Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Wed. 8/12

2:10pm CDT - Testing a new system with much less discretion involved. Happened to get a signal right after CL inventory report for 28 ticks in a minute.  Meanwhile sat on my hands for the Crop Report which saw corn and beans down 7% at one point. ZSX5 dropped $1400 per contract 20 sec. after release and $3000 within 9 min.  I guess crop yields are going to be good.
RESULTS FOR DAY
CL Contracts:1
Net $P/L: 276
Wins: 1
Losses: 0
Win%:100
Avg$Win: 276
Avg$Loss: 0

In other news, Algorithmic Trading: The Play-at-Home Version

2 comments:

  1. At least it sounds like they are just trading stocks (hopefully not margined) and not leveraged products like futures where they could lose much more than their shirts when a black swan hits while they are on vacation and not monitoring things!

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  2. There will never be a shortage of people who think they are smart enough to "figure out" the market. I think the more automated it gets the more dangerous it gets. I just hope that those of us who actually have to read charts all day and make discretionary decisions aren't part of their collateral damage. My finger will stay close to the "Close All" button.

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