Investing $15K to earn 3% per week

Discussion in 'Journals' started by PersistentTradr, Jun 16, 2007.

Will PT achieve his goal of 3% per week using $15k of starting capital?

Poll closed Jun 23, 2007.
  1. Yes. 3% per week is definitely doable.

    30 vote(s)
    47.6%
  2. Not a chance. He's nuts and doesn't know anything about trading.

    33 vote(s)
    52.4%
  1. Not a very exciting week. With all the conflicting economic data, it will be interesting to see what kind of mood investors are in next week.
     
    #131     Nov 4, 2007
  2. Gustaf

    Gustaf


    $23220/$15000 = 1.548
    x^20 = 1.548

    x= 1.548^(1/20) = 2.2%/week


    Your doing good, keep it up :D
     
    #132     Nov 5, 2007
  3. henry76

    henry76

    so very trusting
     
    #133     Nov 5, 2007
  4. I GOT CREAMED TODAY!

    (2) (-21)
    (2) (-18)

    Rough start to the week.
     
    #134     Nov 5, 2007
  5. Osiris

    Osiris

    Did you decide to sit out the rest of the day after the two bigger than usual losses? Or did you not get any further entry signals yesterday?

    Just curious and still good results so far.
     
    #135     Nov 6, 2007
  6. I limited myself to one trade today. Why? I wanted to focus on discipline today.

    * Price opened above pivot
    * Daily Pivot held on the retracement
    * Waited through most of the lunch hour
    * Went long on confluence.

    Certainly no guarantee of not getting stopped out on this trade, but, I was confident pulling the trigger.

    (1) +10
    (1) +18

    Another opportunity presented itself at 3:30, but, I didn't take it. ie Notice the long consolidation period between 2 to about 3:15pm.

    Not a big day pts wise, but, it was a positive day.
     
    #136     Nov 6, 2007
  7. I did sit out the rest of the day.
     
    #137     Nov 6, 2007
  8. Nice down trend day. Everything on the market screen was red. A/D lines were in a downtrend all day.

    Trade 1 -- break of S1:
    (1) +10
    (1) -1

    Trade 2 --break of Yest Low and S2:
    (1) +10
    (1) +69

    Trade 3:
    Missed Opportunity on break of S3
     
    #138     Nov 7, 2007
  9. Went into today expecting some follow through. Trends are all down on the 60m, 180m, and Daily. Volume is rising on distribution days.

    Price opened below daily pivot and it didn't take long for the bears to fill the opening gap.

    First Trade-Break of yest low
    (1) +10
    (1) +96

    Second Trade-bounce of of S1
    Horrible fill on this trade. About 7 pts of slippage
    (1) +10
    (1) -30

    +86 for the day.
     
    #139     Nov 8, 2007
  10. Volatile day.

    Trade 1 -- Break of S1 and yesterday low
    (1) +10
    (1) -15


    Trade 2 -- bounce off of S1 and yesterday low
    (1) +10
    (1) -5

    +0 for the day
     
    #140     Nov 9, 2007