Diary of an LSE stock trader

Discussion in 'Journals' started by Mo06, Dec 12, 2012.

  1. Mo06

    Mo06

    Trading Summary Week Ended 8th September 2017

    No trades this week.
     
    #211     Sep 8, 2017
  2. Mo06

    Mo06

    Trading Summary Week Ending 12th January 2018



    3 Stock Trades:


    3 GLEN + 294 BPS.

    3 long trades + 294 BPS.
    No short trades.
    1 intra-day trade + 5 BPS.
    2 multi-day trades + 289 BPS.
    Stocks net + 294 BPS.
    Return on account for the week + 9.76 % net.
    P:L ratio N/A.
    Days traded: 5.
    Longest trade duration: 3 days.
    Shortest trade duration: 8 min.
    No Index trades.

    (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

    Thoughts

    Back to trading after some time off.

    A difficult week's trading.
    Well above my 2.5% weekly benchmark.

    Looking forward to more opportunities next week.

    Stay disciplined.
    Stay focussed.
    Stay humble.
     
    #212     Mar 20, 2018
  3. Mo06

    Mo06

    Trading Summary Week Ended 19th January 2018

    6 Stock Trades:

    6 GLEN + 298 BPS.

    6 long trades + 298 BPS.
    No short trades.
    2 intra-day trades + 46 BPS.
    4 multi-day trades + 252 BPS.
    Stocks net + 298 BPS.
    Return on account for the week + 9.31 % net.
    P:L ratio N/A.
    Days traded: 5.
    Longest trade duration: 4 days.
    Shortest trade duration: 71 min.
    No Index trades.

    (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

    Thoughts
    Another decent challenging week's trading.
    Well above my 2.5% weekly benchmark.

    Looking forward to more opportunities next week.

    Stay disciplined.
    Stay focussed.
    Stay humble.
     
    #213     Mar 20, 2018
  4. Mo06

    Mo06


    Trading Summary Week Ended 26th January 2018

    2 Stock Trades:


    2 GLEN + 37 BPS.

    2 long trades + 37 BPS.
    No short trades.
    1 intra-day trades + 31 BPS.
    1 multi-day trades + 6 BPS.
    Stocks net + 37 BPS.
    Return on account for the week + 1.05 % net.
    P:L ratio N/A.
    Days traded: 5.
    Longest trade duration: 2 days.
    Shortest trade duration: 159 min.
    No Index trades.
    (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

    Thoughts

    A quiet week's trading.
    Well below my 2.5% weekly benchmark.
    Looking forward to more opportunities, and to trade them better, next week.

    Stay disciplined.
    Stay focussed.
    Stay humble.
     
    #214     Mar 20, 2018
  5. Mo06

    Mo06

    Trading Summary Week Ended 2nd February 2018

    3 Stock Trades:


    3 GLEN + 78 BPS.

    2 long trades +36 BPS
    1 short trades + 41 BPS.
    1 intra-day trades + 23 BPS.
    2 multi-day trades + 55 BPS.
    Stocks net + 78 BPS.
    Return on account for the week + 1.99 % net.
    P:L ratio N/A.
    Days traded: 5.
    Longest trade duration: 10 days.
    Shortest trade duration: 315 min.
    No Index trades.
    (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

    Thoughts
    Another very challenging week's trading.
    Well below my 2.5% weekly benchmark.
    Looking forward to more opportunities next week.

    Stay disciplined.
    Stay focussed.
    Stay humble.
     
    #215     Mar 20, 2018
  6. Mo06

    Mo06

    Trading summary Week Ended 9th February 2018

    9 Stock Trades:


    1 BLT + 32 BPS.
    8 GLEN + 934 BPS.

    2 long trades +60 BPS
    7 short trades + 907 BPS.
    5 intra-day trades + 123 BPS.
    4 multi-day trades + 843 BPS.
    Stocks net + 967 BPS.
    Return on account for the week + 18.26 % net.
    P:L ratio N/A.
    Days traded: 5.
    Longest trade duration: 40 days.
    Shortest trade duration: 1 min.
    No Index trades.
    (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

    Thoughts

    A much better week's trading. Shorts on GLEN in the main.
    Well north of my 2.5% weekly benchmark.
    Looking forward to more opportunities next week.


    Stay disciplined.
    Stay focussed.
    Stay humble.
     
    #216     Mar 20, 2018
  7. Mo06

    Mo06

    Trading Summary Week Ended 16th February 2018

    4 Stock Trades:

    4 GLEN + 188 BPS.

    No long trades.
    4 short trades + 188 BPS.
    3 intra-day trades + 129 BPS.
    2 multi-day trades + 58 BPS.
    Stocks net + 188 BPS.
    Return on account for the week + 3.85 % net.
    P:L ratio N/A.
    Days traded: 5.
    Longest trade duration: 1 days.
    Shortest trade duration: 8 min.
    No Index trades.
    (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

    Thoughts
    A quiet week's trading.
    Just above my 2.5% weekly benchmark.
    Looking forward to more opportunities next week.

    Stay disciplined.
    Stay focussed.
    Stay humble.
     
    #217     Mar 20, 2018
  8. Mo06

    Mo06

    Trading Summary Week Ended 23rd February 2018

    6 Stock Trades:

    3 BLT + 70 BPS.
    3 GLEN + 63 BPS.

    4 long trades + 88 BPS
    2 short trades + 45 BPS.
    5 intra-day trades + 108 BPS.
    1 multi-day trades + 25 BPS.
    Stocks net + 133 BPS.
    Return on account for the week + 3.47 % net.
    P:L ratio N/A.
    Days traded: 5.
    Longest trade duration: 2 days.
    Shortest trade duration: 13 min.
    No Index trades.
    (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

    Thoughts
    Another very challenging week's trading.
    Just above my 2.5% weekly benchmark.
    Looking forward to more opportunities next week.

    Stay disciplined.
    Stay focussed.
    Stay humble.
     
    #218     Mar 20, 2018
  9. Mo06

    Mo06

    Trading Summary Week Ended 2nd March 2018

    9 Stock Trades:

    3 AAL + 76 BPS.
    2 BLT + 31 BPS.
    1 FRES + 40 BPS.
    2 GLEN + 36 BPS.
    1 STAN + 28 BPS.

    7 long trades + 175 BPS.
    2 short trades + 36 BPS.
    7 intra-day trades + 175 BPS.
    2 multi-day trades + 36 BPS.
    Stocks net + 211 BPS.
    Return on account for the week + 5.53 % net.
    P:L ratio N/A.
    Days traded: 5.
    Longest trade duration: 18 days.
    Shortest trade duration: 6 min.
    No Index trades.
    (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

    Thoughts

    A busier week's trading, although I left a lot on the table.
    Well north of my 2.5% weekly benchmark anyway..
    Looking forward to more opportunities next week.


    Stay disciplined.
    Stay focussed.
    Stay humble.
     
    #219     Mar 20, 2018
  10. Mo06

    Mo06

    Trading Summary Week Ended 9th March 2018


    13 Stock Trades:


    7 AAL + 231 BPS.
    1 BLT + 12 BPS.
    1 GLEN + 325 BPS.
    1 UK100 + 3 BPS.

    4 long trades +70 BPS.
    9 short trades + 501 BPS.
    9 intra-day trades + 142 BPS.
    4 multi-day trades + 429 BPS.
    Stocks net + 571 BPS.
    Return on account for the week + 6.50 % net.
    P:L ratio N/A.
    Days traded: 5.
    Longest trade duration: 10 days.
    Shortest trade duration: 315 min.
    (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

    Thoughts

    Another busy week's trading.
    Well above my 2.5% weekly benchmark.
    Looking forward to more opportunities next week.


    Stay disciplined.
    Stay focussed.
    Stay humble.
     
    #220     Mar 20, 2018