Thursday, August 23, 2007

Trade Nbr. 81 - 2007

Short Sep 07 E-mini S&P: Entered on Aug 13th - Closed on Aug13th.Short: 1463.25 -- Initial Stop: 1469.00 -- Stopped: 1469.00 -- Result: -1,00R

Bearish in Screen I - At value in Screen II - Entry Set-up 1 in Screen III (uncompleted) - Stopped out.

Comments : Bad trade. I entered as the signal was not yet completed in Screen III... Somehow unlucky as well since the market reversed during the last minute of this bar, ie: the reversal was once again amazingly brutal... tough markets..

Trade Nbr. 80 - 2007

Long Sep 07 E-Mini S&P : Entered on Aug 13th - Closed on Aug 13th.Long: 1468.50 -- Initial Stop: 1466.25 -- Stopped: 1466.25 -- Result: -1,0R

Bullish in Screen I - Pullback at value in Screen II - Entry Set-up 1 in Screen III - Stopped out.

Comments: Reversal was brutal, no way to exit in order to reduce the risk....

Friday, August 10, 2007

Trade Nbr. 79 - 2007

Short Sep 07 Crude Oil: Entered on August 10th - Closed on August 10th.

Short: 70.64 -- Initial Stop: 70.89 -- Stopped: 70.89 -- Result: -1,00R

Bearish in Screen I - Pullback to value in Screen II - Entry Set-up 1 in Screen III - Stopped out..

Comments : Difficult trade, the reversal was too quick to allow a better exit.....

Monday, August 6, 2007

Trade Nbr. 78 - 2007

Short Sep 07 E-mini S&P: Entered on August 6th - Closed on August 6th.Short: 1446.50 -- Initial Stop: 1451.50 -- Covered: 1437.00 -- Result: 1,90R

Bearish in Screen I - Pullback to value in Screen II - Entry Set-up 1 in Screen III - Covered as the market did its move too quickly and was not followed by a rally in Bonds and Yen.....

Comments : Good trade. Exit was good, I noticed that something was different than previous days' sell-offs..