List your best Single Trade of Year 2006

bought knot for $25.00

sold @ $25.40 $25.70 $25.85 $27.50

recent trade (today), not best trade
can't remember best trade for 2006, probably short homebuilders KBH

made out like $10k on that trade.
 
Shorted GOOG 380 straddle for 13 on expiration Friday at 1pm. Covered the trade at market for 0.5 at close. Not too shabby for 3 hours of work.
 
Thankyou ....thanyou very very much. The pair are working out better than my favorite currency trade.....could be cause they are both EUR born and bread...lol :p
 
I bought 200 shares of Dna when the got bought out. Funny thing was I was shorting it everyday till that day. Kind of nuts I even covered my short that morning.
 
equities -
Bought TGE on march 27th at 9.24, sold may 10th for 14.35 for about a 70% gain.
-Back when I use to be a breakout trader

Futs-
Short YM premarket Oct. 26 at 12220 with a 12pt stop. 1221 was the high tick. Rode it down for a week scaling out on different waves until finally covering all runners at 12049 on Nov.11 170 total points
-Climatic symmetrical 5 wave move top with many other CF's all in that area.
 
Australian SPI200 futures.

Sold near close of 12/5 (or 5/12 for u americans) at 5320
reason: 2 bar island reversal after breaking resistance

cover at 4890 on 15/6/2006.
Reason: 3 bar reversal on heavy volume after breaking resistance.

430pts at 25 per point per contract over 5 contracts. :D 53k for my troubles
 
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