tough day but ready to go at it tomorrow.
Trader P/L 2009
- Thread starter Red_Ink_inc
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Didnt post yesterday as the blotter was messed up due to a trade break. Blotter said -62k but was really -8k.
Today was better. Solid cash collecting with no rapes to speak of.
Today was better. Solid cash collecting with no rapes to speak of.
agreed. The last few days I was killing in the market. Today on the other hand it seems like all my set ups went in the wrong direction.
Yep, very similar results. Today sucked for trend traders since there was no follow-through on the setups:
It is the day before FOMC...
it's one thing to lose money thru poor trading, it's quite another to lose it because you're not paying attention. i am always flat when economic data is released and knew the consumer confidence report was hitting at 10am. i was managing a short trade very poorly and added to the position 10 seconds before the data hit; having totally lost track of time. short 6 DAX into the # and, boom, down $6m. fuck me. managed to repair some of the damage but, damn, i'm furious with myself.
was too pissed to post the blotter this morning. here it is:
was too pissed to post the blotter this morning. here it is:
Could you explain your blotter? For example, what is the -88k and the +340k? Is the bottom number with the checkmark your actual realized p/l? Sorry, I'm mildly retarded.
Quote from TheAngryHermit:
Could you explain your blotter? For example, what is the -88k and the +340k? Is the bottom number with the checkmark your actual realized p/l? Sorry, I'm mildly retarded.
Those appear to be debit/credit balances of different currencies that he is trading which at the end of day will be washed back into dollars.
You wouldn't believe how many times I went over this with guys at name hedge funds...consider yourself in good company.