Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Quarter 1 2010 Trading Results

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Nice to end the month and the quarter in the green. May the recent trend continue.
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March Trading Summary

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Net breakdown: ZS $4697, GCL $1079, ES $172 RESULTS FOR MARCH Contracts: 174 Net $P/L: 5948 Wins: 25 Losses: 27 Win%: 48 Avg$Win: 563 Avg$L...
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Thurs.

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11:30am CDT - Stopped by 2 @&%#* cents in my short crude trade just after the factory orders report! After the inventory report a half ...
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Day Traders 2.0

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10:30am CDT - Short bean trade worked nicely and hit target and I am done for the day. Good that our profession gets a little mainstream pre...
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Monday, March 29, 2010

Mon.

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2:00pm CDT - Tried an initial bean short after the opening spike up but that didn't work so my system gave me a buy signal which I could...
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Friday, March 26, 2010

Fri.

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11:45am CDT - No crude trades and a couple small ZS winners. In spite of yesterday's slow free fall, ZS still seems dead! Net breakdown...
Thursday, March 25, 2010

Thurs. ZS like watching paint dry

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10:45am CDT - I couldn't take it anymore! ZS is just plain dead. First position stopped out, 2nd position (short) had a target of 9.61...
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Wed.

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1:30pm CDT - 2 losers in choppy ZS. Net breakdown (contracts traded): ZS -$962(12) RESULTS FOR DAY Contracts: 12 Net $P/L: -962 Wins: 0 Los...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Tues.

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1:00pm CDT - 3rd day in a row with a loss in crude system. That happens but today was very frustrating and profits would have been $2000 hi...
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Monday, March 22, 2010

Mon.

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1:45pm CDT - Same as Friday with crude losing and beans gaining. The early crude trade long was stopped out by just 3cents before going in ...
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Friday, March 19, 2010

Fri.

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1:45pm CDT - Zero sum game today with crude losing and beans gaining. Net breakdown (contracts traded): ZS $517(4), GCL -$498(4) RESULTS FOR...
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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Charts and Webinar!

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1:15pm CDT - I've been lazy with charts lately so you get THREE today! No CL Trades today (although take a look at the Doji that worked...
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Risk:Reward

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1:15pm CDT - Caught a nice early short in Crude but ZS chopped me again. Net breakdown (contracts traded): ZS -$321(4), GCL $702(4) RESULTS ...
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Tues.

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2:30pm CDT - Once again ZS chopped me around. No signals in CL system again. But ES lured me into a short, double top trade after FOMC at ...
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Monday, March 15, 2010

Mon.

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2:45pm CDT - 2 losers in ZS which just didn't want to run today. No signals in CL system (although I wish I had had an early short sign...
Friday, March 12, 2010

Fri. and CL System Backtest

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3:15pm CST - Another good day (but only caught 15 cents of the $2.50 day's range in CL!!). Net breakdown (contracts traded): ZS $229(4),...
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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Thurs.

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11:15am CST - Crude was good to me again, not so much with ZS since I missed the down move. Net breakdown (contracts traded): ZS -$321(4), G...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Wed.

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11:00am CST - Nice day to start trading my crude system. However, I got 8 cents slippage on the entry just after inventory release! That l...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Tues.

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2:30pm CST - Net breakdown (contracts traded): ZS $229(4) RESULTS FOR DAY Contracts: 4 Net $P/L: 229 Wins: 1 Losses: 1 Win%: 50 Avg$Win: 31...
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Monday, March 8, 2010

Mon. and CL System

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2:30pm CST - 3 losers. Not the start to the week I would have liked. Net breakdown (contracts traded): ZS -$321(4), GCL -$144(1) RESULTS FO...
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Friday, March 5, 2010

Fri.

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2:30pm CST - 2 losers to close out the week. Missed the initial ZS selloff and gap fill. After that it was nothing but chop. Net breakdown...
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Thursday, March 4, 2010

Thurs.

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1:15pm CST - One ZS trade today executed per plan. Net breakdown (contracts traded): ZS $365(2) RESULTS FOR DAY Contracts: 2 Net $P/L: 365 ...
Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Wed.

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2:20pm CST - 2 losers, stopped to the tick on each before they went 3 cents in favor later. Net breakdown (contracts traded): ZS -$321(4) RE...
Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Tues.

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1:30pm CST - Feeling short on words lately. I'm sure you don't mind. Here's a webinar on a few basic candle patterns that isn...
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Monday, March 1, 2010

Mon.

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1:45pm CST - One long ZS trade today that I managed to plan except that I moved my target in one tick when it looked like it wasn't goin...
Friday, February 26, 2010

February Trading Summary

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RESULTS FOR FEBRUARY Contracts: 236 Net $P/L: -1349 Wins: 54 Losses: 91 Win%: 37 Avg$Win: 172 Avg$Loss: -117

Fri.

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5:00pm CST - 3 losers to close out the week. The loss should be half of this but the initial short entry, stopped out so quick after entry ...
Thursday, February 25, 2010

Thurs.

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1:30pm CST - 2 losers. :( Net breakdown (contracts traded): ZS -$333(4) RESULTS FOR DAY Contracts: 4 Net $P/L: -333 Wins: 0 Losses: 1 Win%...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Wed.

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1:15pm CST - Stopped out on long side early but the short side worked a bit later today. Net breakdown (contracts traded): ZS $230(4) RESULT...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010

ZS Swingin'

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1:30pm CST - ZS was wild today (now trading the May contract) and it made a $1000+ per contract up move, followed by a $1200+ per contract d...
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