I like this response "elitestTrader" - glad to see a little humor around here...forgoshsakes.....
March Trading Journals
- Thread starter Hitman
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I like this response "elitestTrader" - glad to see a little humor around here...forgoshsakes.....
While the relatively light size I traded today made it impossible to have a huge day (never found a position worth going a full lot on with the lack of overall momentum), this was a huge game for me as for the first time ever, my entire line of offense clicked.
For the longest time I have looked for something other than my bread and butter sector trading stuff, so when the market is choppy I have something other than a pure top down approach to go after.
15500 shares each way on 13 of 19 shooting, +1217 before commissions, +900 after, 1 bullet. The best story of the day is that my top five winners of the day came from 5 radically different strategies, PX was my bread and butter sector trade, GM/MRK were Don Bright open fills, HP was morning news, CTB was Bloomberg news, LNY/IGT a Tony Oz 3 day reversals . . . If I can get consistent production across the board like this, I will take it to the next level . . . Depth means increased consistency, and to me that means increased confidence to excel in difficult market conditions, and hopefully, more size . . .
Pre-Market: Energy downgrades and given the way they have been overbought I thought it could be real.
9:30: Filled long on JPM/MRK, got 5 cents out of JPM, 30 cents from MRK, filled short on GM/TYC and scored 37 cents there, just 6 cents from TYC on a bad shakeout. Then I got filled on VIA instead of VIA/B, and VIA being a super thin stock hit me for 30 cents, very stupid mistake there. Got $200 something after the open which was a nice cushion on a choppy day.
9:40: Bulleted HP at 38.30, really hard to hold through the damn wiggles but still pulled out $200 there after commissions/bullet cost. Tried to bottompick BHI/DO and got out immediately for little losses.
10:18: Scalped 5 cents off MGM as I thought he will fill a little bit of that gap. Got half a point off PX on chemical move. Scored half a point off LNY. Tried to bottompick SPF/MDC on homebuilder rebound but it seems the sector finally ran out of juice and I lost a little overall.
11:38: Got just 15 cents from CTB based on a volume breakout yesterday. But later in the day there was news on revised earnings from Bloomberg, wish I took 1000 shares! Only got 400 and a 40 cents pop was still nice, churned a little away later tho as I thought there will be one more leg. Churned a little EOG.
2:30: Took IGT on a breakout retrace, too bad did just 300 shares and got 40 cents out of it . . . Tried CRA on BTK move but market was just too choppy and I churned.
Team Stats:
8 of 9 active traders
64500 shares each way on 34 of 66 shooting
+609 before commissions (4 of 8 positive)
-886 after commissions (4 of 8 positive)
Top 3 Symbols: PX, GTK, GP
Bottom 3 Symbols: LE, MGM, MWD
For the longest time I have looked for something other than my bread and butter sector trading stuff, so when the market is choppy I have something other than a pure top down approach to go after.
15500 shares each way on 13 of 19 shooting, +1217 before commissions, +900 after, 1 bullet. The best story of the day is that my top five winners of the day came from 5 radically different strategies, PX was my bread and butter sector trade, GM/MRK were Don Bright open fills, HP was morning news, CTB was Bloomberg news, LNY/IGT a Tony Oz 3 day reversals . . . If I can get consistent production across the board like this, I will take it to the next level . . . Depth means increased consistency, and to me that means increased confidence to excel in difficult market conditions, and hopefully, more size . . .
Pre-Market: Energy downgrades and given the way they have been overbought I thought it could be real.
9:30: Filled long on JPM/MRK, got 5 cents out of JPM, 30 cents from MRK, filled short on GM/TYC and scored 37 cents there, just 6 cents from TYC on a bad shakeout. Then I got filled on VIA instead of VIA/B, and VIA being a super thin stock hit me for 30 cents, very stupid mistake there. Got $200 something after the open which was a nice cushion on a choppy day.
9:40: Bulleted HP at 38.30, really hard to hold through the damn wiggles but still pulled out $200 there after commissions/bullet cost. Tried to bottompick BHI/DO and got out immediately for little losses.
10:18: Scalped 5 cents off MGM as I thought he will fill a little bit of that gap. Got half a point off PX on chemical move. Scored half a point off LNY. Tried to bottompick SPF/MDC on homebuilder rebound but it seems the sector finally ran out of juice and I lost a little overall.
11:38: Got just 15 cents from CTB based on a volume breakout yesterday. But later in the day there was news on revised earnings from Bloomberg, wish I took 1000 shares! Only got 400 and a 40 cents pop was still nice, churned a little away later tho as I thought there will be one more leg. Churned a little EOG.
2:30: Took IGT on a breakout retrace, too bad did just 300 shares and got 40 cents out of it . . . Tried CRA on BTK move but market was just too choppy and I churned.
Team Stats:
8 of 9 active traders
64500 shares each way on 34 of 66 shooting
+609 before commissions (4 of 8 positive)
-886 after commissions (4 of 8 positive)
Top 3 Symbols: PX, GTK, GP
Bottom 3 Symbols: LE, MGM, MWD
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Hitman, you are providing an invaluable insight to your work. Did you ever think about summarizing your experiences into a book for publish?
I was wondering if you had a summary of your overall stats.. i.e. your net on 2001 on x number of shares and so on? I doubt many traders are doing better than you are. It seems like you put way too much work into what you are doing. Congrats!
I was wondering if you had a summary of your overall stats.. i.e. your net on 2001 on x number of shares and so on? I doubt many traders are doing better than you are. It seems like you put way too much work into what you are doing. Congrats!