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Session Start: Thu Apr 30 08:10:31 2009
Session Ident: #futurestrades
[08:10] * Now talking in #futurestrades
[08:10] <@X> [NihabaAshi] Announcement: The new trade posting script v3.7 (replaces v3.6) is posted at your forum in the "Announcements" thread.
[08:11] <pat255> gm
[08:11] <+pat255> anazing this mkt
[08:11] <+pat255> up & up away
[08:28] <rickf> jpb;ess claims 0830
[08:28] <+pat255> y
[08:29] <+pat255> eco still not good but mkts keep rising ..
[08:30] <+rickf> i still dont trust it
[08:32] <+rickf> looks like 2 hedge funds are going to implode today thanks to HUGE concentrations in a biotech that is down 90% on "mishandled" test data
[08:32] <+pat255> y saw that
[08:33] <+rickf> who puts 92% of their capital in ONE position?
[08:33] <+pat255> it is not their $ lol i am sure they will have some explanation
[08:34] <+rickf> yeah - but still stupid
[08:35] <+rickf> Jobless Claims Fall 14K to 631K; Moving Avg. Falls 10,750; Personal Income Down 0.3%, Spending Down 0.2%
[08:36] <+pat255> ty
[09:05] <@X> #FuturesTrades Info -> Archived trade posting chat logs have a new location. They are now stored @ viewforum.php?f=20
[09:30] <drt> gm all
[09:31] <stick2it> gm gang
[09:32] <+rickf> gm
[09:32] <@NihabaAshi> Shorts ES @ 879.00 -> small size
[09:32] <@NihabaAshi> 3 only
[09:35] <@NihabaAshi> Covered all ES Short @ 878.75 --> + 0.25
[09:36] <kosmipt> Long ES @ 879 «« simulator »»
[09:36] <@NihabaAshi> Had a profit goal on that trade down to the 873.50 price area.
[09:36] <@NihabaAshi> wasn't meant to be.
[09:37] <@NihabaAshi> Shorts ES @ 878.25 -> small size
[09:37] <@NihabaAshi> 3 only
[09:37] <@NihabaAshi> intuition
[09:38] <+kosmipt> Exited all ES Long @ 878 --> - 1 «« simulator »»
[09:39] <+rickf> short es 879.25
[09:40] <@NihabaAshi> Covered all ES Short @ 879.25 --> - 1
[09:40] <+kosmipt> Long ES @ 879.50 «« simulator »»
[09:41] <+rickf> out 880.25 -1
[09:42] <+kosmipt> Exited all ES Long @ 882.50 --> + 3 «« simulator »»
[09:42] <szubaark> nice kos
[09:42] <@NihabaAshi> Long ES @ 882.25 -> small size
[09:42] <+kosmipt> thanks
[09:42] <@NihabaAshi> 3 only
[09:42] <@NihabaAshi> intuition
[09:43] <@NihabaAshi> Exited all ES Long @ 882.50 --> + 0.25
[09:43] <@NihabaAshi> exit error
[09:46] <@NihabaAshi> Shorts ES @ 881.25 -> small size
[09:46] <@NihabaAshi> 3 only
[09:46] <@NihabaAshi> choppy now
[09:53] <@NihabaAshi> Covered all ES Short @ 880.00 --> + 1.25
[09:55] <@NihabaAshi> Long ES @ 879.75 -> small size
[09:55] <@NihabaAshi> 2 only
[09:57] <@NihabaAshi> Exited all ES Long @ 881.00 --> + 1.25
[10:06] <+rickf> short es 883.50
[10:08] <+rickf> out 883.25 +.25
[10:09] <@NihabaAshi> there goes my bearish bias out the door :)
[10:11] <+rickf> i figure another few points on the es and my sell orders will fire on some pos i'm trying to dump
[10:11] <+rickf> still holding my SDS hedge though
[10:13] <+pat255> sds ?
[10:14] <+rickf> ultra short sp etf
[10:14] <+rickf> 2x
[10:14] <+pat255> ty
[10:15] <+rickf> i use that instead of es fuitures to hedge my long equities - tho i may switch to the emini at some point
[10:20] <+rickf> long es 882
[10:22] <+drt> l es 81.25
[10:24] <+rickf> out 882.25 +.25
[10:25] <+szubaark> Buys ES @ 882.75 «« paper »»
[10:26] <+drt> cl es 83.25
[10:26] <+rickf> nat gas @ 1030
[10:27] * codehead_afk is now known as codehead
[10:30] <@NihabaAshi> Long ES @ 883.75 -> small size
[10:30] <@NihabaAshi> 1 only
[10:30] <+szubaark> Tightening Stop
[10:31] <@NihabaAshi> Exited ES Long @ 883.00 --> - 0.75
[10:32] <+kosmipt> Shorts ES @ 882.75 «« simulator »»
[10:32] <+szubaark> exit stop set ES @ 881.50 «« paper »»
[10:32] <+kosmipt> Shorts ES @ 882.50 -> Add «« simulator »»
[10:34] <+kosmipt> Covered 1/2 ES Short @ 882.50 --> 0 «« simulator »»
[10:34] <+szubaark> exit stop set ES @ 881.75 «« paper »»
[10:35] <+kosmipt> Covered Remainder ES Short @ 882.75 --> 0 «« simulator »»
[10:35] <Nesi> Shorts ES @ 882.25 «« simulator »»
[10:35] <+Nesi> exit stop set ES @ 887.25 «« simulator »»
[10:40] <+szubaark> exit stop set ES @ 882 «« paper »»
[10:41] <+szubaark> Exited all Long ES at 882 --> - 0.75 «« paper »»
[10:41] <+rickf> long es 881.50
[10:45] <+rickf> exit es 882.25 + .75
[10:45] <+rickf> sheesh
[10:45] <+rickf> nothing but ticks this week
[10:45] <+szubaark> and its not even summer yet LOL
[10:45] <+rickf> :(
[10:45] <+pat255> vn escape ing by the skin ...vn
[10:45] <+rickf> ty
[10:50] <@NihabaAshi> Long ES @ 881.75 -> small size
[10:50] <@NihabaAshi> 2 only
[10:51] <@NihabaAshi> Exited all ES Long @ 881.50 --> - 0.25
[10:52] <@NihabaAshi> That trade started to stink soon after my entry
[10:53] <@NihabaAshi> Would rather chase a volatility spike in this price area instead of trying to get a good entry in the contraction
[10:53] <+szubaark> Buys ES @ 882.50 «« paper »»
[10:54] <@NihabaAshi> Long ES @ 882.75 -> small size
[10:54] <@NihabaAshi> 3 only
[10:55] <@NihabaAshi> Exited all ES Long @ 883.25 --> + 0.5
[10:55] <+codehead> short 2c ES 883.50 <paper>
[10:56] <+codehead> i'm early...
[10:57] <+codehead> exit ES flat <paper>
[10:57] <+rickf> bbl
[10:57] <@NihabaAshi> Long ES @ 883.75 -> small size
[10:57] <@NihabaAshi> 1 only
[10:57] <+szubaark> expecting another Volatility spike,hopefully to upside, Im Long
[10:57] <@NihabaAshi> intuition
[10:57] <+rickf> back in a bit
[11:00] <+szubaark> exit stop moved to breakeven ES @ 882.50 «« paper »»
[11:01] <+szubaark> more contraction after a small spike :((
[11:02] <@NihabaAshi> Need some help from Eurex to break out of this volatility contraction
[11:02] <@NihabaAshi> Gold and Oil can do it too...nobody stepping up to the plate :(
[11:03] <@NihabaAshi> Exited ES Long @ 884.00 --> + 0.25
[11:03] <@NihabaAshi> Going to lunch...be back later.
[11:03] <winmax60> Long ES @ 883.75 -> small size «« simulator »»
[11:03] * NihabaAshi is now known as NihabaAshi_away
[11:05] <+szubaark> Exited all Long ES at 883.75 --> + 1.25 «« paper »»
[11:05] <+winmax60> Exited all ES Long @ 883.75 --> 0 «« simulator »»
[11:06] <+szubaark> not gonna sit thru a pullback
[11:11] <@X> #FuturesTrades Info -> Archived trade posting chat logs have a new location. They are now stored @ viewforum.php?f=20
[11:13] <+szubaark> Buys ES @ 884.75 «« paper »»
[11:25] <+szubaark> Exited all Long ES at 883 --> - 1.75 «« paper »»
[11:25] <+szubaark> Shorts ES @ 883 «« paper »»
[11:26] <+szubaark> Covered all Short ES at 883.25 --> - 0.25 «« paper »»
[11:31] <+szubaark> Buys ES @ 884.24 «« paper »»
[11:32] <+szubaark> Exited all Long ES at 882.50 --> - 1.74 «« paper »»
[11:32] <+szubaark> Shorts ES @ 882.50 «« paper »»
[11:42] <+szubaark> Covered all Short ES at 881.75 --> + 0.75 «« paper »»
[11:45] <+szubaark> Buys ES @ 882 «« paper »»
[11:51] <+szubaark> Exited all Long ES at 880.50 --> - 1.5 «« paper »»
[11:51] <+szubaark> Shorts ES @ 880.25 «« paper »»
[12:00] <+szubaark> Covered all Short ES at 879.25 --> + 1 «« paper »»
[12:04] <+szubaark> Shorts ES @ 878 «« paper »»
[12:04] <+szubaark> Covered all Short ES at 877.25 --> + 0.75 «« paper »»
[12:12] <+szubaark> Buys ES @ 878.50 «« paper »»
[12:17] * NihabaAshi_away is now known as NihabaAshi
[12:18] <@NihabaAshi> Long ES @ 778.00 -> small size
[12:18] <@NihabaAshi> 2 only
[12:19] <@NihabaAshi> correction
[12:19] <@NihabaAshi> Long ES @ 878.00 -> small size
[12:21] <@NihabaAshi> Exited all ES Long @ 879.25 --> + 1.25
[12:24] <+szubaark> damn missed my profit target by 1 tick so far :((
[12:27] <+szubaark> Exited all Long ES at 878.25 --> - 0.25 «« paper »»
[12:27] <+szubaark> :(((
[12:31] <+szubaark> Shorts ES @ 877.25 «« paper »»
[12:31] <+szubaark> ]chasing by 3 ticks
[12:32] <+szubaark> Covered all Short ES at 875.25 --> + 2 «« paper »»
[12:56] <@NihabaAshi> Long ES @ 871.50 -> small size
[12:56] <@NihabaAshi> 2 only
[13:01] <@NihabaAshi> Exited ES Long @ 871.00 --> - 0.5
[13:01] <@NihabaAshi> Reverse and Enter Short ES @ 871.00
[13:02] <@NihabaAshi> :(
[13:02] <@NihabaAshi> Covered all ES Short @ 872.00 --> - 1
[13:04] <@NihabaAshi> Long ES @ 872.75 -> small size
[13:04] <@NihabaAshi> 2 only
[13:05] <@NihabaAshi> Exited all ES Long @ 872.75 --> 0
[13:05] <@NihabaAshi> sidelined
[13:05] <@NihabaAshi> Will wait for volatility to show up to get out of this range of the past few intervals
[13:05] <+Nesi> exit stop moved to breakeven ES @ 882.25 «« simulator »»
[13:13] <+rickf> back
[13:14] <@X> #FuturesTrades Info -> Archived trade posting chat logs have a new location. They are now stored @ viewforum.php?f=20
[13:16] <@NihabaAshi> Shorts ES @ 871.00 -> small size
[13:16] <@NihabaAshi> 3 only
[13:18] <@NihabaAshi> Covered all ES Short @ 870.75 --> + 0.25
[13:19] <@NihabaAshi> :(
[13:33] <+rickf> short es 870
[13:41] <@NihabaAshi> I'm expecting a volatility spike here soon
[13:42] <+Nesi> Covered all ES Short @ 870.00 --> + 12.25 «« simulator »»
[13:42] <@NihabaAshi> Long ES @ 870.00 -> small size
[13:42] <@NihabaAshi> 3 only
[13:42] <+rickf> exit 69 +1
[13:42] <@NihabaAshi> spike with chop :(
[13:43] <+rickf> hard point to get
[13:44] <@NihabaAshi> Exited all ES Long @ 870.50 --> + 0.5
[13:44] <@NihabaAshi> :(
[13:44] <+rickf> i hear ya wrbtrader
[13:44] <+rickf> :(((((
[13:45] <@NihabaAshi> It will now shoot up about 2 more points without me after shaking me out in that chop
[13:45] <+rickf> of course !
[13:45] <+rickf> story of my trading life these days
[13:45] <@NihabaAshi> sidelined again after watching another great entry produce only a few tick profits.
[13:47] <@NihabaAshi> Long ES @ 870.50 -> small size
[13:47] <@NihabaAshi> 2 only
[13:47] <@NihabaAshi> intuition
[13:50] <+kosmipt> Shorts ES @ 870.50 «« simulator »»
[13:50] <@NihabaAshi> Exited all ES Long @ 870.50 --> 0
[13:51] <@NihabaAshi> conceded
[13:51] <@NihabaAshi> be back later...taking a break
[13:53] <+kosmipt> Covered all ES Short @ 870.25 --> + 0.25 «« simulator »»
[14:04] <+Nesi> Shorts ES @ 872.00 «« simulator »»
[14:17] <+kosmipt> Long ES @ 871.75 «« simulator »»
[14:19] <+kosmipt> Exited all ES Long @ 872.75 --> + 1 «« simulator »»
[14:28] <+szubaark> Shorts ES @ 873.25 «« paper »»
[14:31] <+szubaark> exit stop set ES @ 875.25 «« paper »»
[14:35] <+szubaark> :((
[14:37] <+szubaark> Covered all Short ES at 873.25 --> 0 «« paper »»
[14:37] <+szubaark> not going anywhere
[14:37] <+rickf> long es 873
[14:41] <+szubaark> tough area IF you Long OR Short
[14:42] <+rickf> exit 873.50 +.50
[14:42] <+rickf> bleh
[14:42] <+szubaark> Shorts ES @ 873.25 «« paper »»
[14:42] <+szubaark> Shorts ES @ 872.25 «« paper »»
[14:44] <+rickf> long es 871.50
[14:46] <+szubaark> missed my Target by 1 tick so far
[14:47] <+szubaark> Covered all Short ES at 872.25 --> 0 «« paper »»
[14:47] <+szubaark> :((((
[14:47] <+szubaark> frustrating
[14:48] <+szubaark> looks like just need to steal 1 point and get out
[14:50] <+rickf> exit es 872.25 +.75
[14:50] <+szubaark> nice...not giving much today
[14:52] <+szubaark> im gonna wait for something solid, too much crap going on right now
[14:56] <+rickf> yeah no kidding
[15:01] <+kosmipt> Shorts ES @ 871 «« simulator »»
[15:02] <+szubaark> eminis doing what they do best,CHOP
[15:04] <+rickf> ugly
[15:05] <+kosmipt> Shorts ES @ 870 -> Add «« simulator »»
[15:06] <+kosmipt> Covered 1/2 ES Short @ 868 --> + 2 «« simulator »»
[15:06] <+szubaark> nice
[15:06] <+kosmipt> holding remainder
[15:07] <+kosmipt> Covered Remainder ES Short @ 868 --> + 3 «« simulator »»
[15:07] <+kosmipt> ok done for a while
[15:10] <Nesi> exit stop set ES @ 875.00 «« simulator »»
[15:20] <@X> #FuturesTrades Info -> Archived trade posting chat logs have a new location. They are now stored @ viewforum.php?f=20
[15:30] <+Nesi> Covered all ES Short @ 868.00 --> + 9 «« simulator »»
[15:31] <+rickf> short es 870
[15:32] <@NihabaAshi> Long ES @ 871.00 -> small size
[15:32] <@NihabaAshi> 1 only
[15:32] <@NihabaAshi> just got back
[15:33] <@NihabaAshi> Exited ES Long @ 871.25 --> + 0.25
[15:38] <@NihabaAshi> got back just in time for some contraction in the price action :(
[15:38] <@NihabaAshi> :)
[15:40] <+szubaark> Shorts ES @ 870.50 «« paper »»
[15:42] <+szubaark> :(((
[15:43] <+szubaark> Covered all Short ES at 870.50 --> 0 «« paper »»
[15:43] <+szubaark> gezzz
[15:44] <+szubaark> :(((((((((
[15:44] <+szubaark> there is my 1pt Target
[15:44] <+rickf> exit 87 b/e
[15:44] <+szubaark> :(
[15:44] <+rickf> yah
[15:44] <+szubaark> all the major moves are well disquised
[15:46] <+rickf> weird action today
[15:46] <+codehead> 873.5 nice symmetry
[15:47] <+szubaark> Buys ES @ 873.25 «« paper »»
[15:47] <+szubaark> intuition
[15:49] <+codehead> 875.25 is .500
[15:49] <+codehead> also a previous bounce high
[15:49] <+codehead> so it would be a scalp short
[15:53] <+szubaark> :((((((((
[15:54] <+szubaark> frikin late in day
[15:56] <+szubaark> Exited all Long ES at 870.25 --> - 3 «« paper »»
[15:56] <+szubaark> Shorts ES @ 870 «« paper »»
[15:58] <+rickf> rangebound since 1245 or so.....bleah :(
[15:59] <+rickf> ok guys - off for the day.....see y'all tomolrrow
[16:00] <+szubaark> Covered all Short ES at 870 --> 0 «« paper »»
[16:02] <+Nesi> bye all
[16:09] <+szubaark> slime, waited for last minute
[17:23] <@X> #FuturesTrades Info -> Archived trade posting chat logs have a new location. They are now stored @ viewforum.php?f=20
Session Close: Thu Apr 30 19:25:12 2009

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