" I keep scratching my head trying to find a reason for this mad move. "
Markets move because they have to. Traders/investors caught on the wrong side.
Look at the volume on CRAY on Friday, 4.8m on a stock which normally trades a tenth of that or less.
Sorry to read about your loss though. As...
Summary Week Ended Friday 14th Febuary 2014
10 Stock Trades:
2 AAL + 42.91 BPS
3 BARC + 31.57 BPS
2 BLT + 40.74 BPS
4 STAN - 5.03 BPS
Stocks net + 110.18 BPS
Long and short trades, all intraday.
I traded 4 days this week.
Return on account for the week 2.48 %.
P:L...
Summary Week Ended Friday 7th Febuary 2014
7 Stock Trades:
3 BLT + 33.56 BPS
4 STAN + 45.54 BPS
Stocks net + 79.11 BPS
No Index trades, I am concentrating on stocks.
Long and short trades, intraday and overnight.
I traded 5 days this week.
Thoughts
Not a great...
Summary Week Ended Friday 24th January 2014
18 Stock Trades:
2 AAL + 148.54 BPS
21 BLT + 18.61 BPS
Stocks net + 167.14 BPS
7 Index Trades:
7 FTSE - 121.31 BPS
Net all trades + 45.83 BPS
Long and short trades, intraday and overnight.
I traded 5 days this week...
Summary Week Ended Friday 17th January 2014
7 Stock Trades:
5 AAL + 54.11 BPS
2 BLT + 25.29 BPS
Stocks net + 79.40 BPS
14 Index Trades:
14 FTSE + 34.39 BPS
Net all trades + 113.80 BPS
Return on account for the week 1.98 %.
P:L ratio 2.25 : 1.
Long and short...
Summary Week Ended Friday 27th December 2013
1 Stock Trade:
1 RIO + 28.43 BPS
Stocks net + 28.43 BPS
7 Index Trades:
7 FTSE + 22.73 BPS
Net all trades + 51.16 BPS
Return on account for the week 1.28 %.
P:L ratio 9.86 : 1.
All short trades, all intraday.
I traded...
I use excel, I have a few macros to automate some stuff (one click to enter a new trade).
I'm a huge fan of Excel, been using it since version 1.... if you can't do it in Excel, it's probably not possible....
Summary Week Ended Friday 20th December 2013
9 stock trades:
2 AAL + 32.04 BPS
7 BLT + 135.69 BPS
Stocks net + 167.73 BPS
11 Index Trades:
11 FTSE + 48.72 BPS
Net all trades + 216.45 BPS
Return on account for the week 3.17 %.
P:L ratio 2.19 : 1.
Long and short...