SIM Test Phase 1: Start Date: June 28, 2012 Account Opening Balance: $80,000.00 Account Goal: $104,000.00 2012-10-08 Profit/Loss: +$708.05 Current Account Balance: $85934.01 Annual Return: 7.42% Another gain today. Still very disorganized. Charts not fully marked. Trading systems not loaded with latest chart markups. Virtually traded blind at the open. Had a good opportunity to reach the 86K level today. Will probably keep overnight holds at a volume level (400-1200) until the 87K level is passed. I don't want this level to slip away again. This will be the fourth kick at the can. Trading game has really improved since the 8 day loss in a row. Not to say it couldn't happen again. Just utilizing better risk techniques. CHKP Intraday P/L +88.00 Could have sold the open for a profit again but opted to wait and add more volume to the position. Good 2nd entry point position. Sold for a profit. SBUX Intraday P/L +44.00 Took some risk off the table today. Still holding but position is currently in the red. HOG Intraday P/L +309.00 Closed Friday's position .Trading blind. Sold position late. Could have had another $160.00. Good trade though. Open another position. Good entry. Position currently about even. APA Intraday P/L +240.00 Filled near the open. Would have like to keep position open but wanted to take some profit and reduce risk. Cut profit short. Could of had another $200.00 Overnight Holdings: CHKP: (400) $46.65 SBUX: (400) $48.77 HOG: (400) $42.39
SIM Test Phase 1: Start Date: June 28, 2012 Account Opening Balance: $80,000.00 Account Goal: $104,000.00 2012-10-09 Profit/Loss: -($1405.04) Current Account Balance: $84528.97 Annual Return: 5.66% Markets headed south today. Since all trades are on the long side there was sizeable loss today. Still confident that the positions held have reasonably good entry points and will turn around into the black once the market pushes up again. Will be looking for intraday opportunities within these stocks to improve price point. No more discussion on organizational planning. It is what it is and right now there are just not enough hours in the day to be fully prepared. No more discussion on having a second account for hedging. That will come once the target goal is achieved. Took on some extra volume today contrary to what was discussed yesterday. Good buying points exist now but will the overall macro of the market drive everything south. Hopefully a better day tomorrow. CHKP Intraday P/L -(136.00) Bad trade against trend. SBUX Added extra volume at the lower level. Good buying point but trending is toward the downside. HOG Intraday P/L -(85.00) Good buying point but trend is to downside OXY Intraday P/L +172.00 Took 2 small profitable trades. Decided to hold some volume. Overnight Holdings: CHKP: (400) $46.12 SBUX: (800) $47.37 HOG: (400) $41.90 OXY: (400) $83.42
SIM Test Phase 1: Start Date: June 28, 2012 Account Opening Balance: $80,000.00 Account Goal: $104,000.00 2012-10-10 Profit/Loss: -($1942.09) Current Account Balance: $82586.88 Annual Return: 3.23% Crushing loss today. Hard to make money on the upside. Lots of negative global news. Markets continue to head south. The 6 stocks that are currently setup to trade are all moving toward a bearish sentiment. 5 of 6 have moved into the slightly bear zone. The 6th stock is close to joining the club. Overall carrying more shares (3000) overnight. Good positioning if market pushes up. All gains (plus) could be wiped out tomorrow if trend continues. Mentally preparing for position size increase. Need to remove fear of using larger volume blocks. Initially expect larger losses but eventually hoping to turn it into bigger gains. Also learning to manage margin effectively. The only downside is if there is an overnight market crash. The problem with the current trading system is that there is no defensive stance if the market macro turns negative. Therefore the wheels have been put in motion to secure the second account (hedge - was hoping to delay this). One needs to have the proper tools to succeed. APA Intraday P/L +164.00 Good first trade. Second trade bad entry point. Overall position for the day is a small loss. CHKP Intraday P/L -(40.00) Badly executed trade plan for this stock. Purchased volume block at the high of the day. Added another volume block early in the day. Chart is weak. Will reevaluate position tomorrow. SBUX Intraday P/L +120.00 Stopped out position at a sizeable loss. Second trade was profitable. Weekly loss for this stock ($913.50). In hindsight this stock has been trending down for last 13 days ago. No option to be on the otherside of the trade. Closed out all positions. HOG Holding. Looking to add extra volume if stock remains strong. OXY Intraday P/L +172.00 Initial position stopped out. 1st intraday trade was profitable. Bad entry point second trade. Decided to add 2 more blocks of volume. Current position is negative (~$500.00). Overnight Holdings: APA: (400) $85.42 CHKP: (1200) $45.64 HOG: (400) $41.90 OXY: (1200) $82.09
SIM Test Phase 1: Start Date: June 28, 2012 Account Opening Balance: $80,000.00 Account Goal: $104,000.00 2012-10-11 Profit/Loss: +602.09 Current Account Balance: $83188.97 Annual Return: 3.99% Profitable day. Recovered some of the losses from the last 2 days. Left 1.8K sitting on the table. Should have removed some of it considering the market weakness. Still have alot of volume sitting overnight. APA Intraday P/L +68.00 Good first trade. Bad second entry point $86.60. Was not patient enough. Will hold overnight. CHKP Intraday P/L -(40.00) Charts looks weak. Sold (800) near the high of the day. HOG Added 2 extra blocks of volume. 1st entry point was poor. Second is OK. Will hold overnight. OXY Traded 2 of yesterdays volume blocks for a good profit +~$720.00. Added another block near the low of the day. Chart looks weak. Overnight Holdings: APA: (800) $85.98 CHKP: (400) $45.39 HOG: (1200) $41.76 OXY: (800) $82.59
SIM Test Phase 1: Start Date: June 28, 2012 Account Opening Balance: $80,000.00 Account Goal: $104,000.00 2012-10-12 Profit/Loss: -(1183.53) Current Account Balance: $82000.44 Annual Return: 2.50% Another large loss. Using larger volumes one must expect larger losses/gains. Took the time today to setup the second (hedge) account. It should be operational sometime next week. Current trading system doesn't have a defensive stance for negative market macro. Overall prefer to be a longer term holder to the upside on strong stock. Position price points are improved through intraday (swing) play. The hedge account will provide this required defensive stance and also be used as an offensive tool if the market macro turns negative. From a management point of view one can hedge within the same account but psychologically it is easier to have a dedicated account. The trading system was designed in this manner. It is able to manage 9 different stocks (long/short) at the same time using 2 dedicated broker accounts. The fear of using larger volumes etc. is subsiding. Still evolving as a trader. Starting to notice a shift toward longer term positional play. Main reason larger profits. APA Added another block of volume. Bad entry point $85.55. Chart is weak. CHKP Intraday P/L +92.00 Good intraday trade. Chart is looking more positive. HOG Holding. Chart is on the weaker side. OXY Holding. Overall chart looks weak. Note: Any good news for the market should push all of these stocks up. Overnight Holdings: APA: (1200) $85.33 CHKP: (400) $46.05 HOG: (1200) $41.42 OXY: (800) $81.93
SIM Test Phase 1: Start Date: June 28, 2012 Account Opening Balance: $80,000.00 Account Goal: $104,000.00 Annual Return: 3.72% Current Account Balance: $82976.38 2012-10-15 Profit/Loss: +$976.38 Gain today. Intraday profit runs were cut short today. Just being to tentative due to the market weakness of late. Good to have supporting volume behind it to participate in the bounce up. Looking for another bounce up tomorrow. APA Holding CHKP Intraday P/L -(92.00) Wasn't patient enough on 1st intraday trade. Got stopped out for a loss. 2nd trade took off the table way too early. Could have had another 280.00. Chart continues to look positive. HOG Holding. OXY Intraday P/L +204.00 Intraday trade took off the table way too early. Could have had another 360.00. Holding. Overnight Holdings: APA: (1200) $85.49 CHKP: (400) $46.64 HOG: (1200) $41.88 OXY: (800) $81.78
Are you trading through a prop firm or just using margin ? It says SIM but I am guessing that this is a real money account..
This is a SIM (paper trading) account (margin) only. The journal is being written to chronicle the journey of trying to reach the target annual return. If the target is met a live account(s) will be funded. SIM Test Phase 1: Start Date: June 28, 2012 Account Opening Balance: $80,000.00 Account Goal: $104,000.00 Target Annual Return: 30.00% Annual Return: 8.64% Current Account Balance: $86914.28 2012-10-16 Profit/Loss: +$3939.90 Big gain today. Worked the market until 10:45AM. Was confident enough the positive news of late would drive the market for the day. Diversified positions (opened SBUX position). Reduced overall overnight holding volume to open up some buying power. Profit runs on HOG,APA, and OXY were unfortunately cut short. Wanted to reduce the risk and take the guarenteed profit. Will work on the dedicated short account tomorrow. Still lack a defense on negative market macro days. Will have another shot at the 87K level tomorrow. Will need some positive housing news to drive the market further. APA Sold (800) at a profit. Left a lot on the table. CHKP Sold (400) at profit. Left a lot on the table. Wanted to remove position due to earnings risk. Earnings play is not part of current strategy. Will monitor stock to see how it unfolds. HOG Sold (800) at a profit. Left a lot on the table. OXY Sold (400) at a profit. Left a lot on the table. SBUX Bought (400) at $48.17 Overnight Holdings: APA: (400) $87.19 SBUX (400) $48.93 HOG: (400) $43.20 OXY: (400) $83.23
SIM Test Phase 1: Start Date: June 28, 2012 Account Opening Balance: $80,000.00 Account Goal: $104,000.00 Target Annual Return: 30.00% Annual Return: 9.80% Current Account Balance: $87858.49 2012-10-17 Profit/Loss: +$944.21 Another gain today. Good housing numbers. Finally got past the 87K level today (account hit 88K at one point during the day). Have been spinning the tires just below this level since late August. Lucky to have closed out the CHKP position yesterday. It is down $6.00+. Repositioned some holdings today. Finally back on track to reach the annual return target. Looking for another good day tomorrow. APA Closed position at a profit HOG Closed position at a profit. OXY Holding. SBUX Holding. Looking to add some volume. PEP Opened position at $70.19. Bad entry point. Overnight Holdings: OXY: (400) $84.58 PEP: (400) $70.07 SBUX: (400) $48.36
SIM Test Phase 1: Start Date: June 28, 2012 Account Opening Balance: $80,000.00 Account Goal: $104,000.00 Target Annual Return: 30.00% Annual Return: 8.82% Current Account Balance: $87059.32 2012-10-18 Profit/Loss: -(799.17) Loss today. Held onto the 87K level. Most of the overnight holdings have been sold. Looking at this market bounce in hindsight a lot of the holdings were sold with their profits cut short. Will need to be a little more patient when exiting the trades. The board has been basically cleared except for PEP. Will need to work the scanner/charts to find some good setups for tomorrow. Want to maintain this level. Will be trading cautiously. OXY Sold at a profit. SBUX Sold position. Added some volume. Big mistake. Didn't wait to see if trend had changed. Sold near the lowest point of the day. Total loss (927.00) over 3 days. Trade was +480.00 at one point. PEP Holding. Trade currently profitable. Overnight Holdings: PEP: (400) $70.73