Trading Craze

Back Trading Up +10% Very Good Day !

2009-01-26T15:49:00.000-08:00

I started trading at about 3:00PM Eastern Time, I decided to buy the DOW.26JAN.HIGHER at 78.0 then a few minutes later I purchased the same contract for 81.5.I then sold 2 of the DOW.26JAN.-25I profited from all of my positions for a gain of over $5.The account is now worth $55.25

100% Gain :) Trading Monday

2009-01-24T21:18:00.000-08:00

From $25 to $50 in a few months Back to trading

Back Trading Soon

2009-01-06T12:56:00.000-08:00

I will be trading soon :)

New Trade Yes Folks I'm actually trading again!!!!!!!

2008-10-01T22:44:00.000-07:00

Well sorry for the long time I took for my break but I back and I have a LIVE tradeThis trade is still runningWell since the the actual financial markets are too volatile to trade right now I decided to trade the US Government Bailout plan before Oct 31 ContractI bought it at 91 with 4 contractsalso a few weeks ago I did trade one dayso my balance is actually around $44

Sorry No Trading for the week

2008-09-04T20:34:00.000-07:00

Its been a pretty busy week for me and I didnt have any time to trade on intradeI couldnt execute any trades. but next week I will continue

Week 3 Day 13: Back ON

2008-08-29T13:28:00.000-07:00

UP Day: +$1.41 3.4% $42.40Well today was a good trending day which allowed me to make a good profit. I got into the DOW.29AUG.-25 throughout the day at an average price of 95.1. Yesterday was a slow day for me I only made .31.Contract: DOW

Week 3 Day 11: UP Day :)

2008-08-27T13:14:00.000-07:00

UP Day +$2.00 5% $40.38Well today I have recovered part of my losses that I took yesterday. The Dow was looking really strong after noon up about 120 points and thats when I decided to buy the DOW.27AUG.+25 I got in 4 contracts at an average price of 93.5. The rest of the day was pretty calm a slight downside rally but we quickly recovered

Week 3: Day 10 First Down Day :(

2008-08-26T19:01:00.000-07:00

Down Day -$5.70 38.58Well today was not a good trading day for me. I shouldn't have traded at all but I decided to go with my gut, not the technicals and trade. Now luckily I quickly got out of the position but I still had a loss. The only trade for the day was a sell short 2 contracts of the DOW.26AUG.HIGHER and 8 minutes later I quickly got out the position.

Week 3: Day 9 Good Start for the Week

2008-08-25T13:53:00.000-07:00

Up Day: +$1.09 +2.5% $44.28Well I could only trade for about an hour so thats way I only made 2.5%. Sorry for the small post but I will have a more detailed post tomorrow.

Week 2 Day 8: Back on Track Great Trading Day 72% less than 2 weeks

2008-08-22T14:36:00.000-07:00

Up Day +$2.52 6.2% $43.19Well today was a day with no trading mistakes, finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well about noon the Dow soared up to about +180 points so I did some analysis and noticed the Dow was not going to close lower so I bought a DOW.22AUG.HIGHER @ 91.5. Then an hour later I saw that there was actually a market for the DOW.22AUG.+300, so

Week 2 Day 7: Finished With A Profit but another mistake!

2008-08-21T13:48:00.000-07:00

UP Day +$.20I made another mistake today while trading. I accidentally sold 2 DOW.21AUG.HIGHER, I thought I was selling 2 DOW.21AUG.+100 so I had to immediately buy them back but at a much higher price since the market was trending hard. I lost about $2.50 on that but I still finished up on the day. I shorted DOW.21AUG.+100 throughout the day at an average price of about 7.8.I

Week 2 Day 6: +60% since the Start

2008-08-20T13:06:00.000-07:00

UP Day +.72 +1.8%Well today I finished with a profit :) but I took a slight loss on a stupid trade I executed earlier in the day. At about 1:43pm (NY Time) I decided to sell the DOW.20AUG.-75 short @ 7.0 then I saw DOW.20AUG.+125 was available to short at a great price, I felt that the Dow was going to trade in a narrow range (which it did), so I shorted 2 DOW.20AUG.+125 @ 9.5. Then I

Week 2 Day 5: 20% in One Day, Massive Returns!

2008-08-19T13:26:00.000-07:00

Up Day: + $6.70 20%Pretty good trading today up 20% on the day and 59% since the start. Well I did violate one of my rules today, I traded before 1:30, but I almost paid for it. It was about 12:20 when I decided to trade, I saw in my analysis the Dow had little chance of closing below -75 points so I bought the DOW.19AUG.-75 @79.5 and the Dow instantly went against my

Week 2 Day 4: Great Trading DAY!!!!!!!! 32% in 4 days

2008-08-18T13:42:00.000-07:00

Up +$2.55/8.4% 32% Since the StartWell today was a damn good day for trading! I started observing the market at about 1:00 PM and then 18 minutes later I entered my first trade (I couldn't wait till 1:30). I decided to by the DOW.18AUG.-75 because I was certain after looking at my analysis that the DOW would not close below -75, I purchased the

Best Rules to Follow

2008-08-16T13:20:00.000-07:00

1. Dont be too greedy. Have a plan and stick with it, don't force a bad trade. Don't try to triple up with one trade, it's not neccessary.2. Never trade CLOSING or TOUCH contracts too early.I recommend trading after 1:30 and to be on the really conservative side trade after 2:30, oil will have closed most of the major news will be out and the Index will have a clear trend or some indication of

Week 1 Day 3: +20% for the week Right on target

2008-08-15T19:11:00.000-07:00

UP Day +$.80 +2.8% UP +20% for the weekWell today was a pretty calm day the Dow really didn't develop a clear trend so I had to change up my strategy and I decided to use the TOUCH contracts which basically expire worthless unless the Dow touches a specific point level. I sold the Dow.15.AUG.Touch-50 which will expire worthless if the Dow doesn't go down -50 points any time during the session. I

Week 1 Day 2: up 15% today : ) Pretty good day.

2008-08-14T13:18:00.000-07:00

Up day + $3.90 up 15% on the day....... and 19% since the startAlright so today was a very profitable day. I started the day looking at the economic numbers that came out which made me think that the Dow was going down, but I didnt act on that news. I waited till about 1.25 then I decided to put in an order to buy 1 contract of the DOW.14.AUG.HIGHER contract @ 95 giving me a profit potential

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2008-08-14T09:32:00.000-07:00

Why is the Dow up? Inflation @ 17 year high, Foreclosure filings up 55%, CPI higher than expected.?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Well it's 12:30pm which is a little too early for me to start trading, but I'm looking at the Dow.14AUG.+25 and Dow.14AUG.+50

Week 1: Suprise!!!!! Funds Cleared Early Off to a Good Start

2008-08-13T16:55:00.000-07:00

UP Day: +.80 + 3.13%Well to my amazement the funds cleared 1 day earlier than they were scheduled to, so I couldn't resist I had to trade CARPE DIEM :) $REAL MONEY$So it was about 1:30 PM the Dow was near the lows of the session and down about 130-150 points. So I decided to sell 2 DOW.13AUG.HIGHER (you buy this contract if you feel the Dow will close higher) @ 5.5 so the trade cost $18.9+ .10

Almost

2008-08-10T21:41:00.000-07:00

I going to paper trade but Im going to do it on the real exchange not the fake money exchange. Its just paper trading I dont have the funds in yet, they come in Aug 14. I'll post resultsBut I really have to put up a lot of information because not to many people know about prediction exchanges.Expect a comprehensive PDF coming soon =) which is cool for my because I get to actually create the

Trading

2008-08-09T20:58:00.001-07:00

Trading should start August 14, 2008 :)

Mailed the check

2008-07-25T13:59:00.000-07:00

I mailed the check to Intrade a few days ago.

Trading in a few days

2008-07-18T21:33:00.000-07:00

Real money trading in a few days

Demo

2008-07-16T21:51:00.000-07:00

I will start Demo trading at Intrade starting on July 17 while my funds get processed. I will post results

The Basics Part 2: Contract Explanations

2008-07-14T00:09:00.000-07:00

Now I'm going to explain the different types of contracts I will be tradingThe Dow Jones Index Contracts are the most liquid on Intrade and are the ones I'll be trading until volume builds up on the other contractsThe Dow Jones Index Contracts are the most liquid on Intrade and are the ones I'll be trading until volume builds up on the other contracts.1. The Year End Dow Jones Ind. Avg