Trading Summary Week Ended 30th November 2018

41 Stock Trades:

6 AAL + 274 BPS.
1 BARC + 12 BPS.
4 BHP + 553 BPS.
3 BP + 58 BPS.
6 FRES + 300 BPS.
9 GLEN + 455 BPS.
1 MCRO + 14 BPS.
11 UK100 + 68 BPS.

4 long trades + 30 BPS.
37 short trades + 1704 BPS.
35 intra-day trades + 1351 BPS.
6 multi-day trades + 383 BPS.
Stocks net + 1734 BPS.

Return on account for the week + 2.91 % net.
P:L ratio N/A.
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 75 days.
Shortest trade duration:  1 min.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

Another busy week to close the month of November. Equity markets were volatile again.

Some decent trading opportunities, and above my 2.5% benchmark anyway. In BPS terms my best week of 2018 so far, beating last week's record by roughly 130 BPS.
The lower percentage return than last week reflects the fact that my trade size as a percentage of cash was lower.

During November I made 192 trades, 68 of which were FTSE 100 trades, the remainder being stocks.
It was my best month of 2018 in cash PNL terms, the net return was 14.44 %.


Hoping for some more decent trading opportunities as we enter December.

Stay disciplined.

Stay focussed.

Stay humble.

Trading Summary Week Ended 23rd November 2018

36 Stock Trades:

1 AAL + 56 BPS.
6 BLT + 170 BPS.
1 BP + 179 BPS.
3 FRES + 492 BPS.
5 GLEN + 181 BPS.
9 MCRO + 368 BPS.
11 UK100 + 160 BPS.

10 long trades + 297 BPS.
26 short trades + 1309 BPS.
28 intra-day trades + 815 BPS.
8 multi-day trades + 791 BPS.
Stocks net + 1606 BPS.

Return on account for the week + 3.84 % net.
P:L ratio N/A.
Days traded: 3.
Longest trade duration: 10 days.
Shortest trade duration:  1 min.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

A shortened week for me, was away in Porto, Portugal from Thursday morning, although I did take my laptop and did manage a couple of trades on Thursday and Friday.

Above my 2.5% benchmark anyway, despite the short week. In fact in BPS terms my best week of 2018 so far.
Equity markets sold off on thursday and Friday.

Hoping for some more decent trading opportunities next week.

Stay disciplined.

Stay focussed.

Stay humble.

Trading Summary Week Ended 16th November 2018

46 Stock Trades:

2 AAL + 68 BPS.
7 BLT + 395 BPS.
7 BP + 299 BPS.
6 FRES + 409 BPS.
6 GLEN + 164 BPS.
4 MCRO + 72 BPS.
1 RBS + 40 BPS.
13 UK100 + 145 BPS.

14 long trades + 554 BPS.
32 short trades + 1038 BPS.
29 intra-day trades + 838 BPS.
16 multi-day trades + 762 BPS.
Stocks net + 1592 BPS.

Return on account for the week + 3.73 % net.
P:L ratio 35.5:1.
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 210 days.
Shortest trade duration:  4 min.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

A volatile week on the equity markets. We had some decent moves on the FTSE and the commodity shares.

Above my 2.5% benchmark anyway, despite some poor entries and exits. In terms of basis points, it was my best week of the year to date (not in ££ though).

Hoping for some more decent trading opportunities next week.

Stay disciplined.

Stay focussed.

Stay humble.

Trading Summary Week Ended 9th November 2018

44 Stock Trades:

3 AAL + 50 BPS.
5 BLT + 85 BPS.
2 BP + 50 BPS.
1 BTA + 29 BPS.
2 GLEN + 48 BPS.
3 MCRO + 18 BPS.
1 STAN + 21 BPS.
27 UK100 + 95 BPS.

19 long trades + 215 BPS.
25 short trades + 181 BPS.
35 intra-day trades + 304 BPS.
9 multi-day trades + 92 BPS.
Stocks net + 396 BPS.

Return on account for the week + 1.45 % net.
P:L ratio 11.5:1.
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 7 days.
Shortest trade duration:  1 min.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

A tricky week on the equity markets.
Markets were generally weak, with the FTSE fining it difficult to stay above the 7100 level.
Stocks moved in narrow ranges, and I found few decent trades. Some very poor trades exits.

Well below my 2.5% benchmark.

Hoping for better trading opportunities next week.

Stay disciplined.

Stay focussed.

Stay humble.

Trading Summary Week Ended 2nd November 2018

44 Stock Trades:

3 AAL + 249 BPS.
9 BLT + 268 BPS.
3 BP + 181 BPS.
5 BTA + 81 BPS.
1 FRES + 56 BPS.
4 GLEN + 88 BPS.
3 STAN + 139 BPS.
11 UK100 + 102 BPS.

14 long trades + 569 BPS.
30 short trades + 682 BPS.
39 intra-day trades + 752 BPS.
5 multi-day trades + 499 BPS.
Stocks net + 1251 BPS.

Return on account for the week + 2.92 % net.
P:L ratio N/A.
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 28 days.
Shortest trade duration:  1 min.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

This week we saw a strong rally on the equity markets. The FTSE came close to testing the 7200 level on Friday morning before dropping back later in the day.
Stocks were volatile again, including BP and RD Shell after both reported Q3 results.
A difficult week's trading. North of my 2.5% benchmark anyway.

October proved to be a decent month for my trading, I made 190 trades (71 long, 119 short), for a net return of a smidgen over 17%. The P:L ratio was 10.9:1.
I made 75 trades on the FTSE for a total profit of  953 points.
This was my best month of 2018 so far.

Hoping for some decent trading opportunities going into November.

Stay disciplined.

Stay focussed.

Stay humble.