Very good point. I used the EOD data to show the account PL. As I mentioned this morning that I exited all positions (http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61970&perpage=6&pagenumber=14) so my real execution was much earlier and the loss is smaller. My account lost about...
No new position next Monday, 2/26/2006.
Account PL: $51,324, 54% in stock, 46% in cash. StopLoss $9,000. The return of the system since start of journal (1/11/2006): +4.2%; Nasdaq: -1.9% and S&P -0.36% during the same period.
Do you mind telling us a little more about your strategies? We like to learn/exchange any good ideas. In this journal, I try to give buy signals before I enter any position, and have a clearly defined exit strategy so that people can see how the system works. I cannot promise that this system...
We are going to add longs today to test water. The stocks among the last 5 day's list and show worst return will be our first choice. This approach is a little twist of our original system, which has no longs at all in Feb. So play carefully, and enter long positions only when nasdaq is close...