NET LIQ VALUE: $22,550.19, day p&l +$150

so today i got to work at around 9am and checked the news.
Durable Goods Orders #s came out today. worse than expected. i wanted to short but had an uneasy feeling.
oracle also reports today after markets. oracle is a good indicator for tech spending. i was expecting it to be good and wanted to buy in, but held out. lucky me; orcl tanked about 9% from $20.90 to $19.20. earnings were in line with estimates, but revenue were a miss. this sent the sp500 down after markets.

the usual, day trading the ES

up $112.50 on 3 round trips.
i wanted to short 3 more times but missed out on what would've been a great run. no sour grapes though. at least i didn't lose money!

3/26/2008 2:16:48 PM	FUTURE	BUY	+1	/ESM8	50			FUTURE	$1,344.25	$1,344.25
3/26/2008 1:59:25 PM	FUTURE	SELL	-1	/ESM8	50			FUTURE	$1,345.50	$1,345.50
3/26/2008 10:16:03 AM	FUTURE	BUY	+1	/ESM8	50			FUTURE	$1,341.25	$1,341.25
3/26/2008 10:06:25 AM	FUTURE	SELL	-1	/ESM8	50			FUTURE	$1,341.75	$1,341.75
3/26/2008 10:00:19 AM	FUTURE	BUY	+1	/ESM8	50			FUTURE	$1,340.50	$1,340.50
3/26/2008 9:57:14 AM	FUTURE	SELL	-1	/ESM8	50				$1,341.00	$1,341.00

NET LIQ VALUE: $22,550.19
that last trade between 1:59pm and 2:16pm, it was a limit order that i had placed and kind of went off to do some work. it filled without me noticing and when i came back, i was up around 75. sweet surprises!