July Trading Summary -1.5%

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL +$106(1), ES -$359(36)

RESULTS FOR JULY
Contracts:	37
Net $P/L:	-253
Wins:	15
Losses:	22
Win%:	41
$Commissions:	100
Avg$Win:	69
Avg$Loss:	-59

Fri. 7/28 -0.8%

2:45pm CDT - Nothing like waiting 3 hours for price to move somewhere, only to be taken out. ES is dead.  After a great start, I only netted +$37 on it this week. It is good for practicing patience but I really prefer my trades to move sooner than later.  I'm going to do more homework on my new method. 6E looked okay after a very preliminary look. We'll see...

RESULTS FOR DAY
ES Contracts:	2
Net $P/L:	-130
Wins:	0
Losses:	2
Win%:	0
Avg$Win:	0
Avg$Loss:	-65

Thurs. 7/27 -0.9%

2:05pm CDT - No signals to enter during that move down.  Then got chopped so quit.

RESULTS FOR DAY
ES Contracts:	6
Net $P/L:	-154
Wins:	2
Losses:	4
Win%:	33
Avg$Win:	35
Avg$Loss:	-56

Wed. 7/26 +0.7%

3:00pm CDT -

RESULTS FOR DAY
ES Contracts:	3
Net $P/L:	117
Wins:	3
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	39
Avg$Loss:	0

Tues. 7/25 +0.7%

2:35pm CDT - Could have been more patient on the 2nd trade but had a conflicting signal to short.

RESULTS FOR DAY
ES Contracts:	2
Net $P/L:	107
Wins:	2
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	54
Avg$Loss:	0

Mon. 7/24 +0.6%

2:00pm CDT -

RESULTS FOR DAY
ES Contracts:	1
Net $P/L:	97
Wins:	1
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	97
Avg$Loss:	0

Thurs. 7/20 -0.0%

3:05pm CDT - Scratch day, ES was dead after mid-morning.  Likely no trading tomorrow.

RESULTS FOR DAY
ES Contracts:	3
Net $P/L:	-8
Wins:	1
Losses:	2
Win%:	33
Avg$Win:	97
Avg$Loss:	-53

Wed. 7/19 +0.6%

2:15pm CDT - Guess I could have held the last trade all day for the slow climb up.

RESULTS FOR DAY
ES Contracts:	3
Net $P/L:	105
Wins:	2
Losses:	1
Win%:	67
Avg$Win:	79
Avg$Loss:	-53

Tues. 7/18 -1.0%

3:35pm CDT - 3 strikes and out.

RESULTS FOR DAY
ES Contracts:	3
Net $P/L:	-171
Wins:	0
Losses:	3
Win%:	0
Avg$Win:	0
Avg$Loss:	-57

Wed. 7/12 -0.1%

2:40pm CDT - Short break to work on some SIM/backtesting.

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL $106(1), ES -$118(2)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	3
Net $P/L:	-12
Wins:	1
Losses:	2
Win%:	33
Avg$Win:	106
Avg$Loss:	-59

Tues. 7/11 -1.0%

1:50pm CDT - Didn't see that spike down coming obviously. Should have sat out the 3rd trade.  The 4th trade (long from 2417), if I had taken it, would have worked great.

RESULTS FOR DAY
ES Contracts:	3
Net $P/L:	-171
Wins:	0
Losses:	3
Win%:	0
Avg$Win:	0
Avg$Loss:	-57

Mon. 7/10 +0.3%

2:10pm CDT - Dead afternoon with just a 2 point range in past 2 hours. Good of time as any for one of my video cards to overheat and crash computer.  External fan added for now.

RESULTS FOR DAY
ES Contracts:	2
Net $P/L:	45
Wins:	1
Losses:	1
Win%:	50
Avg$Win:	110
Avg$Loss:	-65

Fri. 7/07 -1.3%

2:00pm CDT - Nearly done after the first trade, stopped to the tick.

RESULTS FOR DAY
ES Contracts:	3
Net $P/L:	-221
Wins:	0
Losses:	3
Win%:	0
Avg$Win:	0
Avg$Loss:	-74

Thurs. 7/06 +0.6%

1:40pm CDT -

RESULTS FOR DAY
ES Contracts:	1
Net $P/L:	97
Wins:	1
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	97
Avg$Loss:	0

Wed. 7/05 +0.3%

2:05pm CDT -

RESULTS FOR DAY
ES Contracts:	2
Net $P/L:	45
Wins:	1
Losses:	1
Win%:	50
Avg$Win:	72
Avg$Loss:	-28

Quarter 2 2017 Trading Results

June Trading Summary -1.4%

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL -$30(5), ES -$198(4)

RESULTS FOR JUNE
Contracts:	9
Net $P/L:	-231
Wins:	2
Losses:	7
Win%:	22
$Commissions:	30
Avg$Win:	301
Avg$Loss:	-119

Fri. 6/30 +0.6%

1:30pm CDT - One discretionary trade today to end the month on a good note. YTD -11.9% (if I had held my crude long from last week, I'd be up 4% YTD.) Hopefully will turn the ship around in the 2nd half. Happy 4th of July to all, Happy Birthday America!

RESULTS FOR DAY
ES Contracts:	1
Net $P/L:	97
Wins:	1
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	97
Avg$Loss:	0

Thurs. 6/22 +3.2%

12:25pm CDT - Overnight trade just because I thought we were oversold. I'm still working on system development. Making some progress but it's slow going. Coding is never as simple as the idea in my head.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	1
Net $P/L:	506
Wins:	1
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	506
Avg$Loss:	0

Fri. 6/02 -1.3%

1:05pm CDT - Traded the ES signals with no errors today.  Of course the next couple I didn't take per plan, worked great.  Definitely not my week.  Perhaps sim trade next week to regain some confidence. We'll see. 

RESULTS FOR DAY
ES Contracts:	2
Net $P/L:	-205
Wins:	0
Losses:	2
Win%:	0
Avg$Win:	0
Avg$Loss:	-103

Thurs. 6/01 -3.7%

11:15am CDT - Sabotaging myself to start out the month. Chopped on 3 trades prior to inventory report, then I had the brilliant idea to put in bracket orders to capture any inventory spike. F'ing brilliant. Slippage on both orders too of course just for good measure.  CL may get kicked to the curb again for awhile.

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL -$536(4), ES -$90(1)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	5
Net $P/L:	-626
Wins:	0
Losses:	5
Win%:	0
Avg$Win:	0
Avg$Loss:	-126

May Trading Summary -2.8%

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL -$637(12), ES +$149(5)

RESULTS FOR MAY
Contracts:	17
Net $P/L:	-488
Wins:	7
Losses:	10
Win%:	41
$Commissions:	60
Avg$Win:	77
Avg$Loss:	-103

Wed. 5/31 +0.0%

12:50pm CDT - ES giveth and CL taketh away. Month flew by mostly because I barely traded. Plan to be more active in June but that depends on results over next week or so...

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL -$176(4), ES +$179(3)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	7
Net $P/L:	4
Wins:	3
Losses:	4
Win%:	43
Avg$Win:	86
Avg$Loss:	-64

Tues. 5/30 -1.0%

12:55pm CDT -

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL -$72(3), ES -$103(1)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	4
Net $P/L:	-174
Wins:	1
Losses:	3
Win%:	25
Avg$Win:	96
Avg$Loss:	-90

Fri. 5/26 +0.5%

11:05am CDT - Back on the horse just in time for 3-day weekend.

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL +$12(2), ES +$72(1)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	3
Net $P/L:	84
Wins:	2
Losses:	1
Win%:	67
Avg$Win:	84
Avg$Loss:	-84

Thurs. 5/11 -2.4%

1:40pm CDT - Testing... Trade management without breakeven stops is not always a good idea.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	2
Net $P/L:	-418
Wins:	0
Losses:	2
Win%:	0
Avg$Win:	0
Avg$Loss:	-209

Wed. 5/03 +0.1%

11:20am CDT - I'm not back yet but saw no reason to pass on this trade. Execution of exit was piss poor however. Inventory report release is the wild west so not surprised really.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	1
Net $P/L:	16
Wins:	1
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	16
Avg$Loss:	0

In other news, Fibonacci!

April Trading Summary -5.9%

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
6B -$89(2), 6E +$65(1), CL +$164(4),
GC -$224(1), ZS -$142(1), NQ -$858(7)

RESULTS FOR APRIL
Contracts:	16
Net $P/L:	-1088
Wins:	5
Losses:	8
Win%:	38
$Commissions:	60
Avg$Win:	66
Avg$Loss:	-177

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Blog! Hard to believe, 1661 posts later, I've been doing this for 8 years.  Safe to say it's pretty much a habit now at end of each trading day.  Thanks to all of you for checking in here from time to time, emails, ideas, etc. that help me keep things real. 

As for trading, I've been idle and still figuring out the best method and plan to move forward to the next 8 years! Leaning toward much more systematic trading.  Stay tuned...

Fri. 4/07 -4.1%

10:55am CDT - Beyond pissed today. At me, at the market, take your pick!  Changes are a coming...

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL +$106(1), NQ -$858(7)

RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:	8
Net $P/L:	-752
Wins:	2
Losses:	3
Win%:	40
Avg$Win:	59
Avg$Loss:	-290