11 Stock Trades:
6 BLT + 77 BPS.
1 GLEN + 45 BPS.
3 long trades + 138 BPS.
8 short trades + 207 BPS.
7 intra-day trades + 158 BPS.
4 multi-day trades + 187 BPS.
Stocks net + 345 BPS.
Return on account for the week + 4.84 % net.
P:L ratio N/A (no losing trades).
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 4 days.
Shortest trade duration: 2 min.
No Index trades.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)
Thoughts
A difficult week's trading.
Equities on my watch list traded in pretty narrow ranges. Hard to spot opportunities.
BP declined after last weeks bid speculation - I guess I could have held my short over the weekend but that seemed a bit risky given that the bid could have been announced and the shares could have gapped up 10%.
Miners were very active on Thursday after AAL jumped up over 10% on bid news, the other miners were also very volatile. I shorted AAL but closed too early. Ditto BLT - I practically shorted the high of the week. BLT was very challenging to trade this week, felt like the algos were playing games with it (which they probably were).
Well north of my 2.5% benchmark. I'm up over 13% for the month and I don't want to give any of that away, so I'll be vary selective in my trades during the next two weeks.
I have plotted a breakdown of my trades by hour of entry over the last two months:
The first hour is by far the most profitable.
Hoping for some opportunities next week.
Stay disciplined.
Stay focussed.
Stay humble.
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