%% WELL\ better to measure waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to much than to little, but months over rule days. Study trends more; including but not limited to/ trends in your\ account. Tim Sykes +An American Hedge Funds book is a wise read in many respects; but I dont do penny stocks or takes risks like hi school college kids do, anymore............ . Take$ all kinds to make a market; but i dont have to pay up with insurance rates like a college kid. YOU may find some childhood patterns in your own life useful,EVEN IF they never repeat. I remember in HI school i asked my good lookin' mom if i could get a refund on my motor-cycle insurance, since i never had an accidentLOL She says yes, ask the agent . I remember the State Farm Agent like good neighbor GASPED LOL; + sent my insurance premium back, Good thing i did not ask my banker dad that dumb unfair question LOL
Not stocks but index yes. I keep a bunch of stats on our main index where I live. It allows me to have some idea where the index will/won't move to and where it won't trade much at a certain point for a certain period of time. Below is a snippet of what I keep in excel.
And what are the profits? Because I am never intererested in nice presentations. I pefer boring but big profits. Just black and white. No colors or other fancy things needed.