Diary of an LSE stock trader

Trading Summary Week Ending 12th January 2018



3 Stock Trades:


3 GLEN + 294 BPS.

3 long trades + 294 BPS.
No short trades.
1 intra-day trade + 5 BPS.
2 multi-day trades + 289 BPS.
Stocks net + 294 BPS.
Return on account for the week + 9.76 % net.
P:L ratio N/A.
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 3 days.
Shortest trade duration: 8 min.
No Index trades.

(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

Back to trading after some time off.

A difficult week's trading.
Well above my 2.5% weekly benchmark.

Looking forward to more opportunities next week.

Stay disciplined.
Stay focussed.
Stay humble.
 
Trading Summary Week Ended 19th January 2018

6 Stock Trades:

6 GLEN + 298 BPS.

6 long trades + 298 BPS.
No short trades.
2 intra-day trades + 46 BPS.
4 multi-day trades + 252 BPS.
Stocks net + 298 BPS.
Return on account for the week + 9.31 % net.
P:L ratio N/A.
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 4 days.
Shortest trade duration: 71 min.
No Index trades.

(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts
Another decent challenging week's trading.
Well above my 2.5% weekly benchmark.

Looking forward to more opportunities next week.

Stay disciplined.
Stay focussed.
Stay humble.
 

Trading Summary Week Ended 26th January 2018

2 Stock Trades:


2 GLEN + 37 BPS.

2 long trades + 37 BPS.
No short trades.
1 intra-day trades + 31 BPS.
1 multi-day trades + 6 BPS.
Stocks net + 37 BPS.
Return on account for the week + 1.05 % net.
P:L ratio N/A.
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 2 days.
Shortest trade duration: 159 min.
No Index trades.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

A quiet week's trading.
Well below my 2.5% weekly benchmark.
Looking forward to more opportunities, and to trade them better, next week.

Stay disciplined.
Stay focussed.
Stay humble.
 
Trading Summary Week Ended 2nd February 2018

3 Stock Trades:


3 GLEN + 78 BPS.

2 long trades +36 BPS
1 short trades + 41 BPS.
1 intra-day trades + 23 BPS.
2 multi-day trades + 55 BPS.
Stocks net + 78 BPS.
Return on account for the week + 1.99 % net.
P:L ratio N/A.
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 10 days.
Shortest trade duration: 315 min.
No Index trades.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts
Another very challenging week's trading.
Well below my 2.5% weekly benchmark.
Looking forward to more opportunities next week.

Stay disciplined.
Stay focussed.
Stay humble.
 
Trading summary Week Ended 9th February 2018

9 Stock Trades:


1 BLT + 32 BPS.
8 GLEN + 934 BPS.

2 long trades +60 BPS
7 short trades + 907 BPS.
5 intra-day trades + 123 BPS.
4 multi-day trades + 843 BPS.
Stocks net + 967 BPS.
Return on account for the week + 18.26 % net.
P:L ratio N/A.
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 40 days.
Shortest trade duration: 1 min.
No Index trades.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

A much better week's trading. Shorts on GLEN in the main.
Well north of my 2.5% weekly benchmark.
Looking forward to more opportunities next week.


Stay disciplined.
Stay focussed.
Stay humble.
 
Trading Summary Week Ended 16th February 2018

4 Stock Trades:

4 GLEN + 188 BPS.

No long trades.
4 short trades + 188 BPS.
3 intra-day trades + 129 BPS.
2 multi-day trades + 58 BPS.
Stocks net + 188 BPS.
Return on account for the week + 3.85 % net.
P:L ratio N/A.
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 1 days.
Shortest trade duration: 8 min.
No Index trades.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts
A quiet week's trading.
Just above my 2.5% weekly benchmark.
Looking forward to more opportunities next week.

Stay disciplined.
Stay focussed.
Stay humble.
 
Trading Summary Week Ended 23rd February 2018

6 Stock Trades:

3 BLT + 70 BPS.
3 GLEN + 63 BPS.

4 long trades + 88 BPS
2 short trades + 45 BPS.
5 intra-day trades + 108 BPS.
1 multi-day trades + 25 BPS.
Stocks net + 133 BPS.
Return on account for the week + 3.47 % net.
P:L ratio N/A.
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 2 days.
Shortest trade duration: 13 min.
No Index trades.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts
Another very challenging week's trading.
Just above my 2.5% weekly benchmark.
Looking forward to more opportunities next week.

Stay disciplined.
Stay focussed.
Stay humble.
 
Trading Summary Week Ended 2nd March 2018

9 Stock Trades:

3 AAL + 76 BPS.
2 BLT + 31 BPS.
1 FRES + 40 BPS.
2 GLEN + 36 BPS.
1 STAN + 28 BPS.

7 long trades + 175 BPS.
2 short trades + 36 BPS.
7 intra-day trades + 175 BPS.
2 multi-day trades + 36 BPS.
Stocks net + 211 BPS.
Return on account for the week + 5.53 % net.
P:L ratio N/A.
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 18 days.
Shortest trade duration: 6 min.
No Index trades.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

A busier week's trading, although I left a lot on the table.
Well north of my 2.5% weekly benchmark anyway..
Looking forward to more opportunities next week.


Stay disciplined.
Stay focussed.
Stay humble.
 
Trading Summary Week Ended 9th March 2018


13 Stock Trades:


7 AAL + 231 BPS.
1 BLT + 12 BPS.
1 GLEN + 325 BPS.
1 UK100 + 3 BPS.

4 long trades +70 BPS.
9 short trades + 501 BPS.
9 intra-day trades + 142 BPS.
4 multi-day trades + 429 BPS.
Stocks net + 571 BPS.
Return on account for the week + 6.50 % net.
P:L ratio N/A.
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 10 days.
Shortest trade duration: 315 min.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

Another busy week's trading.
Well above my 2.5% weekly benchmark.
Looking forward to more opportunities next week.


Stay disciplined.
Stay focussed.
Stay humble.
 
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