Traded 9 winners out of 13 trades for Friday the 6th. All SKF. I really love the action in this ETF and feel it is a great training ground while the financials are so unsettled.
All Trades are the SKF:
Long for .26 cent gain
Short for 1.46 loss *Ouch
Short for 2.92 loss *Ouch
Short for .48 gain
Long for 1.00 gain
Short for .02 gain
Short for .15 gain
Short for .96 loss *Ouch
Short for .03 loss
Short for .35 gain
Long for .04 gain
Long for .26 gain
Long for .28 gain
Net loss of $2.53 per share. Three big losers offset a day where the winning percentage was 69% There's the lesson about cutting losses short!
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Feb 3rd Trades:
Paper trading-
Short DDM 25.99 at 9:41 am; Covered 25.89 at 9:46 am. Gain 10 cents per share.
Long SRS 59.90 at 13:00 pm; Sold 59.73 at 13:02 pm. Loss 17 cents.
Short SRS 60.00 at 14:06 pm; Covered 59.75 at 14:07 pm. Gain 25 cents.
Long SRS 58.22 at 15:11 pm; Covered 58.33 at 15:14 pm. Gain 12 cents.
Long SRS 57.72 at 15:26 pm; Sold half 58.01 at 15:27 pm. Gain 29 cents. Sold remainder 57.88 at 15:29 pm. Gain 16 cents.
Short SRS 58.32 at 15:39 pm; Covered 58.60 at 15:40 pm Loss 28 cents
* this was a "rocks in my head" trade. I hit sell instead of buy, realized it 8 seconds later and covered. Good idea, bad execution! Should have been a 28 cent or greater gain.
Short SRS 59.26 at 15:42 pm; Covered 58.97 at 15:43 pm. Gain 29 cents.
Short SRS 58.99 at 15:44 pm; Covered 58.90 at 15:45 pm. Gain 9 cents.
Analysis: Clearly overtrading, nervous when I have a gain. Gotta take a valium at 9:15 am on trading days! Even I could hardly lose with the type of momentum moves on a day like today. Of course, there's no "losing" with paper-trading, which makes it easy. Also why I don't bother to post $ gains and losses. It really doesn't matter. It's PASS/FAIL.
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Addendum as of May 7th 2009
In an effort to quantify my progress from the very beginning, I am posting gain/loss data for Feb as I did later in March and beyond.
8 for 9; 89% winners. Gain of 85 cents per share.
Short DDM 25.99 at 9:41 am; Covered 25.89 at 9:46 am. Gain 10 cents per share.
Long SRS 59.90 at 13:00 pm; Sold 59.73 at 13:02 pm. Loss 17 cents.
Short SRS 60.00 at 14:06 pm; Covered 59.75 at 14:07 pm. Gain 25 cents.
Long SRS 58.22 at 15:11 pm; Covered 58.33 at 15:14 pm. Gain 12 cents.
Long SRS 57.72 at 15:26 pm; Sold half 58.01 at 15:27 pm. Gain 29 cents. Sold remainder 57.88 at 15:29 pm. Gain 16 cents.
Short SRS 58.32 at 15:39 pm; Covered 58.60 at 15:40 pm Loss 28 cents
* this was a "rocks in my head" trade. I hit sell instead of buy, realized it 8 seconds later and covered. Good idea, bad execution! Should have been a 28 cent or greater gain.
Short SRS 59.26 at 15:42 pm; Covered 58.97 at 15:43 pm. Gain 29 cents.
Short SRS 58.99 at 15:44 pm; Covered 58.90 at 15:45 pm. Gain 9 cents.
Analysis: Clearly overtrading, nervous when I have a gain. Gotta take a valium at 9:15 am on trading days! Even I could hardly lose with the type of momentum moves on a day like today. Of course, there's no "losing" with paper-trading, which makes it easy. Also why I don't bother to post $ gains and losses. It really doesn't matter. It's PASS/FAIL.
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Addendum as of May 7th 2009
In an effort to quantify my progress from the very beginning, I am posting gain/loss data for Feb as I did later in March and beyond.
8 for 9; 89% winners. Gain of 85 cents per share.
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