Trading Summary Week Ended 6th of September 2019 18 Trades: 1 BHP + 40 BPS. 1 BP - 127 BPS. 1 GLEN + 24 BPS. 2 MTRO + 196 BPS. 14 UK100 + 263 BPS. 15 long trades + 303 BPS. 3 short trades + 93 BPS. 11 intra-day trades + 146 BPS. 7 multi-day trades + 250 BPS. Total trades net + 396 BPS. Return on account for the week + 0.70 % net. P:L ratio 19.7:1. Days traded: 5. Longest trade duration: 247 days. Shortest trade duration: 5 min. (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.) Thoughts A difficult week, there were lots of technical issues with my online trading platform. Short of my 2.5% weekly benchmark. Looking forward to a better week next week. Stay disciplined. Stay focussed. Stay humble.
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Trading Summary Week Ended 13th September 2019 17 Trades: 2 BHP + 347 BPS. 2 BP + 87 BPS. 13 UK100 + 146 BPS. 11 long trades + 559 BPS. 6 short trades + 21 BPS. 8 intra-day trades + 152 BPS. 9 multi-day trades + 428 BPS. Total trades net + 580 BPS. Return on account for the week + 0.63 % net. P:L ratio 4:1. Days traded: 5. Longest trade duration: 8 days. Shortest trade duration: 5 min. (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.) Thoughts A difficult week, there were lots of technical issues with my online trading platform. Short of my 2.5% weekly benchmark. Looking forward to a better week next week. Stay disciplined. Stay focussed. Stay humble.
Trading Summary Week Ended 27th of September 2019 15 Trades: 1 GLEN + 13 BPS. 2 MTRO + 565 BPS. 12 UK100 + 223 BPS. 6 long trades + 184 BPS. 9 short trades + 617 BPS. 8 intra-day trades - 310 BPS. 7 multi-day trades + 1111 BPS. Total trades net + 801 BPS. Return on account for the week + 0.53 % net. P:L ratio 21.2:1. Days traded: 5. Longest trade duration: 34 days. Shortest trade duration: 1 min. (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.) Thoughts A difficult week's trading. The FTSE made new 30 day high on Friday at 7440.77. Crude oil was volatile again. Short of my 2.5% weekly benchmark. Looking forward to a better week next week. Stay disciplined. Stay focussed. Stay humble.
Trading Summary Week Ended 4th October 2019 24 Trades: 1 BHP - 245 BPS. 1 BP + 339 BPS. 1 FRES + 50 BPS. 2 MTRO + 2976 BPS. 19 UK100 + 781 BPS. 6 long trades - 263 BPS. 18 short trades + 4164 BPS. 10 intra-day trades + 321 BPS. 7 multi-day trades + 3580 BPS. Total trades net + 3901 BPS. Return on account for the week + 1.79 % net. P:L ratio 5.4:1. Days traded: 5. Longest trade duration: 50 days. Shortest trade duration: 2 min. (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.) Thoughts A bit of a crazy week on the equity markets. We saw a lot of volatility, with the FTSE breaking the lows of early August, making a new low just above 7000. I'm not sure whether we will retest these levels in the coming weeks, October can be a volatile month. The index ended the week over 3.6 % down. Short of my 2.5% weekly benchmark. For September, my net return was just + 2.19%, with 64 trades. It was a difficult month. Looking forward to a better week next week. Stay disciplined. Stay focussed. Stay humble.
Trading Summary Week Ended 11th October 2019 11 Trades: 2 BHP - 1737 BPS. 2 MCRO - 4204 BPS. 7 UK100 + 36 BPS. 7 long trades - 5224 BPS. 4 short trades - 681 BPS. 7 intra-day trades + 35 BPS. 4 multi-day trades - 5940 BPS. Total trades net - 5905 BPS. Return on account for the week - 3.16 % net. P:L ratio N/A. Days traded: 5. Longest trade duration: 308 days. Shortest trade duration: 1 min. (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.) Thoughts We saw some more volatility on the commodity stocks, (and therefore the FTSE). A poor week, closed a couple of positions in BHP and MCRO and took a bit of a hit. (The positions on MCRO were small, hence the lower overall percentage loss than the BPS figure would suggest.) Looking forward to a better week next week. Stay disciplined. Stay focussed. Stay humble.
Trading Summary Week Ended 18th October 2019 13 Trades: 1 AAL + 31 BPS. 1 BHP + 7 BPS. 3 FRES + 374 BPS. 6 UK100 + 36 BPS. 8 long trades + 74 BPS. 5 short trades + 592 BPS. 8 intra-day trades + 212 BPS. 5 multi-day trades + 454 BPS. Total trades net + 666 BPS. Return on account for the week + 0.20 % net. P:L ratio N/A. Days traded: 5. Longest trade duration: 287 days. Shortest trade duration: 3 min. (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.) Thoughts A challenging week, markets influenced by the ongoing BREXIT situation. Commodity stocks were weak, with the FTSE Mining Index down over a thousand points over the week at one point. Trades were difficult to find, hence the small number of them. Well short of my 2.5% benchmark. Looking forward to a better week next week. Stay disciplined. Stay focussed. Stay humble.
Trading Summary Week Ended 25th October 2019 15 Trades: 6 AAL + 459 BPS. 1 BP + 18 BPS. 1 FRES - 188 BPS. 1 GLEN + 39 BPS. 6 UK100 + 46 BPS. 9 long trades + 508 BPS. 6 short trades - 134 BPS. 8 intra-day trades + 149 BPS. 7 multi-day trades + 225 BPS. Total trades net + 374 BPS. Return on account for the week + 0.35 % net. P:L ratio 7.7:1. Days traded: 5. Longest trade duration: 7 days. Shortest trade duration: 3 min. (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.) Thoughts A quieter week on the equity markets . The FTSE was weak on Monday but staged a rally later in the week. Well below my weekly 2.5% benchmark. Next week we have the BREXIT deadline, so I expect more volatility. Looking forward to a better week next week. Stay disciplined. Stay focussed. Stay humble.
Trading Summary Week Ended 1st November 2019 7 Trades: 1 BHP + 46 BPS. 6 UK100 + 5 BPS. 6 long trades + 43 BPS. 1 short trade.+ 8 BPS 5 intra-day trades + 73 BPS. 2 multi-day trades - 22 BPS. Total trades net + 51 BPS. Return on account for the week + 0.02 % net. P:L ratio 1.4:1. Days traded: 5. Longest trade duration: 4 days. Shortest trade duration: 14 min. (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.) Thoughts A bit of a nothing week, I was busy with some other matters. Commodity stocks were weaker after results from BP and RD Shell. The BREXIT deadline came and went, it's now been extended until the end of January (2020..?) Well below my weekly 2.5% benchmark. October was not a good month - I made 66 trades and produced a negative return of 1.23%. Looking forward to a better week next week. Stay disciplined. Stay focussed. Stay humble.