Quarter 2 2014 Trading Results

June Trading Summary

 Net breakdown (contracts traded):
ZS $102(18), 6E -$594(4), TF -$943(28)

RESULTS FOR JUNE
Contracts:	50
Net $P/L:	-1435
Wins:	13
Losses:	33
Win%:	28
$Commissions:	190
Avg$Win:	206
Avg$Loss:	-125

Mon. 6/30

5:15pm CDT - Traded the acreage report today in beans. Very active and should have captured more but good to end the month with a winning day.

RESULTS FOR DAY
ZS Contracts:	6
Net $P/L:	542
Wins:	3
Losses:	3
Win%:	50
Avg$Win:	290
Avg$Loss:	-110

Fri. 6/20

2:30pm CDT - As expected, not the same results live as via sim. For the week, net loss -$1492. As you can see from TF chart for week, there were many opportunities but stops took me out before I could realize any. I will be studying things at least next couple weeks. Perhaps TF is not what I should be trading...

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
ZS -$341(3), TF $5(2)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	5
Net $P/L:	-337
Wins:	1
Losses:	3
Win%:	25
Avg$Win:	7
Avg$Loss:	-115

Thurs. 6/19

2:05pm CDT -
Net breakdown (contracts traded):
ZS $52(2), TF -$493(5)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	7
Net $P/L:	-441
Wins:	1
Losses:	6
Win%:	14
Avg$Win:	157
Avg$Loss:	-100

Wed. 6/18

2:45pm CDT - I guess this is a tiny victory.  FOMC action bailed me out of the hole I dug earlier in day.  OEC's platform isn't showing fills properly for some reason so no charts to show.

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
ZS -$211(2), TF $236(9)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	11
Net $P/L:	26
Wins:	3
Losses:	8
Win%:	27
Avg$Win:	181
Avg$Loss:	-65

Tues. 6/17

11:20am CDT - Overtraded a bit on TF which is not good. And scaled into one position with another contract for no good reason other than to make up losses quicker.  This is not in my current plan. Volatility stopped out all trades before they could go anywhere.
Net breakdown (contracts traded):
ZS $45(1), TF -$514(9)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	10
Net $P/L:	-469
Wins:	2
Losses:	7
Win%:	22
Avg$Win:	71
Avg$Loss:	-87

Mon. 6/16

3:25pm CDT - 1 breakeven and 3 losers to start the week.
Net breakdown (contracts traded):
ZS -$93(1), TF -$178(3)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	4
Net $P/L:	-271
Wins:	1
Losses:	3
Win%:	25
Avg$Win:	7
Avg$Loss:	-93

SIM Fri. 6/13

3:00pm CDT - I will likely trade live next week as this 2 week SIM'ing trial mostly just showed that I still dislike SIM trading. I'd like to think my live results will be positively correlated with the past 2 weeks of SIM trades but I'm just not sure. Having real money on the line makes all the difference in the world I think.  And some SIM fills are very suspect!

   Mon. -2.75 pts ES, +4 ticks ZS
   Tues. +2.50 pts ES, +11 ticks ZS
   Wed. -3.00 pts ES
   Thur. +2.50 pts ES, +21 ticks ZS
   Fri.  +0 pts ES, +2.0 pts TF, -8 ticks ZS

For week, -0.75 pts ES, +2.0 pts TF, +28 ticks ZS = $512 gross SIM profit

Wed. 6/11

4:20pm CDT - Traded monthly crop report.  Didn't do too well but positive at least.  The real move came half hour after report.

RESULTS FOR DAY
ZS Contracts:	3
Net $P/L:	109
Wins:	1
Losses:	2
Win%:	33
Avg$Win:	307
Avg$Loss:	-99

In SIM action, not a great week so far. Too many premature entries on ES. Need to be more patient. At least I'm reading ZS better.
   Mon. -2.75 pts ES, +4 ticks ZS
   Tues. +2.50 pts ES, +11 ticks ZS
   Wed. -3.00 pts ES

SIM Fri. 6/06

9:45am CDT - More SIM'ing and nearly met goal of 5 ES pts. for week. Only met daily goal once, today.  It's a start...

Fri.  +2.50 pts ES, +4 ticks ZS
For week, +4.75 pts ES, +12 ticks ZS = $387 gross SIM profit

Thurs. 6/05

9:00pm CDT - 2 system trades today on Euro.  This system is so dead this year with very few trades.

RESULTS FOR DAY
6E Contracts:	4
Net $P/L:	-594
Wins:	1
Losses:	1
Win%:	50
Avg$Win:	641
Avg$Loss:	-1234

In my alternate SIM universe:
Wed. -3.00 pts ES
Thurs. +2.75 pts ES, +8 ticks ZS

The Plan

1:45pm CDT - Well enough time off! It's time to get back to the journey to consistent profitability. The plan for now is this:

Using a mostly discretionary method,
SIM trade ES and target 2.5 pts per day and minimum of 5 pts per week.
Quit trading each day if I hit daily target or -3.0 pts.
Trade SIM for first 2 weeks of June minimum and switch to live whenever 2 consecutive positive SIM weeks occur.
Trade 1 lots.
May do similar with CL, ZS, or TF...

First 2 days this week below.  All results SIM.
Mon. +1.25 ES pts
Tues. +1.25 ES pts