Trading Summary Week 41 2023 10 Trades: 10 US 500 - 113 BPS. 8 long trades - 250 BPS. 2 short trades + 137 BPS. 6 intraday trades + 18 BPS. 4 multi-day trades - 131 BPS. Total trades net - 113 BPS. Net points + 51.90. Return on account for the week: - 9.66 % net. P:L ratio: 0.6:1. Days traded: 3. Longest trade duration: 28 days. Shortest trade duration: 1 min. (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.) Thoughts A pretty poor week. Intraday was OK, but some swing trades cost me dearly. Well south of my weekly benchmark. Hoping for more opportunities, and better trade executions next week. Stay disciplined. Stay focussed. Stay humble.
Trading Summary Week 42 2023 13 Trades: 13 US 500 + 19 BPS. 13 long trades + 19 BPS. No short trades. 13 intraday trades + 19 BPS. No multi-day trades. Total trades net + 19 BPS. Net points + 8.20. Return on account for the week: + 3.97 % net. P:L ratio: N/A. Days traded: 5. Longest trade duration: 5 min. Shortest trade duration: < 1 min. (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.) Thoughts A better week. Equity markets were pretty weak, the SPX breaking below the 4300 level, the Fed chair was speaking on Thursday, and he seems to have a very negative effect on equities. Not a huge number of opportunities, I made a couple of poor trades, notably closing a great long position on Thursday morning way too early. I'm still sticking to my pre-market SPX strategy, which has shown good results over the last few months. It does mean I trade less, but that's actually a good thing. And I'm done pretty early in the day. Above my 2.5 % weekly benchmark for a change. Hoping for more opportunities, and better trade executions next week. Stay disciplined. Stay focussed. Stay humble.
Trading Summary Week 43 2023 37 Trades: 37 US 500 + 539 BPS. 18 long trades - 495 BPS. 18 short trades + 1,034 BPS. 27 intraday trades + 240 BPS. 10 multi-day trades + 299 BPS. Total trades net + 539 BPS. Net points + 228. Return on account for the week: + 14.4 % net. P:L ratio: 1.7:1. Days traded: 4. Longest trade duration: 20 days. Shortest trade duration: 1 min. (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.) Thoughts A very volatile week on the equity markets. The Nasdaq took a big hit after earnings from Google, Meta, Microsoft. On Wednesday the US markets were pretty weak, with the Nasdaq dropping nearly 2.5%, the SPX 1.43 %. The SPX broke below 4200, and then on Thursday we saw the index test the 4120s. The index closed the week at 4117.37, down over 2.5% on the week, the Nasdaq was down 2.61 % and the Dow was down 2.1 %. All pretty ugly. Difficult trading conditions, I made $$ on the short side, lost on the long side (not intraday). Made some poor trades. Have we seen the October lows ? Not sure, the Nasdaq is well off the highs of the summer, but it's still up nearly 30% from the end of 2022. North of my 2.5 % weekly benchmark. Hoping for more opportunities, and better trade executions next week. Stay disciplined. Stay focussed. Stay humble.
Trading Summary Week 44 2023 7 Trades: 7 US 500 + 6 BPS. 7 long trades + 6 BPS. No short trades. 7 intraday trades + 6 BPS. No multi-day trades. Total trades net + 6 BPS. Net points + 2.60. Return on account for the week: + 1.51 % net. P:L ratio: N/A. Days traded: 3. Longest trade duration: 6 min. Shortest trade duration: < 1 min. (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.) Thoughts Another volatile week on the equity markets. Biggest event of the week was the interest rate announcement from the Fed on Wednesday evening. As expected, the Fed left rates on hold. Equity markets responded with a very strong rally, and by Thursday's close the SPX was up over 4.7 % since Monday's lows, while the Nasdaq was up over 4.8 %. I found few decent trade entries using my pre-market strategy, missed the huge rally which began on Wednesday. Not a great week and well short of my 2.5 % weekly benchmark. Hoping for more opportunities, and better trade executions next week. Stay disciplined. Stay focussed. Stay humble.
Trading Summary Week 45 2023 8 Trades: 8 US 500 -92 BPS. 7 long trades + 2965 BPS. 1 short trade - 388 BPS. 6 intraday trades + 5 BPS. 2 multi-day trades - 97 BPS. Total trades net - 92 BPS. Net points - 37.41. Return on account for the week: - 6.41 % net. P:L ratio: 0.7:1. Days traded: 3. Longest trade duration: 15 days. Shortest trade duration: < 1 min. (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.) Thoughts Not a great week. Made a small profit intraday, but lost more on swing positions.Well short of my 2.5 % weekly benchmark. Hoping for more opportunities, and better trade executions next week. Stay disciplined. Stay focussed. Stay humble.
Trading Summary Week 46 2023 5 Trades: 5 US 500 + 18 BPS. 4 long trades + 10 BPS. 1 short trade + 8 BPS. 5 intraday trades + 18 BPS. No multi-day trades. Total trades net + 18 BPS. Net points + 7.87. Return on account for the week: + 3.97 % net. P:L ratio:N/A. Days traded: 5. Longest trade duration: 46 min. Shortest trade duration: < 1 min. (All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.) Thoughts A better week. We saw a tame CPI number on Tuesday, and the markets took off to the upside. The SPX and Nasdaq were well up over the course of the week. Very difficult trading conditions, some powerful moves. All pre-market entries, using my gap strategy. Above my 2.5 % weekly benchmark at any rate, although I made a couple of very poor exits, and hence left a lot of money on the table. Hoping for more opportunities next week. Stay disciplined. Stay focussed. Stay humble.
I am concentrating on my intraday trades these days, that's where I can make the most points. Here is my SPX trading since July 2021: I'll update this chart and post it here.
@Mo06 You are an inspiration to all of us. You started this in 2012 and this is 2023! Your perseverance is admirable. On top of that you are profitable! Congratulations and have a well deserved, good Thanksgiving.
Thanks Ironchef. It's a long, hard road. I've made many, many mistakes on the way. I'm a slow learner... But I'm still here..