tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65143205832335962092024-03-08T13:17:11.670-06:00MBAGearhead Trading JourneyA daily chronicle of results of one retail futures trader trading my own accounts. I define myself as a day trader and generally swing for at least a few points most of the time. But I do make the occasional scalp for ticks too.MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.comBlogger2187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-67939782062721182892021-12-31T23:00:00.004-06:002022-01-02T17:33:09.886-06:002021 Trade Analysis<p>Another tough year with no real progress. Lost <span style="color: red;">$3701</span> or <span style="color: red;">-37%</span>. Not sure where I will go in 2022 yet but will come up with a plan soon and elaborate in a future post. I may be near the end of this many, many year attempt to be profitable, one way or the other.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQ49bgqjyw60WCSzqVtHl4_hAWtMVxP_o_0JidlwqUHZJGt5aHVe8F_AMFcVxCr9zFJSXDq9Nn3QjZT7vD3UUyWMwtKxYpZnTN32PBqQV92RrAgSfyyXcCLyKItdOvc7W-ERrtWvaxCKChr21mteAfVFIOeHwQitfWmCWcVprqHJXCyKGhozo2KIa0=s931" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="931" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQ49bgqjyw60WCSzqVtHl4_hAWtMVxP_o_0JidlwqUHZJGt5aHVe8F_AMFcVxCr9zFJSXDq9Nn3QjZT7vD3UUyWMwtKxYpZnTN32PBqQV92RrAgSfyyXcCLyKItdOvc7W-ERrtWvaxCKChr21mteAfVFIOeHwQitfWmCWcVprqHJXCyKGhozo2KIa0=w320-h150" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-47170325690132445152021-12-31T22:01:00.003-06:002022-01-01T11:57:44.330-06:00Quarter 4 Trading Summary -12.1%<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSqqdjrPllDtpuIXGe3kVmXrqW3z3FTcNnGPKvEY_DJe87-9F9VdIQE2h78wZPHy9lYwGezvS8J1A5wnwL3E2nWhXuddiucPMVHUf15hIy_h9h8rNpwnqjtf9ikzIt2IYCf1Yt7fTMIL27-oFNE5Rju2PdfpmiJeNhl7qJkR7CKm2KfdqXwQsiH3-X=s1043" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1043" data-original-width="765" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSqqdjrPllDtpuIXGe3kVmXrqW3z3FTcNnGPKvEY_DJe87-9F9VdIQE2h78wZPHy9lYwGezvS8J1A5wnwL3E2nWhXuddiucPMVHUf15hIy_h9h8rNpwnqjtf9ikzIt2IYCf1Yt7fTMIL27-oFNE5Rju2PdfpmiJeNhl7qJkR7CKm2KfdqXwQsiH3-X=s320" width="235" /></a></div>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-84221804808020540602021-12-31T22:00:00.001-06:002022-01-01T11:57:34.713-06:00December Trading Summary -2.9%<center><table><tbody><tr align="right"><th colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffff66;">RESULTS FOR DECEMBER</span></th></tr>
<tr><td align="center">MNQ Contracts:</td><td align="right">34</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Net $P/L:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">-188</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Wins:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">27</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Losses:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">15</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Win%:</td><td align="right">64</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">$Commissions:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">42</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Win:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">56</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Loss:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">-43</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><br />
Past monthly summaries and equity curve<br />
Updated links on the right<br /></center>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-16307399738871445562021-11-30T17:45:00.002-06:002022-01-01T11:33:09.033-06:00November Trading Summary -10.1%<center><table><tbody><tr align="right"><th colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffff66;">RESULTS FOR NOVEMBER</span></th></tr>
<tr><td align="center">NQ Contracts:</td><td align="right">9</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Net $P/L:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">-740</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Wins:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">5</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Losses:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">4</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Win%:</td><td align="right">56</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">$Commissions:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">25</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Win:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">114</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Loss:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">-328</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></center>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-45566669085469640382021-10-29T16:00:00.002-05:002021-11-30T17:47:23.300-06:00October Trading Summary +0.8%<center>Net breakdown (contracts traded):<br />
MNQ +$167(24), NQ -$105(18)
<table><tbody><tr align="right"><th colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffff66;">RESULTS FOR OCTOBER</span></th></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Contracts:</td><td align="right">42</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Net $P/L:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">62</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Wins:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">30</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Losses:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">8</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Win%:</td><td align="right">79</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">$Commissions:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">78</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Win:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">63</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Loss:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">-228</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></center>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-62393669994273356392021-09-30T23:40:00.001-05:002021-10-01T08:42:20.906-05:00Quarter 3 Trading Summary -13.7%<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZxH3El-PjMkp7wIn6Gw2o-dv1s8hNwQckTBq9rz7B0zl5Ir1XAyI9ovus3JPzoUOoPHclpSZCHyxWLFDPQKC8pn47j_C70CglufTlELcfsUwZk0nWQo2Af84OkFiHzn8ytYMrXiFWaU/s1041/Q32021.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1041" data-original-width="767" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZxH3El-PjMkp7wIn6Gw2o-dv1s8hNwQckTBq9rz7B0zl5Ir1XAyI9ovus3JPzoUOoPHclpSZCHyxWLFDPQKC8pn47j_C70CglufTlELcfsUwZk0nWQo2Af84OkFiHzn8ytYMrXiFWaU/s320/Q32021.png" width="236" /></a></div>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-80375357077304311142021-09-30T23:25:00.004-05:002021-10-29T14:45:13.006-05:00September Trading Summary -3.7%<center><table><tbody><tr align="right"><th colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffff66;">RESULTS FOR SEPTEMBER</span></th></tr>
<tr><td align="center">NQ Contracts:</td><td align="right">3</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Net $P/L:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">-285</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Wins:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">1</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Losses:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">2</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Win%:</td><td align="right">33</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">$Commissions:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">10</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Win:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">7</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Loss:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">-146</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></center>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-40696778986594788522021-08-31T14:30:00.002-05:002021-10-01T08:33:11.801-05:00August Trading Summary -19.1%<center>Net breakdown (contracts traded):<br />
MNQ -$5(41), NQ -$1789(55)
<table><tbody><tr align="right"><th colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffff66;">RESULTS FOR AUGUST</span></th></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Contracts:</td><td align="right">96</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Net $P/L:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">-1794</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Wins:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">55</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Losses:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">36</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Win%:</td><td align="right">60</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">$Commissions:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">199</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Win:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">54</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Loss:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">-132</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></center>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-76951182732128725602021-07-31T23:30:00.013-05:002021-08-31T14:31:55.670-05:00July Trading Summary +11.0%<center>Net breakdown (contracts traded):<br />
MNQ -$79(24), NQ +$1017(23)
<table><tbody><tr align="right"><th colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffff66;">RESULTS FOR JULY</span></th></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Contracts:</td><td align="right">47</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Net $P/L:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">932</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Wins:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">28</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Losses:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">16</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Win%:</td><td align="right">64</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">$Commissions:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">88</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Win:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">106</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Loss:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">-128</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></center>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-83554025701137995412021-07-31T23:00:00.001-05:002021-08-01T11:12:09.329-05:00July Progress?<p>I'm still slaving away and resumed live trading again 2nd half of July. I'm incubating a strategy I developed to see how it does. Not sure if I'll have any good results or not but if so, will live trade this at some point. I haven't even looked at the results this past month to see what it did but likely will soon.</p><p>Trades this month are all discretionary pullback method that is showing some early promise but I've been down this road many times. Taking it a day at a time but glad to be in green for month. Below are just 2 days, one bad 7/30, one good 7/27.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJSLj0tXi7RULkMeQfebZWeDxiljatpWtnot_mrD1E7gxJGI9q_fxzFtDHkUo1AX5C8fVTTC68H0KsSWHeTMsE3NvjCmjW3JQA2XylY-kfHEn_PsG9_fAha4fq_9zeHvLRjFQU7ShhLw/s1548/073021.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1548" data-original-width="1248" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJSLj0tXi7RULkMeQfebZWeDxiljatpWtnot_mrD1E7gxJGI9q_fxzFtDHkUo1AX5C8fVTTC68H0KsSWHeTMsE3NvjCmjW3JQA2XylY-kfHEn_PsG9_fAha4fq_9zeHvLRjFQU7ShhLw/s320/073021.png" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQbPr5xCfL9uZqcFY4hmQFstrn8jOasmfJKLSsGOuVCOIAhP1jAv0M6Cv4lD695njJkmZKc3hC0nmCvj5ni9EWoBBHK5RZyMtQDyp98PipGlaeuP9Xz3jqIPBaTKU40vJ9IFvItDDzXI/s1578/072721.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1578" data-original-width="1284" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQbPr5xCfL9uZqcFY4hmQFstrn8jOasmfJKLSsGOuVCOIAhP1jAv0M6Cv4lD695njJkmZKc3hC0nmCvj5ni9EWoBBHK5RZyMtQDyp98PipGlaeuP9Xz3jqIPBaTKU40vJ9IFvItDDzXI/s320/072721.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-2186767523845694712021-06-30T15:41:00.001-05:002021-06-30T15:41:13.384-05:00Quarter 2 Trading Summary -9.7%<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagH9KoBhiIhEpl1iuj8VFMp4fzDWXyIk3TdQ0Jzj7CAekolaFP4Ba-nDyUdnfXFHOz6z36sOinXYEY-k6xaq-mzjRnKUovy1cQoDtCWGC3OQxO2ndeTRAhXbAI1u4IYWsX-1vt7NHUic/s1050/Q12021.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3eoi5Fz3Yd8dP4wTeXwf1_p6KRQ_RjpCCCWrlwsjgFf-e3Eo_yHFlyKf_ZG098_ocfu0jea2UsTEdlYZOnakEzw6OKaYIprfTrEfKahe5KyXc4rysmysANwRbnqcedB3igbU10BcGHDg/s1048/Q22021.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3eoi5Fz3Yd8dP4wTeXwf1_p6KRQ_RjpCCCWrlwsjgFf-e3Eo_yHFlyKf_ZG098_ocfu0jea2UsTEdlYZOnakEzw6OKaYIprfTrEfKahe5KyXc4rysmysANwRbnqcedB3igbU10BcGHDg/s320/Q22021.png" /></a></div><br /></div><br />MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-58864019549839146232021-06-30T15:40:00.002-05:002021-08-01T10:47:02.743-05:00June Trading Summary +0.0%<center>
<table><tbody>
<tr align="right"><th colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffff66;">RESULTS FOR JUNE</span></th></tr></tbody></table>
No Trades</center>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-15059332729798697922021-05-31T23:30:00.004-05:002021-06-30T15:31:31.062-05:00May Trading Summary -9.6%<center>
<table><tbody>
<tr align="right"><th colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffff66;">RESULTS FOR MAY</span></th></tr>
<tr><td align="center">MNQ Contracts:</td><td align="right">84</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Net $P/L:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">-903</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Wins:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">24</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Losses:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">27</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Win%:</td><td align="right">47</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">$Commissions:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">71</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Win:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">32</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Loss:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">-62</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></center>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-90355277802389904492021-05-31T23:00:00.002-05:002021-06-01T14:01:52.861-05:00May Bummer<p>System went on a spiral and I quit by 5/10. Obviously not enough manual backtest data to have any confidence with future performance. So I've been busy part-time programming since then and am making progress. I can't replicate exact system but able to do parts and it should be done in June hopefully. Somewhat pessimistic at this point but years of data instead of a few months will hopefully improve my outlook.<br /></p>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-24121754318628169142021-04-30T16:00:00.004-05:002021-06-01T13:42:01.637-05:00April Trading Summary +4.4%<center>
<table><tbody>
<tr align="right"><th colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffff66;">RESULTS FOR APRIL</span></th></tr>
<tr><td align="center">MNQ Contracts:</td><td align="right">212</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Net $P/L:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">406</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Wins:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">104</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Losses:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">41</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Win%:</td><td align="right">72</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">$Commissions:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">185</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Win:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">25</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Loss:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">-54</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></center>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-54742894067410251512021-04-30T15:55:00.002-05:002021-04-30T15:57:03.671-05:00Improved April<p>New month, new system, fully systematic, with lots of manual backtesting prior but never enough. I think I had 355 trades backtested with average gross gain of 15 ticks/trade (all either 1 or 2 lots) before I went live this month. You can't get into too much trouble with MNQ so I used that even though it sucks for commission dollar relative to NQ. Today's trades below with entire month P/L curve. Performance was about half of the backtested results with ~8 ticks/trade (1 or 2 lots) and 145 trades total. Only ~2 ticks net per contract traded. Nothing to write home about but it is something that could do well if this edge continues. Missed a number of trades too (bathroom, lunch, etc.) and generally they would have been net winners so that's a good sign. I will consider moving up to NQ in May or should may be stay with MNQ longer? I think I could program the backtesting to get more data but it would be very complicated to do so. We'll see...</p><center><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBokZlb56Xo_IedvKEA-7veIhpC6gtLu15UdgW7eZntkaXoWehrzl3aFTL6sA_4Hw9DDv_TO1nFgJXobtgRtnZugLnvxwQVtYCdhciMfX7U5Kmc3zzey8wykN1IGV-hmNQQfiDPoSRFk0/s1565/043021.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1565" data-original-width="1515" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBokZlb56Xo_IedvKEA-7veIhpC6gtLu15UdgW7eZntkaXoWehrzl3aFTL6sA_4Hw9DDv_TO1nFgJXobtgRtnZugLnvxwQVtYCdhciMfX7U5Kmc3zzey8wykN1IGV-hmNQQfiDPoSRFk0/s320/043021.png" /></a></center><p></p>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-22821712233570510392021-03-31T17:01:00.004-05:002021-03-31T17:16:44.725-05:00Quarter 1 Trading Summary -12.0%<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagH9KoBhiIhEpl1iuj8VFMp4fzDWXyIk3TdQ0Jzj7CAekolaFP4Ba-nDyUdnfXFHOz6z36sOinXYEY-k6xaq-mzjRnKUovy1cQoDtCWGC3OQxO2ndeTRAhXbAI1u4IYWsX-1vt7NHUic/s1050/Q12021.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="764" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagH9KoBhiIhEpl1iuj8VFMp4fzDWXyIk3TdQ0Jzj7CAekolaFP4Ba-nDyUdnfXFHOz6z36sOinXYEY-k6xaq-mzjRnKUovy1cQoDtCWGC3OQxO2ndeTRAhXbAI1u4IYWsX-1vt7NHUic/s320/Q12021.png" /></a></div><br /></div>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-48565172546235546212021-03-31T17:00:00.002-05:002021-04-30T15:24:27.950-05:00March Trading Summary -8.9%<center>
<table><tbody>
<tr align="right"><th colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffff66;">RESULTS FOR MARCH</span></th></tr>
<tr><td align="center">MNQ Contracts:</td><td align="right">108</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Net $P/L:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">-870</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Wins:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">43</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Losses:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">12</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Win%:</td><td align="right">78</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">$Commissions:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">95</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Win:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">15</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Loss:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">-127</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></center>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-27568417320569623772021-03-31T16:55:00.001-05:002021-03-31T17:16:07.177-05:00March Blues<p>Only traded 4 days in early March and honestly didn't feel like posting results. My luck continued and experienced 2 max loss losers in a row and I called it quits to reassess yet again. This was a new system and the upside should have been better than the downside but the 2 huge losers in a row, despite not seeing that occur in backtests, was a blow to my will. </p><center><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWblN4hff7h1FF8fiujCky4Lgp53XtOBGIBelmQnPfNYQTFZsIEBYD0UL7Q0a2nhpc7qccIatn5QKkmBzgWrAtVkY0cQy3pul68jCsfsWGEtlxOZ5xeM7GsFBFMguVX_xB4ltYOiZd0k/s421/March21.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="398" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWblN4hff7h1FF8fiujCky4Lgp53XtOBGIBelmQnPfNYQTFZsIEBYD0UL7Q0a2nhpc7qccIatn5QKkmBzgWrAtVkY0cQy3pul68jCsfsWGEtlxOZ5xeM7GsFBFMguVX_xB4ltYOiZd0k/s320/March21.png" /></a><br /></center><p></p><p>I am still watching markets and doing system development but my motivation has waned these past months and years. We all know this is a tough gig and not seeing any kind of positive results after so long has dampened my optimism! Will keep this blog updated as usual but less frequently perhaps, weekly or monthly most likely. Cheers!<br /></p>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-17560092064149869652021-02-28T13:08:00.001-06:002021-03-31T16:54:15.055-05:00February Trading Summary -4.3%<center>
<table><tbody>
<tr align="right"><th colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffff66;">RESULTS FOR FEBRUARY</span></th></tr>
<tr><td align="center">MNQ Contracts:</td><td align="right">157</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Net $P/L:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">-439</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Wins:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">70</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Losses:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">73</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Win%:</td><td align="right">49</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">$Commissions:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">117</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Win:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">22</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Loss:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">-27</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></center>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-447748733278288962021-02-25T13:50:00.005-06:002021-02-25T13:50:57.597-06:00Thurs. 2/25 +0.1%1:50pm CST - 100% discretionary today...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglo5abtrItix4_w0LSiPgjYtvih-HqQruOQ_Es443SLkXc0nWn0G7a9q9p-1ivmSK2B9GkE2k2G9xVKh7JVdUK1y6Lz4k52nC64lecIK1Ap2g-nSiRwT_BAksdaChrNsmU9sMQrTo6N0o/s1584/022521.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1584" data-original-width="1558" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglo5abtrItix4_w0LSiPgjYtvih-HqQruOQ_Es443SLkXc0nWn0G7a9q9p-1ivmSK2B9GkE2k2G9xVKh7JVdUK1y6Lz4k52nC64lecIK1Ap2g-nSiRwT_BAksdaChrNsmU9sMQrTo6N0o/s320/022521.png" /></a></div><center><table><tbody>
<tr align="right"><th colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffff66;">RESULTS FOR DAY</span></th></tr>
<tr><td align="center">MNQ Contracts:</td><td align="right">8</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Net $P/L:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">
+14</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Wins:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">
3</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Losses:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">
2</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Win%:</td><td align="right">60</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Win:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">
15</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Loss:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">
-15</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></center>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-52494706871844857942021-02-24T14:45:00.001-06:002021-02-24T14:47:08.225-06:00Wed. 2/24 -2.6%2:45pm CST - :(<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2LtJbiBseqkOpsaGkqZKzQpz2fd3-SWJCa-Mavbc0wd81VykMG1CqCi7B0NtrjsAjD_XUAdCpmkZk_TCwJGOwCz6GFpJNk1mG9H6EYC9let1FuQV5JSXw8xmfl6izKQ4CdI8H2f_K88/s1572/022421.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1572" data-original-width="1558" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2LtJbiBseqkOpsaGkqZKzQpz2fd3-SWJCa-Mavbc0wd81VykMG1CqCi7B0NtrjsAjD_XUAdCpmkZk_TCwJGOwCz6GFpJNk1mG9H6EYC9let1FuQV5JSXw8xmfl6izKQ4CdI8H2f_K88/s320/022421.png" /></a></div><center><table><tbody>
<tr align="right"><th colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffff66;">RESULTS FOR DAY</span></th></tr>
<tr><td align="center">MNQ Contracts:</td><td align="right">9</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Net $P/L:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">
-262</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Wins:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">
1</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Losses:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">
5</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Win%:</td><td align="right">17</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Win:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">
9</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Loss:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">
-54</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></center>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-85269356304769372382021-02-19T11:05:00.004-06:002021-02-19T11:06:20.458-06:00Fri. 2/19 +0.0%11:05am CST -
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mnwXZ5zYTm48bjzXlr-2_fMBxekxLQfq2MGVLypCbA4hHSu44EDQbKYBahlh7pHq9mS9UeXw5ph7G2f79UTqKqeGwOrTQDzNVe3tqBeniQ13dg8flgt2_ye2Jvhd4yJbMsP_m36-Wno/s1565/021921.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1565" data-original-width="1452" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mnwXZ5zYTm48bjzXlr-2_fMBxekxLQfq2MGVLypCbA4hHSu44EDQbKYBahlh7pHq9mS9UeXw5ph7G2f79UTqKqeGwOrTQDzNVe3tqBeniQ13dg8flgt2_ye2Jvhd4yJbMsP_m36-Wno/s320/021921.png" /></a></div><center><table><tbody>
<tr align="right"><th colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffff66;">RESULTS FOR DAY</span></th></tr>
<tr><td align="center">MNQ Contracts:</td><td align="right">6</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Net $P/L:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">
+3</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Wins:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">
3</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Losses:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">
1</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Win%:</td><td align="right">75</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Win:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">
6</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Loss:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">
-15</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></center>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-21841341012610167762021-02-18T15:05:00.003-06:002021-02-18T15:07:16.963-06:00Thurs. 2/18 -1.1%3:05pm CST - At least the new Mars rover had a good day! 👽<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0hUzc4HWkeEjzZ9VoEaouzKi2jzfI4dPk4_cbQNdhdr_vJajkIaKrTsmIy9fAFlIXIkSYHmAZBJeH7-sovdf7whSFjUhNn_Ze0e1Tu8zAgnlRv9A87v9tBz6cp1fN0b1rC5hRicMppw/s1571/021821.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1571" data-original-width="1551" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif0hUzc4HWkeEjzZ9VoEaouzKi2jzfI4dPk4_cbQNdhdr_vJajkIaKrTsmIy9fAFlIXIkSYHmAZBJeH7-sovdf7whSFjUhNn_Ze0e1Tu8zAgnlRv9A87v9tBz6cp1fN0b1rC5hRicMppw/s320/021821.png" /></a></div><center><table><tbody>
<tr align="right"><th colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffff66;">RESULTS FOR DAY</span></th></tr>
<tr><td align="center">MNQ Contracts:</td><td align="right">8</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Net $P/L:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">
-111</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Wins:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">
3</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Losses:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">
5</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Win%:</td><td align="right">38</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Win:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">
9</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Loss:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">
-27</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></center>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514320583233596209.post-37396034552049606842021-02-17T14:30:00.001-06:002021-02-17T14:32:48.811-06:00Wed. 2/17 +0.7%2:30pm CST - <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2jVksHu-uHm0g3f4yAWZvziMswDnQ7oOPiMmrHuW2brLiMJ-NL6Fdd3ZWIkj5L6dNM2LigVoGdT8zO_5AplbwhNmdHxrDNMaSWRaujg0MPSGnGLUniMsLwxX9Q_wtLg_6BouCYx5bAGs/s1567/021721.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1562" data-original-width="1567" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2jVksHu-uHm0g3f4yAWZvziMswDnQ7oOPiMmrHuW2brLiMJ-NL6Fdd3ZWIkj5L6dNM2LigVoGdT8zO_5AplbwhNmdHxrDNMaSWRaujg0MPSGnGLUniMsLwxX9Q_wtLg_6BouCYx5bAGs/s320/021721.png" height="100" /></a></div><center><table><tbody>
<tr align="right"><th colspan="2"><span style="color: #ffff66;">RESULTS FOR DAY</span></th></tr>
<tr><td align="center">MNQ Contracts:</td><td align="right">11</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Net $P/L:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">
+67</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Wins:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">
8</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Losses:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">
2</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Win%:</td><td align="right">80</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Win:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: #33ff33;">
17</span></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center">Avg$Loss:</td><td align="right"><span style="color: red;">
-35</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table></center>MBAGearheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917765623543508978noreply@blogger.com0