Trading Summary Week Ended 26th April 2019

17 Trades:

4 BHP + 111 BPS.
1 BP + 29 BPS.
1 FRES + 375  BPS.
2 GLEN + 287 BPS.
2 MTRO + 331 BPS.
5 UK100 + 178 BPS.

14 long trades + 689 BPS.
3 short trades + 706 BPS.
6 intra-day trades + 318 BPS.
11 multi-day trades + 1077 BPS.
Total trades net + 1395 BPS.

Return on account for the week + 1.82 % net.
P:L ratio N/A.
Days traded: 4.
Longest trade duration: 140 days.
Shortest trade duration:  3 min.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

Another four day week, due to the Easter holiday.

Not a great week, the FTSE made a new high for the year on Tuesday, before falling back below 7400 on Friday. Commodity stocks were weaker after the recent strength in both oil and mining stocks.
Trades were difficult to find.
Well short of my 2.5% weekly benchmark.

Looking forward to better trading opportunities next week.


Stay disciplined.

Stay focussed.

Stay humble.

Trading Summary Week Ended 19th April 2019

20 Trades:

1 AAL + 62 BPS.
3 BHP + 212 BPS.
2 GLEN + 83 BPS.
14 UK100 + 200 BPS.

18 long trades + 551 BPS.
2 short trades + 6 BPS.
11 intra-day trades + 316 BPS.
9 multi-day trades + 241 BPS.
Total trades net + 557 BPS.

Return on account for the week + 1.55 % net.
P:L ratio N/A.
Days traded: 4.
Longest trade duration: 13 days.
Shortest trade duration:  7 min.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

A shortened week, due to the Easter holiday.

Well short of my 2.5% weekly benchmark.

Looking forward to better trading opportunities next week.


Stay disciplined.

Stay focussed.

Stay humble.

Trading Summary Week Ended 12th April 2019

21 Trades:

2 AAL + 489 BPS.
1 BHP + 53 BPS.
4 BP + 310 BPS.
3 FRES + 62 BPS.
11 UK100 + 174 BPS.

18 long trades + 1079 BPS.
2 short trades + 9 BPS.
10 intra-day trades + 95 BPS.
11 multi-day trades + 993 BPS.
Total trades net + 1088 BPS.

Return on account for the week + 1.87 % net.
P:L ratio N/A.
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 8 days.
Shortest trade duration:  4 min.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

A difficult week.

Equity markets were range - bound for most of the week, and I was scalping for points.
Commodity stocks were strong again, with AAL, BHP, RIO again making new 52 week highs.

Short of my 2.5% weekly benchmark.

Looking forward to better trading opportunities next week.


Stay disciplined.

Stay focussed.

Stay humble.

Trading Summary Week Ended 5th April 2019

34 Trades:

6 AAL + 2629 BPS.
3 BHP + 328 BPS.
3 BP - 863 BPS.
1 FRES + 10 BPS.
4 GLEN + 833 BPS.
17 UK100 + 643 BPS.

33 long trades + 4536 BPS.
1 short trades - 956 BPS.
6 intra-day trades + 87 BPS.
28 multi-day trades + 3493 BPS.
Total trades net + 3580 BPS.

Return on account for the week + 7.79 % net.
P:L ratio 22.8:1.
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 153 days.
Shortest trade duration:  49 min.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

A pretty busy week.

Equity markets were in bullish mode, the FTSE making new highs for 2019 on Wednesday, Thursday and again on Friday.
Commodity stocks were strong, with AAL, BHP, RIO all making 52 week highs. BP and RD Shell were also stronger.

Just how far this rally can go is anyone's guess.

BREXIT still not finalised. We definitely have the most useless politicians this country has ever seen.

Well above my 2.5% weekly benchmark.

Looking forward to more trading opportunities next week.


Stay disciplined.

Stay focussed.

Stay humble.