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-$1599 net on 75,000 shares

Like always, it's about adapting. I network with a lot of good traders. Not a single one of them makes significant money doing what I'd call 'traditional scalping'. The quick in and out, read the book, lean on size, pile on the crossed ecn's, etc. The guys who are making money are in two...

Sometimes. Sometimes I put the position on and scale out. I'm a fan of time-based stops too.

$1925 net on 213,000 shrs

Also widen your time horizon. When trading for hours instead of seconds, the micro moves are insignificant.

-2694 net on 286,000 shrs. Disappointing, as I was up about 6k this morning.

YES.. same issue for me today as well

Remember y'all.... it's rollover day today. June ES becomes front month. ES M7. It's always the thursday of the week before expiration.

It's quite a peculiar Canadian quirk when good traders are happy to give away "only" 50% of their earnings. I still haven't heard one good argument to trade at a firm with these splits unless a) your edge is the almost free execution cost, b) you are totally new and learning on someone...

$2224 net on 133,500 shares

Commissions are usually on a per share basis and can vary widely, depending largely on the volume you trade, other things you are looking for like training, but also who you know and what shop you end up at. Some places can still get away with a penny per share or more by providing capital...

Midwest Canadian farmland http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=1b8b42a6-9e2d-468f-8355-f6cf54603bc1 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=87641

At TD Waterhouse in the mid to late '90's I paid $29/trade plus between 2 and 5 cents per share depending on the stock's share price. 100 shares meant you were about 65 cents per share in the hole from the beginning.

$6619 net on 390,000 shares

I'd like to start bidding for a second home in north San Diego county in a couple years time. Solana Beach and Del Mar are my faves. Rancho Santa Fe is amazing too.

$14,090 net on 321,000 shares. Even though these P/L swings are tough to adapt to (was up over 20k this morning), I'm really liking the big jump in volatility.

ACAS provides funding to and buys the debt of distressed companies. People are a little skitish on that sector lately and there was more dire news in the sub prime lending sector today.

Good enough for a slow Friday, starting the weekend early. $3658 net on 70,000 shares.

They're not "odd numbered", they're "just right numbered". Whadya think, I'm doing the same share size for every positon like they taught it in 1999? ;)

Correct. TXN and PFE were both short positons that gapped down below the previous close. Those are usually dicey positions, luckily these ones worked right away.