Thursday, January 22, 2009

Animal Collective, "My Girls"

The RO Report, "Confusion" Edition

I think today was pretty difficult.

Sure we had a nice dive this morning, but I had a tough time padding my account during it. Instead, it gave me a nice short bias going into the afternoon which nearly killed me around 2pm when the market squeezed hard.

After two days of nice clean trending closes, today was a rude awakening. Just more proof that you constantly have to switch up your game. What worked yesterday doesn't necessarily work today.

So I don't have a great read on the market going forward. I look at the SPY chart and feel like we're forming a bear flag and will soon break 80, but enough smart people see some bullish divergences that it's giving me pause. Hopefully tomorrow clarifies the picture a bit. I'd like to go into the weekend with my sanity and my finances intact.

Anyway, it was a mixed day in the RO. Trader B nearly reversed all of his gains from yesterday, which couldn't have been pleasant, and no one really cleaned up.

The best you can say about the RO performance today is that most people managed to stay somewhat green. Out of 31 traders today, 21 were gross positive, or 68%. 8 traders made over $1,000 gross, and 4 lost over $1,000 gross. I was #13 of 31. Underperforming, but happy to come out of the day alive.

"Chambermaid" - Trader B, -$35,070 on 635k shares traded.

2. Trader 9*,
-$2,072 on 7,100 shares traded.
3. Trader I, -$1,236 on 3,000 shares traded.
4. Trader 6*,
-$1,105 on 300 shares traded.
5. Trader O,
-$776 on 31,600 shares traded.

"Lucky Pierre" - Trader F,
$3,284 on 63,100 shares traded.

2. Trader D,
$2,905 on 131k shares traded.
3. Trader A,
$2,126 on 258k shares traded.
4. Trader Z,
$2,032 on 329k shares traded.
5. Trader J,
$1,909 on 75,000 shares traded.


Aflac In Pain

Look for the Aflac duck at your local Chinese restaurant soon!

"Cubicle Boss"

This video is hilarious. Again, another reason to be a trader, no deranged boss.