Quote from Jahajee:
DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYONE WHO TOOK THAT TRADE?
ANY EVIDENCE THAT PRECHTER RECOMMENDED THIS TRADE?
Time to 'Cover' One of the
Biggest Trades of All Time
At the end of trading on Monday, Feb. 23, 2009, Robert Prechter closed the most successful trading recommendation of his 30-year career. His advice to "cover" the position came near the end of the trading day, when subscribers received the February 2009 issue of his Elliott Wave Theorist. This closed a âfully leveraged short positionâ he recommended to Theorist subscribers on July 17, 2007, when the S&P was at 1550. At the time of publication on Monday, Feb. 23, the S&P was trading below 750.
One measure of the value of this trade is the S&P mini futures contract, where each point is worth $50. A gain of 800 points on one contract equals $40,000; 10 contracts would be $400,000; 100 contracts $4 million. And so on.
A gain of 800 points in 19 months is a historical trade that, to our knowledge, has never happened before and might never happen again.
Quote from porge:
15 min es nq........shooting star as usual is apex..this time shooting star is 3rd soldier?. and the magic # got me in sell super early compared to most.....that is edge...true edge .who took over then....bulls or bears? i am gone soon better listen volente..this is the highest level intraday trading stuff...not scalping.......no lines needed but okay to use t hem justnot needed....that is why the market can change but the market cannot foil the candles...or the experience...which built the mechanical system which includes a magic # for es nq......remember my friend and neighbor, easier to buy contracts than to capture more points...sloppy day 9 10:30 12 1:30 work best.......trend day no bueno senor hot tamale.......taco bell
Quote from Dominic:
I recently opened an account with a futures broker. Last night when I was logged in for night session on ES, about 12 trades went off in my account; some where short/cover, others were long/sell; there was a minimal profit that was generated from the trades, yet I never placed them; I have order verifcation on also.
Some of the trades where +40 points (795) out of the market.
My concern is that the trades where posted to my account; I have no idea how that could have happened; I dont have any auto trades programs.
I called broker this morning and they said that they will look into the matter and contact the clearing firm; they said that maybe it had to do with someone logged into their demo platform which resulted in trades being placed in my account.
Has this ever happened to anyone else?
Quote from Dominic:
I recently opened an account with a futures broker. Last night when I was logged in for night session on ES, about 12 trades went off in my account; some where short/cover, others were long/sell; there was a minimal profit that was generated from the trades, yet I never placed them; I have order verifcation on also.
Some of the trades where +40 points (795) out of the market.
My concern is that the trades where posted to my account; I have no idea how that could have happened; I dont have any auto trades programs.
I called broker this morning and they said that they will look into the matter and contact the clearing firm; they said that maybe it had to do with someone logged into their demo platform which resulted in trades being placed in my account.
Has this ever happened to anyone else?