A 70k bet that I can't make a 50% gain in 2009

Discussion in 'Journals' started by geez, Dec 21, 2008.

  1. JScott

    JScott

    #3111     Jan 3, 2011
  2. rosy2

    rosy2

    i know there's a summary you posted but I can't see how much money you started with and how much money you ended with.
    is there a simple net PnL number somewhere?
     
    #3112     Jan 3, 2011
  3. mark1

    mark1 Guest

    No idea if Puddles wants to disclose that..
    however,if we apply Geez's "numbers" as stated at the beginning of this thread:
    total number of trades: 630
    $ tot commissions : $ 8820

    slippage calculated with 1.8 R/R instead of 2R/R

    $ tot winning trades : $ 100800
    $ tot losing trades : $ 70000

    $ profit : $ 21980

    Im pretty sure you could have traded this with a $ 50k account... that's about 44% ROI in 8 months , 66% in 12 months.
    Anything above 50% a year is outstanding IMO
     
    #3113     Jan 3, 2011
  4. i have no plans of ever disclosing my actual p&l but thanks for doing this example.

    to answer what i think rosy was asking. geez won his bet and was closer to 100% on the year than 50%..

    a few points about my trading..

    - my max loss per trade is less than geez's (for now)
    - i'm not crazy enough to use scottrade and pay significantly lower commissions than he did in 2009.
     
    #3114     Jan 3, 2011
  5. Coudy

    Coudy

    My swing trading blog (ideas, trades and live online journal), affected by geez + puddles. Thank you boys for sharing your ideas and knowledge.

    [​IMG]
     
    #3115     Feb 21, 2011
  6. emg

    emg

    I rather have this thread back. i like the title.
     
    #3116     Mar 30, 2011
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  7. Bump

    Good thread.
     
    #3117     Jun 11, 2012
  8. Handle123

    Handle123

    Long 1450.25

    Risk 2 ticks

    TP 4/8 ticks
     
    #3118     Oct 8, 2012
  9. Humpy

    Humpy

    Hows about an update ?
    Any new bets ?
    I expect your trading improved immensely with so much money riding on the result. Did you keep improving ?
     
    #3119     Jul 29, 2018
  10. S2007S

    S2007S


    $8800+ on commissions is ludacris....I have made close to 200 trades since February in my Robinhood account...saved $1400+!!!
     
    #3120     Jul 29, 2018