Robert Morse
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Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Ziggy? God I'm old.
My IRA performance for 2019
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WTG 
Yeah after a usually up Dec, Jan can be tricky. Tax loss selling maybe?
Right, makes things difficult.
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I'm sure they liquidated you at a "great" price too. Not to add insult to injury.
Yeah, worst was 24 cents off of value. Timber Hill went to bat for me during the OCC vs. RAES bandit days, but thanks, I can lose money all by myself. I don't need any help from my clearing firm.
Just found this story in Barron's: https://www.barrons.com/articles/SB990117695657551270
And the two-factor BS with IBTWS. I mean, c'mon. I can't login to my account via iPad or phone and have two sessions open? WTF is going to have access to my quotes... but me. A la carte pricing on everything. TDA has given me free quotes for decades; even when there was only a few grand in there and dormant for over a year.
Year to date
this week
Just grinding, thats all I do. My results are typically not correlated with stocks as 1/8th of what I trade is equity indexes. On to the next week...sometimes I just can't wait to the next month starts as I am very much monthly focused.
One massively positive aspect of this month is I have not made a single mistake in my systematic entrances and exits, 100% correct execution this month, that's another goal I have. Last year I would make about 4 mistakes a month, If I can cut that down to 1 or none per month, results should be better this year compared to last.
this week
Just grinding, thats all I do. My results are typically not correlated with stocks as 1/8th of what I trade is equity indexes. On to the next week...sometimes I just can't wait to the next month starts as I am very much monthly focused.
One massively positive aspect of this month is I have not made a single mistake in my systematic entrances and exits, 100% correct execution this month, that's another goal I have. Last year I would make about 4 mistakes a month, If I can cut that down to 1 or none per month, results should be better this year compared to last.
Having yet again a lackluster RED week. At one point I had paired my MTD losses to about (2.5), now I'm (5%). A red January. Had a beautiful short on NQ's today.... can you take a guess where I was stopped out....6720...bastards I was at one point up 40 handles in that trade looking for 90 handles. Then Crude oil....just getting my ask kicked on that squeeze.
Pain makes you grow.
Down 5% is not out of the norm though, even down 10% is not horrific, at least the way I trade. My target is still north of 100% this year, still confident I get there.
Looking to buy Crude futures at 53.00, looking to Short Euro futures at 1.1499... I don't like calling trades out because 60% of the time I'm wrong or out at BE+1.... but these trades should work given the crap stretch I have had.
I was at one point up 40 handles in that trade looking for 90 handles. Then Crude oil....just getting my ask kicked on that squeeze.Pain makes you grow.
Down 5% is not out of the norm though, even down 10% is not horrific, at least the way I trade. My target is still north of 100% this year, still confident I get there.
Looking to buy Crude futures at 53.00, looking to Short Euro futures at 1.1499... I don't like calling trades out because 60% of the time I'm wrong or out at BE+1.... but these trades should work given the crap stretch I have had.