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Another good week last week... Performance for Week 21: Weekly % Return = +1.9% 2011 P/L = +17.9% Current DD = 0.0% MDD = -12.05% At this point in the year, my results are outpacing my goal pretty decently. Up 18% before the midpoint, and my goal is ideally about 30%...

Hi, Sorry for the delay, just saw your question! I am running two systems, one is a long term equities trend following system i run against weekly charts. I run it against a basket of about 10 ETFs that are fairly broad-based. Basically, this system uses something approximating the...

Update for last week....a little late in getting to it. Performance for Week 20: Weekly % Return = +.95% 2011 P/L = +15.2% Current DD = 0.0% MDD = -12.05% A decent week given overall market performance...my system is pretty evenly balanced long/short at the moment, but...

i was greener in 2008....but i did ok on wachovia anyway. I used puts to hedge all trades and ended up doing nicely that way.

Well, i will tell you how much that is worth -- just about nothing. I remember well when I bought Wachovia, and lots of it, when their CEO stepped up to the plate and bought $16MM of his own stock...

"A trend change is upon us.." Performance for Week 19: Weekly % Return = +2.31% 2011 P/L = +13.8% Current DD = 0.0% MDD = -12.05% Another good week, and my returns are now more than double the S&P 500 performance. Volatility of late has been more than acceptable. This...

The extra coverage has a max and is not a per account guarantee, so while its nice, it doesn't address my discomfort. Thanks for the point on 250k in cash....Until the smoke clears i am going to reduce and make sure i am in SIPC limits.

Hey - SIPC only works if you are actually HOLDING SECURITIES right? I mean, if you are closing out to cash each night, or just have a large cash balance (but still under 500k), SIPC doesn't help....AMIRIGHT? This situation is making me nervous.

"A week like non-other...." Performance for Week 18: Weekly % Return = +2.66% 2011 P/L = +10.6% Current DD = 0.0% MDD = -12.05% I started off last week, on Sunday night, scalping silver futures for shits and giggles. During this fateful evening, i got caught in a...

"Storm clouds on the horizon...." Performance for Week 17: Weekly % Return = +0.75% 2011 P/L = +8.0% Current DD = 0.0% MDD = -12.05% I made money, but i had a bad week. Let's face it, just about every position I'm in is not working. My big positions, as has been the case...

poorest personal trading night of my life, but i end up 2% for the coming week. Still, i am not proud. but thnaks..

closed my 5 short gold contracts out for a nice price..... BUT... Bought long silver contracts as a hedge on the gold decline. I lost 15% of my portfoilio in 30 seconds. I did the unthinkable -- doubled my position when i thought i saw a bottom, and miracle of miracles picked right...

I go into this weekend short 5 full contracts of GC, for absolutely no good reason. It is likely to end in disaster and calamity. Therefore, I shall not log my weekly update for this week, which would show me with a nicely profitable week. BY COB Monday, maybe even sunday, all will be...

....and then i discovered silver. This is the bubble of our time. Ok, maybe not "our time", but of the current few years. There will be fortunes made, lost, and made & lost, all within the a few months span. From a trading perspective, it is pure shock and awe. What a beast...

"Scared money never wins..." Performance for Week 16: Weekly % Return = +0.13% 2011 P/L = +7.0% Current DD = 0.0% MDD = -12.05% My account once again reaches new heights this week, but just barely. Ended the week up by just a sliver, but had a very large drawdown during...

Most of my trading is not "Chart based", and probably wouldn't be that interesting. But, i have thought about discussing new trades & triggers more clearly....kind of a struggle on the time-front though.

Thanks -- i appreciate the feedback and don't take it personally. I am publicly hard on myself because i have suffered a couple of catastrophes all of which occurred when I was at my most profitable and after a long string of success. Trying to constantly remind myself that, no matter what, i...

What is your basis for such a statement? Sure, it could be true...thats the damnedest thing about it -- you can never quite be sure that you aren't in a slow-speed car crash. Even if you've been successful in the past, one can never be sure that the tide hasn't turned and what previously...

"It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing... Performance for Week 15: Weekly % Return = +1.0% 2011 P/L = +6.8% Current DD = 0.0% !! MDD = -12.05% The intro quote is appropriate on so many levels. Indeed I am an idiot, and indeed this entire...

Well, made back what i lost friday + some in those short oil, gold and silver trades. Not the smartest trade, and non a great RR, but i'll take the result. Closed all except the short silver at this point.