Net gain today + $ 723 AS always this net gain is only on CLOSED OUT TRADES down 394 on my carrying position of 550 short uco at $ 52.88 I still think oil is topping.. a very risky trade to be short though. My working capital is: $ 74,746.27... buying power is 223,871.27 current initial margin is 17,692.95 I ahve 553.87 hong kong dollars as well BOT 300 GLD Stock 138.81 USD ARCA 07:30:01 1.50 281.51 BOT 100 GLD Stock 138.80 USD CBSX 07:30:16 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 100 GLD Stock 138.79 USD ISLAND 07:30:35 BookTrader 1.00 -3.00 SLD 100 GLD Stock 138.87 USD SMART 08:42:01 1.00 SLD 100 GLD Stock 138.8901 USD SMART 09:42:34 1.00 BOT 100 GLD Stock 138.39 USD SMART 10:09:23 1.00 47.00 BOT 100 GLD Stock 138.45 USD SMART 10:10:02 1.00 41.00 SLD 1 QM APR11 Futures 101.300 USD NYMEX 12:03:33 BookTrader 2.07 BOT 1 QM APR11 Futures 101.250 USD NYMEX 12:04:31 2.07 20.86 SLD 50 UCO Stock 53.39 USD ARCA 07:40:18 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 50 UCO Stock 53.79 USD ISLAND 08:33:28 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 50 UCO Stock 53.21 USD ISLAND 09:13:34 1.00 + BOT 200 UCO Stock 51.940 USD ARCA 10:41:40 BookTrader 1.00 207.93 BOT 100 UCO Stock 52.10 USD ARCA 10:46:42 BookTrader 1.00 87.46 SLD 100 UCO Stock 52.35 USD ISLAND 11:14:24 1.00 SLD 50 UCO Stock 52.83 USD ISLAND 11:55:22 1.00 SLD 50 UCO Stock 53.35 USD ARCA 12:25:10 BookTrader 1.00 BOT 100 VXX Stock 30.88 USD SMART 12:59:13 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 100 VXX Stock 31.04 USD DRCTEDGE 13:16:47 1.00 14.00 SLD 1 YM MAR11 Futures 12239 USD ECBOT 10:59:51 BookTrader 2.01 BOT 1 YM MAR11 Futures 12233 USD ECBOT 11:20:30 2.01 25.98
rough day today again due to my overnight holds. My intra day trades consistently pay me. My overnight holds simply suck lately.' holding 850 UCO shares short at 53.75 $ -2372 holding 200 GLD shaares Short at 139.07 $ -76 holding 600 VXX shares short at 31.90 $ up 269 Total down for the overnight carry trades= - $ 2,153 Net gain or loss on closed trades= 0 no closed trades today SLD 100 GLD Stock 138.9001 USD SMART 07:41:40 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 100 GLD Stock 139.26 USD SMART 07:51:57 1.00 SLD 100 UCO Stock 55.12 USD SMART 09:30:54 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 100 UCO Stock 55.27 USD ISLAND 09:34:01 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 100 UCO Stock 55.74 USD SMART 11:22:40 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 100 VXX Stock 31.44 USD SMART 08:24:25 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 100 VXX Stock 31.55 USD SMART 08:26:27 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 100 VXX Stock 31.95 USD SMART 10:19:01 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 100 VXX Stock 32.2103 USD SMART 10:23:51 1.00 SLD 100 VXX Stock 32.18 USD SMART 10:55:29 1.00 SLD 100 VXX Stock 32.18 USD ISLAND 11:24:18 BookTrader 1.00
Down $ -2,030 for the week at my current net liquidation value... this includes my uco, gld, and vxx positions that are down and still open. Such is trading. Good days and bad days. Good weeks and bad weeks, Good months bad months, good years, bad years. I think you get the point. Biggest mistake this week.. being hell bent on catching an oil sell off. Being wrong on oil sell off and holding overnight. Continueing to hold onto losing oil position. This losing position has also caused me to reduce and no take other trades with good set ups. You can always get back into trade... wether you are making money or losing.. sometimes just pulling the trigger and getting out is all you need to do. Have a great weekend.
I almost never use stops to get out of a position. I use stops to enter positions. If you do not know your trade well enough to get yourself out of it on your own;then you shouldn't have done the trade in the first place. Using loss limit stops has never done me any good.. the market is too dynamic to always use a hard stop and people cannot process when or how to adjust the stop losses fast enough especially when under pressure of mounting losses. So I totally disagree with your assumption of use stops to harvest crops. if ti works for you though then great. I am not happy with how this trade is going, but i just go tinto it this week... next week I migh tbe up 2500 on it..who knows.. I could have easily clicked the mouse button and hedged myself with a long CL or just exited the trade.. i did not get out becaseu i still believe that we have plenty of oil supply and that the prices will sell off rapidly very soon. If I am incorrect then I am more than willing to deal with the consequences.
I was very concerned all weekend about my UCO (oil) short. I do not actually have the best entry price! My intraday trades as usual are profitable and my holds are not.. I am still holding UCO short and i think oil will be down over a buck today. But even that large drop will not put me in the green. Here are my closed trades from sunday night and this morning. I have more to trading to do today.. I will post end of day later. SLD 1 QM APR11 Futures 105.750 USD NYMEX MAR 6 19:13:08 BookTrader 2.07 BOT 1 QM APR11 Futures 105.650 USD NYMEX MAR 6 19:22:45 BookTrader 2.07 45.86 BOT 1 QM APR11 Futures 106.325 USD NYMEX MAR 6 21:48:55 2.07 SLD 1 QM APR11 Futures 106.000 USD NYMEX MAR 6 22:00:31 2.07 -166.64 BOT 1 QM APR11 Futures 106.275 USD NYMEX MAR 6 23:24:17 BookTrader 2.07 SLD 1 QM APR11 Futures 106.350 USD NYMEX MAR 6 23:44:45 2.07 33.36 SLD 1 QM APR11 Futures 106.225 USD NYMEX 07:03:57 BookTrader 2.07 BOT 1 QM APR11 Futures 106.025 USD NYMEX 07:04:41 BookTrader 2.07 95.86 + BOT 200 VXX Stock 31.230 USD ISLAND 07:31:17 BookTrader 1.00 134.68 BOT 200 VXX Stock 31.11 USD ISLAND 07:32:11 BookTrader 1.00 158.68 BOT 200 VXX Stock 31.06 USD SMART 07:32:11 BookTrader 1.00 168.68 BOT 1 YM MAR11 Futures 12120 USD ECBOT MAR 6 18:36:01 BookTrader 2.01 SLD 1 YM MAR11 Futures 12135 USD ECBOT MAR 6 18:48:08 BookTrader 2.01 70.98 BOT 1 YM MAR11 Futures 12111 USD ECBOT MAR 6 20:55:43 BookTrader 2.01 BOT 1 YM MAR11 Futures 12120 USD ECBOT MAR 6 21:21:00 BookTrader 2.01 BOT 1 YM MAR11 Futures 12110 USD ECBOT MAR 6 21:56:08 BookTrader 2.01 SLD 1 YM MAR11 Futures 12123 USD ECBOT 01:08:22 BookTrader 2.01 42.65 SLD 1 YM MAR11 Futures 12122 USD ECBOT 01:09:37 BookTrader 2.01 37.65 SLD 1 YM MAR11 Futures 12126 USD ECBOT 01:09:56 BookTrader 2.01 57.65
net daily.. negative $ -838.. i was up 811 at 10! down $ - 3,035 on 850 UCO short i lodt over 1900 today intraday going big on a vxx. short. i got spooked 1 cent from the high and puked it out.. dumb... - BOT 200 BIDU Stock 119.750 USD ISLAND 10:08:56 BookTrader 1.00 BOT 100 BIDU Stock 119.75 USD ISLAND 10:08:54 BookTrader 1.00 BOT 100 BIDU Stock 119.75 USD ISLAND 10:08:56 BookTrader 0.00 SLD 200 BIDU Stock 120.06 USD SMART 10:19:39 1.00 60.00 BOT 100 BIDU Stock 119.64 USD ISLAND 10:27:41 BookTrader 1.00 BOT 100 BIDU Stock 118.71 USD SMART 10:59:34 1.00 - SLD 200 BIDU Stock 120.130 USD SMART 13:28:24 1.00 188.01 SLD 100 BIDU Stock 120.1301 USD SMART 13:28:24 1.00 93.51 SLD 100 BIDU Stock 120.13 USD SMART 13:28:24 0.00 94.50 SLD 50 GLD Stock 140.28 USD ISLAND 08:24:22 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 50 GLD Stock 140.45 USD ISLAND 08:47:01 BookTrader 1.00 - BOT 300 GLD Stock 139.550 USD SMART 09:38:14 1.50 -17.96 BOT 200 GLD Stock 139.5499 USD SMART 09:38:14 1.00 -11.97 BOT 100 GLD Stock 139.5499 USD SMART 09:38:14 0.50 -5.99 SLD 1 QM APR11 Futures 106.225 USD NYMEX 07:03:57 BookTrader 2.07 BOT 1 QM APR11 Futures 106.025 USD NYMEX 07:04:41 BookTrader 2.07 95.86 BOT 1 QM APR11 Futures 105.475 USD NYMEX 09:16:23 2.07 SLD 1 QM APR11 Futures 105.525 USD NYMEX 09:30:08 2.07 20.86 SLD 1 QM APR11 Futures 104.950 USD NYMEX 11:46:06 BookTrader 2.07 BOT 1 QM APR11 Futures 105.200 USD NYMEX 11:58:27 2.07 -129.14 SLD 1 QM APR11 Futures 105.000 USD NYMEX 12:00:53 2.07 BOT 1 QM APR11 Futures 105.075 USD NYMEX 12:06:02 BookTrader 2.07 -41.64 - BOT 200 VXX Stock 31.230 USD ISLAND 07:31:17 BookTrader 1.00 134.68 BOT 100 VXX Stock 31.23 USD ISLAND 07:31:17 BookTrader 1.00 66.84 BOT 100 VXX Stock 31.23 USD ISLAND 07:31:17 BookTrader 0.00 67.84 BOT 200 VXX Stock 31.11 USD ISLAND 07:32:11 BookTrader 1.00 158.68 BOT 200 VXX Stock 31.06 USD SMART 07:32:11 BookTrader 1.00 168.68 SLD 500 VXX Stock 32.20 USD ISLAND 09:02:25 BookTrader 2.50 SLD 200 VXX Stock 32.34 USD ISLAND 09:06:47 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 200 VXX Stock 32.46 USD ISLAND 09:07:55 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 100 VXX Stock 32.53 USD SMART 09:29:21 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 100 VXX Stock 32.45 USD ISLAND 09:31:33 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 100 VXX Stock 32.62 USD SMART 09:33:52 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 100 VXX Stock 32.64 USD ARCA 09:35:27 1.00 SLD 100 VXX Stock 32.57 USD ARCA 09:42:09 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 100 VXX Stock 32.62 USD ISLAND 09:43:36 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 100 VXX Stock 32.61 USD SMART 09:43:37 BookTrader 1.00 BOT 500 VXX Stock 33.10 USD SMART 09:50:28 BookTrader 2.50 -348.59 SLD 100 VXX Stock 33.08 USD ISLAND 09:57:07 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 100 VXX Stock 32.94 USD SMART 10:26:06 1.00 - BOT 1,300 VXX Stock 33.490 USD SMART 11:04:04 6.50 -1294.91 BOT 100 VXX Stock 33.49 USD SMART 11:04:04 1.00 -100.11 BOT 100 VXX Stock 33.49 USD SMART 11:04:04 0.00 -99.11 BOT 100 VXX Stock 33.49 USD SMART 11:04:04 0.50 -99.61 BOT 150 VXX Stock 33.49 USD SMART 11:04:04 0.75 -149.41 BOT 100 VXX Stock 33.49 USD SMART 11:04:04 0.50 -99.61 BOT 100 VXX Stock 33.49 USD SMART 11:04:04 0.50 -99.61 BOT 200 VXX Stock 33.49 USD SMART 11:04:04 1.00 -199.22 BOT 100 VXX Stock 33.49 USD SMART 11:04:04 0.50 -99.61 BOT 100 VXX Stock 33.49 USD SMART 11:04:04 0.50 -99.61 BOT 50 VXX Stock 33.49 USD ISLAND 11:04:04 0.25 -49.80 BOT 100 VXX Stock 33.49 USD ARCA 11:04:04 0.50 -99.61 BOT 100 VXX Stock 33.49 USD ARCA 11:04:04 0.50 -99.61 SLD 200 VXX Stock 33.27 USD SMART 11:30:22 BookTrader 1.00 BOT 200 VXX Stock 33.11 USD SMART 11:39:25 1.00 30.00 SLD 1 YM MAR11 Futures 12123 USD ECBOT 01:08:22 BookTrader 2.01 42.65 SLD 1 YM MAR11 Futures 12122 USD ECBOT 01:09:37 BookTrader 2.01 37.65 SLD 1 YM MAR11 Futures 12126 USD ECBOT 01:09:56 BookTrader 2.01 57.65
net daily up $ 189 still down - 2186 on 850 UCO SHORT SLD 100 GLD Stock 139.72 USD ISLAND 07:06:07 BookTrader 1.00 BOT 100 GLD Stock 138.95 USD ISLAND 07:54:07 BookTrader 1.00 75.00 SLD 100 GLD Stock 139.3601 USD SMART 08:20:04 1.00 BOT 100 GLD Stock 139.11 USD CBSX 11:46:21 1.00 23.01 SLD 100 VXX Stock 32.94 USD SMART 07:41:05 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 100 VXX Stock 32.90 USD DRCTEDGE 07:41:18 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 100 VXX Stock 32.85 USD ISLAND 07:41:23 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 300 VXX Stock 33.25 USD ISLAND 07:48:32 BookTrader 1.50 + BOT 600 VXX Stock 32.940 USD SMART 07:54:50 3.00 72.50 + BOT 100 VXX Stock 31.904 USD ISLAND 09:25:39 BookTrader 1.00 SLD 100 VXX Stock 32.11 USD SMART 12:13:04 1.00 18.56
I puked out of my 850 UCO shares today. I was a little nervous and it seems liek this oil will indeed spike higher.. brent was up all day and it is now the leader of energy. Net $ -3,202 for the day. I got out of the UCO right at the top.. best I could have done ws down about 1400 yesterday... I have cost myself roughly 800 bucks from trying to hedge this biatch! I am sticking to intraday stuff. If I hold overnight it will bevery small size!!! anyway.. here are todays Trades. BOT 1 QM APR11 Futures 105.025 USD NYMEX 02:55:50 BookTrader 2.07 SLD 1 QM APR11 Futures 105.025 USD NYMEX 03:41:04 BookTrader 2.07 -4.14 + BOT 850 UCO Stock 57.200 USD ARCA 07:25:25 BookTrader 4.25 -2928.63 BOT 1 WTI APR11 Futures 105.01 USD IPE 03:01:01 BookTrader 2.40 BOT 1 WTI APR11 Futures 105.04 USD IPE 03:11:16 BookTrader 2.40 SLD 1 WTI APR11 Futures 104.97 USD IPE 03:12:38 BookTrader 2.40 -59.80 SLD 1 WTI APR11 Futures 104.89 USD IPE 03:19:53 BookTrader 2.40 -139.80 BOT 1 WTI APR11 Futures 104.98 USD IPE 03:37:02 BookTrader 2.40 SLD 1 WTI APR11 Futures 105.05 USD IPE 03:39:06 BookTrader 2.40 65.20 BOT 1 WTI APR11 Futures 105.60 USD IPE 07:18:57 BookTrader 2.40 SLD 1 WTI APR11 Futures 105.47 USD IPE 07:19:55 BookTrader 2.40 -134.80 I will nto be doing overnight trades. My record for the intra day stuff is pretty decent.. but the overnight large losses are killing me. Oh well at least you can see that I am sharing everythign that I am doing. I am not proud of this performance but it is what it is.. by next month I could be up 10K or down another 6K who knows! Current Account Value: $ $ 71,200 Completely Flat!!