began trading 2 contracts per trade.
i was shorting and covering on a bull day.
early am, i was +$212 but decided to earn up to $500 or so. quickly blew me back down to -80 - +160. then things got really wild and i shorted and i didnt put a stop loss. i felt that the market would slip near the close. didn't go that way and decided to short two more cars. no way the market would rally nearly 4% on no change in fundamentals. as yin said, LEH's issue was oversubscribed and the ISM was better than expected but still. there were PLENTY of bad news, eg. UBS, MER writedowns, more writedowns expected to come, etc. a interesting tidbit is that the SEC has allowed the banks to mark to model aka mark to whatever you want.
so im down a bit over a grand over the 4 es shorts (which i am still holding; hope market drops)
BBY naked call option dropped $238
URBN put option dropped $75
| SYMBOL | DESCRIPTION | CONTRACTS | SPC | TRADE PRICE | MARK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| /ESM8 | E-mini S&P 500 Index Futures,Jun-2008,ETH | -4 | 50 | $1,364.375 | $1,369.25 |
| OPRA | DESCRIPTION | CONTRACTS | PRICE | MKT VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBYFW | BBY 100 JUN 08 47.5 CALL | -5 | $1.625 | ($812.50) |
| URQRX | URBN 100 JUN 08 22.5 PUT | 5 | $0.40 | $200.00 |
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