fstrader's swing trade journal

Discussion in 'Journals' started by fstrader, Sep 18, 2005.

  1. Can you post a running p&l
     
    #31     Sep 25, 2005
  2. fstrader

    fstrader

    Sorry trendfader. I don't actually invest in everything I list here. Plus, I don't have exit points on the stocks that meet the 4% goal. That would be too time consuming for me to track right now. What I am trying to work on here is my timing and selection of trades (picking trades that meet a minimum 4% return within 5 days). I plan to practice this alot more before I move on to tracking $.

    I will however keep posting the win/lose ratio, which could be used to derive an estimated of p/l.
     
    #32     Sep 26, 2005
  3. fstrader

    fstrader

    Results as of Mon, Sep 26

    Of the 43 stocks, 5 met, or exceeded the 4% goal. None were stopped out. The format is (max gain, days held):

    GOOG (+4.2%, 4)
    PMCS (+4.8%, 3)
    FAL (+7.3%, 1)
    TLAB (+4.2%, 1)
    HOMS (+6.3%, 1)

    So far,
    winners = 20
    losers = 2
    Percent = .91

    38 stocks are still being watched.
     
    #33     Sep 26, 2005
  4. fstrader

    fstrader

    My picks for Tuesday, Sep 27, 2005:
    The format is (Last Close/Stop/Tentative Entry).

    LONGS
    MNTA (29.84/24.70/29.27), HYRF (0.79/0.58/0.78)

    SHORTS
    None

    With these additions, 40 stocks are being watched.
     
    #34     Sep 26, 2005
  5. fstrader

    fstrader

    Results as of Tue, Sep 27

    Of the 40 stocks, 3 met, or exceeded the 4% goal. One was disqualified. None were stopped out. The format is (max gain, days held):

    MNTA (+5.2%, 1)
    HYRF (+29.1%, 1) DQ'd because gap open was greater than 4% (15.1% gap).
    EFJI (+6.7%, 2)
    DESC (+8.0%, 4)

    So far,
    winners = 23
    losers = 2
    Percent = .92

    36 stocks are still being watched.
     
    #35     Sep 27, 2005
  6. fstrader

    fstrader

    My picks for Wednesday, Sep 28, 2005:
    The format is (Last Close/Stop/Tentative Entry).

    LONGS
    EP (13.07/11.96/13.04), PDE (27.30/24.72/27.15), RHAT (16.92/14.89/16.86), RECN (30.83/27.24/30.38), MUSE (7.36/6.34/7.21), PLLL (13.94/11.27/13.62), ARNA (9.31/8.31/9.08), DEPO (6.49/5.18/6.37), REDF (14.09/11.37/13.73)

    SHORTS
    None

    With these additions, 45 stocks are being monitored.
     
    #36     Sep 27, 2005
  7. fstrader

    fstrader

    Results as of Wed, Sep 28

    Of the 45 stocks, 2 met, or exceeded the 4% goal. None were stopped out. The format is (max gain, days held):

    MUSE (+6.1%, 1)
    NTGR (+5.8%, 3)

    So far,
    winners = 25
    losers = 2
    Percent = .926

    43 stocks are still being watched; (36 Longs and 7 Shorts).
     
    #37     Sep 28, 2005
  8. fstrader

    fstrader

    If anyone is interested, I have been keeping tradk of all this using a simple excel file.
     
    #38     Sep 28, 2005
  9. fstrader

    fstrader

    My picks for Thursday, Sep 29, 2005:
    The format is (Last Close/Stop/Tentative Entry).

    LONGS
    NEM (47.54/41.85), SWY (25.44/23.59), NFX (50.3/45.25), DNR (49.84/44.50), LAUR (48.01/45.03), NTGR (25.20/21.46), HOS (35.35/31.24), RNAI (4.60/3.77), BDCO (3.05/3.77)

    SHORTS
    PSUN (21.29/23.58), TLB (28.55/30.95), ANPI (13.18/14.55), CMLS (12.19/13.18), BLI (10.75/11.80), SMTC (15.54/17.01), WGO (28.23/32.92), MIPS (6.55, 7.32)


    With these additions, 60 stocks are being monitored.
     
    #39     Sep 28, 2005
  10. You may want to consider a time based stop.

    Maria
     
    #40     Sep 28, 2005