Quarter 1 2015 Trading Results

March Trading Summary

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
6E -$46(5), ZS -$232(4), ES -$310(3), CL $112(112), QM $697(1)

RESULTS FOR MARCH
Contracts:	125
Net $P/L:	222
Wins:	66
Losses:	58
Win%:	53
$Commissions:	481
Avg$Win:	98
Avg$Loss:	-108

Tues. 3/31

2:55pm CDT - Was even for the month so today eeked out a tiny gain.  I'll take it.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	7
Net $P/L:	213
Wins:	4
Losses:	3
Win%:	57
Avg$Win:	119
Avg$Loss:	-87

In the grain world, I decided to put a position on at the close in corn. Just looking for a dead cat bounce at tonight's open or tomorrow. Won't give it much room if I'm wrong.

Mon. 3/30

2:55pm CDT - Choppy P/L curve today but at least it was up. Would love to have a few trade management decisions back to redo:  the short exit at 48.20 -Trade 10, the long exit at 48.23 -Trade 14, the stop placement at 48.15 -Trade 15 (stopped to the tick).

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	16
Net $P/L:	219
Wins:	8
Losses:	8
Win%:	50
Avg$Win:	99
Avg$Loss:	-72

Fri. 3/27

2:15pm CDT - A short test with new strat on ES (chart not saved).  At least CL made up for losses.  For the week, net -$561 thanks to that 6E trade Tues.

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL $319(3), ES -$310(3)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	6
Net $P/L:	9
Wins:	2
Losses:	3
Win%:	40
Avg$Win:	206
Avg$Loss:	135

Thurs. 3/26

2:20pm CDT - The day started well but couldn't get past +$200. I quit before giving back every dollar of the last 2 days CL gains.  The last trade I had planned to hold awhile which would have salvaged the day but the market had other plans for my stop at 50.65.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	18
Net $P/L:	-369
Wins:	8
Losses:	10
Win%:	44
Avg$Win:	50
Avg$Loss:	-77

Wed. 3/25

1:40pm CDT -

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	7
Net $P/L:	213
Wins:	6
Losses:	1
Win%:	86
Avg$Win:	50
Avg$Loss:	-84

Tues. 3/24

2:25pm CDT - Sometimes I hate my 6E system. Today I took a signal feeling fairly sure it was going to suck and it did. But it's hard to code a feeling into a system so taking all the signals is the only way to go. My feeling could have been wrong just as easily.  YTD, the 6E system should be up $884 on 13 trades.  In reality, I'm up $1825 on 11 trades thanks to missing a couple trades and outperforming on a couple due to not following rules exactly. Being rewarded for doing the wrong thing is rarely good long-term but I will live with with my flaws.

Started live testing a new CL system today.  It has clearly defined entries but discretionary trade management and stops.

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL $202(10), 6E -$617(1)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	11
Net $P/L:	-415
Wins:	8
Losses:	3
Win%:	73
Avg$Win:	39
Avg$Loss:	-242

Highly recommend this webinar from BMT:

Fri. 3/20

1:25pm CDT - 1 system trade in Euro to end a good week with 3 trades for net +$1676.

RESULTS FOR DAY
6E Contracts:	1
Net $P/L:	333
Wins:	1
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	333
Avg$Loss:	0

Wed. 3/18

2:05pm CDT - Nice day. Back to scratch for the month.

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
QM $697(1), 6E $646(1)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	2
Net $P/L:	1343
Wins:	2
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	671
Avg$Loss:	0

In other news,
1) 10,000 ethical violations per second! LOL
2) And trading is so easy a high schooler can run a profitable hedge fund...

Thurs. 3/12

2:55pm CDT - 1 system trade in Euro today with a full stop experience thanks to the fake spike reaction to news at 7:30am.

RESULTS FOR DAY
6E Contracts:	1
Net $P/L:	-617
Wins:	0
Losses:	1
Win%:	0
Avg$Win:	0
Avg$Loss:	-617

Tues. 3/10

1:40pm CDT - Didn't save CL chart.  And didn't trade crop report well in beans.

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL -$296(12), ZS -$232(4)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	16
Net $P/L:	-528
Wins:	7
Losses:	9
Win%:	44
Avg$Win:	31
Avg$Loss:	-83

Mon. 3/09

2:35pm CDT - New CL system testing this week.  Defined entry rules, some discretion on exits. 

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	13
Net $P/L:	100
Wins:	7
Losses:	6
Win%:	54
Avg$Win:	61
Avg$Loss:	-54

Fri. 3/06

2:40pm CST - 1 system trade in Euro thanks to payroll report.  For the week, net -$284.

RESULTS FOR DAY
6E Contracts:	1
Net $P/L:	208
Wins:	1
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	208
Avg$Loss:	0

For weekend viewing, thanks to George:

Thurs. 3/05

2:45pm CST - Another tough day for my system. To answer the question from yesterday, these past few weeks I have been feeling out live trading a CL system that has clearly defined entries but some subjectivity on the exits and trade management.  Recent results show I need to reduce this subjectivity.  Based on backtesting, there's a slight edge but I'm going to put this on the back burner for now so I can focus more on another CL system I have been working on that I think has greater potential.  As usual, time will tell...

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	9
Net $P/L:	-444
Wins:	3
Losses:	6
Win%:	33
Avg$Win:	46
Avg$Loss:	-97

Wed. 3/04

2:10pm CST - Dug a hole early and never got out. I should have waited until after Inventory Report to start trading.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	12
Net $P/L:	-436
Wins:	5
Losses:	7
Win%:	42
Avg$Win:	108
Avg$Loss:	-140

Tues. 3/03

1:50pm CST - Pretty choppy conditions today.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	4
Net $P/L:	205
Wins:	3
Losses:	1
Win%:	75
Avg$Win:	123
Avg$Loss:	-164

Mon. 3/02

2:35pm CST -

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	1
Net $P/L:	186
Wins:	1
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	186
Avg$Loss:	0