Damir's Trading Journal

All Trades : 57
Winning Trades : 55
Losing Trades : 2
Total %Gain/Loss : 9.4%
Avg %Gain/Loss : 0.16%
Avg Win% : 0.2%
Avg Loss% : -0.2%

ticker in entry out exit AccntGain
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YM long 8/01/03 9150 8/01/03 9171 +0.2%
YM long 8/01/03 9140 8/01/03 9151 +0.2%
YM long 8/01/03 9134 8/01/03 9153 +0.2%
YM long 8/01/03 9135 8/01/03 9147 +0.1%
YM long 8/04/03 9085 8/04/03 9110 +0.3%
YM long 8/04/03 9055 8/04/03 9075 +0.2%
YM long 8/04/03 9055 8/04/03 9075 +0.3%
YM long 8/05/03 9115 8/05/03 9127 +0.2%
YM long 8/05/03 9085 8/05/03 9012 +0.3%
------- 8/06/03 No NoiseBox Trades ---
YM short 8/07/03 9080 8/07/03 9060 +0.2%
YM short 8/07/03 9085 8/07/03 9065 +0.3%
YM short 8/07/03 9090 8/07/03 9075 +0.2%
YM short 8/08/03 9155 8/08/03 9131 +0.3%
YM short 8/08/03 9155 8/08/03 9143 +0.1%
YM long 8/10/03 9181 8/11/03 9201 +0.2%
YM short 8/11/03 9225 8/11/03 9205 +0.3%
YM long 8/11/03 9234 8/11/03 9245 +0.1%
YM long 8/12/03 9197 8/12/03 9213 +0.2%
YM long 8/12/03 9198 8/12/03 9201 +0.0%
YM short 8/12/03 9245 8/12/03 9230 +0.2%
YM long 8/13/03 9265 8/13/03 9286 +0.2%
YM long 8/13/03 9265 8/13/03 9281 +0.2%
YM long 8/13/03 9260 8/13/03 9256 -0.0%
YM long 8/13/03 9240 8/13/03 9256 +0.2%
YM long 8/13/03 9240 8/13/03 9248 +0.1%
YM short 8/14/03 9300 8/14/03 9279 +0.2%
YM long 8/14/03 9260 8/15/03 9285 +0.3%
YM long 8/15/03 9280 8/15/03 9285 +0.1%
YM short 8/18/03 9350 8/18/03 9332 +0.2%
YM short 8/18/03 9395 8/18/03 9383 +0.1%
YM short 8/18/03 9393 8/18/03 9393 +0.0%
YM short 8/18/03 9345 8/19/03 9366 -0.2% <--- LOSER!!!
YM short 8/18/03 9360 8/19/03 9375 -0.2% <--- LOSER!!!
YM long 8/19/03 9405 8/19/03 9411 +0.0%
YM long 8/19/03 9385 8/19/03 9392 +0.1%
YM long 8/19/03 9369 8/19/03 9380 +0.1%
YM long 8/19/03 9340 8/19/03 9354 +0.2%
YM long 8/20/03 9365 8/20/03 9386 +0.2%
YM long 8/20/03 9365 8/20/03 9391 +0.3%
YM long 8/20/03 9359 8/20/03 9380 +0.2%
YM short 8/21/03 9436 8/21/03 9427 +0.1%
YM short 8/21/03 9460 8/21/03 9440 +0.3%
YM short 8/21/03 9464 8/21/03 9443 +0.2%
YM short 8/22/03 9487 8/22/03 9466 +0.2%
YM long 8/25/03 9306 8/25/03 9323 +0.2%
YM long 8/25/03 9296 8/25/03 9312 +0.2%
YM long 8/25/03 9306 8/25/03 9313 +0.1%
YM long 8/26/03 9277 8/26/03 9278 +0.0%
YM long 8/26/03 9257 8/26/03 9263 +0.1%
YM long 8/26/03 9230 8/26/03 9246 +0.2%
YM long 8/26/03 9230 8/26/03 9252 +0.2%
YM long 8/26/03 9241 8/26/03 9258 +0.2%
YM long 8/27/03 9307 8/27/03 9330 +0.2%
YM short 8/28/03 9348 8/27/03 9334 +0.2%
YM long 8/28/03 9305 8/28/03 9318 +0.2%
YM long 8/28/03 9290 8/28/03 9305 +0.2%
YM long 8/28/03 9265 8/28/03 9291 +0.2%

 

Hi Damir,
I was looking at your trades report for August, impressive!

Reviewing your trades on my chart, I noticed something I can't explain. There's a trade on 08/10 , but it was Sunday?
On 08/11 there's a trade "YM long 8/11/03 9234 8/11/03 9245 +0.1%". on my chart the high of the day was 9232.
Is there something I'm missing?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not triyng to be a smart@**. I found we have some thoughts in common about trading, and your results with Futures are very good to be unnoticed, at least by me.

So I started to study your trades carefully. You seems to Buy/Short and scale in at extrem levels based on daily range and the rubber band effect we see everyday.( and for sure something else I'm missing)
Obviously you manage each positions as a single trade, and you don't let their temporary behavior deviate you from your plan.

I'm not looking for a free lunch here, I was just wondering if you base your entry on some calculation from previous day/s or you need a confirmation or input from current session. Yes or No is enough for me.

Pm me if you like
If you won't answer me at all, I can understand, no problem.
I'll keep learning from your trades.

 

to double-short YM @ 9500.

 

Is this a typo? Assuming the exit is 9112, then my calculation is that August netted +815 points?

 

yes, typo, statement shows an entry @ 9085 and an exit @ 9112. i haven't added up the points but 800ish is certainly the right ballpark as that is $4k/contract which would be a 10% gain.

(overall % gains are based on $40k account trading 1 contract position size. no real reason on, just seemed like a convenient basis to judge from.)

 

Long FTSE @ 4208. Short Dax @ 3571

 

I am awake. I think I had too much coffee yesterday. Anyway I am looking to add another short, maybe later.

 

short YM @ 9456. eom.

 

covered 1/2 9440, +16, looking to reload

 

covered rest 9435, +21, flat, want > 9460 to reshort.