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James, Monday is a U.S. holiday. Globex will trade reduced hours, and combine the Sunday/Monday trades to report as Tuesday trades. How does your model handle that, and what action should be taken? For more info on the schedule, see http://www.cme.com/trading/files/2008GLXholidayweb.pdf

Had several signals last night that I acted on. First, an NQ signal to exit that trade, which I did at 1,905, for a loss of 36.75 points, or -$735. Also got a signal to exit the yen trade, which I did at $.9140, for a loss of .11 points, or -$137.50. Then two new positions: LONG on the US...

I think that last spreadsheet has some errors/missing info. The first one worked fine.

Oops, I was going too fast earlier today and missed a signal. I had an OUT signal for the ES contract, which I executed a short while ago at $1,279.25. That represents an 11.75 point gain, or +$588. (It would have been a larger gain if I hadn't been careless, as the value has dropped after...

Only one signal tonight: OUT of the long bond contract. I sold at 117 -29, and since I went long at 117 -28.5, once again we get to record a one-half of 1/32 of a point gain, which is $15.62. I was surprised when this happened the first time, it's even more surprising to me to see it happen...

The signal on the USZ8 contract switched from SHORT to LONG tonight after the close, so I exited the short (and went long) at 117 - 28.5. That's a loss of 4/32nds, or .125 point, which is -$125 in this case. The current status is as follows: Open Positions: Naz100 mini (NQU8) - LONG @...

Several signals tonight: first, a SHORT for the USZ8 contract, so I exited the long position at $117 - 24.5, for a gain of .71875 point, or $718.75. Next, a LONG signal on the yen contract, which I bought at $.9151. Finally, a LONG signal on the S&P mini, which I bought at $1,267.50...

I was just reconciling the trades in the journal, and I noticed that I had not included the Naz trade at the bottom of page 2 of the journal in my trade count. So, the correct count now is: 20 down, 10 to go.

Got two signals after the close Friday, which I executed tonight. First, I closed the ES position by selling at $1,291.50. Since I had gone long at 1,280.25, that's a profit of 11.25 points, or $562.50. I also got a signal to exit the Japanese yen position, which I did at $.9090. I had...

Well, today was the painful day I knew was coming. I got a signal to exit the pound sterling contract, which I did at $1.8731. That's a loss of 7.08 points at $625/point, or -$4,425. Ouch! As Ben Franklin said "things that hurt instruct", and I think I got some good instruction here. :(...

Got a signal to exit the long bond trade, which I did at 118 - 1. I was surprised when I looked up the entry price to find that this short was opened at 118 -1.5, so we made a profit of 1/2 of a thirty-second. Doesn't get any skinnier than that! (not with this contract, anyhow) The actual...

One of these days I'm going to forget to post this info, like I almost did tonight! But better late than never. Lots of activity tonight. First, the ES signalled LONG, and I executed that trade at $1,280.25. Then the EN signal went LONG, which meant closing out the existing short, of...

Got a LONG signal after the close on Friday for the long bond contract, which I executed at the open tonight @ 117-19. The current status is as follows: Open Positions: Naz100 mini (NQU8) - SHORT @ 1,946 Pound (BPU8) - LONG @ 1.9439 Yen (JYU8) - LONG @ .9092 30-year bond ((USU8) -...

Another two signal evening. First, OUT of the ES trade, which I exited at 1,296.50, for a profit of 5.25 points, or $262.50. Secondly, OUT of the long bond contract, which was exited at 116-21.5, for a profit of 14.5/32nds, or $453.13. So, two modest winners. Better than nothing, but we...

Two signals tonight: go SHORT on the NQ contract, and go LONG the long bond, USU8. The NQ short meant exiting the existing NQ long, which I did at $1,946.00, for a loss of 1.5 points, or -$30. I opened the LONG USU8 position at 116-7. The current status is as follows: Open Positions...

Got two signals tonight. First was to go LONG on the ES contract, which I did at $1,291.25. The second was to go LONG on the NQ contract. Since I was SHORT on that one, it meant closing that trade and opening a new one, which I did at $1,947.50. That resulted in a loss of 58.25 points, or...

Well, given the number of losses I've posted, I think it's pretty clear I'm not holding trades until they show a profit! But that's a fair point, I'll start doing it.

Got a signal to go long on the yen tonight, so I bought that contract at $.9092. The current status is as follows: Open Positions: Naz100 mini (NQU8) - SHORT @ 1,889.25 Pound (BPU8) - LONG @ 1.9439 Yen (JYU8) - LONG @ .9092 Closed equity: +$1,490. 9 down, 21 to go.

Oops, on that last trade, a one-point loss would be -$50, not -$75. Duh! So the new equity total is +$1,490. That is good, because the current positions are so far underwater I need every dollar I can find.

Got an OUT signal on the S&P e-mini after the close on Friday, and I covered tonight at 1,290.00, for a loss of 1 point, or $75. The current status is as follows: Open Positions: Naz100 mini (NQU8) - SHORT @ 1,889.25 Pound (BPU8) - LONG @ 1.9439 Closed equity: +$1,465. 9 down, 21...