Trader P/L 2011
- Thread starter d08
- Start date
Yeehaaaa! Clawing my way back up! 
Woot! THere it is!
instrument: ES emini futures
trade size: 2 to 8 ES contracts
acct balance: 09/19: $50,000
acct balance: 09/26: $57,000 (+14%)
Mon 9/26: +$2025
Tue 9/27: $0
Wed 9/28: +$2425
Thu 9/29: +$2400
Fri 9/30: (-$1600)
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Total Cumulative: +$5,250
Peak Intraday High: +$7,250 (Thursday afternoon, also Friday premarket)
acct balance: 10/03: $62,000 (+24%)
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Weekly objective for this account is +$5,000 minimum performance with $10,000 targeted goal. When account reaches $100,000 balance, trade size increased to 8-16 ES contracts with weekly objectives likewise doubled accordingly.
See you next week
Nice trading Austinp for the week.
Had 2 questions-
1.With max PL ~ $2500 and 8 ES contracts average ES pt/contract was 5. This looks like a good target from my perspective when average vix is 35 . So what happens in month like May 11 when avg vix was 19 ? As per the calculations done in the spread sheet do you agree the the target should be 2.7 pts?
2. On 9/27 the Gap was up was +21 and vix was down 8 % at open. So did you not trade that day or it was a BE trade ? Do you use some kind of early signs to determine such unfavorable day( for me it was ) that is better off not trading ?
Had 2 questions-
1.With max PL ~ $2500 and 8 ES contracts average ES pt/contract was 5. This looks like a good target from my perspective when average vix is 35 . So what happens in month like May 11 when avg vix was 19 ? As per the calculations done in the spread sheet do you agree the the target should be 2.7 pts?
2. On 9/27 the Gap was up was +21 and vix was down 8 % at open. So did you not trade that day or it was a BE trade ? Do you use some kind of early signs to determine such unfavorable day( for me it was ) that is better off not trading ?
#1: Many months (or more likely years) from now when volatility and ranges contract, +2pts - +5pts daily is still very reasonable. Calmer tapes permit larger size blocks to be turned with equal risk as wild tapes and violent whipsaws now. If/when volatility and ranges contract, larger block sizes and smaller stops for the same capital at work.
#2: I went -$1,200 in the morning and +$1,200 in the afternoon... including a failed usb mouse that quit functioning in the heart of final-hour downdraft.
I thought it couldn't be done in futures.
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Reviving thread.