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closed half the position for 2 point loss and remaining open other half for a touch of 30.5, stop 16 on this other half.

was stopped but have now reenterd at one tick better price.

long 26, stop 24.5, target 30+

Thanks for posting. Never knew that they are trading CDX also using machines. Wow!

My initial stop was 3 points, but when price moved in my favor, I tightened the stop. Currently, focus is not on winning big, rather don't want to lose much.

out of the trade for 1.25 point loss.

Thanks for sharing a true incident. Imho, their anger would have been justified had you lost money or had your brokeeven, but you made money and paid for all the bills. still they resented - its irrational and frankly a bit surprising. Maybe they didn't appreicate the concept that trading from...

S 1417.75, stop 1420.75

You talking from personal experience or some friend's experience or you just guessing? Curious.

this is backtest performance or real money? Are you trading any real money at all or it is still at development/theoretical stage?

Why get influenced by what ET posters (including me) think. You have to judge it yourself. I just can't understand the logic behind withdrawing 5k now but stopping after your trading has turned around. If you want to put in 4 or 6 consecutive months of profit before you decide that your trading...

Sorry, my bad. I was referring to Phantom of the pits. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=2367882

Just wondering why can't you cut-back the withdrawal now instead of when you have a 6-month turnaround in your trading?

B-firm = bloomberg

I lost some dollars today due to over-enthusiasm. It appeared that a set-up was getting formed and I entered the trade to pre-empt the set-up, thinking I will get a better price and my win amount will improve. In the end the setup never came, and I ended up losing dollars. So, it can be said...

Breakeven week. Anyways, I traded this week - shortened by Sandy. Made money on Wednesday and Thursday and lost on Friday to finish the week at breakeven. I largely sticked to my plan and as a result my trading was very controlled this week. I got a new 20 inch monitor, so now my work space...

Hi LF and Phoenix trading, Wanted to reply after giving it some thought. Good points all around. I have a plan, I have found it hardest to stick to it in the heat of the moment. And as I am discovering, dressing up nicely (not really a suit, just a Tee and Jeans and definitely not boxers) is...

stopped for 4 pts loss

long 1412.5 for a short term bounce to 1418 or so. otherwise, selling has been pretty intense and suggests that 1400 is at risk on monday tuesday.

What do you mean by you have done HFT? You were doing hft out of your home? which asset class, for how long. Folklore is that hft guys never lose, so applying that yardstick, you should be rich by now. curious about your hft experience as a prop trader, without being attached to a fund!