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08/13/13: +341.91 [+0.53%] vs. SPX +0.28% Entered into UPRO again this morning. Tomorrow is a possible timing window early morning with another one at the EOD 8/16/open on 8/19. Holding UPRO into tomorrow.

08/12/13: +$82.44 (+0.13%) vs. SPX (down 0.12%) Closed short because I was getting conflicting signals at the timing window and I want to play this a bit safe so went flat at the close. Live to fight another day.

08/09/2013: ($777) (1.19%) vs. SPX (0.36%) Was stopped out on UPRO at 72.98. Took a short SPX via SPXU @ 20.77 3rd week out of 4 since this journal started that I'm down. Currently down MTD (1.06%) and YTD (2.38%) since journal began. Not a good start by any means.

08/08/2013: +$504 (+0.78%) vs. SPX +0.39% Odd, I made back the exact amount I lost yesterday. Today we had a timing window in the first two hours of the trading day, which at the time prompted another buy however I've reached my levered amount so didn't put on a trade. If this is...

08/07/13: ($504) (0.77%) vs. SPX (0.38%)

08/06/2013: ($774.90) (1.17%) vs. (0.57%) Currently holding 2 lots of UPRO so 2x long levered. Wasn't great entry at all yesterday. Should have waited until today. I also had set the stop to 72.8.

08/05/2013: ($117.40) (0.18%) vs. SPX (0.15%) Bought one more UPRO lot at cost of $75.44. Cost avg on the two lots is now $74.27. Stop is moved up to $74.0. System is still looking to buy. Personally I don't believe there is much left to this rally but am objectively relying on the...

08/05/13: bought another lot of UPRO. Moving stop up

08/02/13: +$127.35 (0.19%) vs. SPX +0.16% Holding UPRO, next timing window is EOD 08/05 Monday. Strong momentum, so I wouldn't be surprised if this keeps going up into the next major timing window the week after next.

08/01/2013: +$851 (1.30%) vs. SPX +1.25% Holding UPRO into 8/6. Stop moved up to breakeven.

Performance for July 2013. (07/12 - 07/31). Looking for the system to bounce back (hopefully) in August. Only made 4 trades. 2 shorts did not work out well. These were stopped out. I've tweaked system to choose not to short if indicators are similar again. During trading blackout, one...

07/31/2013: Sized up to one full lot intraday for UPRO (was slightly off by about $8k). P&L: ($100.69) or (0.15%) vs SPX (0.01%)

7/29/13: no trades 7/30/13: bought 1 UPRO lot @ 73.08. I've moved my stop up to approx. 70.9. This is a 3% cushion. System triggered buy based on objective parameters. Will see how this trade goes. My expectations are a higher high on the SPX moving into 8/6 but we'll see, anything...

Good job man, keep it up.

7/26/13: WEEKLY UPDATE Was stopped out on SPXU trade on Monday (7/22) and have not put on any trades since then. Waiting for blackout period to be over with after 7/31. Weekly Performance $(592) for the week or (0.59%). SPX was down (0.03%) in comparison. Slow start for sure

7/26/13: intraday - approaching timing window and continues to look like a short in the system (again no trades until 7/31) However I would move my SPXU stop up to $20.80 to lock in minor gain since anything can happen.

Richard thanks for the note. I hope to make this journal helpful for myself but also to others who come across. I work at a firm that can monitor trading activity and one area that is not restricted to a minimum holding period is trading ETFs. Trading futures is prohibited and because I...

7/25/13: no trades until 7/31 Markets opened lower, bounced, made a lower low and now rallying up. Still mentally noting that currently on a short via SPXU. Entry would have been $20.70, currently it is trading at $20.93. The next timing window is a couple hours into Friday. So this...

7/24/13: no trades until 7/31 Mentally noted to myself that the timing window ending 7/23 was another short opportunity. It would have been short 1 lot. The previous 2 lots of SPXU were stopped out for a total loss of ~1.5% of total capital. This entry would have been $20.70 on SPXU...

7/22/13: P&L -$592.37 (-0.59% on capital) vs. SPX +0.20% Stopped out on 2 lots of SPXU. My stops are generally < 1.5% risk on total capital. A bit disappointing for this go around but necessary to incur losses in any trading system and I will learn from what happened during this period...