-$500 for 1st week of may jan : 6.47% feb : 5.74% mar: 7.89% apr: 6.35% small and steady. boring is a good thing. njrookie
taking profits way to early like usual.. leaving way to much money on the table. Although hindsign is 20/20.. rather take bigger profits with bigger contract sizes and get the tidbits of whats happening.
After a couple of weeks off, I'm back with a new account! No longer will I be trading odd lots and losing 25% of every trade to commissions. I've now got some buying power and lower commissions. I'll also be increasing my risk tolerance, so my daily P/L numbers should be a little bit larger than they have in the past. Today was a decent day. I should have been up more than this, but had some technical issues on the first day. +55 Gross It's nice now being able to have a break even trade or turn a small profit by making 2 cents on a trade. Before, when trading 20 or 30 shares I had to make 10 cents just to break even! For April, I ended up losing $22.95. I've started this year off with four losing months in a row, but the total loss is just under $100. Due to trading odd lots and a minimum commission per trade, I was paying 4-5 times the commission I should have been. I'm excited about my new account. I'll still keep my risk control tight and we'll see what happens!
Took a scary ride on the CL. Was short CL late session yesterday, covered early morning and turned long. The long was losing $, but I held to the close. Now I'm flat CL.
I got slapped around a bit in the market chop. I was long near the open and the market went down. Then I was short some positions and the market went up. I put on some longs and then the market went back down. I wasn't really following the market. I just didn't get much follow through on anything. -74 gross
This is a new best day for me! I was all long today except for one loss on a short. I was up more than this, but ended up liquidating to protect my P/L as my positions were pulling back. +128 gross
I didn't give myself enough chances to make money today. At least, I didn't lose. I need to go into the office, so I'm done. +21 gross