Trading Summary Week 21 2023

 

17 Trades:

17 US 500 + 26 BPS.

17 long trades + 26 BPS.
No short trades.
17 intraday trades + 26 BPS.
No multi-day trades.

Total trades net  + 26 BPS.
Net points + 10.7.

Return on account for the week: + 3.65 % net.

P:L ratio: N/A.
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 118 min.
Shortest trade duration: 1 min.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

A reasonable week for me on the equity markets.

I was mainly trading the pre-market, using the implied gap strategy I've mentioned here before. I still need to run profitable trades longer though.

Above my 2.5% weekly bench mark, but I still have plenty of room for improvement. 

Hoping for more opportunities, and better results next week.

Stay disciplined.
Stay focussed.
Stay humble.

Trading Summary Week Ended 19th May 2023 (Week 20)

 

11 Trades:

11 US 500 + 13 BPS.

11 long trades + 38 BPS.
No short trades.
11 intraday trades + 13 BPS.
No multi-day trades.

Total trades net  + 13 BPS.
Net points + 5.6.

Return on account for the week: + 1.94 % net.

P:L ratio: N/A.
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 17 min.
Shortest trade duration: 1 min.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

A challenging week on the equity markets.

I made a few points, but failed to run a couple of good trades.

I was just scalping the SPX 500.

Hoping for more opportunities, and better results next week.

Stay disciplined.
Stay focussed.
Stay humble.

Trading Summary Week Ended 12th May 2023 (Week 19)

 

9 Trades:

9 US 500 - 3 BPS.

8 long trades - 20 BPS.
1 short trade + 17 BPS.
8 intraday trades + 14 BPS.
1 multi-day trade - 17 BPS.

Total trades net  - 3 BPS.
Net points - 1.1.

Return on account for the week: - 0.4 % net.

P:L ratio: 0.93:1.
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 21 days.
Shortest trade duration: 1 min.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

A volatile week on the equity markets.

Not a great week for me.

 

Hoping for more opportunities next week.

Stay disciplined.
Stay focussed.
Stay humble.

 

Trading Summary Week Ended 5th May 2023 (Week 18)

 

15 Trades:

15 US 500 + 38 BPS.

12 long trades + 38 BPS.
No short trades.
12 intraday trades + 38 BPS.
No multi-day trades.

Total trades net  + 38 BPS.
Net points + 15.7.

Return on account for the week: + 5.76 % net.

P:L ratio: N/A.
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 31 min.
Shortest trade duration: 1 min.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

Another very volatile week on the equity markets.

The main event was the Fed rate announcement.

Rates were raised, as expected.

I was just scalping the SPX 500.

Hoping for more opportunities, and better results next week.

Stay disciplined.
Stay focussed.
Stay humble.

 

Trading Summary Week Ended 28th April 2023 (Week 17)

 

12 Trades:

12 US 500 + 40 BPS.

12 long trades + 40 BPS.
No short trades.
12 intraday trades + 40 BPS.
No multi-day trades.

Total trades net  + 40 BPS.
Net points + 16.5.

Return on account for the week: + 6.44 % net.

P:L ratio: N/A.
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 38 min.
Shortest trade duration: 1 min.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

A better week on the equity markets.

Hoping for more opportunities, and better results next week.

Stay disciplined.
Stay focussed.
Stay humble.

 

Trading Summary Week Ended 21st April 2023 (Week 16)

 

17 Trades:

2 UK 100 - 933 BPS.

15 US 500 + 58 BPS.

17 long trades + 69 BPS.
1 short trades - 944 BPS.
14 intraday trades + 28 BPS.
3 multi-day trades - 903 BPS.

Total trades net  - 875 BPS.
Net points - 649.5.

Return on account for the week: - 1.17 % net.

P:L ratio: 0.4:1.
Days traded: 5.
Longest trade duration: 32 days.
Shortest trade duration: 1 min.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

Yet another very poor week for me.

I took losses on a position on the FTSE. Really poor trade management.

 

Hoping for more opportunities, and better results next week.

Stay disciplined.
Stay focussed.
Stay humble.

Trading Summary Week Ended 14th April 2023 (Week 15)

5 Trades:

1 UK 100 + 89 BPS.

4 US 500 - 638 BPS.

3 long trades - 209 BPS.
2 short trade - 1,308 BPS.
1 intraday trade + 5 BPS.
2 multi-day trades - 1,522 BPS.

Total trades net  - 1,517 BPS.
Net points - 537.4.

Return on account for the week: - 4.26 % net.

P:L ratio: 0.2:1.
Days traded: 3.
Longest trade duration: 240 days.
Shortest trade duration: 1 min.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

Another very poor week for me.

I took losses on a few positions on the SPX.

 

Hoping for more opportunities, and better results next week.

Stay disciplined.
Stay focussed.
Stay humble.

Trading Summary Week Ended 7th April 2023 (Week 14)

 

3 Trades:

3 US 500 - 638 BPS.

2 long trades - 136 BPS.
1 short trade - 502 BPS.
1 intraday trade + 2 BPS.
2 multi-day trades - 640 BPS.

Total trades net  - 638 BPS.
Net points - 251.4.

Return on account for the week: - 3.10 % net.

P:L ratio: 0.2:1.
Days traded: 2.
Longest trade duration: 48 days.
Shortest trade duration: 4 min.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

Not a good week.

I took losses on the SPX.

 

Hoping for more opportunities, and better results next week.

Stay disciplined.
Stay focussed.
Stay humble.

Trading Summary Week Ended 31st March 2023 (Week 13)

 

(I've been busy and haven't updated this blog for a few weeks..)

5 Trades:

5 US 500 + 5 BPS.

5 long trades + 5 BPS.
No short trades.
5 intraday trades + 5 BPS.
No multi-day trades.

Total trades net  + 5 BPS.
Net points + 2.

Return on account for the week: + 0.02 % net.

P:L ratio: 6.2:1.
Days traded: 2.
Longest trade duration: 36 min.
Shortest trade duration: 1 min.
(All PNL expressed in basis points for the purpose of comparison.)

Thoughts

A bit of nothing week.

 

Hoping for more opportunities, and better results next week.

Stay disciplined.
Stay focussed.
Stay humble.