Ever traded during a national emergency

I am sort of new to this biz, good with charts, but only learning about potential news related dangers. So, here is my query:

I was day trading last week, once I noticed all of my trades suddenly went south for a few min. According to the commentary I use, a rumor had been started that an Iranian missle had struck on a US Naval vessel. Lucky for me, the rumor was refuted, then my trades completed later.

However, this event raises for me the following questions: What happens to trades when real disasters arise? Just how far have trades drawn down in the past during a real US, or other nation's crisis?

Was anybody out there trading on 9/11/01? Katrina? Tsunami? Start of riots? Terrorism in London? If so, did your trades recover? Or did you drop all of you $$?

Did anyone decide to immediately escape from a trade because of a astrophe? In that case, did you have trouble closing out with broker?

Thank you for any input.

Thanks for your imput, but I truly do want to hear some war stories. My charts don't go back that way, and don't give results of individual's expertise with brokers.

I sincerely hope you had great luck, if you're trading back then. What others?

I'd love to know whether any of you were ever caught in a trade during a national crisis -- including 9/11/2001, Tsunami, Terrorist attack, etc..

If so what was your experience?

If you tried to sell off instantly upon hearing the news was your own broker able to shut your trade instantly?

If not how large was the draw down on your trade?

Did the commerce return to normal?

Please, just reply with YOUR experience if this actually happened to you.

Thanks.

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You should probably only look through the history for the dates in question for your very best answer. The charts can tell you better than all the war stories you will receive. I am not sure what platform you are using but I feel you could go back with pretty much all of them.
Joyful Trading

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Like what pairtrader... by simply looking at chart should tell you each chance

I don't know if you be able to pull a tick chart that way back that that will show every trade that took place

Sorry I had been trading investing futurs and to tell you the fact I can not recall of the best my head if they closed it down for 2 days or not damm I must be getting old but I do recall the mkt being very voltile in the weeks after. (t-bills)

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Originally Posted by ;

I am sort of new to this biz, great with charts, but just learning about possible news related dangers. So, here's my query:

I had been day trading past week, when I discovered all three of my trades suddenly went south for several min. According to the commentary I use, a rumor had been started an undercover missle had hit on a US Naval vessel. Lucky for me, the rumor was refuted, my trades completed later.

But this event raises for me the following questions: What occurs to trades when real disasters arise? Just how far have trades drawn down previously during a true US, or even other country's emergency?

Was anybody out there trading on 9/11/01? Katrina? Tsunami? Start of all riots in Paris? Terrorism in London? Did your trades regain if so? Or did you lose all of you $$

Did anyone decide to immediately escape from a trade due to a disaster? In that case, did you have difficulty shutting out with broker?

Thank you for any input.

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You should probably just look through the history for the dates in question for your very best answer. The charts can tell you better than all the war stories you will receive. I'm not sure what platform you're using but I believe that you can return with pretty much all them.
Happy Trading

I remember having this discussion on the FFF many years back. Most said the market came back after 9/11 after a couple of days.

The 1 thing I remember most of all was the trader who'd made an unexpected fantastic amount on 9/11. He donated it .

From that came the saying which has been on the forum for awhile:

Lets hope we are all long on the USD when they ch Osama.