February Trading Summary +3.8%

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
CL +$1097(49), YM -$475(6)

RESULTS FOR FEBRUARY
Contracts:	55
Net $P/L:	622
Wins:	33
Losses:	22
Win%:	60
$Commissions:	213
Avg$Win:	130
Avg$Loss:	-167

Wed. 2/28 +2.1%

2:34pm CST -  Not bad +$1097 net after the first 14 live trading days and 49 trades with CL system. Performing about as expected so far. 

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	4
Net $P/L:	344
Wins:	3
Losses:	1
Win%:	75
Avg$Win:	116
Avg$Loss:	-4

Tues. 2/27 +0.0%

1:35pm CST - Scratch day thanks to some lucky fills.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	5
Net $P/L:	0
Wins:	3
Losses:	2
Win%:	60
Avg$Win:	79
Avg$Loss:	-119

Mon. 2/26 +1.0%

2:00pm CST -

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	1
Net $P/L:	156
Wins:	1
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	156
Avg$Loss:	0

Fri. 2/23 +2.4%

1:25pm CST - Nice Friday! For the short week, +$494 net.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	3
Net $P/L:	388
Wins:	3
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	129
Avg$Loss:	0

Thurs. 2/22 -0.3%

2:45pm CST - A game of ticks. Nearly 3 winners but a small loss on day instead.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	3
Net $P/L:	-42
Wins:	1
Losses:	2
Win%:	33
Avg$Win:	176
Avg$Loss:	-109

Wed. 2/21 +0.8%

1:30pm CST - A 1-signal day...

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	1
Net $P/L:	126
Wins:	1
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	126
Avg$Loss:	0

Tues. 2/20 +0.1%

3:30pm CST -

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	2
Net $P/L:	22
Wins:	1
Losses:	1
Win%:	50
Avg$Win:	196
Avg$Loss:	-174

Fri. 2/16 +0.9%

2:00pm CST - For the week, net +$57.  Made a bit of progress coding my strat but it will not be possible, for me anyways, to code precisely what my current system rules are.  Ninjatrader makes it so hard to use limit orders in the code.  It gets very complicated.  Market orders are no problem.  I guess with President's Day Monday I have a long weekend to think about it.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	3
Net $P/L:	148
Wins:	2
Losses:	1
Win%:	67
Avg$Win:	146
Avg$Loss:	-144

Thurs. 2/15 +2.2%

2:10pm CST - Overperformed strat today. Missed taking a losing trade due to lunch. It pays to eat sometimes.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	6
Net $P/L:	336
Wins:	4
Losses:	2
Win%:	67
Avg$Win:	159
Avg$Loss:	-149

Wed. 2/14 -2.2%

2:05pm CST - Underperformed today because I shouldn't have put first trade on (forgot it was inventory day) and skipped on a long near end of day that was a winner. Funny how that works. All the more reason to code my system. 

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	6
Net $P/L:	-344
Wins:	2
Losses:	4
Win%:	33
Avg$Win:	111
Avg$Loss:	-141

Tues. 2/13 +0.0%

2:55pm CST - Nothing exciting. Good system execution.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	2
Net $P/L:	2
Wins:	1
Losses:	1
Win%:	50
Avg$Win:	96
Avg$Loss:	-94

Mon. 2/12 -0.5%

2:40pm CST -

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	4
Net $P/L:	-86
Wins:	2
Losses:	2
Win%:	50
Avg$Win:	101
Avg$Loss:	-144

Fri. 2/09 +2.3%

1:35pm CST - Missed 2 trades while in kitchen getting lunch, 1 winner, 1 loser. Otherwise, perfect execution of system.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	5
Net $P/L:	360
Wins:	4
Losses:	1
Win%:	80
Avg$Win:	136
Avg$Loss:	-184

Thurs. 2/08 -2.0%

2:35pm CST - Back to system trading... The Jan. test trades which did well carried too much risk to downside so I tweaked things so I don't add, have set entry and exit points, and 1:1 RR. Some data below (not listed but worst drawdown during backtest was $820). Backtest was manual as coding would be very very hard but perhaps I will try it at some point soon.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	4
Net $P/L:	-316
Wins:	1
Losses:	3
Win%:	25
Avg$Win:	146
Avg$Loss:	-154

Tues. 2/06 -3.2%

11:50am CST - Live by the sword, die by the sword. As I said yesterday, I should have sat on my hands. I was up $490 early today and didn't have the balls to hold the long that worked so well (had another $3000+ potential). Then mid-morning, I traded the chop thinking I knew something. I know nothing. Perhaps I needed this day to get me back on course to mechanically trading systems instead of gun slinging.

RESULTS FOR DAY
YM Contracts:	5
Net $P/L:	-526
Wins:	3
Losses:	2
Win%:	60
Avg$Win:	163
Avg$Loss:	-508

Mon. 2/05 +0.3%

4:30pm CST - Total gut feel on this trade at close. Moved stop too soon. Would have had +$1000 MFE 10 min. later just before the 4pm close.  We'll see how it opens and responds tomorrow. I should sit on my hands when my gut gets ideas!  Some serious money can be made on days like this though (or lost).  Still working on CL stuff - hope to resume trading soon.

RESULTS FOR DAY
YM Contracts:	1
Net $P/L:	52
Wins:	1
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	52
Avg$Loss:	0

January Trading Summary +7.1%

RESULTS FOR JANUARY
CL Contracts:	25
Net $P/L:	1081
Wins:	14
Losses:	3
Win%:	82
$Commissions:	99
Avg$Win:	110
Avg$Loss:	-153

Wed. 1/31 +0.8%

2:00pm CST - Still testing my current method but nice to have a nice win streak to start out for a change (after 8 days). I know better than to think I've finally found what will work for me but I'm cautiously optimistic. Then again, that's my normal default state of being!  I will have some $500+ losses at some point due to the nature of averaging in but the winners should offset those.  They won't however if I trade like I did today.  1st trade I just needed to hold 1 more minute and I likely would have quit for day.  And then the last trade I lost all patience and just bailed.  May take a day or two off to work on some stuff, we'll see...

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	5
Net $P/L:	130
Wins:	2
Losses:	1
Win%:	67
Avg$Win:	94
Avg$Loss:	58

Tues. 1/30 +0.7%

2:05pm CST -

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	3
Net $P/L:	108
Wins:	2
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	54
Avg$Loss:	0

Mon. 1/29 +1.3%

1:10pm CST -

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	2
Net $P/L:	212
Wins:	2
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	106
Avg$Loss:	0

Fri. 1/26 +1.4%

12:50pm CST - For the week net +$631.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	2
Net $P/L:	222
Wins:	2
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	111
Avg$Loss:	0

Thurs. 1/25 -1.2%

2:30pm CST - Tough day but limited the damage. Too many reversal signals.

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	7
Net $P/L:	-188
Wins:	2
Losses:	2
Win%:	50
Avg$Win:	106
Avg$Loss:	-200

Wed. 1/24 +1.4%

2:00pm CST -

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	2
Net $P/L:	212
Wins:	2
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	106
Avg$Loss:	0

Tues. 1/23 +1.7%

2:20pm CST -

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	3
Net $P/L:	258
Wins:	1
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	258
Avg$Loss:	0

Mon. 1/22 +0.8%

12:40pm CST - Back in the saddle, testing, for now...

RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:	1
Net $P/L:	126
Wins:	1
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	126
Avg$Loss:	0

2017 Trade Analysis

I ended the year down -$3,787 or -20%.

Here's the data:

Happy New Year to all! May we all kick ass in 2018!

Quarter 4 2017 Trading Summary -7.6%

December Trading Summary +0.0%

RESULTS FOR DECEMBER
CL Contracts:	1
Net $P/L:	5
Wins:	1
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
$Commissions:	5
Avg$Win:	5
Avg$Loss:	0

Wed. 12/20 +0.0%

1:45pm CST - Had to make a quick trade in 1 of my 2 accounts that hadn't been traded since Sept. to avoid the new $15 inactivity fee Gain Capital is now imposing! Good thing I got a tick instead of losing more than $15!  Happy Holidays to all!