Trader P/L 2013
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-74 gross
It's slow and sloppy. Nothing was working for me.
It's slow and sloppy. Nothing was working for me.
+87 gross
It was sloppy out there, again, but I caught a couple of things. I actually missed some great trades because I was being extra cautious and wasn't going to risk much today. It was still a great month. I'll post a month review on Monday.
It was sloppy out there, again, but I caught a couple of things. I actually missed some great trades because I was being extra cautious and wasn't going to risk much today. It was still a great month. I'll post a month review on Monday.
a bit of vol is good..
Wimpy month for the tailz fund, though still positive.
Had to cut it short midway thru the month to relocate for another engineering contract :eek:
Had to cut it short midway thru the month to relocate for another engineering contract :eek:
-42 gross
This was one of the most frustrating days of the year. I was all short near the open and things were going great. Then the S&P shot up 10 points and I was knocked out of almost everything and almost done for the day as I was near my max loss for the day. Then the market dropped 14 points and I was back to break even. For the next three hours my P/L was playing mind games with me as it kept going to exactly zero or down a few bucks, but never positive. I churned away a little more money and could never find anything that would move. I misplayed many of my trades due to frustrations and easily could have had a positive day. Not a great start to the month, but really not that bad of a loss.
May Recap:
May was a fantastic trading month for me. I transitioned to my new account and I have been very pleased with the results. It was my first profitable month of the year and the profits more than covered all the losses of the prior four months. I have been working hard by increasing the amount of trading research I do each day. I feel like my trading skills and senses are improving, but I know I have so much to still learn.
My biggest weakness that I need to work on is trusting my research and sitting in my trades. I tend to get out of winning trades too soon and/or not add shares to things that are working. I know my profits for May would have been so much greater if I had just sat in my shares and waited for my targets. I am pleased with my win percentage, but I would like to get my average winner/loser ratio up to around 2.5.
May:
Net P/L: +619.26
Win %: 50.63
Avg W/Avg L: 1.87
1st Four months of the year:
Net P/L: -93.78
Win%: 38.14
Avg W/Avg L: 1.52
This was one of the most frustrating days of the year. I was all short near the open and things were going great. Then the S&P shot up 10 points and I was knocked out of almost everything and almost done for the day as I was near my max loss for the day. Then the market dropped 14 points and I was back to break even. For the next three hours my P/L was playing mind games with me as it kept going to exactly zero or down a few bucks, but never positive. I churned away a little more money and could never find anything that would move. I misplayed many of my trades due to frustrations and easily could have had a positive day. Not a great start to the month, but really not that bad of a loss.
May Recap:
May was a fantastic trading month for me. I transitioned to my new account and I have been very pleased with the results. It was my first profitable month of the year and the profits more than covered all the losses of the prior four months. I have been working hard by increasing the amount of trading research I do each day. I feel like my trading skills and senses are improving, but I know I have so much to still learn.
My biggest weakness that I need to work on is trusting my research and sitting in my trades. I tend to get out of winning trades too soon and/or not add shares to things that are working. I know my profits for May would have been so much greater if I had just sat in my shares and waited for my targets. I am pleased with my win percentage, but I would like to get my average winner/loser ratio up to around 2.5.
May:
Net P/L: +619.26
Win %: 50.63
Avg W/Avg L: 1.87
1st Four months of the year:
Net P/L: -93.78
Win%: 38.14
Avg W/Avg L: 1.52
Hi All,
I have been hanging around for a while just reading this thread and have decided to take the plunge and join you all
This is today's P&L. I took two trades early doors which both cost me and then another this afternoon which made it all back and then some...
I hope to be able to contribute more.
Avante
I have been hanging around for a while just reading this thread and have decided to take the plunge and join you all
This is today's P&L. I took two trades early doors which both cost me and then another this afternoon which made it all back and then some...
I hope to be able to contribute more.
Avante
-69 gross
It was another rough day for me. Part of my issues for the past couple days is that I have been too aggressive with my share size on entries. I've been trading too large to allow my trades to play out and also stay within my risk parameters. If I had just used the appropriate size, today's losses would have greatly been miniminzed and I may have turned a profit.
Two losing days in a row hurts psychologically, but I'm trying to stay positive as I know I can make all of it back and more in one day. As long as I don't let any one day hurt me too badly, I can always make it back.
It was another rough day for me. Part of my issues for the past couple days is that I have been too aggressive with my share size on entries. I've been trading too large to allow my trades to play out and also stay within my risk parameters. If I had just used the appropriate size, today's losses would have greatly been miniminzed and I may have turned a profit.
Two losing days in a row hurts psychologically, but I'm trying to stay positive as I know I can make all of it back and more in one day. As long as I don't let any one day hurt me too badly, I can always make it back.