September has always been a comparatively bad month for me and many of the stock traders I know.
The only rational idea I have for it is that I subconsciously think "Great, the summer is over. Now the market will be active again." However, the reality is that just because the calendar flipped past Labor Day, that doesn't mean that the market gets more tradeable.
completely sh&tbox month for me. never had a month like this, ever. but a whole new trading venue, so, having, hoping, to learn how to make it happen here.
August by far is the worst. I blame it on oppressive heat and the hamptons effect. Have to go thru my records, but i dont think i have ever had a good august.