Frosty's Discretionary Journal

Discussion in 'Journals' started by frostengine, Jan 15, 2008.

  1. qgen has appeared on my list for tomorrow to go long
     
    #61     Mar 12, 2008
  2. Long qgen at 18.50
     
    #62     Mar 13, 2008
  3. Sold ALNY for 25.35 which is a gain of +.71%

    I was actually lucky to escape with a small profit in this one. It was down 12% at one point over the past few days. What makes this strategy work is it identifies times when its highly likely to start bouncing at least some. For this one I just got in a little too early, but at least it all worked out in the end.

    Total Gain Since Starting Journal: +36.53%
    Return on Trading Equity so far (ROI): +9.13%
    10 winning trades 2 losing trade
     
    #63     Mar 13, 2008
  4. It was not time to get out of qgen yet, but it had a nice gap this morning. And with the market seeming fairly shaky, I decided to go ahead and get out. I sold at 19.59 for again of: +5.9%

    Total Gain Since Starting Journal: +42.43%
    Return on Trading Equity so far (ROI): +10.6%
    11 winning trades 2 losing trade
     
    #64     Mar 14, 2008
  5. Will be going long TZIX and UEPS tomorrow morning. I had thought pretty long and hard about if I should open any new positions with the current market climate, but I have faith in my strategy. So lets see what happens.
     
    #65     Mar 17, 2008
  6. It has now been two months that I have run this journal. Here is the breakdown of the results...

    First Month Total Gain: +24.32%
    First Month ROI: +6.08%
    6 winning trades 1 losing trade

    Second Month Total Gain: +18.11%
    Second Month ROI: +4.52%
    5 winning trades 1 losing trade

    Combined Total Gain: +42.43%
    Combined ROI: +10.6%
    11 winning trades 2 losing trades
     
    #66     Mar 17, 2008
  7. Big gaps in those stocks I was looking to enter this morning. Since today will no doubt be highly volatile, I have not taken a position yet. I will wait for the gaps to fill, or see how the market is towards the end of the day.
     
    #67     Mar 18, 2008
  8. Unless something drastic happens I wont get a chance to enter positions in either company.
     
    #68     Mar 18, 2008