Below are the first 6 trades made on The Fool Portfolio today, Friday, August 5, 1994. We put in market orders for all 6 at market opening, and got 5 of them filled right away. As we'd kind of expected, the sixth, our Bed Bath & Beyond short, got rejected due to no shares available. A check back later in the afternoon, however, did reveal 170 BBBY shares to borrow and sell, which we promptly did at about 2:30 PM EST.

ACTION    #   STOCK   PRICE 
Bought    85   AMER   57 1/4
Bought   180   AXP    27 5/8
Bought   165   MRK    29 7/8
Bought   105   S      47 1/4
   COMS'N   COST BASIS
    79.31    4945.56
    79.94    5052.44   
    79.68    5009.06   
    79.87    5041.12

ACTION    #   STOCK   PRICE
Shorted  170  BBBY     29
Shorted  150  PAYX     33 1/4
    COMS'N    PROCEEDS
    79.68     4850.32   
    80.03     4907.47