official 2014 PnL "blotter" thread. same rules as previous years trader PnL threads. i'll start off with jan 2, 2014 marks; but as i mentioned before i will be posting far less unless there are more ET guys stepping up this year posting earnings or losses. good luck guys.
-77 net Bad start to the year for me. I spent most of the day buying as the market was going down. This is for yesterday, Jan 2. Just as before, if you are going to post, please post a screenshot showing your profit or loss. Also, whether it be daily, weekly, or monthly, please post consistently. It's meaningless to see what you did for a few days in a row and then never see you again. Make a commitment and post good or bad.
CL went 170+ cents further in favor beyond my trade exits, while ZS progressed 15+ cents beyond exits as well. Trade entries can be a group choice⦠but trade exists are always an individual choice. We all manage our trades in different ways. Overall, just the first session in yet another new year of trading
-$400 in ES and TF combined... dead-chop stock markets this morning, as expected. The difference was made in CL, final short position +$1,550 never risking more than -$100 at any time, which created a +15.5 reward to -1 risk ratio. -$200 ES -$210 TF +$1,450 CL Cut profits short. Let profits run... and add to profitable trades when it makes visible, technical sense. Price action itself clearly tells us when that is, and where
-48 net It was another rough day for me. Today was a matter of chop. I was up on every trade I entered, but got a U-turn on almost all of them.
+$288 Had not intended to trade this week. Read the markets well, but didn't capitalize today. Happy New Year All !!
I used to post on the Trader P/L 2013 thread back in May. I'm looking to start again in hopes of putting some pressure on myself. For the most part, I'm consistently profitable. I'm not nearly where I want to be on a $profit basis, but making strides in the right direction. I've struggled with position sizing and riding winners in the past. I made a few adjustments, keep a daily journal, and spend a great deal of time analyzing my trades and annotating my charts. I made 2 trades today, both short 100 shares, up 133.
What I do I got started with mostly because of a big helping hint from atticus. Also got some good tips at one point from sellindexvol66. Involves net selling of VIX. First two days of the year: Mildly unprofitable (the loss is entirely attributable to myself, natch). Have to add to the above the negative 35.37 in commish cost so far, bringing the loss to 560.77. Entire VIX curve shifted up a bit, net, these first two trading days, so as a net seller I got hit. But I was helped by having bought some tiny cap stocks in Dec for the Jan effect and having those come through, so that kept my loss to a minimum. Stupidest thing I've done so far is short TGT on that credit card breach.
hi everyone, i will post a blotter on a weekly basis. I'm working on new strategy, i therefore trade tiny sizes. I trade only FX with IB. Good trading to all !