Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Trade on.

Getting long 98.30 qm for a trade up to $100 for the holiday weekend. I have more predictions than Carter had liver pills.

Monday, May 23, 2011

Monday

Good day, up $521.42, 24 r/ts cl and qm.

Friday, May 20, 2011

Back at it.

Mostly mental health day yesterday and up $210 today for about $950 for the week. Today was a short one again, getting good at catching when I need a timeout and sit in the corner.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Fire!

Fires in Canada are way under reported!

Not all here

Freely admit when it! Very bad day on a personal front and up all night again. Up $322.86 and to bed for an hour or two.

But there is a light!!!!!


This looks promising, from a friend of mine.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

The margins

I do my best trading at the margins of a move and I was not around or alert today when that was happening. Realized gains of just over $78 and unrealized on my open qm from yesterday comfortably green.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Rolling along!

I hate trading the active roll dates some months and this was one of them. Going swing long on qmn 97.575 for a day or more.

For the day very light trading, up $248.12.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

The week in review.

Up about $1,500 for the week. Stayed up all night two nights trading to make it for over $1,000 and grabbed the rest here and there. Passed out Friday night by 9:00 pm, not the way I want to trade and live. Should be some very good action everywhere next week.

Monday, May 9, 2011

On the road

Have a deadline this week with some outside work so very little trading perhaps. Grabbed $150 on cl late in the day, I had about 5 minutes to trade and it looked like free money on the upmove.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Out again

One more post today for giggles, out of cl long for another $1.60. That makes the early withdrawl a little more palatable.

Feeling lucky and stupid.

Took a long on cl at 98.50, not much more downside before we see a buck or two bounce.

10 bager

Out of June cl, 104.18. Now out of es at 38, I am done until after numbers tomorrow, time for a shot and a beer or 6, happy Cinco de Mayo!

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Breaking in the shorts...

How does the old saying go, if others can see the change in your back pocket use it to call a taylor? These shorts are feeling much better, looking for another buck and a half, possilby much more, out of cl and still undecieded on es. Just over $4,000 of open equity at the moment.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Holding steady.

My stated positions had quite the equity swings since putting them on Friday, still holding same for larger moves.

Friday, April 29, 2011

Still out!

Took a small es short 1360 and holding indefinately. See major resistance 1360-1366 on the cash.

Edit, thinking outside the box, added a JUNE cl short at 114.18 and holding as well for a $4.00+ pullback. I will trade the front month against it as I see fit.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Down and out!

Mental health day yesterday and physical health today, do not trade on the mend! Will see if I stop cundering and can get some nourishment back in me for tomorrow.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Mental miscues

I felt a bit out of sort and thought I should just take a mental health day off, always trust your gut. Up $160.80 with a lot of aggravation and a side of stupidity.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Up $397.76. Pulled off the normal strategy of hitting singles but missed badly on grains overnight, kept getting long and knocked out and did not get long today for the ride.

Things are shaping up on all fronts to signal a May selloff but I am not buying, or selling it yet. Another week and a half should sort things out.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Thursday

Another solid day of playing ball. Up $422.84 trading cl and 6e. Have a Good Friday everyone!

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Wednesday

I think I am done for the day, made it all shorting which tells me I am trading sideways at best. If you can't fix the brakes, get a louder horn! Up $556.84 all on cl.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Tuesday

I do my best work overnight lately. Up $589.02. Finally got that equity high monkey off my back, not even thinking about it. Hope we get a couple of more good days this week.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Monday

Good day, up $484.14. Traded zs, zw, 6e and cl starting overnight. With Passover starting and a short week the sun may set early on trading this week. I will eat whatever I can kill for the rest of the week.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Friday

I get in this damn limiting frame of mind now that I am well into new equity highs playing it safe and passing on some really good trades and taking others off way too quick. Time to do the opposite to some degree mentally next week. Up $334.46 today. Have a great weekend all!

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Thursday

A little better, traded zs, zc, 6e and cl. Up $303.10.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Wednesday

Well into new equity highs and I was trading scared for some reason. Up $188.88.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Tuesday

I am doing some outside contract work for a buddy of mine and took advantage of the nice weather to make hay on that end. Still took a couple of trades, cl and 6e, up $273.20.

New daddy daughter dance pic from Friday night, she is a my minime!

Monday, April 11, 2011

Play ball!

Chipped away singles all day and did better than the Cubbies!

Up $516.20 on cl, 16 cars. Not sexy given the range but reflects my effort as well.

Friday, April 8, 2011

The virginia ham!

Not quite. After a rough start I just wanted to book a green day and took things off and quit once I had it. Given the political situation today I think it is a roll of the dice for the rest of the day and I will sit it out. up $229.88 on 16 cars, es, cl and 6e.

I was trading the big sp in Oct 95 the last time the shutdown occured. It creeped around all day and got slammed down as the shutdown became certain. I did get a nice short in that day, only because I could call straight to the floor and had my broker on the phone out of boredom at the time. Those connections to the floor were priceless, you could call a guy up just to see who was in the pit and when to expect some fireworks. The good old days!

Thursday, April 7, 2011

The gift!

The market gave and I grabbed it. Got out of cl position with a $120 loss on the dip this morning. Had an es and 6e short as well overnight, covered 6e 7 ticks from the low for $550 and es 8 ticks from the low for $330. Overall up $688.08 for the day. My luck ran out as I only won $3.00 in last night's powerball and someone in Indaiana took the whole virginia ham home!

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

The ugly stepsister.

That is how I feel about zs, the same postion in zc would of been a bullseye. I sat tight as zs moved against my long and added yesterday morning. My position on cl has been oscilating +/-. Bottom line got $816 on the zs long and still holding cl short.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Monday

Zigged when I should of zaggen and ohhhlallllalllallalla etc etc!

Tried to catch the gap on zs and missed it by less than a cent. Got shot cl mid day and long zs holding both and down $270 as of now. Been +/- greeen but the cl short is the money shot. Shooting for $4.00 down from here on 2 cars.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

April 1st.

Up $288 and change on 23 contracts, zc, zs and cl. All the profit was from going long overnight Thurs on zc and cl. Messed around on Friday when I did not need to.

Good first week back at the blogging. Salute!

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Good day!

Up $248.26 today, including last nights trades. Was trading long zs and zc overnight and got cold feet on holding though the news. Could not define the downside with repeated gap risk so that was the right call. I hate the fact that grains have an old school halt before the pit session.

Back

Up 110.60 today. Nothing great but I am back.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Good to be back, hot tub party time.

Got your attention, back to regular postings after nearly a year.


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