Friday, September 29, 2017

Quarter 3 2017 Trading Results


September Trading Summary -2.6%

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
ES +$39(4), CL -$160(5), 6E -$318(9)
RESULTS FOR SEPTEMBER
Contracts:18
Net $P/L:-439
Wins:5
Losses:12
Win%:29
$Commissions:67
Avg$Win:211
Avg$Loss:-125

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Wed. 9/27 -1.8%

1:50pm CDT -
RESULTS FOR DAY
ES Contracts:2
Net $P/L: -293
Wins: 0
Losses: 1
Win%:0
Avg$Win: 0
Avg$Loss: -293

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Tues. 9/26 +1.0%

10:40am CDT -
RESULTS FOR DAY
ES Contracts:1
Net $P/L: 160
Wins: 1
Losses: 0
Win%:100
Avg$Win: 160
Avg$Loss: 0

Monday, September 25, 2017

Mon. 9/25 +1.1%

10:35am CDT - System testing.  Good first trade!
RESULTS FOR DAY
ES Contracts:1
Net $P/L: 172
Wins: 1
Losses: 0
Win%:100
Avg$Win: 172
Avg$Loss: 0

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Backtesting

I'm still here. No posts lately 'cause no live trades.  I was optimistic about my latest method (below) but then I backtested even further back in time and became less so.  This is the norm it seems with nearly every idea I think up.  Perhaps I expect too much?  I just want a smooth-ish equity curve without major drawdowns. It can be easy to get fooled by randomness. The quest continues...

Previous ~6 months (I had only manually backtested 4 months which looked great).  And before anyone asks, this method is not easily programmable so these results are from manually going back in the charts and recording in Excel trade results. 

Thursday, September 7, 2017

Thurs. 9/07 -1.9%

1:45pm CDT - Well I knew it was risky to hold into CL inventory report and turns out my stop WAS too tight. 
Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL -$198(2), 6E -$117(1)
RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:3
Net $P/L: -314
Wins: 0
Losses: 3
Win%:0
Avg$Win:0
Avg$Loss: -105

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Wed. 9/06 -2.1%

1:20pm CDT - Kicked right between the legs.
Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL -$174(1), 6E -$189(2)
RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:3
Net $P/L: -363
Wins: 0
Losses: 3
Win%:0
Avg$Win:0
Avg$Loss: -121

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Tues. 9/05 +0.7%

1:30pm CDT - CL saved the day from Euro chop.
Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL +$306(1), 6E -$189(2)
RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:3
Net $P/L: 117
Wins: 1
Losses: 2
Win%:33
Avg$Win: 306
Avg$Loss: -95

Friday, September 1, 2017

Fri. 9/01 +0.5%

1:50pm CDT - Tough day at the office. Quit while I'm green.
Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL -$94(1), 6E +$177(4)
RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:5
Net $P/L: 83
Wins: 2
Losses: 3
Win%:40
Avg$Win: 208
Avg$Loss: -111