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9/9 SPY -$43,434.00 hedge $4,712.43 Net for this trade -$38,721.57 (unrealized) +$1,223.60 (realized) +$2,931.69 (realized) +$1,129.72 (dividend) ------------------------ -$33,436.56

9/8 SPY -$25,650.00 hedge $3,340.02 Net for this trade -$22,309.98 (unrealized) +$1,223.60 (realized) +$2,931.69 (realized) +$1,129.72 (dividend) ------------------------ -$17,024.97 trackstar, nice chart. I'm in a hurry now (hence why this post is late today) but I'll talk...

9/7: SPY -$18,525.00 hedge $2,800.44 Net for this trade -$15,724.56 (unrealized) +$1,223.60 (realized) +$2,931.69 (realized) +$1,129.72 (dividend) ------------------------ -$10,439.55 back and forth

9/6 SPY -$37,335.00 hedge $4,278.42 Net for this trade -$33,056.58 (unrealized) +$1,223.60 (realized) +$2,931.69 (realized) +$1,129.72 (dividend) ------------------------ -$27,771.57

Pretty much doing the opposite of all "conventional" wisdom. None of these "trade the trend" guys can even quantitatively define when a trend begins and end but they sure are good at posting charts after the fact.

OEC's default commissions are under $5 per round trip. If you trade a lot and call them you can possibly negotiate lower fees. A year or so ago they were offering free commissions for new clients (well, no clearing fee or something, it ended up being around $3 per round trip). On the ES...

9/2 SPY -$32,433.00 hedge $3,938.25 Net for this trade -$28,494.75 (unrealized) +$1,223.60 (realized) +$2,931.69 (realized) +$1,129.72 (dividend) ------------------------ -$23,209.74 Are we going back down? Good thing I didn't close out the hedge yesterday. lol. Next...

Stopping out the shorts?

there sure is some fortune cookie wisdom in this thread

This one?

9/1: SPY -$14,820.00 hedge $2,612.76 Net for this trade -$12,207.24 (unrealized) $1,223.60 (realized) $2,931.69 (realized) $1,129.72 (dividend) ------------------------ -$6,922.23

This seems to be the trend on daily charts. Put another reason, red bars tend to be bigger than green bars. Any reason? Panic and emotion?

seems like the market discarded it pretty fast. HUGE SPIKE UP!!! Oh wait, just kidding, let's bring price back down to where it was before :D

How is that indicator/settings working for you?

some news thing?

Oh :) There are a few ways I tend to manage the hedge depending on how I am feeling. I know I keep saying this but I am going to explain it more in depth in the future. Sometimes the hedge won't always work out. You put it on and price immediately goes against it until you close your...

8/31: SPY -$7,524.00 hedge $2,073.18 Net for this trade -$5,450.82 (unrealized) +$1,223.60 (realized) +$2,931.69 (realized) +$1,129.72 (dividend) ------------------------ -$165.81 If we're going to keep going up like this I should probably close out the rest of my hedge. Of...

Didn't Jack Hershey come in first place in an ET trading content?

8/30: SPY -$10,602.00 hedge $2,284.32 Net for this trade: -$8,317.68 (unrealized) +$1,223.60 (realized) +$2,931.69 (realized) +$1,129.72 (dividend) ------------------------ -$3,032.67

Sorry, forgot to post an update yesterday. As of 8/29 close: SPY -$12,426.00 hedge $2,425.08 Net for this trade: -$10,000.92 (unrealized) +$1,223.60 (realized) +$2,931.69 (realized) +$1,129.72 (dividend) ------------------------ -$4,715.91