Eclectic

Haven't posted here in a while, but I intend to again. I am not certain how I will calculate win/loss etc. on trades that I did not post exits on, but I will try to to do the best I can. I don't agree with posts that are not real time, so most likely I will show these as losers. --Although the data in the journal would then be tainted. In any event, I am very interested in Natural Gas Futures on the long side right now. My current holdings ( and I will not include these in the totals since it wasn't realtime) are as follows:

Long Mar Yen Futures

Long Mar Wheat

Long March 10 yr notes

Short March ES

Short Mar Aussie Dollar Futures

Short Feb Hogs

I was stopped out recently for medium sized gains in Gold and Crude. Long term trend is still up, so I will be looking to get back in long.

I was stopped out recently for smaller sized losses in Swiss Franc Futures and Euro FX. :)
 
Purchased March Natural Gas Futures on Fri. This looks like a long term hold and I will roll the months as we go. Bought at 7.875:)
 
Stopped out of short Feb Hoggies yesterday at .5755 for a gain. I will update the "Journal to Date" in the next few days. Looking to get short April Hoggies at a later time.
I am now also tightening up my sell stop and reverse short in March Wheat into the low 900's.
Looking to increase my short in the Aussie Dollar in the low 87's.
 
Quote from kahai:

b1s2,
I want to thank you for your two wonderful journals and I wish I had discovered them a while back. I tried to read as many posts as I could but certainly not all of them so please forgive me if you have covered these questions before:

On one of your posted charts I saw the Parabolic SAR indicator, are you using it either for entry or exit and in what time frame?

How do you calculate the overnight stops?

Are you ever looking at seasonality patterns, like the ones provided by Moore Research Center, when deciding which contracts to look at and have you ever considered spreads where seasonality seems to work best?

Hope I am not bothering you with all these questions.
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I only begin considering the use of the PSAR when the dots begin to rise above the 20 day MA .

Stops overnight are the same stops as the RTH stops. However, I am more inclined to use a mental stop overnight if that stop is far away from the price.

Spreads and seasonality are prone to choking off winners, so I don't bother with them. The only spreads worth anything are Hog and Cattle spreads. All other spreads are used by traders who are tip-toeing through the markets and afraid to use proper risk management etc. Spreads are simply a comfort tool for the most part. :)
 
Increased Aussie Dollar Short to full position at .88600. I violated a rule earlier when I decided to scale in. In this case, it appears to be a benefit. Most of the time, it is not. :)
 
Quote from JSSPMK:

Could you have a look at the FDAX monthly chart please me old china? Also Hang Seng Daily please. TY!
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These are not markets that I look at. I also do not get a data feed for these.
 
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