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Morning all.
Lee, IB shuts down for maintenance every night from 11:45 or so until 1. I think the only way around it is to use the Hong Kong servers but... if you do you hafta know that those servers shut for maintenance at 3:45 Eastern time. Choices, choices.
Monday, May 3, 2004
10 a.m. March Construction Spending. Consensus: +0.6%. Previous: -0.1%.
10 a.m. April Manufacturing ISM. Consensus: 62.5. Previous: 62.5.
Tuesday, May 4, 2004
7:45a.m. ICSC-UBS Store Sales Index. For Apr 1 Wk. Previous: -0.5%.
8:55a.m. Redbook Retail Sales Index. For Apr 1 Wk. Previous: -2.3%.
10a.m. March Factory Orders. Consensus: +2.3%. Previous: +0.3%.
10a.m. April Challenger Layoffs. Previous: -12%.
6:30p.m. ABC/Money Consumer Confidence. Previous: -13.
Wednesday, May 5, 2004
10a.m. April Non-Manufacturing ISM. Consensus: 65.0. Previous: 65.8.
Thursday, May 6, 2004
8:30 a.m. Initial Jobless Claims. For May 1 Wk. Previous: -18K.
10a.m. DJ-BTM Business Barometer. For Apr 24 Wk. Previous: +0.2%.
Friday, May 7, 2004
8:30a.m. April Unemployment Rate. Consensus: +5.7%. Previous: 5.7%.
8:30a.m. April Non-Farm Payrolls. Consensus: +175K. Previous: +308K.
10a.m. March Wholesale Trade. Consensus: +0.5%. Previous: +1.2%.
Nq 1402.5
ES 1106.25
Euro 1.1990
A little more reasonable.
Globex is getting ready for the Asia open, Nq 197-1404.5 ES 1104.25-1105.50 Euro 1.1945- 1.2000 ER2 551.5 -556.20
Some spreads eh.
Lee, no markets yet. Go back to sleep or better yet, tune to YES and watch the Yankees/Royals 2-2 right now.
OT Recovered! Thomas Hamill, who was kidnapped last month while working as a driver for a military contractor, was wounded but in stable condition.
Here come the test, here come the test.
I'll be in and out, gonna shop for a new car since it is the end of the month. Number two daughter has told me she has to have the current vehicle.
Nice trading, gutsy but the end of day ramp is fairly predictable, I do not know why I hang around the rest of the day. LOL C ya manana.
Wake up ML!!
Out little loss
L Nqs 1445
It was a joke Leester, a joke, you know the kinda things you are always trying to tell?
Bidding for ER 570.10
ER2 new lows
Not gonna get a bounce back toward the highs in the Euro it looks like, so now I hafta decide if I want to play it back to the 200/5 or scalp. I may wait until the Asian mkts open tonight to decide.
LOL, I wear a 7, fitted, of course, none of this adjustable vinyl dreck, and it is spelled porous! Flash finished off the A's last nite very nicely with no need to wake Mariano up.
Sure there is, you just have to set your limits and get used to letting profits run, much easier to say than to do, but a plan helps. <g>
I am offering E7 1.1962 Talk about chicken. LOL
So... does that mean we have a bet? Caps are fine, I have a lovely one which you will love as you wear it thru the winter.
Took ten ticks
Bopped the Euro 1.1930
Looks like we shoulda bought into the flag
Not yet Jorge, I think the boys aren't sure yet what they are gonna do. My bankroll is not big enough to buy ahead of the number. LOL
Euro may be making a move here.
Morning Jorge... and ML if she is lurking. <g>
Yeah, they trade gold ECBOT YG Currently 379 b, 379.6 ask
Now 381, ain't this fun!
Zeev slways follows his plan. Gold futures are currently trading at 371.20, I'd say the plan is worth following.
OK I am done for the day. Hasta manana. Give Suze a hug for me.
Yeah, sure... now you are gonna say you never dated anyone with scabs. Ha!
L NQ 1453
Yeah you have ut I am just scalping
L 574.60
Very witty... well half of that anyway.
Scalping
And off, I am getting dizzy.
Jumped back on board 578.40
Scalped it
will re-enter if I like the look
Oh, Lee, Lee- now I have to say.... same wager as before? Yankees will finish ahead of Boston. You look good in Yankee gear.
L 577.20
I heard you, you don't have to repeat yourself. LOL