Week ending 3-17-06 Mon................ $0 Tues.............. $0 Wed............... $0 Thurs.............. $576 Fri.................. $9 Unrealized...... ~ -$19 Realized.......... $585 Ending bal. $4301 ....... Up ...$542 Added ........$0 cash New bal......$4301 Swks........ 576 st/l Slab.......... 9 dt/s Holding intc long and lexr short st/swingtrade.......dt/daytrade L.....long................S.....short
Week ending 3-17-06 Mon................ $31 Tues.............. $65 Wed............... $27 Thurs.............. $33 Fri.................. $99 Unrealized...... ~ -$9 Realized.......... $255 Ending bal. $4565 ....... Up ...$264 Added ........$0 cash New bal......$4565 Intc ........ 11 st/l Lexr .......... 20 st/s Swks .......... 65 dt/l Smdi ........... 27 st/s Plab ............ 33 st/l Plab ............ 50 dt/l Tqnt ............ 49 st/l 1st week of gains every day. Balance at new high. Holding a small position in pmcs. Other than being short available trades, it was a great week. st/swingtrade.......dt/daytrade L.....long................S.....short
Hey man what's up -so what are your performance stats so far? % won avg win avg loss total number trades avg trades/week avg weekly % gain avg monthly % gain many thx and keep on tradin'
Hey man, Don't mean to get off the subject... but can anyone give the download on IB, How does it work? I'm begining to hate Ameritrade! But..... go try so far just keep it up!
Phxtrader, Thanks for posting this journal. I am starting an account with IB with $3000 as well. I will mostly use options to swing trade. I wish you luck and I will continue reading. Aloha, Jason Lundy
Week ending 3-31-06 Mon................ $67 Tues.............. $0 Wed............... $64 Thurs.............. $4 Fri.................. $31 Unrealized...... ~ -$1 Realized.......... $166 Ending bal. $4740 ....... Up ...$175 Added ........$0 cash New bal......$4740 Aoor ............ 67 dt/l Plab ............. 29 st/l Altr ............... 35 st/l Pmcs .............. 4 st/l Cat .............. 31 st/s I was short trades available, as usual, so I'm happy with these results. st/swingtrade.......dt/daytrade L.....long................S.....short
Week ending 4-7-06 Mon................ $44 Tues.............. $0 Wed............... $5 Thurs.............. -$15 Fri.................. $34 Unrealized...... ~ -$9 Realized.......... $68 Ending bal. $4801 ....... Up ...$68 Added ........$0 cash New bal......$4801 Jbht ............ 41 st/l Swft ............. 3 dt/s Wern .............. 5 st/l Swks .............. -15 st/s Tnox .............. 24 st/s Gnss .............. 10 dt/s Closed my short Gnss short way to quickly.....would of re-shorted if I had more trades. st/swingtrade.......dt/daytrade L.....long................S.....short xtrhvydty, I'm still working on those stats. My record keeping needs a lot of work. ----------------------------------------------- Lundy, Thanks, much success on your trading. ------------------------------------------------ st/swingtrade.......dt/daytrade L.....long................S.....short
Week ending 4-14-06 Mon................ $0 Tues.............. $38 Wed............... $0 Thurs.............. $85 Fri................... Closed Unrealized...... ~ -$96 Realized.......... $123 Ending bal. $4817 ....... Up ...$16 Added ........$0 cash New bal......$4817 Hon ............ 38 dt/l Luv ............. 44 st/l Mesa ............ 22 st/l Intc .............. 19 st/l Decent week, except for one swing trade that kind of gap down on me. st/swingtrade.......dt/daytrade L.....long................S.....short
Week ending 4-21-06 Mon................ $0 Tues.............. $21 Wed............... $0 Thurs.............. $0 Fri................... $50 Unrealized...... ~ -$51 Realized.......... $71 Ending bal. $4933 ....... Up ...$116 Added ........$0 cash New bal......$4933 Wern ............ 9 st/l Intc ............. 12 st/l Knx ............ 14 st/l Ffiv .............. 36 st/l Should have been had a better week, but sold Wern and Intc to soon on Tuesday and took Wednesday off to have a root canal. Holding Intc and Luv. st/swingtrade.......dt/daytrade L.....long................S.....short