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Dec 7th Weds 2005 Trade Log

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You'll find below the text log of realtime trades that were posted by full-time and part-time traders from around the world. 

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 Session Start: Wed Dec 07 05:14:26 2005Session Ident: #futurestrades
* Now talking in #futurestrades05:14
* Topic is ' #FuturesTrades -> Realtime active trade posting ER2, ES, NQ, YM, Eurex, T-Notes, EuroFX @ http://www.thestrategylab.com/FuturesTra desChatRoom.htm'
* Set by X on Thu Dec 01 16:23:28
<X> [NihabaAshi] Password, trade post script, trader profiles and trade journals are posted ONLY at the discussion forum at http://p207.ezboard.com/bthestrategylab
* X sets mode: +o RacerX
<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.06:06
  #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.07:18
  #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.08:27
<PapaJon> gm all...09:27
* RacerX sets mode: +v PapaJon
<PapaJon> looks like YM is yet to make a new high

all others have done so
<X> [NihabaAshi] Password, trade post script, trader profiles and trade journals are posted ONLY at the discussion forum at http://p207.ezboard.com/bthestrategylab09:34
* X sets mode: +o NihabaAshi
<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.09:39
<szubaark_>  Shorts YM @ 10654 09:41
* RacerX sets mode: +v szubaark_
<jbraswell>  Shorts ER2 @ 686 09:44
<danshirley> ..09:45
* RacerX sets mode: +v danshirley
<szubaark_> ...
  Covered 1/2 YM Short @ 10840 --> - 186 09:46
  Shorts YM @ 10854
  Covered 1/2 YM Short @ 10840 --> + 14
<jbraswell>  exit stop lowered ER2 @ 685.90 09:47
<NihabaAshi>  Long EuroFX @ 1.17350 -> small size 09:48
* RacerX sets mode: +v NihabaAshi
<TLTrader>  Long YM @ 10832 -> small size 09:49
* RacerX sets mode: +v TLTrader
<NihabaAshi>  exit stop raised EuroFX @ 1.17360 09:51
<TLTrader>  Exited all YM Long @ 10840 --> + 8
<NihabaAshi> Punks09:52
  Trailing Stop Hit EuroFX @ 1.17360 --> + 0.0001 09:53
<jbraswell>  Covered all ER2 Short @ 685.40 --> + 0.6
<NihabaAshi> Had a great entry just like yesterday...got shaken out just like yesterday :(
<jbraswell>  Long ES @ 1262.75
<pat255> :(09:59
<jperl>  Long ER2 @ 686.60 10:04
* NihabaAshi sets mode: +v jperl
<szubaark_>  Covered 1/2 YM Short @ 10850 --> + 4

Long YM @ 10850
<jbraswell>  Exited 1/2 ES Long @ 1264 --> + 1.25 10:05
<eminitrader>  Shorts ES @ 1264.75 10:09
* RacerX sets mode: +v eminitrader
<NihabaAshi>  Shorts EuroFX @ 1.17320 -> large size
<jperl>  Exited ER2 Long @ 687.60 --> + 1 10:10
<togglex> short er2 687.6
<mispe>  Shorts YM @ 10860 10:13
* RacerX sets mode: +v mispe
<mispe>  Covered 1/2 YM Short @ 10854 --> + 6 10:15
<TLTrader> Niha you doing spot FX or futures?10:16
<jbraswell>  Exited Remainder ES Long @ 1263.75 --> + 1
<togglex> exit er2 short 687.2 +0.4
<PapaJon> Reminder: EIA report in 13mins10:17
<eminitrader>  Covered 1/3 ES Short @ 1263.75 --> + 1 10:18
<mispe>  Covered Remainder YM Short @ 10849 --> + 11 10:20
<coolweb> looking to short.10:23
<mispe>  Shorts YM @ 10853 10:24
  Covered all YM Short @ 10849 --> + 4 10:27
<NihabaAshi>  exit stop lowered EuroFX @ 1.17400
<szubaark_> Oil Report in 2 minutes10:28
<eminitrader>  Covered Remainder ES Short @ 1264.25 --> + 0.5 10:29
<szubaark_>  Exited 1/2 YM Long @ 10865 --> + 15 10:30
<danshirley> U.S. CRUDE STKS UP 2.7 MLN BRLS LAST WK: ENERGY DEPT10:32

U.S. GASOLINE STKS UP 2.7 MLN BRLS: ENERGY DEPT

U.S. DISTILLATE STKS UP 2.7 MLN BRLS: ENERGY DEPT

Shorts YM @ 10862 «« paper »» 10:33
<pdays>  Shorts YM @ 1265 «« paper »» 10:34
* RacerX sets mode: +v pdays
<pdays> es
  Covered all ES Short @ 1264.0 --> + 1 «« paper »» 10:35
<mispe>  Long YM @ 10865 10:36

Exited all YM Long @ 10870 --> + 5 10:37
<danshirley>  Shorts YM @ 10870 -> Add «« paper »» 10:38
<eminitrader>  Long ES @ 1264.50 10:39
<coolweb> love the action on ym
<szubaark_> hehe.. its there to frustrate you10:42
<eminitrader>  Exited 1/3 ES Long @ 1265 --> + 0.5
<szubaark_> cool u said u gonna put on a SHOW today?
<jbraswell> TLTrader...you've been gone for a while, huh?10:43
<eminitrader>  Exited Remainder ES Long @ 1264.50 --> 0
<mispe>  Shorts YM @ 10876 10:44
<pdays>  Shorts ER2 @ 688.0 «« paper »» 10:45
<mispe>  Covered 1/2 YM Short @ 10868 --> + 8
<pdays>  Covered all ER2 Short @ 686.7 --> + 1.3 «« paper »» 10:46
<mispe>  Covered Remainder YM Short @ 10868 --> + 8
<NihabaAshi>  Covered 1/3 EuroFX Short @ 1.17250 --> + 0.0007 10:47
<TLTrader> yeah jb been taking a break and lick'n my wounds
<NihabaAshi>  exit stop lowered EuroFX @ 1.17310 10:48
<eminitrader> not to worry tlt ..we have all gone thru this..welcome back :)10:50
<TLTrader> thnx emini
<NihabaAshi>  Trailing Stop Hit EuroFX @ 1.17310 --> + 0.0001
<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.10:51
<danshirley>  Covered 1/2 YM Short @ 10862 --> + 8 «« paper »» 10:52
<mispe>  Shorts YM @ 10860 10:53
<coolweb>  Shorts NQ @ 10859
 stop 1085910:54
<mispe>  Covered 1/2 YM Short @ 10855 --> + 5
<NihabaAshi> TLTrader...I'm trading the CME FX Futures10:55
<mispe>  Covered Remainder YM Short @ 10855 --> + 5
<coolweb>  Covered 3/4 NQ Short @ 10856 --> + 3
<TLTrader> just wondering I've been playing with IB's Idealpro10:56
<szubaark_> Niha Euro's Flat as a panckake.
<NihabaAshi> However, I monitor the Spot FX or Forex EurUsd whenever I'm looking for a trade signal in the CME FX.

Szu...yep...it started getting me nervous until that quick spike down.
<szubaark_>  Exited all YM Long @ 10850 --> 0 10:57
  Shorts YM @ 10850
<NihabaAshi> Decided it would be a good time to dump some and then tighten up my stop to +1 tick better than breakeven on the remainders.
<jbraswell>  Shorts ES @ 1261.25
<NihabaAshi> Of course it retraced immediately and took my remainders :(10:58
<jbraswell> ORB trade here
<danshirley>  exit stop set YM @ 10852 «« paper »» 11:00
<coolweb>  Covered 1/4 NQ Short @ 1041 --> + 9818
  Covered 1/4 NQ Short @ 10841 --> + 18
<szubaark_> Nice coolweb!
<coolweb> thanks, entry wasn't good had to bail out some earlier for risk protection, not getting good signals today11:01
 looking to reshort
<szubaark_> im looking for YM to test that low 1082911:02
<mispe>  Shorts YM @ 10844 11:03
  Covered 1/2 YM Short @ 10836 --> + 8 11:04
<danshirley>  Covered Remainder YM Short @ 10836 --> + 26 «« paper »»
<mispe>  Covered Remainder YM Short @ 10838 --> + 6 11:05
<danshirley> FEB GOLD TAPS A HIGH OF $520.30, HIGHEST SINCE FEB 198311:08
<szubaark_>  exit stop moved to breakeven YM @ 10850 11:10
 keeping this one tight
<mispe>  Shorts YM @ 10843 11:11
<danshirley> looks like meander time11:13
<jbraswell> you mean like, "me and er" are going to the party?11:14

ba dum crash!
<danshirley> :-)
<PapaJon> now all we need is a sax player..11:15
<coolweb>  Shorts NQ @ 10846 11:16
 down DOWN11:17
 10846 STOP
 looking to pyramid11:18
<mispe>  Covered 1/2 YM Short @ 10837 --> + 6
<szubaark_>  Covered 1/2 YM Short @ 10835 --> + 15 11:19
<coolweb> SHROT 10837 ADD
<mispe>  Covered Remainder YM Short @ 10835 --> + 8
<coolweb> stop 10837 10838 small size 1/3 size
<mispe> That's all for to day ! bye11:20
<coolweb> mispe : good trading my friend, very good11:21
<mispe> thks lucky to day
<coolweb> STOP 10838

for add

exit 1/3 ADD 10838 -111:22

i mean exited all add11:23

Covered all NQ Short @ 10845 --> + 1 11:24

looking to reshort
<szubaark_>  Covered all YM Short @ 10847 --> + 3 11:25
 action getting sloppy.. lunch time11:26
<coolweb> kill the shorts.11:36
<danshirley> 3M Co. on Wednesday tapped the head of Brunswick Corp. to fill its chief executive position, which had been filled on an interim basis after its former CEO left in June to take the top job at Boeing Co.11:39
<coolweb>  Shorts NQ @ 10859 11:42
<danshirley> both F and MMM in motion today (dow components)11:43
<GoodMood>  Shorts YM @ 10857 11:46
* NihabaAshi sets mode: +v GoodMood
<danshirley> Europe closed down about .4%11:49
<coolweb>  Covered all NQ Short @ 10858 --> + 1 11:52
<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.12:03
<coolweb>  Shorts NQ @ 10852 12:08
 risky
  Covered all NQ Short @ 10853 --> - 1
 10846 short12:14
 chop city today
  Shorts NQ @ 10846 12:15
<danshirley> Greeny talking somewhere12:25

GREENSPAN: FLAT YIELD CURVE NOT ALWAYS SIGN OF WEAK ECONOMY
<coolweb>  Covered all NQ Short @ 10846 --> 0
  Shorts NQ @ 10849 13:06
 stop 10851 , ugh waste13:07
 stop 1085013:08
 stop 1084913:12
 market should not break 10849
 i should get scratch commission rates13:15
<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.
<coolweb> if this pops up, i'm going to strangle someone, preferably an employee at CBOT13:18
 market going to break down or break up13:21
 lets get going nasdaq
 about time losers13:23
<jbraswell>  Covered all ES Short @ 1258.25 --> + 3 13:26
<coolweb>  Covered 1/3 NQ Short @ 10823 --> + 26
 beauituful13:27
 death to dowjones and cbot
 nickel and diming me to death13:28
 Lets see -80 points13:29
 stop set 10824
 market won't get a penny from me
 i'll dollar and 100 hundred dollar bill her13:30
  Covered 1/3 NQ Short @ 10805 --> + 44 13:31
 nickel and dime me huh , we see who's trader >:)13:32
 I've learned some new techniques today though13:34
 filters
 going to filter out more breakeven traders next time, angry
 need some scratch commissions, that would be money
<togglex> short er2 682.513:38
<coolweb> i'm done today13:44
<togglex> exit er2 short 683.0 -0.513:45
<coolweb> this is a good move13:52
 :)
 stop 1081313:59
 angry
 market go poo
 looking for +80 points14:00
 I mean
 - 85 on dow
 mininum
<jbraswell>  Shorts ES @ 1256.25

Covered all ES Short @ 1256.25 --> 0 14:15
<togglex> long er2 681.914:25
<szubaark_> nice trading today coolweb, you OWN the market14:27
<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.
<coolweb> thanks szu, don't know about own hehe, just trying to trade my plan correctly :) yeah it worked well today, + new idea about position sizing14:29

I can tell you if you use varying position sizing if you want to know
<togglex> exit long er2 681.5 -0.414:30
<jbraswell> i'm shorting 1256.25 on a swing from here14:31

I got burned on the last swing, let's see how this one works out
<togglex> i didn't see the obvious14:32
<coolweb> might be a big reversal hammer14:33

with heavy buying

on YM/NQ
<NihabaAshi> The trend is obviously down...lets see how traders perform via counter-trend trading the Bullish White Hammers.14:38
<danshirley> FED AIR MARSHAL FIRES WEAPON ON AMERICAN AIR PLANE -REPORTS14:39
<coolweb> stop 10794 on 1/4 contract14:40
<danshirley> SHOTS FIRED ABOARD AMERICAN AIR PLANE FROM COLOMBIA
<coolweb> rest 10813
 market never lets me any lee way, we shouldn't give the market have any lee way :)14:41
  Covered 1/4 NQ Short @ 10794 --> + 55 14:48
<szubaark_>  Go Coolweb!14:54
<PapaJon> yah.. very nice cool14:55
<szubaark_> today its taking Euro 2 hours to move up every 5 ticks. What an unpredictible market14:56
<coolweb> thanks guys, appreciate it :)
 szubaark: yeah the eurofx spread is odd too, it fluctuates sometimes to 2-3 ticks
 trying to get out, buttontrader goes nuts when the spread jumps above the stop :)14:57
<szubaark_> <-- Thinks coolweb found the Holy Grail :)
<jbraswell> yeah, good job
<danshirley> U.S. OCT. CONSUMER CREDIT POSTS RECORD-MAKING DROP15:02

January crude closed at $59.21 a barrel15:08
<jperl>  Long ER2 @ 682.50 15:26
  Exited ER2 Long @ 681.90 --> - 0.6 15:37
<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.15:39
<PapaJon> Reminder... tomorrow the contracts rollover16:32
<WannaBeBOS> thanks PJ
* RacerX sets mode: +v WannaBeBOS
<PapaJon> yw
<NihabaAshi> Take care all and see all tomorrow.16:47
* NihabaAshi is now known as NihabaAshi_away
<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.16:48
  #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.18:00
* DisconnectedSession Close: Wed Dec 07 18:19:41 200518:19

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