Quarter 3 2014 Trading Results

September Trading Summary

 Net breakdown (contracts traded):
ZS -$455(17), CL -$341(115)

RESULTS FOR SEPTEMBER
Contracts:	132
Net $P/L:	-796
Wins:	53
Losses:	72
Win%:	42
$Commissions:	603
Avg$Win:	88
Avg$Loss:	-76

Tues. 9/30

2:40pm CDT - Tried a new tweaked method for CL. Better results but not sold yet. More work to do.  I was surprised the 11am "Small Grains Summary" moved the large grains, corn and beans as much as it did. Or maybe it was the "Grain Stocks" report? Who cares. I took advantage for 2 quick trades.

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
ZS $289(2), CL $259(7)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	9
Net $P/L:	548
Wins:	8
Losses:	1
Win%:	89
Avg$Win:	78
Avg$Loss:	-75

Mon. 9/29

1:50pm CDT - CL chart too messy to show (or clean up) with all the "ghost" fill triangles thanks to a continued bug in the trading platform.  I reported it 4 months ago.  Three ZS trades shown below which sums up how my day went rather well.

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
ZS -$141(3), CL -$255(26)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	29
Net $P/L:	-397
Wins:	8
Losses:	16
Win%:	33
Avg$Win:	76
Avg$Loss:	-63

Fri. 9/26

1:50pm CDT - Nothing stuck long enough to even trail stop to BE.  Should have been more patient and saved some trades for later in the day.  For the week, net gain +$407.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	11
Net $P/L:	-509
Wins:	0
Losses:	9
Win%:	0
Avg$Win:	0
Avg$Loss:	-57

Thurs. 9/25

1:55pm CDT -

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	8
Net $P/L:	404
Wins:	4
Losses:	4
Win%:	50
Avg$Win:	156
Avg$Loss:	-55

Wed. 9/24

1:35pm CDT - No good reason not to hold the last trade longer. This has been one of my biggest problems over the years but I do feel I am making some headway of late. Just for kicks, to finish the year at breakeven, I need to average +$260 daily net gain for rest of year.  Doable.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	10
Net $P/L:	206
Wins:	4
Losses:	6
Win%:	40
Avg$Win:	138
Avg$Loss:	-58

Tues. 9/23

1:50pm CDT -

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	1
Net $P/L:	306
Wins:	1
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	306
Avg$Loss:	0

Thurs. 9/18

2:50pm CDT - More trade examples in the "nothing is easy" department. No trades Mon.-Wed.  Been working on strats.  More work to do to start turning my ship around.

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
ZS -$255(1), CL $6(1)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	2
Net $P/L:	-250
Wins:	1
Losses:	1
Win%:	50
Avg$Win:	6
Avg$Loss:	-255

Fri. 9/12

1:50pm CDT - For the week, net -$1169.

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
ZS -$105(1), CL -$173(3)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	4
Net $P/L:	-279
Wins:	1
Losses:	3
Win%:	25
Avg$Win:	46
Avg$Loss:	-108

Thurs. 9/11

1:35pm CDT - Traded crop report and did fine with the first trade. After that, not so much.

RESULTS FOR DAY
ZS Contracts:	9
Net $P/L:	-274
Wins:	3
Losses:	6
Win%:	33
Avg$Win:	120
Avg$Loss:	-106

In other news, CME is finally banning "Disruptive market practices." Reading more about this, it's criminal that they ignored this for so long. Larry Levin sums it up well here.

Wed. 9/10

1:50pm CDT - Buy high, sell low.  Piss poor trading today, especially the 2nd to last trade where I tried to catch a falling knife thinking support from yesterday would hold there.  Inventory report selloff trumped that idea...

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	6
Net $P/L:	-657
Wins:	1
Losses:	5
Win%:	17
Avg$Win:	6
Avg$Loss:	-132

Tues. 9/09

7:55pm CDT - Didn't safe "official" fills before shutting down earlier so had to draw them in. 

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	1
Net $P/L:	406
Wins:	1
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	406
Avg$Loss:	0

Mon. 9/08

1:50pm CDT - A few noteworthy exits marked on chart.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	8
Net $P/L:	-366
Wins:	2
Losses:	6
Win%:	25
Avg$Win:	11
Avg$Loss:	-65

Fri. 9/05

1:30pm CDT - Overtraded today and realized a flaw with my current method I need to address (which begs the question, how many more are there I haven't yet realized?). For the week, net +$66.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	23
Net $P/L:	-572
Wins:	10
Losses:	13
Win%:	43
Avg$Win:	35
Avg$Loss:	-71

Thurs. 9/04

1:40pm CDT -

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	5
Net $P/L:	208
Wins:	3
Losses:	2
Win%:	60
Avg$Win:	116
Avg$Loss:	-70

Wed. 9/03

11:20am CDT -

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
ZS $32(1), CL $191(2)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	3
Net $P/L:	223
Wins:	3
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	74
Avg$Loss:	0

In other news: The God of Crude Oil Trading

Tues. 9/02

2:10pm CDT - Nice selloff after I quit for day!

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	3
Net $P/L:	207
Wins:	3
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	69
Avg$Loss:	0

August Trading Summary

 Net breakdown (contracts traded):
ZS $86(21), NQ $74(23), CL -$540(36)

RESULTS FOR AUGUST
Contracts:	80
Net $P/L:	-380
Wins:	36
Losses:	41
Win%:	47
$Commissions:	335
Avg$Win:	91
Avg$Loss:	-90

Fri. 8/29

1:55pm CDT - Glad month is over.  I let my idea that the "day-before-long-holiday-weekend" would be muted action and low range cloud my judgement on what trades to take and how much room to give them.  For the week, net loss -$147.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	3
Net $P/L:	17
Wins:	2
Losses:	1
Win%:	67
Avg$Win:	20
Avg$Loss:	-24

Thurs. 8/28

1:10pm CDT -

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
ZS $7(1), CL $506(1)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	2
Net $P/L:	512
Wins:	2
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	256
Avg$Loss:	0

Wed. 8/27

1:20pm CDT -

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	4
Net $P/L:	-378
Wins:	0
Losses:	4
Win%:	0
Avg$Win:	0
Avg$Loss:	-95

Tues. 8/26

11:20am CDT - Once again, the dilemma of moving stops too soon and/or too tight! I need to get more systematic to keep my sanity.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	7
Net $P/L:	-401
Wins:	2
Losses:	4
Win%:	33
Avg$Win:	5
Avg$Loss:	-103

Mon. 8/25

3:10pm CDT -

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	4
Net $P/L:	102
Wins:	3
Losses:	1
Win%:	75
Avg$Win:	56
Avg$Loss:	-64

Fri. 8/22

2:40pm CDT - No trades yesterday.  Today 3 breakeven, 1 winner. So ends the week, net loss -$513.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	5
Net $P/L:	218
Wins:	4
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	54
Avg$Loss:	0

In other news, Stock traders seek edge in pre-market twilight zone.

Wed. 8/20

2:10pm CDT - When you're on the wrong side, CL lets you know quickly, especially just after the inventory report. My first 3 attempts all stopped out in under 10 sec. (1 was actually 0.2 seconds with 2 ticks slippage.) The next two were under a minute and the final trade lasted just over 2 min. Wider stops? Better entries? The work continues...

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	6
Net $P/L:	-587
Wins:	0
Losses:	6
Win%:	0
Avg$Win:	0
Avg$Loss:	-98

Tues. 8/19

1:55pm CDT -

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
ZS -$127(5), CL -$228(4)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	9
Net $P/L:	-355
Wins:	2
Losses:	6
Win%:	25
Avg$Win:	144
Avg$Loss:	-107

Mon. 8/18

2:40pm CDT - Added CL back into the mix.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	2
Net $P/L:	211
Wins:	2
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	105
Avg$Loss:	0

Fri. 8/15

2:50pm CDT - For the week, net +$347.

RESULTS FOR DAY
ZS Contracts:	3
Net $P/L:	134
Wins:	2
Losses:	1
Win%:	67
Avg$Win:	145
Avg$Loss:	-155

Thurs. 8/14

2:00pm CDT - No trades yesterday.  2 stop outs today for a tick.

RESULTS FOR DAY
ZS Contracts:	2
Net $P/L:	14
Wins:	2
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	7
Avg$Loss:	0