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    CL Redux

    SIM Today + $29 Total Trades = 33 Toooo many trades.... but managed to stay positive. Need to work on reducing trades.
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    CL Redux

    Today's trading signal chart. Too many trades ( less confidence in holding). but direction correct on many trades. I am working with IB API and Tradestation Easy language for some time trying to create alert engine. With 2 eyes I am limited to only focus on very few things so automated alert...
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    CL Redux

    Starting to trade SIM CL full time. I left my nice IT good paying job just to fullfill my passion for Trading. I know the success rate is very low. I have been reading charts for past 8 years at nights and weekends. Finally my wife and I decieded I need to take action either forget watching...
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    CL Redux

    NoDoji, How can you place limit order to sell before price has broken down. or do you wait for price to break down and then put limit order at the breakout price ( hoping that price will come back to touch it ) I am getting ready to trade from end of next month leaving my job I am...
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    CL Redux

    Thanks guys n gals ( nodoji who I admire ) for running this thread. I will be starting to trade soon in next 2 months. Can someone please tell me where do I get News / Events time schedule for CL. I look at yahoo economic calendar but is there a better more accurate calendar and also if a...
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    need help in understand this option trade

    spindr0 you said >> "His downside number is correct but what's really disingenuous is that the downside risk isn't limited to 3.5% (if the stock drops 10%). No stop loss order keeps it at 10% if there's a gap." Assume that the stock does not gap down huge how do I use stop orders with this...
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    need help in understand this option trade

    On Wednesday, 16 Jun 2010 in Fast Money , Mike Khouw of Cantor Fitzgerald told this option trade. http://www.cnbc.com/id/37741224 ***MIKE'S MS TRADE**** Sell the July 24 puts @ .60 Buy the July 26 calls pay .95 Sell the July 28 calls @ .25 How Mike's MS Trade Makes Money Losses...
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    *Simulated* Trader P/L 2007

    no trade yesterday. Missed good signals waiting for more confirmation. today $ - 4.40
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    *Simulated* Trader P/L 2007

    Thanks to all for keeping this thread alive. After making losses in my sim acct, all these days I was busy researching trying to find a consistent pattern fitting my personality. e.g. bracket order trading with tight stops etc.. I think I have found my system, I have been tracking it live for...
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    Registered Direct Offering

    Today I read an article that "Aastrom Biosciences Plans Registered Direct Offering of 11.8 Million Units at $1.14 Per Unit" http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071016/aastrom_biosciences_stock_offering.html?.v=1 1) What is Direct Offering, If I plan on investing longer time frame in this company is...
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    invest in pool of stocks in ira acct#

    Hi Friends, I have created a list of my favorite stocks,around 20 of them, from different sectors.I will not be buying any stock outside of this list for atleast next 5 years. I have an IRA acct# with around 20K. I will keep allocating money to my ira acct on every pay period and i just...
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    Free Screener for Gap up / down stocks

    I am looking for a free screener to give me a list of all the stocks that were gapped up/down in the morning compared to previous day close price. Since I am looking for something free I don't mind if its not real time. MSN has this filter but its based on todays low with yesterdays close, I...
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    *Simulated* Trader P/L 2007

    After endless burning candles, I will be back in 1 or 2 weeks. I am fully prepared this time and determined to WIN. Continue the good work and with gods wish one day we all migrate to real accounts. MAKE ALL MISTAKES ON SIM, SO THAT THERE ARE ONLY FEW TO NONE LEFT WHEN YOU MIGRATE TO REAL.
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    *Simulated* Trader P/L 2007

    + 177.2 1 contract ER2.
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    *Simulated* Trader P/L 2007

    + $ 60 .4 ER2 , 1 contract.
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    *Simulated* Trader P/L 2007

    Friday : + $ 45 ER2 , 1 contract. I moved from NQ to ER2.
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    *Simulated* Trader P/L 2007

    Last week was spent around breakevens. This weekend spent time reading the SPM. I am going to try trade the NQ using the SPM and watching closely the ER2. Lets see how it works out or if I need to move to ER2.
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    *Simulated* Trader P/L 2007

    + 61 Did one mistake, still in positive territory.
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    *Simulated* Trader P/L 2007

    I wasn't around for 1/2 half the time. I managed to make + 46 today, with two 1 contract trades incl coms.
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    *Simulated* Trader P/L 2007

    - $ 49 ( incl coms ) after 7 round trips of 1 contract each. Its like more of a commission loss. Usually I do less traders. My goal : kinda breakeven on bad days make money on good days. lets see :)
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