Trader P/L 2007
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I'm pretty pissed right now. Had a nice day for me...up $500...then came earnings.
I had a nice short in the bullshit head fake in AAPL before earnings, which was nice. Then AAPL got halted.
I knew BIDU also had earnings, and I had bids and offers resting 15 points outside the market just in case I could get a lucky fill real fast.
My office subscribes to Trade The News squawk service. So, Apple, the one with the HALTED stock, announces earnings at 4:30pm, like they're supposed to. That's fine. We're all comparing numbers to expected numbers, etc.
Then all of a sudden I'm filled short at 195 in BIDU, which is NOT halted, as are a few people around me. First thought, "woah, wicked head fake in BIDU pre-earnings", second thought, "Someone really liked AAPL's numbers and is buying nas/tech stocks"
Then the TTN squawk "Baidu just reported..." at which point I'm 20 points out of the money.
I know this was entirely my fault and I'm not blaming anyone else. I put the orders in and have total responsibilty. It's just real frustrating when I trust a service to , at the very least, make an announcement when one of the most volatile tech stocks is reporting earnings. But instead, they concentrate on reading the numbers for a stock that is HALTED. Almost makes me want to write a letter.
Done with my rant.
I had a nice short in the bullshit head fake in AAPL before earnings, which was nice. Then AAPL got halted.
I knew BIDU also had earnings, and I had bids and offers resting 15 points outside the market just in case I could get a lucky fill real fast.
My office subscribes to Trade The News squawk service. So, Apple, the one with the HALTED stock, announces earnings at 4:30pm, like they're supposed to. That's fine. We're all comparing numbers to expected numbers, etc.
Then all of a sudden I'm filled short at 195 in BIDU, which is NOT halted, as are a few people around me. First thought, "woah, wicked head fake in BIDU pre-earnings", second thought, "Someone really liked AAPL's numbers and is buying nas/tech stocks"
Then the TTN squawk "Baidu just reported..." at which point I'm 20 points out of the money.
I know this was entirely my fault and I'm not blaming anyone else. I put the orders in and have total responsibilty. It's just real frustrating when I trust a service to , at the very least, make an announcement when one of the most volatile tech stocks is reporting earnings. But instead, they concentrate on reading the numbers for a stock that is HALTED. Almost makes me want to write a letter.
Done with my rant.
Thanks Stok! It varies, usually 2-4 cars at a time. Over 200 orders filled today. Rather not get into system details though and will continue to use this thread for P/L reporting. Good trading to you.
Net: ~$1700
Gross: $2836
188,0002 shares traded
I was up $2500 a few hours before the close, gave back $1000 an hour before the close, made back $200.
Gross: $2836
188,0002 shares traded
I was up $2500 a few hours before the close, gave back $1000 an hour before the close, made back $200.
My trades:
Very nice going and, thank you for sharing your trades.
This is what the true spirit of Blotter reporting should be about and not just quoting a meaningless +/- pointless number.
Thanks again(I just learned an important lesson from you and MBA today, that scalping should be about large vol. low profits(exactly the same biz. model as in commerce)), BTW, your time zone must be way out in the Eastern Hemi(same as myself for now and I hate it :eek: ).
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