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Long 2 cars at 1679 So a total of 2 cars long from 93 and 2 cars long from 79. Booked profits 17 points.

ok got it, thanks a ton for clear explanation. It is always appreciated :) Btw, interesting journal you have going on here!

out of these 2 added longs at 1673 for a 4 point realized loss. So total realized now = 21-4 = 17 points and 2 contracts from 1693 long still. I realized that being long so much with govt shutdown is insanity. I will be happy to buy these 2 cars 20 points down from here :)

Added 2 ES long at 1675. Already have 2 from 1693. And have booked total of 21 points by now.

I have seen this expression being used before also. What exactly do you mean when you say calendar has about 250bp of vol edge. Can you please explain using numbers. Thanks a lot.

hehe :D :D :p

I also don't trade CBOT....but I have products trading on CBOT enabled in my account. Is it that you don't have products trading on CBOT enabled in your account? Because I always thought that these red flashing alerts are for everyone. Now you say you didn't receive this makes me wonder!!!!

An example...just got this as a red flashing alert Interactive Brokers Bulletin Board To CBOT traders: Mon Sep 30 11:43:23 2013 EST Resolution: CBOT is once again available for trading.

Thanks for the link Bob! But such outages at least on IB side are not rare - I have not kept track but I will guess that on a weekly basis at least that red alert blinks 5-15 times, so we are talking of at least 1-2 outages per day on average at least on the IB side, if not the exchange side...

out of 2 at 1678 for 7+7 = 14 points. And made 7 points on 2 cars on the other scalp on Friday from 83 to 86.5, so 7 points on that. So, booked total of 21 points by now. Current open unrealized loss is 93-78 = 15 points for 2 cars, so a total of 30 points. So, net loss as of now = 9 points...

So, from time to time I see a red blinking alert come up on my TWS saying things like ONE not available for trading ONE is again available for trading CBOT not available for trading etc. Do these outages are IB specific in the sense that they represent problems in IB's connections with...

Whatever happens I don't see ES going below 1630 at all. Actually between 1640-1660, it will be a great opportunity to buy back from a position trade perspective (3-6 months) - looking at 120-180 point profit for 30 point loss. If we get there and if I develop the patience to keep my open...

I added 2 at 1671, and have 2 others long from 1693. Lets see.

Late posting by 3 days :) lol....I got out of these 2 contracts at 1686.5 for a 3.5+3.5 profit on 2 cars. Have other original 2 cars from 93 still and losing close to 2k net :( but going to keep these 2 cars long for the time being and see how it goes.

when did they come up with a DOM. Actually, I never bothered to check if thy have a DOM, so maybe they had it for long but I don't know. You are one of the first I have met who says they switched from TT to bbg for execution. Otherwise most of the bbg users work for big firms and use it for...

LF - I wonder how your trading will improve from this hindsight approach? just interested in your thoughts.

haha.....as a 3rd party i am enjoying the mindless debate.....still the information that came becoz of this mindless debate is useful :)

My above comment is general in nature. Few months back, I was wondering about the impact cost, liquidity, execution, trade size etc. on different stocks - on nasdaq, vs nyse etc. Same question can be asked for different futures, all the spread combinations, option spreads/flies, other countries...

i think only real way out of this conundrum is to ask experienced traders or to basically have a bankroll of 50,000 usd as test bankroll which you use to test all kinds of market impact costs.

in older days, market crashes used to happen due to news, these days market crashes happen due to technical glitch. Where have we come!