 Long @ 767.9 --> - 0.2 «« paper »» 10:58
<NihabaAshi>  Covered Remainder ER2 Short @ 766.50 --> + 5.6 «« paper »» 11:01
 Almost exceeding my goal today by 2x.11:03
 Will take a few quick trades to get my win:loss ratio back to normal.
 Currently I'm 3 losers versus 1 winner :(
  Long ER2 @ 767.00 «« paper »» 11:05
 1 contract only.
  Exited ER2 Long @ 765.80 --> - 1.2 «« paper »» 11:10
  Reverse and Enter Short ER2 @ 765.80 «« paper »»
 Ratio getting worse :(
  Covered ER2 Short @ 764.70 --> + 1.1 «« paper »» 11:12
<eminitrader> laie post ..got stopped out at 1311.5011:14
<NihabaAshi> Staying at 1 contract only for remainder of the trading day...profit protection mode.
<eminitrader>  Exited all ES Long @ 1311.50 --> - 5.5
<NihabaAshi>  Long ER2 @ 764.90 «« paper »» 11:15
  Exited ER2 Long @ 765.40 --> + 0.5 «« paper »» 11:20
  Long ER2 @ 765.80 -> small size «« paper »» 11:22
 That's my last trade of the day because I've hit my "overtrading" warning trade number.11:23
<eminitrader> i'm done too... wiped out 4 days worth on this trade11:24
<NihabaAshi> I'm still waiting for the cable guy...not going to hold my breadth since my ISP went down early Monday morning at 3:15am est.
 Cable guy has "finally arrived" :)11:29
 Geesh.
  Exited ER2 Long @ 766.80 --> + 1 «« paper »»
 Be back later...cable guys need me offline to reset some stuff.11:34
* NihabaAshi is now known as NihabaAshi_away
* DisconnectedSession Close: Thu Mar 30 11:42:02 2006
 Session Start: Thu Mar 30 13:07:43 2006Session Ident: #futurestrades
* Now talking in #futurestrades13:07
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<NihabaAshi> My entire ISP system is back to normal :)13:11
<WannaBeBOS> great13:12
<les>  Long ER2 @ 765.5 «« paper »» 13:19
  Exited 1/3 ER2 Long @ 766 --> + 0.5 «« paper »» 13:20
  Exited 1/3 ER2 Long @ 766.7 --> + 1.2 «« paper »» 13:21
  exit stop raised ER2 @ 765.7 «« paper »» 13:22
  Trailing Stop Hit ER2 @ 765.7 --> + 0.2 «« paper »» 13:31
  Long ER2 @ 765.2 «« paper »» 13:37
<NihabaAshi> I got a bullish signal at 765.30 in ER213:39

Actually it was 765.20 with a two tick chase range (no more than 765.40 in that last 3min interval.13:40

Looks like a shaloww pt1 could form around 765.5013:41
<les> i'm not gonna be staying certain on this one...13:42
 look waht happened on tuesday...
 large fall, then i got a revrsal sig to go long, and it dropped its pants 10 mins later13:43
 eventually i got another similar signal and made good the loss
 trouble with revrsal trading is its more uncertain in trtend conditions13:44
  Exited 1/3 ER2 Long @ 765.7 --> + 0.5 «« paper »» 13:45
 buyers r turning up, but slowly13:47
  Exited 1/3 ER2 Long @ 766.1 --> + 0.9 «« paper »» 13:54
  exit stop raised ER2 @ 765.3 «« paper »» 13:55
  back in 2013:57
 will post exit then
* les is now known as lesAway13:58
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<lesAway>  Trailing Stop Hit ER2 @ 765.3 --> + 0.1 «« paper »» 14:13

that put me in the black at last :)14:19
* lesAway is now known as les14:40
<les>  Long ER2 @ 765.8 «« paper »» 14:47

Exited 1/3 ER2 Long @ 766.3 --> + 0.5 «« paper »» 14:49

Exited 1/3 ER2 Long @ 766.2 --> + 0.4 «« paper »» 15:07

exit stop raised ER2 @ 765.9 «« paper »»

Trailing Stop Hit ER2 @ 765.9 --> + 0.1 «« paper »» 15:08
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<NihabaAshi> Take care all and see all tomorrow.16:21
* NihabaAshi is now known as NihabaAshi_away
* DisconnectedSession Close: Thu Mar 30 17:00:29 200617:00
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