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Sorry Guys for not posting my trades but I have been very busy. I entered a ED-ED trade and got hurt badly. Hyp. loss on this trade $4,250. Hyp. account is now at $95,525. I will try to post all my trades more accurate! Happy trading, Andy

Hi Guys, I am sorry but I have been very busy the last few days. I did close out my T-bond trade at 113^01. I also have a few bad trades in the meats and the currencies and I am down about 10% at the moment. I sold 6 x LH at 66.95 with a risk of $600. Let's see if trading will...

Hi, there is not "time" when the roll over happens. It is during the day (or even days). The roll over in the indices is 03/08. Regards, Andy PS You broker should not, if not, change!

Hi Andy, is there anything to protect my position against limit days regarding spreads? Unfortunately there is not much you can do. The only way to protect your position is to use a stop order close to the limit, but whenever the market explodes or collapses, even a stop order won’t help...

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Trade I did it again and entered with 4 contracts into the T-bonds on 02/14 at 110^18. I took first profits on the same day at 111^2. My stop is now at break even for the remaining 3 contracts. I will let it run with a trailing stop. A target could be around the January high at 112^28...

Hi Guys, I did want to enter LCJ7 - LCQ7 MOC on Friday, but because of the early close I missed the trade. Today I am happy I am not in the trade. I am having problems with the meats at the moment. Even intra-market spreads are very volatile. Happy trading, Andy

Hi Andy! After giving some spread seminars together with Joe, what do you think is the most difficult part for your seminar attendees to understand? Spread trading is a bit different from straight futures trading in many points. It is a more “pure” form of trading. But the most difficult...

Hi Fredl, this was a meant to be a short term trade. Whenever trading the bonds long term, I totally agree with you, using the last low of the swing for the stop. I think for the bonds you need a very close stop (to catch break outs) or a very wide stop. Take care... Andy

Hi Andy! I have seen in the spread scan you use seasonality for your trade selection. Is seasonality the same in all markets or do you think some markets behave more seasonal then others. You can find seasonality in all markets but I personally think there is a big difference in...

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Trade Stopped out at 110^18 with the remaining 8 contracts. Hyp. profit on this trade $2,750 - commission $120 = $2,630. Hyp. account $104,420. Happy trading, Andy PS Wrong commission in my calculation above. The hyp. account includes already the correction.

I am very late with my posts, still moving into my new apartment. I have entered the following trades: 2/5: 8 x JY long at 83,40 with a risk of $470 and a target of 83,77. Took profits on my first target with 4 contracts and got stopped out with the remaining contracts the next day at...

Sorry Guys, wrong risk value on my post above. I will use a risk of 4% on each trade! Regards, Andy

Trades I exited my MW-W spread already on 1/2 at 31 regarding my time stop. Hyp. profit is $500 - commission of $300 = $200. I took profit on my LH-LC on 1/31 at -25.2 with 3 contracts. I got out of the trade on 2/5 at -26.6 after my stop got hit. Hyp. profit is $880 - commission of...

Hi PohPoh, I personally think the chart is always the most important information you can get. Seasonality is only an average over many years. Whenever you look into the single years you will see, sometimes the market was moving close to its seasonality, sometimes not. Seasonality (and all...

Dear Trader, as you can see, we have changed the name of the journal into Andy's Day and Position Trading Journal. I am not so much into day trading at the moment (just can not find the time) but I have started position trading the commodities. To keep the journal alive, I will start...

I try to keep it very simple. After going over my trading journal over and over again, for me it seems to be best of cashing in 1/2 of my position at my first target (same as amount of risk/contract) and using a trailing stop for the second half. Happy trading, Andy

Trade Sorry Guys, I am a bit late with my posts. I got out (unfortunately too early) of my ED-ED trade at -0.35. My stop was definitely too close. Hyp. loss on this trade is $-825 - commission of -$330 = -$1,155. I got into MWH7 - WH7 already last Friday at 30 with a risk of $450...