Trader P/L 2013

taking profits way to early like usual.. leaving way to much money on the table.

Although hindsign is 20/20.. rather take bigger profits with bigger contract sizes and get the tidbits of whats happening.
 

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After a couple of weeks off, I'm back with a new account! No longer will I be trading odd lots and losing 25% of every trade to commissions. I've now got some buying power and lower commissions. I'll also be increasing my risk tolerance, so my daily P/L numbers should be a little bit larger than they have in the past.

Today was a decent day. I should have been up more than this, but had some technical issues on the first day.

+55 Gross

It's nice now being able to have a break even trade or turn a small profit by making 2 cents on a trade. Before, when trading 20 or 30 shares I had to make 10 cents just to break even!

For April, I ended up losing $22.95. I've started this year off with four losing months in a row, but the total loss is just under $100. Due to trading odd lots and a minimum commission per trade, I was paying 4-5 times the commission I should have been. I'm excited about my new account. I'll still keep my risk control tight and we'll see what happens!
 

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Took a scary ride on the CL. Was short CL late session yesterday, covered early morning and turned long. The long was losing $, but I held to the close.

Now I'm flat CL.
 
I got slapped around a bit in the market chop. I was long near the open and the market went down. Then I was short some positions and the market went up. I put on some longs and then the market went back down. I wasn't really following the market. I just didn't get much follow through on anything.

-74 gross
 

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This is a new best day for me! I was all long today except for one loss on a short. I was up more than this, but ended up liquidating to protect my P/L as my positions were pulling back.

+128 gross
 

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