Summary Week Ended Friday 31st October 2014

 

10 Stock Trades:

5 AAL + 166.82 BPS.
4 BARC + 227.57 BPS.
1 STAN - 172.33 BPS.

6 long trades - 5.51 BPS.
4 short trades + 227.57 BPS.
Stocks net  + 222.06 BPS.

9 intraday trades, 1 overnight.


I traded 4 days this week.
Return on account for the week + 16.70 % net.
P:L ratio 2.81:1.
No Index trades.

Thoughts

A difficult week, a poor STAN trade after results. Fortunately the STAN trade was small, so I actually produced a net profit for the week.
Markets were stronger, although the miners were weak, and both BLT and RIO made new 52 week lows.
STAN fell to levels it last traded at back on 2009.
Meanwhile BARC saw some volatility late on Friday after the BoE released new capital requirements for British banks.

Overall, October has been a bit of a disaster for my trading, and I have lost a lot of confidence.

Hoping for better opportunities next week.

Changes on the week:

Stay disciplined.

Stay focussed.

Stay humble.

Summary Week Ended Friday 24th October 2014

 

12 Stock Trades:

10 AAL + 119.14 BPS.
2 BLT + 37.74 BPS.

11 long trades: + 130.72 BPS.
1 short trade + 26.16 BPS.
Stocks net  + 156.88 BPS.

All intraday trades


I traded 5 days this week.
Return on account for the week + 13.29 % net.

No Index trades.

Thoughts

A better week, I avoided holding positions overnight during this period of high volatility. Just scalping mining stocks.


Changes on the week:

 

 

Stay disciplined.

Stay focussed.

Stay humble.

Summary Week Ended Friday 17th October 2014

 

16 Stock Trades:

15 AAL - 705.30 BPS.
1 BLT + 2.47 BPS.

10 long trades: + 104.26 BPS.
6 short trades - 705.30 BPS.
Stocks net  - 702.84 BPS.

13 intraday trades
3 overnight trades.

I traded 5 days this week.
Return on account for the week - 40.51 % net.


No Index trades.

Thoughts

A pretty awful week, I shorted AAL and closed pretty much near the highs.

Changes on the week:

Stay disciplined.

Stay focussed.

Stay humble.

Summary Week Ended Friday 10th October 2014

 

11 Stock Trades:

9 AAL + 119.23 BPS.
2 BLT + 17.36 BPS.

10 long trades: + 128.45 BPS.
1 short trade + 8.14 BPS.
Stocks net  + 136.59 BPS.

All intraday trades.

I traded 4 days this week.
Return on account for the week + 7.46 % net.
P:L ratio was N/A (no losing trades).

No Index trades.

Thoughts

A better week.

Changes on the week:

Summary Week Ended Friday 3rd October 2014

 

5 Stock Trades:

2 AAL - 494.79 BPS.
2 BP - 1691.28 BPS.
1 SBRY - 1936.29 BPS.

All trades.


Stocks net  - 4122.36 BPS.
1 intraday trade, 4 overnight.
I traded 5 days this week. Return on account for the week - 77 % net.

No Index trades.

Thoughts

Another disasterous week.
I closed the remainder of my positions in SBRY and BP.

This is the worst couple of weeks of 2014. I may need to take a break after this.