Saddam Gap Up
Posted by btr Sun, 14 Dec 2003 23:49:13 GMT
NQ is at 1451 up 29 point. ES is at 1088 up 15.5 point. Likely play may be fading the gap as the long road is still ahead after the news.| stablevalue.com a blog on stock market and things of interest |
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Saddam Gap Up
Posted by btr Sun, 14 Dec 2003 23:49:13 GMT
NQ is at 1451 up 29 point. ES is at 1088 up 15.5 point. Likely play may be fading the gap as the long road is still ahead after the news.
ES
Posted by btr Fri, 14 Nov 2003 03:44:48 GMT
1.25 point. Two shorts at 1057.25 and 1057.5. Covered both at 1056.75 before GLOBEX nightly shutdown. Original targets were set at 1056.5 and 1056.25, but it's not worth of uncertainty leaving the short position over next session. Session low was 1056.25. There were fills at 1056.5 at this writing, but my order was not at the head of the queue anyway.ES
Posted by btr Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:43:33 GMT
All indexes were up today. However, the volume was average. Tonight, I'm setting a short setup @1059.25 with target @1058.25 and stop @1061 above today's high. Let's see how it works later.ES
Posted by btr Tue, 04 Nov 2003 05:24:12 GMT
Scalped 2.25 point last night.ES
Posted by btr Tue, 28 Oct 2003 02:24:00 GMT
1.25 point last night. 1 point today. Mostly it's done by auto-pilot, that is, the order was set up and run its course (stopped out or hit the target). No monitoring and no emotion either.GE
Posted by btr Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:54:55 GMT
Closed GE at loss. GE lowered projection for the Q4, which probably explained in hindsight why it didn't move up much once it hit 31 (obviously people with inside information were unloading at 31 level therefore the resistence could not be broken) and original target of 32 was DOA. Using a scale in/out strategy would probably work better since we would book partial profits at 31 level.ES
Posted by btr Thu, 09 Oct 2003 23:07:23 GMT
Scalped out a deficit of $200. Scalping worked better for me. Bot AMZN Nov 55 Puts.ES Scalping ...
Posted by btr Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:27:10 GMT
Tonight, 4 round-trips (two longs and two shorts), all winners. Gained 2 point in 1.5 hours. ES moved back and forth between 996.25 and 995.
BTW, scaled out QQQ Oct 32 Puts opened a while ago. It's a losing position, but this recent drop is definitely an opportunity to reduce the loss.
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