I trade 1 ES

xje · Sep 11, 2003

Hi random trader, you mentioned at the begining of this thread you are using your IB IRA account to trade ES. Does IB allow short sell futures in an IRA acount?

Thanks,

xje

random trader · Sep 11, 2003

Quote from xje:

Hi random trader, you mentioned at the begining of this thread you are using your IB IRA account to trade ES. Does IB allow short sell futures in an IRA acount?

Thanks,

xje

Yes

random trader · Sep 12, 2003

ES DEC03

buy @ 1009
sell @ 1018

random trader · Sep 12, 2003

9/12/03

ES DEC03
Bias: down
Position: open from 1018 on 9/12/03
P/L: +0.25 (990-1008, 1018-1010, 1018-1009, 101

Sell and hold P/L: -26.75 (990-1016.75)

No fear, no greed, lots of patience

random trader · Sep 13, 2003

I am my best contrarian(sp?) indictor.

Last week I said the thread was losing momentum because of too few trades. This week I traded every day.

Last week I said buy/sell and hold looked better by the day. This week jumping in and out clearly outperformed.

Perhaps next week what I said last week will turn out to be true, since I just said the above and I am my best contrarian (sp?) indictor.

random trader · Sep 14, 2003

Forgot to report that I bought YG DEC03 @ 377.1 on Friday.

random trader · Sep 14, 2003

9/12/03

YG DEC03
Bias: up
Position: open from 377.1 on 9/12/03
P/L:
Sell and hold P/L:

No fear, no greed, lots of patience

random trader · Sep 18, 2003

9/18/03

ES DEC03 stopped out @ 1034.5
YG DEC03 took profit @ 380.8

random trader · Sep 18, 2003

9/18/03

ES DEC03
Bias: down
Position: none
P/L: -17.5 (990-1008, 1018-1010, 1018-1009, 1018-1034.5)
Sell and hold P/L: -47.25 (990-1037.25)

No fear, no greed, lots of patience

random trader · Sep 18, 2003

9/18/03

YG DEC03
Bias: up
Position: none
P/L: +3.7 (377.1-380.8)
Buy and hold P/L: +0.9 (377.1-378)

No fear, no greed, lots of patience