Journal Of A Futures Trader - Nikkei225 (Mini)

Day 74 - DOW +207

sgxtrader — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:04:41 +0000

Nikkei cash closed at 12803 (-84) while Osaka futures closed at 12835.

Made above trades for profit of US$33.

Snapshot of markets at 5 pm :

Markets At 5 pm ( Singapore Time )

US and Euro futures down but Nikkei still up more than 100 points from regular session close.

Day 73

sgxtrader — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:23:41 +0000

Nikkei cash closed at 12887 while Osaka futures closed at 12915.

Sold 1 contract at 12925 and bought back at 12955 for a loss of US$43.

Day 72 - DOW down 128 points

sgxtrader — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:49:31 +0000

Nikkei cash closed at 12760 while Osaka Nikkei futures ( T session ) closed at 12720.

Sold long position of 13015 at 12805 and made 4 other trades for a loss of US$136.

Outstanding : none

Day 71

sgxtrader — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:25:44 +0000

Nikkei cash closed at 12754 while Osaka futures closed at 12765.

Outstanding : 1 long position of 13015.

Day 70

sgxtrader — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:00:23 +0000

Nikkei cash closed at 13010. Osaka Nikkei futures ( T session ) closed at 13055 while T+1 session closed at 13020.

Made above trades for profit of US$5.

Bought another Nikkei contract at 13015 during T+1 session.

Day 69 - DOW +81

sgxtrader — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:30:04 +0000

( Update : 2pm )

Nikkei cash closed at 13039 while Osaka Nikkei futures ( T session ) closed at 13090.

Regional indices and US fututres rallied from day lows on news that US govt will buy into Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The indices have since declined steadily. S&P futures now +0.25 from a high of +7.5.

Made above trades for profit of US$200 after commission.

Day 68

sgxtrader — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:30:42 +0000

Nikkei surprisingly closed up 15 points at 13067 even though DOW plunged 236 points last night. HK managed a small gain while STI lost only 16 points. Osaka futures closed at 13045.

T session

T+1 session

Made the above trades for total profit of US$37 after commission.

Day 67

sgxtrader — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:38:31 +0000

Nikkei cash closed at 13052 while Osaka Nikkei futures closed at 13125.

Sold long contract of 13250 bought yesterday at 13240. Made another set of transactions.

Total loss : US$51

Day 66

sgxtrader — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:34:51 +0000

Nikkei cash closed at 13033 and nikkei futures closed at 13015. Made above trades for confirmed loss of US$23 and paper loss of US$216.

Day 65

sgxtrader — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:10:30 +0000

Made the above trades for profit of US$172 ( after commission ).

Nikkei cash closed at 13360.04 while Osaka futures closed at 13370. Yen weakens against the USD. S&P futures negative throughout asia trading.