7 Stock Trades:
2 AAL + 21.98 BPS
2 BLT + 6.36 BPS
2 RIO + 78.22 BPS
1 STAN + 2.37 BPS
Stocks net + 108.93 BPS
Long and short trades, intraday and overnight.
I traded 5 days this week.
Return on account for the week 4 %.
No losing trades, so P:L ratio was N/A.
No Index trades, I am concentrating on stocks.
Thoughts
A decent week, some market volatility due to the Russia / Ukraine developments. Above my 2% return benchmark. It should have been a bit better, but I suffered slippage in closing my RIO trades.
I am trying to be more selective in my trades, I think I have the developed the patience to sit and watch/wait for opportunities when they occur, which was always my weakness earlier.
Often this means that most of the day I am sitting, watching. The danger with that is that it is very easy to become distracted by online newpapers etc. I sometimes use limit orders so that I won't miss a trade.
A still update and then print out my daily stocks spreadsheet every evening after the close, and although I have refined it several times in the last few years, the basic format is the same:
I mark levels I believe are important with a highlighting pen, and have it in front of me during the trading day.
I missed a nice rally on UU, after spotting the support on the chart a few weeks back, some trades are just too obvious:
This week the SPX 500 made another new all time high, but the Dax is still well off the recent highs, which is interesting (Ukraine effect, Germany does a lot of trade with Russia).
Friday is US employment day, which is often a market mover, I am typing this update whilst we wait for the data at 1330 GMT.
In London, STAN made a new 52 week low this week, after it released results. It has fallen from 1800 to 1220 in the last twelve months.
Looking forward to some volatility next week.
Stay disciplined.
Stay focussed.
Stay humble.
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