Thursday, May 13, 2010

Thurs.

1:30pm CDT - This is such a game of ticks. My stop entry on crude slipped 10 ticks this morning adding $300 to that loser. Then beans teased me and came within 2 ticks of my target but then eased back and was a tick away from a reversal signal before meandering back toward my target and through it. Whew!

Net breakdown (contracts traded):
ZS $1169(6), GCL -$1303(3)
RESULTS FOR DAY
Contracts:9
Net $P/L:-134
Wins:1
Losses:1
Win%:50
Avg$Win:1169
Avg$Loss:-1303

2 comments:

  1. "game of ticks"...EXACTLY.
    Yesterday I was shorting the USD/EUR.
    4 trades, 4 losers.
    All were short trades !
    Last one occurred in the afternoon...took out my stop by only 4 ticks, and then went on for a huge winner as the Euro collapsed.
    Bottomline:
    Tight stops produce many, many losers

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  2. Yeah, it's a catch-22. Too wide of stop is bad sometimes, too tight is bad the other times! Wish my clock told me which time was which.

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