what was your Profit/Loss this year?

Post your returns in % so we know how bad you actually did. =) Losing 10k off a 100k account is not as bad as losing 10k off a 25k account. Same goes with gains. If you made $1 million off a $100 million account, you didnt do so good, but some people think it sounds more impressive if you say you made a million dollars rather than say they made a 1% return. Its a way they trick themselves (or others) into thinking they are better traders than they are.

 

Looks like he made a buck to me, too.

 

Down 2,000 USD on a 10,000 USD account.

Not a good year, definitely, an insane number of breakevens (+2, +1 1, 0, -1 ticks), some small losses and a couple of mid-size losses, all within my risk parameters - still, death by a thousand cuts. Didn't overtrade or go on tilt, but found myself freezing again and again and unable to turn a profit.

Glad 2010 is over, looking forward to 2011 and making some changes.

Happy New Year everyone!

 

Its ok to be clever, but you have to choose your spots carefully.

Ye'ver hear of Excel. Try typing that in.

 

Thats not too bad. I lost over $16,000 USD my first year on a $25k account. Lucky for me, that was my worst year.

 

-$1.86

and I have open positions.

ES

 

1) Yes
2) Yes
3) Yes but I don't use it.
4) I'm going to send $1 to your Paypal account. There! Ya see! You just doubled your annual rate of return.

 

Down 40% on a 35K account that's including commissions, fees and net capital trade losses.

Started the year okay day trading stocks but made some really dumb /ES trades when I first discovered futures trading.

I traded for roughly 7 months in 2010 taking 5 months off due to the shellacking I took not to mention the frustration, emotional pain and fear that losing money brings - these emotions I only discovered as a trader, had never experienced them previously in any circumstance.

I've discovered my real breakthrough will come when I learn to trust myself on the trades. Day after day I've watched the price move away from my entry that would have hypothetically made me a profit but there is still fear when it comes to enter the market.

I plan on trading small beginning in 2011 and hope to improve as a trader.

Good trading to all.

 

I'll send $2 to your Paypal account. There! Ya see! You're in the "black".

 

better yet...teach me how to make 5 bucks..or I will always need charity..

Thanks Nazz...Have a great New YEAR..

ES