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Rol
Registered: Jul 2009
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07-21-11 08:20 AM
In the spirit of keeping this journal somewhat entertaining, I thought I would post the largest winning trade when it occurs each month. Here is the largest winning trade so far for July. I don't know if IB has this feature of displaying actual trades on a chart, so if not, it will be something I am going to miss.
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Rol
Registered: Jul 2009
Posts: 425 |
07-22-11 10:14 PM
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Initial Capital (7/1/2011) $73,028
Total Net Profit $2,158.66
(Per Share) $0.11
Gross Profit $5,972.55
Gross Loss ($3,813.89)
Profit Factor 1.57
Total Number of Trades 160
Percent Profitable 54.38%
Winning Trades 87
Losing Trades 73
Avg. Trade Net Profit $13.49
Avg. Winning Trade $68.65
Avg. Losing Trade ($52.25)
Ratio Avg. Win:Avg. Loss 1.31
Expectancy 0.26
Largest Winning Trade $298.50
Largest Losing Trade ($206.75)
Max. Consecutive Winning Trades 12
Max. Consecutive Losing Trades 10
Total Shares/Contracts Held 19500
Total Commission $365.80
Return on Initial Capital 2.95%
Annual Rate of Return 50.03%
Buy & Hold Return -0.32%
Trading Period 21 Dys, 6 Hrs, 11 Mins
Max. Equity Run-up(Daily) $4,333.32
Date of Max. Equity Run-up 7/21/2011 15:00
Max. Drawdown(Daily)
Value ($2,101.71)
Date 7/12/2011 15:00
as % of Initial Capital 2.88%
Max. Trade Drawdown ($458.00)
The upward bias appears to be continuing with my trading, although not at the rate I would prefer. I am resisting the urge to jump into the market with both feet, but prefer to be on the sidelines until I see better opportunities arise. I think it is smart to acknowledge your urges, so that you can deal with them directly. Current market exposure is 39% of Equity.
The % profitable is below par, but avg. winning trade is better than avg. losing trade, so that is helping pick up the slack. The DD for the month has been manageable. 3% is typical, I think, for my style of trading. The net profit per share looks decent to me. I imagine it indicates I have not had to do a great deal of trading for the given net profit.
I just realized last night that TS charges ~7.75% margin interest, while IB only charges ~1.6%. The difference should more than offset TS platform fees I will have to start paying, and for the monthly subscription to Tradelink that I intend to use.
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Real-time Account Net Worth $81,329.01
Real-time Unrealized P/L ($631.36)
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Rol
Registered: Jul 2009
Posts: 425 |
07-26-11 06:38 AM
I looked at my trades for the day tonight, and got a kick out of my SON entry. The stock traded 755,094 shares today, and those are my 100 shares that traded at the low! I currently have 1k of unrealized losses and exposure is 71%, so my entry with SON is just a novelty.
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fickletrader
Registered: Jul 2006
Posts: 245 |
07-28-11 05:13 AM
This was one of those "one-two punch" days reminiscent of the typical price action during late 2008, early 2009. If you wanted an example, this was it. The tricky part is if we string together a few days like this in a row, as was typical back then.
Hope things are still humming along for you.
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Rol
Registered: Jul 2009
Posts: 425 |
07-29-11 10:05 PM
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Initial Capital (7/1/2011) $73,028
Total Net Profit ($4,390.67)
(Per Share) ($0.17)
Gross Profit $7,034.02
Gross Loss ($11,424.69)
Profit Factor 0.62
Total Number of Trades 211
Percent Profitable 48.34%
Winning Trades 102
Losing Trades 109
Avg. Trade Net Profit ($20.81)
Avg. Winning Trade $68.96
Avg. Losing Trade ($104.81)
Ratio Avg. Win:Avg. Loss 0.66
Expectancy -0.20
Largest Winning Trade $298.50
Largest Losing Trade ($758.00)
Max. Consecutive Winning Trades 12
Max. Consecutive Losing Trades 19
Total Shares/Contracts Held 26500
Total Commission $468.80
Return on Initial Capital -6.01%
Annual Rate of Return -75.44%
Buy & Hold Return -1.27%
Trading Period 28 Dys, 6 Hrs, 11 Mins
Max. Equity Run-up(Daily) $4,333.32
Date of Max. Equity Run-up 7/21/2011 15:00
Max. Drawdown(Daily)
Value ($6,869.67)
Date 7/29/2011 15:00
as % of Initial Capital 9.40%
Max. Trade Drawdown ($774.00)
I am currently sitting on 7k of losses as the country threatens to go into default.
Current DD is 9.4%, which is painful, but is still within expected parameters.
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Real-time Account Net Worth $74,840.58
Real-time Unrealized P/L ($7,049.49)
Current Market Exposure 172%
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Rol
Registered: Jul 2009
Posts: 425 |
07-29-11 10:20 PM
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Initial Capital (1-1-2011) $47,853
Total Net Profit $16,766.81
(Per Share) $0.10
Gross Profit $60,778.11
Gross Loss ($44,011.29)
Profit Factor 1.38
Total Number of Trades 1481
Percent Profitable 60.84%
Winning Trades 901
Losing Trades 579
Avg. Trade Net Profit $11.32
Avg. Winning Trade $67.46
Avg. Losing Trade ($76.01)
Ratio Avg. Win:Avg. Loss 0.89
Expectancy 0.15
Largest Winning Trade $1,936.09
Largest Losing Trade ($796.50)
Max. Consecutive Winning Trades 29
Max. Consecutive Losing Trades 38
Total Shares/Contracts Held 175239
Total Commission $3,592.14
Return on Initial Capital 35.04%
Annual Rate of Return 52.00%
Buy & Hold Return -2.21%
Return Retracement Ratio 2.05
Trading Period 6 Mths, 27 Dys, 23 Hrs, 59 Mins
Max. Equity Run-up(Daily) $23,836.07
Date of Max. Equity Run-up 7/21/2011 15:00
Max. Drawdown(Daily)
Value ($6,876.67)
Date 7/29/2011 15:00
as % of Initial Capital 14.37%
Max. Trade Drawdown ($1,511.50)
Here are YTD numbers. Recent performance is poor. I would rather not hang my hat on previous performance during the first part of the year. Things will improve again eventually.
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