Hello, Background: 24Male, from Michigan, currently living in Iowa. I have always been interested in the stock market, and finance in general, it was also my major. I have only traded for one year, I am poor. and try to save and add money to my trading account whenever possible. This account is funded with money I have left over after bills, rent etc. Sports fan, love the cowboys, white sox, wolverines and redwings. Trading techniques: I trade only stocks and options. Stocks are typically long-term, a few short. Options are calls and puts. I like to trade the trend; and fundamentals. Goals: Keep 10% in cash at all times Always earn a yearly return greater than CD/Savings account. Control risk by not trading more than 7% on any option trade. Finally, please critique any trade in anyway you like, good or bad. This journal is here from me to learn from my good and shit trades.
As of 3-14-10 Account Value $6506.21 Month to date 5.5% Year to date:4% Cash Balance:5173.39 Open positions: BP 22 @ 56.86 DSX 36 @ 14.89 Flex April 7.50 Put @ .39
3-23 sell 36 flex april put options at .8 pretty crappy trade, got caught in a nice rally. I also added money to a losing position, and used a large % on my portfolio in this trade. 3-23 buy 140 orcl april call options @ .32 3-25 sell 140 orcl april call options @ .40 Bullish market, hyped up company. Figured i would be sure to sell before earnings, which was a good idea. as of 3-26 account value $6638.71 YTD 6%
3/30/10 Buy 10 F Apr 13.00 Call @ .67 3/31 Sell 10 F Apr 13.00 Call @ .40 Crap trade, just wanted to get out asap since I got the initial direction wrong. 3/30 Buy 14 C Apr 4.00 Put @ .12 4/1/ Sell 14 C Apr 4.00 Put @ .9 Same crap trade as Ford.
4/1 Buy 30 Apr C 4.00 Call @ .19 4/5 Sell 30 Apr C 4.00 Call @ .29 C was starting to get bullish, got a quick profit. 4/1 Buy 10 F Apr 13.00 Call @ .36 Sell 10 F Apr 13.00 Call @ .23 Got burned again. -.- 4/6/10 Buy 20 MEE Apr 50.00 Put @ 2.75 Sell 20 MEE Apr 50.00 Put @ 3.60 Trade was based on mining explosion, had a good feeling this would drop. Could have made more money but didnt want to get too greedy. As of 4/810 Account Value $8644.41 YTD 38%
4/9 Buy 3 May 10 $60 Call BP 1.10 4/12 Buy 3 JPM May 47.00 Call 1.27 Buy 3 COL May 65.00 Call 1.65 Buy 2 V May 95.00 Call 2.15 4/15 Sell 3 JPM May 47.00 Call @ 1.94 Sell 2 V May 95.00 Call@ 2.69 Sold mostly because GE earnings coming 4/16 made me nervous on the market. Was happy with the gain and didnt want to give too much back. Held onto BP, COL still see abit more upside for BP, and hoping for continued upgrade momentum for COL 4/15 Account Value $9062.74 YTD 45% MTD 39%
4/16/10 Buy 5 May 31.00 MSFT call @ .71 4/21 Sell 5 May 31.00 MSFT call @ 1.08 Bought this when it was down due to GS, It had nothing to do with GS figured since it would report it would go up. Sold before report, as I was happy with the profit made. 4/20 Sell 3 BP May 69 Call @ $1.44 Was happy with profit made, also felt oil had risen enough for awhile 4/21 Sell 3 COL May 65 Call @ 1.80 I was happy to make a small profit on this. I bought this call right after an analyst upgrade, it was far to expensive at that point. Pretty crap trade as I could have waited for pullback for a better entry point. Account Value as of 4/21 $9253.97 MTD 43% YTD 48%
4/22 Buy 10 May MSFT 31.00 Call @ 88 another to @84, and 15 calls @ .79 Sell 35 May MSFT 31.00 Call @ .94 I did think MSFT would rally into earnings, which it did. I probably could have waited for it to breakdown abit longer. I could have also held this trade longer for more profit. In the end I was happy to just make money, although the risk was far to great for the amount made. Account Value as of 4/24 $9563.10 MTD47% YTD53%
4/27 Buy June 10 5.00 put 10@ 62 4/28 Sell June 10 5.00 10@ .70 Figured I could make a few quick bucks off the govt selling Citi shares. 4/28 Buy FLEX May 10 7.50 put 40 @ .27 Sell FLEXMay 10 750 PUY 40 @ .12 Shit trade, I am done with the company. Earnings brought the stock down 4% and thought it would go down further. I like the company but hate the stock and should have realized the stock may not see levels from earlier this year without something drastic happening. 4/29 Buy C JUNE 4.00 put 40@ 13 50 @.10 40@.10 Sold C June 4.00 PUT 130@.10 Another crappy trade, was hoping Govt selling would hurt Citi but it had no impact this trade. Sell 22 shares of BP stock @ 53.65 Sold due to oilspill- no point in holding a newsworthy event.