Today I was punished for two reasons: Not checking my email, and for not being on top of deliveries. The first trade I entered in this journal...
Does anyone know of (retail) brokers which allows trading on ecbot closer to physical delivery than Interactive Brokers?
Just for the record here are the differences between my prematurely closed trades in RB and NG, measured against VWAP of both legs Monday June...
I am coloured by experience of the trade in bonds, as well as what's happened in the energies. I think the topping out of the seasonal pattern in...
I decided to close the RB spread prematurely as well, I had it pegged for Monday 25th as well. Bought 1 Aug 07, Sold 1 Dec 07 RB Unleaded...
Ok, although I have had my exit dates planned in advance, I have now decided to treat seasonality as prospecting and not rigid entry-/exit-dates....
During the night I got filled in a new Corn calendar spread: Long 2 May 08, Short 2 Dec 07ZC Corn @ 15 Currently I'm considering what the...
Today has been quite busy, as I've opened the following spreads: Long 1 Dec 07, Short 1 Sep 07 NG Natural Gas @ 1.713 Long 3 Sep 07 ZO Oats,...
Today I would have exited the NG trade I skipped around May 20-25th due to my already somewhat big exposure toward energies with both another NG...
The recent rise in wti-prices has been much stronger in the front months, and calendar spreads are getting "cheap" (well, at least they're down)....
I think the Eurodollar-spread has bottomed, and added another contract: Long 1 Mar 08 GE Eurodollars, Short 1 Sep 07 GE Eurodollars @ 0.060...
REC's marketcap is now 16 bn USD... Can't believe I haven't been riding this baby.
Sold 1 Mar 08 CC Cocoa, Bought 1 Jul 07 CC Cocoa @ 79 - CLOSED - PROFIT 14, or USD 140. Nothing special about this I guess, although a profit...
Commissions - I don't agree that losses / mistakes can be categorized as expenses. The loss is either an outcome of errors, or to be expected as...
Thanks kahai, and congratulations to you on your CAD/AUD spread. I legged into the CT on NYBOT (or ICE I should say), with the May first since...
Today I entered into the following Cotton spread: Long 1 May 08 CT Cotton, Short 1 Oct 07 CT Cotton @ 0.560
My trade in Unleaded Gasoline is going well and is up close to 5.000 usd at the close of trading today. Looking at the historical performance of...
Unfortunately I don't know much about pit orders, although I'm pretty sure that you can give them spread orders. But maybe IB cannot relay a...
Yes, the energy trades are compensating for the terrible bond trade I had. So far the experiment is going along in an acceptible way I think, but...
I took a small position in Eurodollars today: Long 1 Mar 08 GE Eurodollars, Short 1 Sep 07 GE Eurodollars @ 0.160 If you look at the chart...
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