November Trading Summary

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL $141(65), GC -$15(35), ZS -$5427(153)

RESULTS FOR NOVEMBER
Contracts:	253
Net $P/L:	-5301
Wins:	67
Losses:	83
Win%:	45
$Commissions:	1233
Avg$Win:	163
Avg$Loss:	-195

Fri. 11/30

2:40pm CST - I thought my tiny 12 Gold contracts pushed volume to record levels yesterday. It was the first day I had  traded gold in a long time.  But then I saw the record volume was actually the day before.  So much for my impact on the world!  Haha

Today ended up being a bit of an experiment toward the end of the day in 100% discretionary scalping.  I like to think sometimes that my thousands of hours of experience of watching charts and DOMs has to be good for something.  After getting down $200, after having been UP $200, I decided to throw out my mechanical entry signals over the lunch hour and scalp my way to either -$300 or back to +$200 on the day.  The latter was the result and I'm not sure what that means for my trading in Dec. and beyond.  Will have to think about that over the weekend.

For the week, net loss -$136.  For the month, net loss -$5301.

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL $83(15), GC -$62(23), ZS $202(2)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	40
Net $P/L:	223
Wins:	23
Losses:	17
Win%:	58
Avg$Win:	54
Avg$Loss:	-60

Thurs. 11/29

1:25pm CST - Added Gold to the mix today.  It was treating me well and I was up $350 in GC but gave all that back.  CL did better today.  I can tell it's going to take me awhile to get any comfortable consistency with my discretionary trade management.

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL $264(8), GC $47(12)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	20
Net $P/L:	311
Wins:	10
Losses:	9
Win%:	53
Avg$Win:	88
Avg$Loss:	-63

Wed. 11/28

2:20pm CST - The rut I've been in for the past 3 weeks continues.  But it will end.  Today was green but not by much...

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL $42(13), ZS -$21(4)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	17
Net $P/L:	22
Wins:	5
Losses:	10
Win%:	33
Avg$Win:	168
Avg$Loss:	-82

Tues. 11/27

2:10pm CST - Tough sledding on the CL slopes today. 

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	14
Net $P/L:	-282
Wins:	5
Losses:	9
Win%:	36
Avg$Win:	75
Avg$Loss:	-73

Mon. 11/26

2:15pm CST - Added CL back into the mix and tested 1-lots of a new approach that has methodical entry signals but discretionary trade managment/exits.  We'll see how that goes.  Bounced around between $0 and +$200 most of day until my old ZS system fired off a couple late day trades.

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL $33(15), ZS -$443(6)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	21
Net $P/L:	-410
Wins:	8
Losses:	11
Win%:	42
Avg$Win:	66
Avg$Loss:	-85

Mon. 11/19

1:40pm CST - No trades on Friday in case you were wondering and likely none the rest of the week with the holiday approaching.  Today was a repeat of Wed. for me with nothing working.  Time for some rethinking/regrouping rest of week before I give back all my Oct. gains.  Happy Thanksgiving to all!

RESULTS FOR DAY
ZS Contracts:	12
Net $P/L:	-1137
Wins:	0
Losses:	5
Win%:	0
Avg$Win:	0
Avg$Loss:	-227

Thurs. 11/15

2:05pm CST - 2 losers then 2 winners for a scratch day in the trenches. 

RESULTS FOR DAY
ZS Contracts:	8
Net $P/L:	34
Wins:	2
Losses:	2
Win%:	50
Avg$Win:	215
Avg$Loss:	-198

Wed. 11/14

2:00pm CST - Today felt like 6 coin tosses in a row where every single one came up the opposite of what I called.  Yes, technically I had 1 "winner" but that was due to a tick of positive slippage (the only good thing that happened today) at a breakeven stop exit.  ZS was spastic and rangebound.

RESULTS FOR DAY
ZS Contracts:	12
Net $P/L:	-762
Wins:	1
Losses:	5
Win%:	17
Avg$Win:	15
Avg$Loss:	-155

Tues. 11/13

2:20pm CST -

RESULTS FOR DAY
ZS Contracts:	4
Net $P/L:	104
Wins:	1
Losses:	1
Win%:	50
Avg$Win:	215
Avg$Loss:	-110

Mon. 11/12

2:10pm CST - Regarding my main ZS system, I'm going to either A) reduce the risk (contract size) or B) stop trading it for now. It did great in Oct. but has been behaving poorly this month with 3 days of significant losses.  I have admittedly lost confidence in it partly due to the lack of backtesting data I had available (~5 months).  I have been testing another system with smaller lot size over the past weeks and will be stepping up focus more on that.  I think it may have more potential and better controls the risk per trade. 

RESULTS FOR DAY
ZS Contracts:	21
Net $P/L:	-2871
Wins:	1
Losses:	4
Win%:	20
Avg$Win:	247
Avg$Loss:	-780

Fri. 11/09

2:15pm CST - The morning ag report drove price down quickly at the start.  I was up $600 later but things went back to even after that to close the day.  For the week, net loss -$2632. Most all of this was due to my main ZS system which just had a bad week.

RESULTS FOR DAY
ZS Contracts:	16
Net $P/L:	17
Wins:	2
Losses:	3
Win%:	40
Avg$Win:	312
Avg$Loss:	-202

Thurs. 11/08

2:05pm CST - Tuesday repeated... 

RESULTS FOR DAY
ZS Contracts:	4
Net $P/L:	779
Wins:	1
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	779
Avg$Loss:	0

Wed. 11/07

2:00pm CST - Monday repeated.

RESULTS FOR DAY
ZS Contracts:	12
Net $P/L:	-2562
Wins:	0
Losses:	2
Win%:	0
Avg$Win:	0
Avg$Loss:	-1281

Tues. 11/06

1:55pm CST - Just one trade today. It was really slow and glad I got the exit filled on this one!!

RESULTS FOR DAY
ZS Contracts:	4
Net $P/L:	879
Wins:	1
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	879
Avg$Loss:	0

Mon. 11/05

1:55pm CST - My main system was out of sync today and went 0-2.  If I hadn't been stopped out of a short around 11am, it would have been a really good day.  ZS behaved more spastic today with lots of spits and bursts between dead tape. 

RESULTS FOR DAY
ZS Contracts:	26
Net $P/L:	-1747
Wins:	3
Losses:	4
Win%:	43
Avg$Win:	391
Avg$Loss:	-730

Fri. 11/02

12:40pm CDT - Another good day.  I did override my plan on last trade so still facing some old demons.  But are they ever really gone?  We can only hope to supress them as close to 100% of the time as possible.  For the week, net gain +$4003.

RESULTS FOR DAY
ZS Contracts:	16
Net $P/L:	1130
Wins:	2
Losses:	1
Win%:	67
Avg$Win:	850
Avg$Loss:	-571

Thurs. 11/01

11:10am CDT - Passed on 2 trades that would have made it 4-0 on the day and doubled results below. But good start to the month either way...

RESULTS FOR DAY
ZS Contracts:	6
Net $P/L:	969
Wins:	2
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	485
Avg$Loss:	0