February Trading Summary -4.3%

RESULTS FOR FEBRUARY
MNQ Contracts:	157
Net $P/L:	-439
Wins:	70
Losses:	73
Win%:	49
$Commissions:	117
Avg$Win:	22
Avg$Loss:	-27

Thurs. 2/25 +0.1%

1:50pm CST - 100% discretionary today...

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	8
Net $P/L:	+14
Wins:	3
Losses:	2
Win%:	60
Avg$Win:	15
Avg$Loss:	-15

Wed. 2/24 -2.6%

2:45pm CST - :(

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	9
Net $P/L:	-262
Wins:	1
Losses:	5
Win%:	17
Avg$Win:	9
Avg$Loss:	-54

Fri. 2/19 +0.0%

11:05am CST -

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	6
Net $P/L:	+3
Wins:	3
Losses:	1
Win%:	75
Avg$Win:	6
Avg$Loss:	-15

Thurs. 2/18 -1.1%

3:05pm CST - At least the new Mars rover had a good day! 👽

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	8
Net $P/L:	-111
Wins:	3
Losses:	5
Win%:	38
Avg$Win:	9
Avg$Loss:	-27

Wed. 2/17 +0.7%

2:30pm CST -

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	11
Net $P/L:	+67
Wins:	8
Losses:	2
Win%:	80
Avg$Win:	17
Avg$Loss:	-35

Tues. 2/16 +0.4%

2:20pm CST - No progress on programming system (my skills need work!), but I have identified one setup that I think has the best potential and am test trading that this week with discretionary exits.  Wish I had held that 2nd one today!

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	2
Net $P/L:	+40
Wins:	2
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	20
Avg$Loss:	0

Wed. 2/10 -1.8%

3:30pm CST - On paper, this should have been a tiny loss day but I managed to F it up going rogue on 3 trades near end of day.  Just really novice behavior that there is no excuse for.  Taking a break, will work on some programming of this system.

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	30
Net $P/L:	-189
Wins:	11
Losses:	15
Win%:	42
Avg$Win:	29
Avg$Loss:	-34

Tues. 2/09 -0.9%

3:10pm CST -

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	16
Net $P/L:	-91
Wins:	6
Losses:	10
Win%:	38
Avg$Win:	14
Avg$Loss:	-18

Mon. 2/08 +0.0%

3:25pm CST - A wheel spinning day...

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	18
Net $P/L:	+5
Wins:	9
Losses:	9
Win%:	50
Avg$Win:	16
Avg$Loss:	-15

Fri. 2/05 +1.4%

3:40pm CST - No trades yesterday, did more manual backtesting.  For past 10 trading days, if every trade taken and executed error-free with no slippage, there were 225 trades, 54.2% winners, R:R 1:1, gross ticks profit 2428, and biggest drawdown 450 ticks.  After commission this is ~8 or 9 ticks per trade average.  Seems too good to be true and normally when I backtest ideas for much great time periods, the numbers don't hold up and you are lucky to get an average profit of 2-3 ticks/trade.  We will see.

Hypothetically, each day gross was: +103, +9, +102, +594, +1145, -120, -16, +267, +181, +163

Of course my real trades this period (101 total) were less than half the available ones and with mistakes, slippage, commissions, etc., I netted 3.7 ticks/trade.  Still not bad if repeatable...

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	12
Net $P/L:	+140
Wins:	9
Losses:	3
Win%:	75
Avg$Win:	21
Avg$Loss:	-15

Wed. 2/03 +1.1%

3:00pm CST - Quit early. Better today but not sure I have any edge. Going through past 3 days system, if executed perfectly, had Mon. 23 trades -120 ticks, Tues. 17 trades, -16 ticks, Today 25 trades +267 ticks. I really should try to automate the backtesting.

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	5
Net $P/L:	+112
Wins:	4
Losses:	1
Win%:	80
Avg$Win:	35
Avg$Loss:	-27

Tues. 2/02 -1.8%

3:10pm CST - Cluster F of a Groundhog Day...  some reversals at end didn't have time to markup.

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	21
Net $P/L:	-187
Wins:	7
Losses:	13
Win%:	35
Avg$Win:	23
Avg$Loss:	-27

Mon. 2/01 +0.3%

2:40pm CST - Maybe I need to sit out the early spastic action?

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	11
Net $P/L:	+27
Wins:	4
Losses:	7
Win%:	36
Avg$Win:	59
Avg$Loss:	-30

January Trading Summary +0.9%

RESULTS FOR JANUARY
MNQ Contracts:	56
Net $P/L:	+94
Wins:	28
Losses:	25
Win%:	53
$Commissions:	41
Avg$Win:	28
Avg$Loss:	-28

Fri. 1/29 +0.0%

3:05pm CST - Not a bad day considering the system got me back to green.  And potential was there if I hadn't missed a couple signals.

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	18
Net $P/L:	+4
Wins:	10
Losses:	8
Win%:	56
Avg$Win:	35
Avg$Loss:	-43

Thurs. 1/28 +0.9%

12:05pm CST -

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	2
Net $P/L:	+89
Wins:	2
Losses:	0
Win%:	100
Avg$Win:	45
Avg$Loss:	-0

Wed. 1/27 +0.8%

2:40pm CST - OK, right back at it. Today was no discretion on exits. One mistake trade I went long instead of short and revenge traded it right back so there's that flaw...

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	19
Net $P/L:	+78
Wins:	11
Losses:	7
Win%:	61
Avg$Win:	26
Avg$Loss:	-30

Tues. 1/26 -0.7%

3:30pm CST - First trades of 2021... Strategy testing day on MicroNQ. I'm really wanting to trade the regular eminis and only have to get half tick or so to cover commission cost rather than the 1.5 tick I need on the Micros. But patience I tell myself.  Today is a new entry idea I've been testing but did complete discretion on exits just to remind myself that I'm a failure at that.  I need firm rules on entries, exits, etc.  Back soon, I think!

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	17
Net $P/L:	-77
Wins:	5
Losses:	10
Win%:	33
Avg$Win:	12
Avg$Loss:	-14

2020 Trade Analysis

It was another tough year, net loss -$3131 or about -24%.  Had some spots of success but gave it all back in this net zero game.  Commissions alone were about 2/3 of my net loss.  We'll see what 2021 has in store soon enough.  Still working on a plan to start year.

Quarter 4 Trading Summary -2.4%

December Trading Summary -2.1%

RESULTS FOR DECEMBER
MNQ Contracts:	106
Net $P/L:	-221
Wins:	35
Losses:	30
Win%:	54
$Commissions:	83
Avg$Win:	16
Avg$Loss:	-26

Wed. 12/16 +0.1%

2:55pm CST - More testing, another idea...

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	6
Net $P/L:	+15
Wins:	5
Losses:	1
Win%:	83
Avg$Win:	4
Avg$Loss:	-7

Mon. 12/14 -1.1%

3:25pm CST - More testing....

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	9
Net $P/L:	-115
Wins:	0
Losses:	4
Win%:	0
Avg$Win:	0
Avg$Loss:	-29

Wed. 12/02 -1.4%

2:10pm CST - Okay, I give up.  No edge as-is.  Time for more homework...

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	34
Net $P/L:	-150
Wins:	10
Losses:	12
Win%:	45
Avg$Win:	11
Avg$Loss:	-22

Tues. 12/01 +0.3%

2:45pm CST - Hmm, similar to yesterday's early hole digging!

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	57
Net $P/L:	+36
Wins:	20
Losses:	13
Win%:	61
Avg$Win:	21
Avg$Loss:	-30

November Trading Summary -5.1%

RESULTS FOR NOVEMBER
MNQ Contracts:	191
Net $P/L:	-559
Wins:	65
Losses:	71
Win%:	48
$Commissions:	142
Avg$Win:	20
Avg$Loss:	-26

Mon. 11/30 +0.0%

2:45pm CST - Dug a hole early and took all day to get out. Very choppy action on last day of month. Not sure I have any edge if it takes 49 trades to breakeven after commissions.  But I have always liked scalping and if I can recover on most bad days like this, perhaps we should continue testing.  The goal being to eventually move up from a micro contract to an emini.

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	74
Net $P/L:	+2
Wins:	23
Losses:	26
Win%:	47
Avg$Win:	18
Avg$Loss:	-16

Fri. 11/27 +0.3%

10:40am CST -

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	17
Net $P/L:	+34
Wins:	7
Losses:	8
Win%:	47
Avg$Win:	11
Avg$Loss:	-5

Wed. 11/25 +0.3%

1:15pm CST - Happy Thanksgiving to all tomorrow!

RESULTS FOR DAY
MNQ Contracts:	25
Net $P/L:	+33
Wins:	11
Losses:	9
Win%:	55
Avg$Win:	14
Avg$Loss:	-14