Friday, August 29, 2014

Summary Week Ended Friday 29th August 2014

 

8 Stock Trades:


6 AAL + 87.28 BPS
2 BLT + 38.69 BPS

6 long trades: + 108.25 BPS.
2 short trades: + 17.72 BPS.

Stocks net  + 125.97 BPS

6 intraday trades, 2 overnight.

I traded 4 days this week.
Return on account for the week + 1.33 % net.
P:L ratio was N/A (no losing trades).

No Index trades.


Thoughts


A shortened week, due to the bank holiday. Markets were volatile with events in Ukraine. Seems like there was an new announcment from the Ukraine/Moscow every few minutes throughout the trading day.

All in all, a very tough week, and I am very glad that it's Friday afternoon.
Well below my 2.5% benchmark.

August has been a difficult month, the breakdown of trades was as follows:



AAL was by far the most frequently traded strock again, accounting for 68% of trades. I made some very poor trade exits, especially on the short side, where I scalped a couple of points before the stock tumbled sharply.
I have rather neglected the banks this month, with not a single trade in BARC. Hopefully next month will provide more opportunities.

Changes on stocks for the month of August:


SBRY was sharply lower today after a profit warning from Tesco.

Stay disciplined.

Stay focussed.

Stay humble.

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