Trader P/L 2010

Sorry didnt have the chance to post my pnl yesterday. Lots of bad fills cost me a better performance. Ended up with -95 USD. Today turned out better. Decided to finish early.

 

3 trades +$200.00 ES

 

Other than the spurt at the start and the end, choppy day to trade.

-$1068 for ES.

For the August, 14 winning days, 8 losing days, for $14,166 nett. (My friendly broker made $16,325 instead!)

 

+$402

Although I have no excuse for not trading crude's 2nd best move of the day, I do have an excuse for missing the other two best moves of the day: I was away from my desk

My apologies to CL Redux for not announcing my departures, but honestly the price action was so range-bound dead each time I left...

 

No closed trades today. August was a fairly bad month but profit is still profit.

2010/08: +$1836.

 

+38.55

 

+63.65

 

+$672 minus commissions

Sold some SPY calls I had bought last week. Cost basis was $2.89.

 

+$767

I was in a trade through ADP news thinking ADP was at 8:30. But I ended up on the right side of price. Finally, an error in my favor! I had a nice stop and reverse out of that short and into a long (Schizo should be proud).

During the midday mush I took a short position that required a rather large survivable stop (24 ticks), then instead of micromanaging the trade in my usual fashion during midday ranges (which would've got me out close to b/e), I left my initial stop in place, certain that the setup was good enough that price would never dare take out my stop. This clever strategy rewarded me with almost the max loss I allow on a CL trade. :eek:

 

A great day, was on the right side for the whole day (this time).

0901: +$2336.