Trents Weekly Journal

[TrentRothall]

AsxMR 1 = + 1.98%
ASXMR2 = -0.44%

Total = +0.89%

Actually happy with the small gain this month was down around 5% in the middle of Jan after getting wacked over 2 days.

MR2 has been taken off line from today and i am starting a new momentum system in the US. In Jan it was up 20% so if i can capture some of that over the coming years i’ll be very happy. I’m calling it SAN5 (naming a system seems to help). I’m not going to place a hedge yet, i think the AUD might be at a juncture where is could reverse or stall for a period. I need to be careful i don’t end up trading the AuD by trying to pick tops/bottoms though.

[JulianCohen]

I try not to pick my bottom either

[TrentRothall]

I appreciate your honesty

[TrentRothall]

did any one have trouble with orders in the US last night (1st feb)? only 2 out of 5 got filled for me, they were market orders. IB chat said they had some issues with certain exchanges

[ScottMcNab]

Julian Cohen wrote:

I try not to pick my bottom either

More likely to pick selective tops ?

[LEONARDZIR]

Trent,
I had a lot of orders with fills with no problems.

[Anonymous]

Yes all my MRV API fills happened but most of my manually entered orders for other systems were not filled (Buys and Sells) Have 2 separate accounts and was an issue in both!

[TrentRothall]

Sounds like a fairly random wide spread issue, IB said it should be resolved now. Nick had issues too

[RobGiles]

Kerry O’Keefe wrote:

Yes all my MRV API fills happened but most of my manually entered orders for other systems were not filled (Buys and Sells) Have 2 separate accounts and was an issue in both!

I did 16 manual MKT on open last night and about 20 round turn trades via the API with no problems for what its worth.

[Nick Radge]

Yeah…I’m out of pocket several thousand bucks. Watch them wiggle out of that…

[TrentRothall]

Whats the go there do you ask for compensation?

All was good last night for me

[RobGiles]

Trent Rothall wrote:

Sounds like a fairly random wide spread issue, IB said it should be resolved now. Nick had issues too

How do IB get out of that? If you placed an order and it traded through your level, they owe you a fill right? At least that’s how it worked when I traded Ag futures. Broker f%^*s up, he owes you the fill.

[TrentRothall]

They weren’t too apologetic when i spoke to them which pissed me off a bit, like you said wasn’t my fault. It worked out better in the long run though because i bought lower on friday, but you’d be pissed if you were selling.

[TrentRothall]

seems IB tightened their initial margin requirements on a lot of resource stocks today on the asx. I had 7 orders fill on the open out of 15 positions i had left then IB cancelled all my remaining orders due to insufficient funds to cover initial margin. ie there is no margin available on a lot of stocks atm.

One a side note good timing to start my momentum system this month

[DanielBaeumler]

I received several notes on ‘margin violation’. I’m trading my US MR and MOC system from the same account (LVR 50 and LVR 25). I didn’t respond to the IB notes and IB enforced the closure on a number of positions to. Despite the fact that 80 MOC orders were open and due to be closed at market closure. I didn’t notice the enforced liquidation. Then, the API kicked in and closed all MOC orders including the ones which were already closed by IB. Now, I’m sitting on 10 short-positions which I need to re-buy again in order to get the position finally closed. Well, I think I learnt something today…

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