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As a trader, dont you find it really difficult to buy at someone else's price (the "ask") for those tickets? haha. Just a thought I sometimes I have when I'm on Ebay or Ticketmaster looking for tickets myself. Just a different type of market! But, if you have the $ and its worth it to you, then...

Sad to see this journal end. Definitely some good lessons to be learned from reading through it. Last year was quite a ride. I can see a lot of the "what ifs" from this year too, but so it goes. Goodluck with futures! You clearly have it in you to be profitable. Looking forward to the next...

HA! very frustrating that one. I tried to bottom pick today too. Bought FAZ 35.84 with a dollar stop, which of course got hit at the bottom. thinking about it AH, but worried this week will be a little too volatile to swing trade the way I want to.

Nevermind on FAS and POT, I just realized you closed pre-market!

Great calls yesterday! I wish I held my FAS til this morning too. Did you get stopped out of FAS and POT or were those your targets? Just wondering what your strategy was for the past two days trades. Any initial thoughts on ES?

agree with trading the direction of the market (to the short side), so keep following the indexes and sentiment of each day/week. other than that, try trading smaller, like 500 shares instead of 1000 of SPY with a wider stop. dont be afraid of the L2, maybe watch it to get a feel of how Price...

so the bottom is in! haha. so any live trades in the futures yet? I'm wondering how you like TradeStation. I'm afraid I would trade too much with the expanded trading hours too, and that I'm just looking to futures because of my underperformance lately in equities/etfs. Thnk I'll demo for awhile...

Haha, I almost shorted STI yesterday and this week I've been thinking heavily about opening a futures account too... Maybe it's due to reading your thread for so long. Which broker are you using for futures?

Hey, just wanted to say thanks for all the replies about my slippage question. Not sure how the order was routed - I just hit "Auto", so maybe I will pay more attention to that if it matters. I was in scalp mode at the point in the day, and didnt realize that hidden stops become market orders...

NoD, I too use ETrade, and I am interested to know if/when you switch and how new broker works better for you. To what someone else said, I dont know if they use 3rd party. But we do get partial fills. However, wanted to say that 3 times in the last couple months I have screwed by a couple...

I like RIMM too, and I remember watching CNBC with institutional investors coming on and saying how they loved it blah blah in their portfolios (around 135 i think.) HOWEVER... we all saw what happened during Sept-Dec. so I'm staying cautious. I mean take a look at a 3 year chart, then pull up...

LC, yesterday I believe you said that the big guys are 3 moves ahead of everyone else. I dont doubt this. But I could interpret that a couple of ways, and I was hoping you could clarify what you meant (for what it means this week). Last month before the Friday jobs numbers, if I remember...

haha, nah this isnt real, that guy (Leveraged Sell Out) satirizes the finance industry. I read his book a couple months ago, pretty funny. You should check out the video they made between Bankers and Consultants.

Thanks, been doing well all week and most of yesterday up til 2:00. Ironically, I was fighting/shorting (and consequently getting stopped out of) RIMM all day yesterday! No more of that. Hope today is good! Futures looking nice.

yeah you have to be on days like today. unbelievable!

Eric, Just wanted to say that I (and probably most people who take the time to read) appreciate your take on the markets each day. I find your analysis to be very comprehensive and I've gotta say that it helps clarify my own thinking as well. The lists have been helpful as well. So thanks!

I'm looking forward to this year's journal! i got stopped out of TWM yesterday too right with you (57.29, 2 cents off bottom). its like they know right where i put them... good luck rest of the week!

well done. Good way to finish the year. Im impressed you were able to keep the goal going during this light trading volume. Hope to see the continued success in '09!

Someone just asked Neke in his thread what he attributed to his success, I'd be interested to know what your thoughts are for the change since July? Like I said once before, your analysis always seemed sound to me when I started following along -probably around August, so I'm wondering how you...

Thats awesome! Must feel great to look back and see your account keep growing like that. I'm glad to see you're aware of the benefit of cutting a loser rather than keep the streak intact. You're playing smart. Keep it up!