So how was your performance in 2009

TraDaToR · Dec 21, 2009

A little less than 2008 when we had this wonderful winter/spring volatility in commodities. Give me that market now and I make a killing.

This year started really slow with a bunch of < 10K months 'til April. Then I decided to size up a little to compensate. Did my best ever month in June and probably a really good one in december too.

All in all, it's better than expected. I'm a better trader, trade bigger size but also had to deal with big losing days which is quite new for me. I'm still on a 2 + year no losing week streak. 2 times in the year I stopped trading slightly positive on friday just to preserve my streak though...LOL

With all the transaction tax talks, I am not planning to take any day-off in 2010. We all have to push our edges to the max 'til( if ) it comes.

ET-trollbuster · Dec 21, 2009

Quote from Index piker:

4) I'm pretty confident you lack the stones to take my challenge because before it's all said and done I will probably outperform 99.9% of those on this site.

5) Oh , yeah you may snipe from the sidelines, but we both know you are nothing more than a peewee carping about a Pro.

kid, youll never make it in this industry, but you do have a bright future in comedy

d08 · Dec 21, 2009

Ranging from catastrophic to mediocre.
Down over 30%, however the last few months show signs of normalization. One strategy stopped working and generally slippage increased due to decreased liquidity. Expecting 10 to be better.

puretruth · Dec 21, 2009

Quote from ET-trollbuster:

kid, youll never make it in this industry, but you do have a bright future in comedy

Coming from the guy over 40 who calls himself a trollbuster, you must be 1 of those heavy hitters ..LOL (talking about comedy)

ET-trollbuster · Dec 21, 2009

Quote from puretruth:

Coming from the guy over 40 who calls himself a trollbuster, you must be 1 of those heavy hitters ..LOL (talking about comedy)

dont look now, but another vendor just tried sneaking into an ET thread. better run along and "save the newbies" from your personal experiences in Deliverance there, ned

Index piker · Dec 22, 2009

Quote from ET-trollbuster:

kid, youll never make it in this industry, but you do have a bright future in comedy

You see the reality is this. My journal reflects the real results from my retirement accounts , whatever you think is irrelevant at best and laughable upon face value.

The odds of you outperforming my returns long term are between slim and none.

ET-trollbuster · Dec 22, 2009

Quote from Index piker:

You see the reality is this. My journal reflects the real results from my retirement accounts , whatever you think is irrelevant at best and laughable upon face value.

The odds of you outperforming my returns long term are between slim and none.

if you only had the first clue to reality

chipmunk · Dec 22, 2009

take it all with a pinch of salt....believe about 5% of what they tell you here.

mxjones · Dec 22, 2009

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Good year over all but I did not manage to make more than in 2008. Had one tremendous hit (38K) and many regular days. Traded in a much calmer fashion and with a better management plan. Making 1K no longer gave me a mental buzz and by the same token, giving 1K to those who at the moment had a better position in the market did not create a havoc in my brain. Trading become more of a business than a game where one plays with real dough. Investing roughly 1500 hours into observing price action and market in general made me realize that the emotional aspect of trading is paramount to profitable and healthy way of doing this. Being calm allowed me to make less mistakes plain and simple.

Goals for 2010:

1. Allow for at least two month vacation - getting away from the market for a relaxing summer is the best mental medicine one could apply.
2. provide time for yoga and meditation - beats smoking weed to achieve the same calm.

Meditation is the single best thing I have done in the past ten years. It really is life-changing if you stick with it. If you are interested in a good resource, PM me.

Index piker · Dec 22, 2009

Quote from ET-trollbuster:

if you only had the first clue to reality

It's All mind over matter dude.
I don't mind and you don't matter.

It's simple I put real money in , made real purchases, it's real money.

Now if you think you are going to outperform me, don't get your hopes up.