Another year over with...let's start again for 2007. Corey has agreed to continue his valued contributions to all of you!
Don
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The Opening Orders Thread
- Thread starter Don Bright
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Yay! Lescor is my hero, I see his journals and I drool. How much buying power does he use? :eek:
Here's my 2007 recap of opening orders, which I've done for the last few years.
2003 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=399734#post399734
2004 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=658387&#post658387
2005 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61328
The bottom line came out to net $51,000 on 11 million shares traded. 630 long trades, 573 short trades, 60% win rate. Profit factor 1.4. .5 cents per share net. This is about half of what I projected for this strategy for the year.
However for me it was really a year of two distinctly different parts. January started off great and I was up $10,000 after just the first 5 days. It turned into a real grind from there though, with decent days interspersed with big losing days that would wipe out two or three weeks. I had two minus $10,000 days, which is about double my previous worst day. It was like there were land mines planted everywhere just waiting for you. After my worst day in late July I was up just $5,000 for the year.
I took a month off from doing openings and when I started back in late August, I had a smaller list of stocks with bigger size. Just the thick, big caps that are the tried and true performers. I don't know if it was that or something that changed with the market, but I had 12 profitable weeks in a row.
Stats from August 17 to year end:
Traded 88 days, Net $42,000 on 2.7M shares. 125 longs, 120 shorts, 66% win rate. 2.4 PF, 1.6 cps net. Profitable for 18 of 20 weeks. This is with a list of about 40 stocks and average size of 5-6,000 shares.
I doubt I'll change things much for now, maybe add a few stocks here and there and up the size some more. This isn't my core strategy any more. It was the very first strategy I started with when I began trading full time 5 years ago and I've done it almost daily since then. It would feel too weird to me to start the day any other way and I just like doing it. It keeps me fast on the keys, in touch with the market and gets the blood flowing to start the day.
Have a good 2007...
Corey
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2003 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=399734#post399734
2004 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=658387&#post658387
2005 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61328
The bottom line came out to net $51,000 on 11 million shares traded. 630 long trades, 573 short trades, 60% win rate. Profit factor 1.4. .5 cents per share net. This is about half of what I projected for this strategy for the year.
However for me it was really a year of two distinctly different parts. January started off great and I was up $10,000 after just the first 5 days. It turned into a real grind from there though, with decent days interspersed with big losing days that would wipe out two or three weeks. I had two minus $10,000 days, which is about double my previous worst day. It was like there were land mines planted everywhere just waiting for you. After my worst day in late July I was up just $5,000 for the year.
I took a month off from doing openings and when I started back in late August, I had a smaller list of stocks with bigger size. Just the thick, big caps that are the tried and true performers. I don't know if it was that or something that changed with the market, but I had 12 profitable weeks in a row.
Stats from August 17 to year end:
Traded 88 days, Net $42,000 on 2.7M shares. 125 longs, 120 shorts, 66% win rate. 2.4 PF, 1.6 cps net. Profitable for 18 of 20 weeks. This is with a list of about 40 stocks and average size of 5-6,000 shares.
I doubt I'll change things much for now, maybe add a few stocks here and there and up the size some more. This isn't my core strategy any more. It was the very first strategy I started with when I began trading full time 5 years ago and I've done it almost daily since then. It would feel too weird to me to start the day any other way and I just like doing it. It keeps me fast on the keys, in touch with the market and gets the blood flowing to start the day.
Have a good 2007...
Corey
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OK, I guess we'll go forward here for 2007. 4 fills (USB good, +$1000 on it).
Don
Don
Took some time off & getting back to it SLOWLY.......New thread & New Year, hopefully a prosperous one for all.
Played it conservative for first day back in a while....canceled HD & WMT on news, entered sell side only, adjusted sizes and added a layer on some stocks.
One fill short GE +.05
Damn this stock is so volatile now since it went hybrid. I barely see it print at a certain price & yet you can get filled there. Luckily I put in the slingshot order right away cause it trades all over the place whipping around in about a 15-20 cent range so fast. This is a huge change for GE. I've been covering on NYSE but I need to get into the habit of using ARCA to get the liquidity rebate since there is no price improvment & since my covering orders are usually a few cents away.
All the best in 2007 to all !!!
PS - Thanks for all that great info lescor...continued good trading to you in 2007.
Played it conservative for first day back in a while....canceled HD & WMT on news, entered sell side only, adjusted sizes and added a layer on some stocks.
One fill short GE +.05
Damn this stock is so volatile now since it went hybrid. I barely see it print at a certain price & yet you can get filled there. Luckily I put in the slingshot order right away cause it trades all over the place whipping around in about a 15-20 cent range so fast. This is a huge change for GE. I've been covering on NYSE but I need to get into the habit of using ARCA to get the liquidity rebate since there is no price improvment & since my covering orders are usually a few cents away.
All the best in 2007 to all !!!
PS - Thanks for all that great info lescor...continued good trading to you in 2007.