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My buy stop was (rightfully) busted as it was executed above the bust level of 1422. After the bust, my short position was back on with the same average price that it had on Friday. Then, in the afternoon around lunch time, the average price of the short position suddenly was adjusted...

My ES short was reversed to long in the night's spike. In the AM subsequently the trade was busted and my short position was reestablished. My average short price was ~1425. Now 60 minutes ago or so, the average price was adjusted down to ~1399 and I show a loss on the position with ES...

Whops thx for correction!

Sortino ratio = avg. annual ROR% / max. DD %

Wise words. You don't hear them much on ET.

myminitrading, what's up! Hope you're doing well :)

So are you going to trade this 'setup' with real money? Just curious.

Interesting they release "preliminary" earnings before the actual scheduled earnings THU after market close :confused: Futures spiking up on the news

Renaissance Institutional Equities Fund was never created to be an absolute return fund as far as I know. It was supposed to be an equity fund with returns similar to the SP500 with lower volatility over a complete market cycle. Journalists make a big deal out of the fact that a high...

Oh you don't even trade, why am I not surprised :cool:

Not sure how long you are following economic developments or even the markets, but this is not "manipulation", this is merely what we call the cycles of capitalism. Get with the program or don't play.

Book a ticket to Vegas instead, at least you have some fun while you gamble.

You mean deflation? Look at 10y bonds, I don't see any inflation.

Don't look for an excuse if you lose money. "Market manipulation" is not to blame.

Looks like BAC is out "bargain hunting" :p

Uhmmm... these polls are supposed to be interpreted as contrary indicators. So if they were bullish in late 2007 that would have been a bearish signal. Now a bearish retail sentiment could be interpreted as basis for an medium term bottom.

Will they lower the entry barriers to their black centurion cards now :confused:

There is so much BS spread about IB here, I would react exactly the same way as IDS did. 9 out of 10 of those complaints and "IB warning threads" come from people who just started trading and need hand holding with the most basic issues and blame it all on IB instead of reading the manual and...

Goto the journals section, no need to post your daily "Guys let me explain you what happened" threads in trading daily. Go here: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=29 Thanks.