I was stopped out on 4 losers around the open, that the strat exited about a week ago. It did not help with reducing losses much to keep holding...
Kohanz, That is interesting that you mention factoring news into the equation, because I have considered that. My back testing does not regard...
Hi benwm, February ended green so I cannot complain. I am currently holding several positions that the strat would have exited, so I have not...
heech, I've learned that to be able to become skilled, one has to be able take constructive criticism :). The opposite is lunacy. I don't...
And here is an equity curve starting 11-1-10: [img]
And here is an equity curve starting 12-1-10: [img]
I have decided to change the way in which I will be displaying my equity curves. Before, I was displaying an equity curve line for all closing...
Here is a side by side comparison of MTM charts and Realized PL for the same time period. I realized I didn't have the box checked earlier...
Here is a MTM period analysis (Daily) since starting this journal. Today was actually the biggest $ gain for the month. I think I am going to...
DGunz, as you can see in the MTM chart below average hold time for winners is 1 day, 19 hours, and 15 minutes. For losers it is 4 days, 2 hours,...
DGunz, I already beat you to the idea of displaying mtm before I read your reply:p . It will show better the "sweat" one has to endure, but I...
Total Net Profit $1,695.17 (Per Share) $0.06 Gross Profit $7,720.92 Gross Loss ($6,025.75) Profit Factor 1.28 Total Number of Trades 219...
I didn't think mark-to-market was that big of a deal. My strategy is not martingale style. I dont average down to zero, by doubling my bet after...
Here is a decent trade for the day (marked-to-market). [img]
If you have read this journal, you would know that my "purpose" is to try to match the back testing results in real world trading. If you want to...
Thanks, but I don't even consider what the market says they're worth. They are all worthless to me. I only trade because I know I will be able,...
To be honest, it is doing poorly. If you were to mark-to-market the losses the strat experiences occasionally, one would probably not want to...
I managed to end the day with a realized profit of $428.23, while also reducing my open number of positions to a more comfortable level. February...
Thanks for the input benwm. I think this journal will help me stick it out thru the difficulties. Today I experienced a 10% intraday drawdown....
This is the Profit Distribution of all trades from the May 08 highs, to the March 06, 2009 low. Note that the bread & butter of profits are in...
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