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luckyputanski
 

Registered: Jul 2011
Posts: 335

 

05-31-12 07:00 PM

Closed UsdJpy @ 78.69 with loss -3.4k
Closed SP500 @ 1301.90 with loss -2.7k

Account Value 271k

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intradaybill
 

Registered: Feb 2008
Posts: 2962

 

05-31-12 07:32 PM


Quote from luckyputanski:

Closed UsdJpy @ 78.69 with loss -3.4k
Closed SP500 @ 1301.90 with loss -2.7k

Account Value 271k



Maybe I have seen this journal in the past but I do not remember now. My question is: How come although the last 3 or 4 trades were losers the gain in equity is substantial? Can you provide details? I am also using two trend-following systems and I am thinking of opening them to other markets.

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luckyputanski
 

Registered: Jul 2011
Posts: 335

 

05-31-12 07:57 PM


Quote from intradaybill:

Maybe I have seen this journal in the past but I do not remember now. My question is: How come although the last 3 or 4 trades were losers the gain in equity is substantial? Can you provide details? I am also using two trend-following systems and I am thinking of opening them to other markets.



Sigh...
http://www.investorwords.com/3454/o...ade_equity.html

Just this once, opened trades:
Short eurusd
Short eurgbp
Long Nasdaq
Short silver
Long 10 year treasury note
Long gbpchf
Short audusd
Short eurjpy
Long usdchf
Short ftse100
Short copper
Long usdcad
Short gbpusd
Short gbpjpy

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intradaybill
 

Registered: Feb 2008
Posts: 2962

 

06-01-12 05:18 PM


Quote from luckyputanski:

Sigh...
http://www.investorwords.com/3454/o...ade_equity.html

Just this once, opened trades:
Short eurusd
Short eurgbp
Long Nasdaq
Short silver
Long 10 year treasury note
Long gbpchf
Short audusd
Short eurjpy
Long usdchf
Short ftse100
Short copper
Long usdcad
Short gbpusd
Short gbpjpy



No need to "sigh", I understand all about open equity. Do you know the maintenance margin requirement of all those trades, your overall leverage and the VaR for your closed equity, which is obviously much less than $270K?

Do you know you have redundant positions in forex? For example:

Long GBPCHF
Short GBPUSD
Long USDCHF

are three of your open positions. All you need is a double position long USDCHF.

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luckyputanski
 

Registered: Jul 2011
Posts: 335

 

06-01-12 07:28 PM


Quote from intradaybill:

No need to "sigh", I understand all about open equity. Do you know the maintenance margin requirement of all those trades, your overall leverage and the VaR for your closed equity, which is obviously much less than $270K?

Do you know you have redundant positions in forex? For example:

Long GBPCHF
Short GBPUSD
Long USDCHF

are three of your open positions. All you need is a double position long USDCHF.



At the moment required margin is 44k. Leverage 9.94. I don't use VaR to measure risk. As for redundant positions I'm aware of this, but I want to keep everything as in the backtest.

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luckyputanski
 

Registered: Jul 2011
Posts: 335

 

06-01-12 07:31 PM

Closed Nasdaq @ 2475.4 with profit +4k

Account Value 264k

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