December 22, 2005 Account Balance: $99,966 Unrealized P&L: $328 Net Asset Value: $100,294 Leverage: 0.72 USD/CHF: Long 1 unit. USD/JPY: Long 1 unit.
December 23, 2005 Account Balance: $99,980 Unrealized P&L: $234 Net Asset Value: $100,214 Leverage: 0.72 USD/CHF: Long 1 unit. USD/JPY: Long 1 unit. It's effectively a weekend in terms of spread and trading activity at OANDA.
Due to some personal issues, I had suspended trading for the last few weeks. I've returned with slightly new entries and exits.
January 9, 2006 Account Balance: $99,574 Unrealized P&L: $-198 Net Asset Value: $99,376 Leverage: 2.10 AUD/JPY: Long 1 unit. EUR/AUD: Long 1 unit. GBP/CHF: Long 1 unit. USD/CHF: Long 1 unit. USD/JPY: Long 1 unit. Lots of signals today, ironically after I implemented a more stringent entry.
January 10, 2006 Account Balance: $99,286 Unrealized P&L: $-50 Net Asset Value: $99,236 Leverage: 2.43 CAD/JPY: Long 1 unit. EUR/AUD: Short 1 unit. GBP/CHF: Long 1 unit. NZD/USD: Long 1 unit. USD/CHF: Long 1 unit. USD/JPY: Long 1 unit.
January 11, 2006 Account Balance: $99,006 Unrealized P&L: $-172 Net Asset Value: $98,834 Leverage: 1.88 CAD/JPY: Long 1 unit. EUR/AUD: Short 1 unit. NZD/USD: Long 1 unit. USD/CHF: Long 1 unit. USD/JPY: Long 1 unit.
January 12, 2006 Account Balance: $98,714 Unrealized P&L: $282 Net Asset Value: $98,996 Leverage: 1.56 CAD/JPY: Long 1 unit. EUR/AUD: Short 1 unit. NZD/USD: Long 1 unit. USD/CHF: Long 1 unit. Many pairs are churning, USD/CHF looks nice...
January 13, 2006 Account Balance: $98,736 Unrealized P&L: $0 Net Asset Value: $98,736 Leverage: 1.92 CAD/JPY: Long 1 unit. EUR/AUD: Short 1 unit. GBP/JPY: Long 1 unit. NZD/USD: Long 1 unit. USD/CHF: Long 1 unit. Unrealized profit happened to balance out to 0 to the cent going into the weekend. Fooled by randomness indeed...
January 16, 2006 Account Balance: $98,942 Unrealized P&L: $468 Net Asset Value: $99,410 Leverage: 2.96 AUD/JPY: Long 1 unit. CAD/JPY: Long 2 units. EUR/AUD: Short 1 unit. GBP/JPY: Long 1 unit. NZD/USD: Long 1 unit. USD/CHF: Long 2 units. USD/JPY: Long 1 unit. New entry criteria are shaping up well. I'm getting roughly the same number of entries, but trade placement and vulnerability to whipsaws are both subjectively decreased (must run numbers to confirm).