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| Session Start: Fri May 25 09:33:20 2007Session Ident: #futurestrades |
* Now | talking in #futurestrades | 09:33 |
<X> | [NihabaAshi] #FuturesTrades info @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/FuturesTra desChatRoom.htm and trade log archives @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/RecentTrad es.htm |
<NihabaAshi> | Good morning all...I'm officially on a vacation to hang out with relatives that have flown in from the U.S. | 09:34 |
<pat255> | ah ha nice .. |
<NihabaAshi> | I'll be on vacation until June 2nd |
| However, I will still maintain the daily chat logs, respond to email and manage the website as normal except that all work will be done late at night. | 09:35 |
| Simply, no trading and no monitoring the markets during the day. | 09:36 |
| Take care and you can always leave me a message in here during the trading day if needed or send email. |
* NihabaAshi | is now known as NihabaAshi_away |
<intowin> | Have fun.. |
<pat255> | enjoy ...c u later |
<PapaJon> | Yes.. enjoy your break | 09:37 |
<szubaark> | bye |
<ItalianSharp> | bye niha |
* lesAway | is now known as les | 09:39 |
<intowin> | lets c if existing home sales does what new home sales did yesterday. | 09:40 |
<base> | gm all | 09:41 |
<intowin> | gm | 09:42 |
<eminitrader> | Shorts ES @ 1515.50 | 09:43 |
<jperl> | ER2 bouncing around between two pivots....828.22 to 830.52 |
| http://charts.dacharts.com/2007-05-25/JP ERL_0111.png | 09:45 |
<pat255> | em will not allow the mkt to go up...:) | 09:46 |
<eminitrader> | shld have taken 1514.50 |
| 2 contract trades only today ...so wanted more :( |
<ItalianSharp> | emini, what's your average size? | 09:47 |
<pat255> | be careful low vol .. |
<intowin> | here it comes |
<eminitrader> | dependindingon the day/set-up max of 20 |
| Covered 1/2 ES Short @ 1514.50 --> + 1 |
<ItalianSharp> | wow...impressive when you up your size to 20 cars | 09:48 |
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<eminitrader> | yeah pat ...no more than 2 lots today |
| only on trend days and change of trend days...my best det-ups are on... | 09:49 |
| more generally 10 cars IS |
<szubaark> | Shorts ES @ 1515 «« paper »» | 09:50 |
<eminitrader> | Covered Remainder ES Short @ 1515.50 --> 0 |
<les> | Long ER2 @ 830.3 | 09:51 |
<eminitrader> | Shorts ES @ 1516 |
<les> | Exited all ER2 Long @ 830.8 --> + 0.5 |
<intowin> | existing home sales 8 minutes | 09:52 |
<eminitrader> | ym not agreeing with ES |
| looks like a fade on the S |
| ES |
| Covered 1/2 ES Short @ 1514.50 --> + 1.5 |
<ItalianSharp> | looking at the charts in these first mins...i am starting to feel sick to my stomach... | 09:53 |
| classical chop ahead of news |
<eminitrader> | know its not worth the ticks.. |
<ItalianSharp> | exactly...the risk is to also find yourself stuck in a bad trade ahead of the news... | 09:54 |
<Fleneer> | well, I try to guess which way it will go and place a bracket trade with a tight stop. risk a little and spin the wheel. | 09:57 |
| red or black red or black such a choice..... |
<eminitrader> | :) |
<les> | <iNews> 10:00ET US APRIL EXISTING HOME SALES RATE LOWEST SINCE 5.94 MLN IN JUNE | 10:00 |
<eminitrader> | Covered Remainder ES Short @ 1515 --> + 1 |
<szubaark> | Covered all Short ES at 1515 --> 0 «« paper »» | 10:06 |
<werner> | gm all | 10:13 |
<szubaark> | Shorts ES @ 1515.50 «« paper »» | 10:24 |
<Brutus> | Long ER2 @ 1516.25 «« paper »» | 10:30 |
<eminitrader> | Shorts ES @ 1517 | 10:31 |
<Brutus> | exit stop set ER2 @ 1516.25 «« paper »» | 10:34 |
<Chilly> | Shorts ES @ 1516.75 | 10:35 |
<les> | Shorts ER2 @ 831 |
<eminitrader> | Covered all ES Short @ 1517.50 --> - 0.5 | 10:37 |
<szubaark> | slow, controlled upcreep |
<eminitrader> | u maybe right szu |
<Chilly> | Covered all ES Short @ 1518.25 --> - 1.5 | 10:38 |
<les> | Covered ER2 Short @ 831.8 --> - 0.8 | 10:39 |
| Reverse and Enter Long ER2 @ 831.8 |
<Chilly> | bad entry :( |
<eminitrader> | upto 1522 from 1517 is yest retracement area... |
<Brutus> | Exited 1/2 ER2 Long @ 1518.75 --> + 2.5 «« paper »» |
<jperl> | ER2 next pause @ 832.98 |
<eminitrader> | no wonder its stalling around here |
<Brutus> | Exited 1/4 ER2 Long @ 1519.5 --> + 3.25 «« paper »» | 10:40 |
<eminitrader> | very nice B .. |
<Brutus> | Exited all ER2 Long @ 1520.25 --> + 4 «« paper »» | 10:41 |
<szubaark> | Covered all Short ES at 1520.50 --> - 5 «« paper »» |
<jperl> | ER@ @ weekly VWAP 832.97 |
<les> | Exited 1/2 ER2 Long @ 832.8 --> + 1 |
<Brutus> | fib 50% |
<eminitrader> | Shorts ES @ 1520 |
| 15220.25 is 50 fib on the ES | 10:42 |
| Covered 1/2 ES Short @ 1519 --> + 1 | 10:47 |
| be back | 10:48 |
<jperl> | done for the morning....P/L statement here.... | 10:49 |
| http://charts.dacharts.com/2007-05-25/JP ERL_0112.png |
<X> | #FuturesTrades Info -> Chat room for realtime trade posting by traders of Emini Futures (ER2, ES, NQ, YM), EuroFX Futures (EC), Eurex Derivatives (DAX, ESTX50), Euronext Futures (FTSE100, CAC40), Treasury Futures (ZF, ZN, ZB), NYMEX Futures (CL, NG, HO, QM) and Exchange Traded Funds (DIA, GLD, IWM, OIH, QQQQ, SPY) | 10:50 |
<szubaark> | Shorts ES @ 1518.25 «« paper »» | 10:51 |
<eminitrader> | nice set-up @50% fib confirmed by pa...shld see if it will hold up... | 10:54 |
| exit stop moved to breakeven ES @ 1520 | 10:55 |
<Chilly> | Shorts ES @ 1519.00 | 10:56 |
<eminitrader> | may bounce from 1516-1518 area ..hope it does'nt get my stop | 10:58 |
<Brutus> | If it was going to go down it would have done so in the 1st hour imo, Could be a good pullback but I think with the holiday they will take it up on the low volume in the pm | 11:01 |
<eminitrader> | well never know till it happens | 11:02 |
<Brutus> | yep |
<eminitrader> | whichever way..doesn''t matter to me..i'm done after this one | 11:03 |
<Chilly> | Covered all ES Short @ 1517.75 --> + 1.25 | 11:12 |
| back in black at least |
<les> | Long ER2 @ 831 | 11:19 |
| Exited ER2 Long @ 830.4 --> - 0.6 | 11:23 |
| Reverse and Enter Short ER2 @ 830.4 |
<eminitrader> | Covered Remainder ES Short @ 1517 --> + 3 |
<jperl> | ER2 VWAP 830.44 | 11:24 |
<eminitrader> | some change for pizza's this wkend ...:)) |
| see u all tues ...have a good one |
<Chilly> | c ya |
<Brutus> | cu mate |
<eminitrader> | bye C, B | 11:25 |
<Brutus> | Long ER2 @ 829.8 «« paper »» | 11:30 |
| exit stop set ER2 @ 829.3 «« paper »» | 11:31 |
| Exited 1/2 ER2 Long @ 830.8 --> + 1 «« paper »» | 11:36 |
| Exited ER2 Long @ 830.9 --> + 1.1 «« paper »» | 11:38 |
| Shorts ER2 @ 831.3 «« paper »» | 11:40 |
| Covered 1/2 ER2 Short @ 830.8 --> + 0.5 «« paper »» |
| Covered ER2 Short @ 830.6 --> + 0.7 «« paper »» |
<Russelldaytrade> | B, since you have traded es and er, and switching between the two, what are your thoguhts on the merits of each, and which do you prefer to trade? | 11:41 |
<Brutus> | er 5s better for scalps, but you have to concenrate more, cant type rd have baby in my arms | 11:43 |
<Russelldaytrade> | lucky you! carrying around my daughter when she was young about wore out my left arm and shoulder, and I loved every moment of it | 11:44 |
* codehead_afk | is now known as codehead | 12:00 |
<Brutus> | Long ER2 @ 1515.5 «« paper »» | 12:08 |
| exit stop set ER2 @ 1514.5 «« paper »» |
| Exited ER2 Long @ 1514.5 --> - 1 «« paper »» | 12:11 |
| Long ER2 @ 1513.75 «« paper »» | 12:24 |
| exit stop set ER2 @ 1512.75 «« paper »» |
| Exited ER2 Long @ 1512.75 --> - 1 «« paper »» | 12:27 |
<Russelldaytrade> | looks up | 12:55 |
<X> | #FuturesTrades Info -> Chat room for realtime trade posting by traders of Emini Futures (ER2, ES, NQ, YM), EuroFX Futures (EC), Eurex Derivatives (DAX, ESTX50), Euronext Futures (FTSE100, CAC40), Treasury Futures (ZF, ZN, ZB), NYMEX Futures (CL, NG, HO, QM) and Exchange Traded Funds (DIA, GLD, IWM, OIH, QQQQ, SPY) | 12:56 |
<szubaark> | Covered all Short ES at 1517 --> + 1.25 «« paper »» | 13:11 |
| Buys ES @ 1516.75 «« paper »» | 13:12 |
<codehead> | short QM 64.95 <paper> | 14:15 |
| add QM 65.10 <paper> | 14:21 |
| i guess they don't want to rinse oil going into the long weekend | 14:29 |
<Brutus> | Long ER2 @ 1517 «« paper »» | 14:42 |
| Exited 2/3 ER2 Long @ 1517.75 --> + 0.75 «« paper »» | 14:44 |
| Exited all ER2 Long @ 1518.25 --> + 1.25 «« paper »» | 14:45 |
<jperl> | done for today.....P/L here | 14:52 |
| http://charts.dacharts.com/2007-05-25/JP ERL_0113.png |
<codehead> | what trading platform you use, jp? | 14:53 |
<jperl> | Interactive Brokers with Zerolinetrader front end |
<codehead> | ic, thx |
<GoodMood> | jperl: why do u use an additional front end instead of TWS only ? | 14:56 |
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<codehead> | oh yeah, exit QM 65.20 <paper>volume dried up eod for a change | 14:58 |
<werner> | gn all | 15:59 |
<szubaark> | Exited all Long ES at 1517.50 --> + 0.75 «« paper »» | 16:05 |
* DisconnectedSession | Close: Fri May 25 17:23:29 2007 | 17:23 |
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