by Samantha LaDuc | Jul 31, 2019
I will re-open my trading room 1:45ET in preparation for the FOMC minutes at 2 and 2:30 press conference. Housekeeping: I have also worked with Zeke to fix some of the recent issues that occurred with recent Trade Alerts: Bad Fills on Wide Bid-Ask Orders: Trend trade THC was up 61% when I went to […]
by Samantha LaDuc | Jul 2, 2019
It’s a holiday-shortened week and although I will be running my Live Trading Room Mon,Tues and Wed (market closes at 1PM Wed), markets are closed Thursday for Independence Day and I will be traveling Friday to visit family in upstate NY … So No Trading...
by WallStreetJane | Jun 24, 2019
Good morning, Members. I’m having some technical issues this morning and need to seek some assistance. I will attempt to get the room up and running as soon as possible and will send an alert as soon as keyboard issue is fixed. Thank you for your patience and it’s good to be back!
by WallStreetJane | Jun 19, 2019
Trading Room is Closed Wednesday – Friday June 19th, 20th and 21st Samantha is traveling to NYC for meetings, presentation at the Benzinga conference and sourcing apartment for her daughter doing an internship at an architectural firm this summer. She will be busy and away from her trading desk for the remainder of the week.
by Samantha LaDuc | Jun 18, 2019
I’m going to NEW YORK CITY – woot woot! I have been invited to present at this year’s Benzinga Trading Summit this Thursday June 20th in NYC. I’m glad there will be a few of us Women in Trading representing the space – okay just three but...
by Samantha LaDuc | Jun 18, 2019
It should be slow as molasses in the market but I won’t be. I need to prepare my presentation for Benzinga, finalize meeting details and apartment shopping for emma’s internship! With that, market seems to be excited about Draghi talking more dovishly – but tomorrow is Fed day and that is going to set the […]
by Samantha LaDuc | Jun 17, 2019
You have probably noticed it has been quiet on the Trade Alert front past few weeks as my development manager works on the final phase of this FinTech roll-out. You will soon see that I have added Futures: ES, NQ, YM, TF, CL, GC, ZB…. ! The Interactive Broker Gateway I built will soon allow […]
by Samantha LaDuc | Jun 6, 2019
Good morning! I am doing an extended podcast interview with DailyFX – London time – so I am closing the live trading room this morning. Yes, we broke above the trend-line so bulls are in control, for now, and bears could get excited as we retest that breakout of the trend-line … but given the […]
by Samantha LaDuc | Mar 25, 2019
I will be working on some development projects next few days and also attending a meeting at the Boston Fed (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston) tomorrow. I will send out an email when the room next opens up. Friday chases short would have been magnificent but I was positioned primarily long and stopped out while away […]
by Samantha LaDuc | Mar 22, 2019
I will still trade – see Trade Alerts – just not live commentate today as I work through some overdue operational projects that need my attention. And just an update on my market timing call and turn… We are almost there. I am waiting for a key level to be tagged in SPX and NYSE […]
by Samantha LaDuc | Mar 20, 2019
Good morning, it’s Fed Day and I will be writing this morning delaying the open to the Trading Room to 1:30 in time for the FOMC minutes release at 2:00 and press conference at 2:30. “Should” be relatively quiet until then… Samantha
by Samantha LaDuc | Mar 11, 2019
Good morning, market is bouncing strongly despite lots of negative global economic reports – including the devastating BA crash which caused China to ground Boeing 757 planes causing BA to gap down 12%. I had an order to go long the $BA $380C at open for $4.65 which is now $18 but they did not […]
by Samantha LaDuc | Mar 3, 2019
“If I quit now, I will soon be back to where I started. And when I started I was desperately wishing to be where I am now.” Unknown That’s pretty much how I felt of late dodging customer complaints past few months since embarking on this journey to build a...
by Samantha LaDuc | Feb 28, 2019
I am spending the morning with my eldest (Delilah, 22) before she returns to Europe for college and then in the afternoon working with development migrating the Trade Alerts to the new interactive brokerage accounts. Another words: moving from Testing to Real Trading. What This Means: We are closing all open trades from past month […]
by Samantha LaDuc | Feb 1, 2019
Your Captain Got a Much Faster Boat! Today is an important day for me as I see the realization of a vision I imagined and started working on over a year ago – a Live Portfolio of my trades (and future co-captains) across multiple time-frames, asset classes and...