Replies to post #209207 on Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[zztops]

Lee, for sure with your problem, you should do two thingies I ALWAYS do with IB before shutting the computer down--I clik "Account" up on the top menu bar and see what shows I have in my "portfolio" section of that screen. Second, check your "pending" page for open orders Matter of fact, all daytraders should always do this before quitting. If something appears that doesn't agree with those two pages after that, well shame on IB, not me.

Send that decoder ring asap

[Train Guy]

We're working on it. Should be simple for them to fix once they know what the problem is.

I don't think I'm going to do any trading tonight. My hand was colder than ice this morning. I was long, the market was going down. I turn around and go short and they jammed it long. Didn't matter what I tried. Before I knew it I was holding my head in my hands wondering how I had managed to get down 14 points. :-( Good thing I found my lucky rabbits foot or something. Kept at it and ended the day up 12 points. :-) Can you believe that. I was deep in the hole, and my hand turned hotter than a firecracker. I came back 26 points. UNREAL. Now the rest of you, don't try this at home. <g> I think I need to work on my stops. Keep me from getting so far behind.

And checking my summary screen I only traded 31 contracts. About a 40 point swing on only 31 contracts. Unfortunately about a thrid of those were in the wrong direction. <vbg/ng> Isn't that the best way to learn something though. Screw it up royally and then have to fix it. Good thing I'm keeping myself to only two contracts at a time. Harder to dig the hole very big. 14 points though is a pretty big hole.