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Dec 16th Fri 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: Fri Dec 16 09:00:41 2005Session Ident: #futurestrades
* Now talking in #futurestrades09:00
* 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 Sun Dec 11 22:17:32
<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
<pat255> gm all...09:02
* RacerX sets mode: +v pat255
<pat255> triple witch day today...be careful09:03
<mispe> GM09:05
* RacerX sets mode: +v mispe
<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.09:07
<danshirley> Stock market futures on Friday pointed higher with crude futures below $60 a barrel, some recent healthy economic data coming out of the U.S. and a positive spin from the head of General Motors on the fortunes of the world's leading automaker.09:20
* RacerX sets mode: +v danshirley
<danshirley> The expiration of key options and futures are likely to inject some added volatility into the market at the open.09:21
 European mrkts are up09:22
 dollar is down vs the euro09:23
 No data at 10....quarterly trade gap showed small improvement at 8:3009:24
<mispe>  Shorts YM @ 10970 09:35

Covered 1/2 YM Short @ 10963 --> + 7 09:36

Covered Remainder YM Short @ 10960 --> + 10 09:37
<les>  Shorts ER2 @ 688.8 09:42
* RacerX sets mode: +v les
<joereal>  Shorts ES @ 1281.25 «« paper »» 09:43
* RacerX sets mode: +v joereal
<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 NihabaAshi
<les>  Covered ER2 Short @ 689.9 --> - 1.1 09:45
  Reverse and Enter Long ER2 @ 689.9
  Long ER2 @ 689.9 09:46
<danshirley>  Shorts YM @ 10967 «« paper »»
<mispe>  Long YM @ 10965 09:47
<danshirley>  Covered 1/2 YM Short @ 10967 --> 0 «« paper »» 09:48
<NihabaAshi>  Shorts ES @ 1281.50 -> small size
* RacerX sets mode: +v NihabaAshi
<mispe>  Exited all YM Long @ 10967 --> + 2 09:50
<les>  Exited ER2 Long @ 688.9 --> - 1

Reverse and Enter Short ER2 @ 688.9
<szubaark_>  Shorts YM @ 10965
* RacerX sets mode: +v szubaark_
<les>  Covered all ER2 Short @ 688.4 --> + 0.5
<mispe>  Shorts YM @ 10969 09:52
<joereal>  Covered all ES Short @ 1282.25 --> - 1 «« paper »» 09:53
<togglex> short er2 689.2

close short er2 688.7 +0.509:55
<mispe>  Covered 1/2 YM Short @ 10964 --> + 5 09:57
<szubaark_> hmm.. still no FFT
<NihabaAshi> I talked to him recently...he said he will show up sometime to say hello and maybe explain what's going on.09:58
<mispe>  Covered Remainder YM Short @ 10969 --> 0
<BOS-sfls> as long as he is ok...09:59
* RacerX sets mode: +v BOS-sfls
<NihabaAshi> I have a BULLISH Bias on ES, YM and a NEUTRAL Bias on ER2 and NQ.
<togglex> long er2 688.710:01
<NihabaAshi> ES 2min chart has a small rising wedge :(10:02
<togglex> close long er2 688.5 -0.210:03
<jbraswell>  Shorts ER2 @ 1282.50
* RacerX sets mode: +v jbraswell
<les>  Shorts ER2 @ 688.1
<jbraswell>  Shorts ES @ 1282.50 10:04
<mispe>  Long YM @ 10963 10:05
<pdays>  Shorts ER2 @ 688.2 «« paper »» 10:06
* RacerX sets mode: +v pdays
<les>  exit stop lowered ER2 @ 688 10:07
<mispe>  Exited all YM Long @ 10968 --> + 5 10:08
<les>  Covered all ER2 Short @ 687.3 --> + 0.8
<szubaark_> typical option expiration Crapola10:10
<mispe>  Shorts YM @ 10968
<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.10:19
<mispe>  Covered all YM Short @ 10973 --> - 5 10:20
<NihabaAshi>  Covered ES Short @ 1282.50 --> - 1 10:22
  Reverse and Enter Long ES @ 1282.50
<jbraswell>  Covered all ES Short @ 1282.50 --> 0
<togglex> seeing something about ecn's being messed up10:23
<NihabaAshi> YM wants to be the spoiler of my short so I'm gonna ride its coat-tail sort'uv speak as a Long on that reversal.
<mispe>  Shorts YM @ 10980 10:25
<danshirley>  Shorts YM @ 10978 «« paper »»
<eminitrader>  Shorts ES @ 1282.75 10:26
* RacerX sets mode: +v eminitrader
<danshirley>  exit stop set YM @ 10986 «« paper »»
  Covered all YM Short @ 10978 --> 0 «« paper »» 10:30
<mispe>  Covered 1/2 YM Short @ 10975 --> + 5 10:31
<eminitrader>  Covered 1/3 ES Short @ 1281.75 --> + 1 10:32
<NihabaAshi>  Exited all ES Long @ 1281.75 --> - 0.75
<mispe>  Covered Remainder YM Short @ 10973 --> + 7 10:35
  Long YM @ 10974 10:39
<eminitrader>  Covered Remainder ES Short @ 1282.25 --> + 0.5
<mispe>  Exited 1/2 YM Long @ 10980 --> + 6 10:42
  Exited Remainder YM Long @ 10981 --> + 7 10:43
  Shorts YM @ 10982 10:47
<eminitrader>  Shorts ES @ 1282.25 10:48
<mispe>  Covered 1/2 YM Short @ 10977 --> + 5 10:54
<PapaJon> is this typical of a quad witch day?? good volatility at the beginning then...nuttin.. no volatility?10:55
* NihabaAshi sets mode: +v PapaJon
<danshirley> everybody says there is high volatility on a trip/quad day...buy you can't prove it by me10:56
<mispe>  Covered all YM Short @ 10982 --> 0 10:57
<danshirley> I think there's more options turning over than anything else10:58
<szubaark_>  Covered all YM Short @ 10987 --> - 22 11:01
 :((
<eminitrader>  Covered all ES Short @ 1282.75 --> - 0.5 11:02
<mispe>  Shorts YM @ 10987 11:03
<NihabaAshi> ES stuck in a tight trading range.
<mispe>  Covered 1/2 YM Short @ 10982 --> + 5 11:05
  Covered Remainder YM Short @ 10983 --> + 4 11:07
<jperl>  Long ER2 @ 689.30
* RacerX sets mode: +v jperl
<eminitrader>  Long ES @ 1282.25

exit stop set ES @ 1281 11:08

last trade for me

probability of b/o to upside on the 30 min11:09
<szubaark_> overall tough week for me.11:10
<eminitrader> i had min no of trades in dec...11:11
<GoodMood> b/o = ?
* NihabaAshi sets mode: +v GoodMood
<eminitrader> on the ES
 break out11:12
<NihabaAshi>  Long ES @ 1282.50 -> large size
<jperl>  Long ES @ 1282.75 11:13
<eminitrader>  Exited 1/3 ES Long @ 1283.25 --> + 1
<NihabaAshi> Just need +1 point on this to be barely profitable for the day.
 I don't like the price action so far today so I will most likely take that point or maybe a little more and call it quits.11:14
<jperl>  Exited ER2 Long @ 690.60 --> - 592.15

that's cute...11:15

should be +1.30
<szubaark_> they doing the creeper
<mispe>  Shorts YM @ 10993 11:16
<jperl>  Exited ES Long @ 1283 --> + 0.25 11:17
<mispe>  Covered 1/2 YM Short @ 10988 --> + 5
<szubaark_> so much for the breakout LOL
<NihabaAshi> YM did a breakout a while ago and still holding its gains...others have not done a breakout yet...hopefully sooner than later.11:19
<eminitrader> " probability ' is the key word here szu..bets r still on unless 1281 is broken..
<mispe>  Covered Remainder YM Short @ 10988 --> + 5 11:21
<NihabaAshi> We will probably get one more good push to the upside before the year is over and then go into a trading range for most of January...
 I would like to see it move higher in January also.11:22
 EC current volatility putting some pressure on ES.11:24
<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.11:31
<eminitrader>  Exited all ES Long @ 1281 --> - 1.25 11:35
<mispe>  Long YM @ 10974
<codehead> MOGEN gettign a bounce11:36
* RacerX sets mode: +v codehead
<codehead> oops, wrong room, nm
 nasty downtrend, has more room to drop, not calling it long11:37
 fwiw
<NihabaAshi> EC volatility has dropped and the pressure on ES is gone.

Be later after lunch and putting up a Xmas tree upside and another inside with the spouse.11:38
* NihabaAshi is now known as NihabaAshi_away
<codehead> oil under 6011:40

59.70
<mispe>  Exited all YM Long @ 10969 --> - 5 11:46
  Long YM @ 10961 11:54
  Exited 1/2 YM Long @ 10966 --> + 5 12:04
  Exited Remainder YM Long @ 10969 --> + 8 12:08
 That's all for to day..12:09
 Have a good W E
<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.12:43
<jbraswell>  Shorts ER2 @ 688.20 12:51
  Covered 1/2 ER2 Short @ 687.50 --> + 0.7 13:33
 sell off, you SOB!13:34
 MOVE!
 weird, crude's falling out of bed; nat gas is holding up13:35
  Covered Remainder ER2 Short @ 688.10 --> + 0.1 13:38
<togglex> short er2 688.113:44

close short er2 688.5 -0.413:54
<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.13:55
<GoodMood> jbraswell: still short on ER2 ?14:09
* RacerX sets mode: +v GoodMood
* NihabaAshi_away is now known as NihabaAshi14:18
<GoodMood> hi marc14:22
<NihabaAshi> Hi GoodMood14:39
<GoodMood> ;-)
 are you done for the day ?
<NihabaAshi> Yes and I didn't get any Bullish WRB Harami signals today...14:40
<GoodMood> maybe next week than
<NihabaAshi> However, I'm going over the charts right now to see if I missed any and will post yesterdays signals along with any missed signals from today if there are any.

Give me a few minutes to post what i missed today...I'm sitting here doing too many things at once...14:41
<GoodMood> do you post them in the same directory as the introductory notes to WRB Harami ?
<NihabaAshi> Yes but I may change that and post it as a seperate post (easier).14:42
<GoodMood> ok
<NihabaAshi> I was only following ES, DAX, YM, ZB and EC today.14:43
<GoodMood> did you ever post trades of ZB at this chat ?
<NihabaAshi> No14:44
<jbraswell>  Shorts ER2 @ 687.10 14:46
 let's see if I'm being faked out
 hmm, hammer action on 1 minute making me nerous14:48
 nervous
<NihabaAshi> GoodMood...I wasn't around when a Bullish WRB Harami appeared on ES 3min chart @ 1154am est.14:56
<GoodMood> ok, I'll have a look, Thanks !
<codehead> QM under 59
<NihabaAshi> Another one on YM 10min chart @ 1210pm est...breakeven trade.14:58
<jbraswell> stop trailed tight 686.3014:59

looking for 685.2015:00

Covered all ER2 Short @ 685.20 --> + 1.9
<GoodMood> congrat !
<jbraswell> thanks. I feel like utter garbage today, and I was going to be pissed if this market made me watch it all day without giving me something15:01
<GoodMood> Just keep cool and remember, its only money not love not self-confidence !15:02
<jbraswell> HA, I've gone years without self-confidence! Who needs it!15:03

Something interesting today....

my boss said he thinks the NYMEX floor will be gone within a year

So, everybody start watching crude
<NihabaAshi> Goodmood...no signals in EC and ZB...looking at DAX right now.15:04
<GoodMood> ok15:05
<NihabaAshi> None in the DAX.15:06
 Thus, just two signals today in the trading instruments I was following for the day.15:07
 In ES and YM.
<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.
<GoodMood> ok
<NihabaAshi> I'll post charts in the seminar over the weekend.15:08
<GoodMood> in the forum ?
<NihabaAshi> Of those two signals and the one I traded yesterday and that re-entry signal.

Yes...in the forum I'll post it in the Seminar thread.
<GoodMood> thx
<NihabaAshi> I thought I had posted yesterday's #EminiFutures chat log but I realized today I did not after someone told me they've been waiting for it :(15:10
<pat255> niha could u pl post the link of the forum...haven't been there in a while ty..if someone else has too would apprecaite it ..ty
<NihabaAshi> Been doing a lot of stuff for the past 24hrs and just forgot...I'll make sure that gets posted this weekend also.

Yes...just a second...
<pat255> kty niha
 will look overthe weekend ...assignment for me ..15:11
<NihabaAshi> http://p207.ezboard.com/fthestrategylabf rm15915:14
<GoodMood> already there ?
<pat255> ty niha15:15
<GoodMood> ok, I've read it
 ty = ?
<BOS-sfls> ty = thank you15:24
* BOS-sfls is now known as BOS-falbb15:28
<jbraswell> later, folks. Have a good weekend.15:29
* jbraswell is now known as jbras_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.16:16
<NihabaAshi> We're in the middle of a snow storm here in Qubec City.17:03
 Meant Quebec City.
 So...on that note...all here have a nice weekend although my weekend started early this week via not putting much effort into trading.17:06
 Today is also the first day I've felt healthy after recovering from a stomach virus all week.
 :)
* 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.17:28
  #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.18:40
* BOS-falbb is now known as WannaBeBOS19:16
* DisconnectedSession Close: Fri Dec 16 19:19:39 200519:19

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