Update for 2010 End

My apologies for lack of updates if anyone is out there following! I took my Christmas vacation starting December 17th, and at that point I was up 1.5% on the month and 16.4% since inception.

I was beating my theoretical return by 3% due to entering late on a trade, getting a better price, and avoiding a dip to what should have been the SL level had I been on time.

So far in January, I'm up 3% month-to-date and up 19.3% since inception. I took vacation for MLK Jr. day and missed a winning trade; c'est la vie.

Update for 20101203

Two losers today to end the week after a win and loss yesterday. I'm taking the last two weeks of the year off due to the market usually slowing down at that time, so there are only 10 more trading days in 2010 for me!

Down 3.8% month-to-date

Up 11.3% since inception

Update for 20101130

November closed out great for me, even though I missed another winning trade since last post! The difference between what my return should have been, had I taken every trade setup this month, and what it currently is came to 7.2% lower than it should be. Put another way, I would have basically made up all of my losses from October.

But what's done is done, and I can only move on, trying my best to stay awake at the desk. It's not like I had problems staying awake at my day job before this, so I suspect it is a combination of third shift hours, lack of social interaction, proximity to my bed, and overall lack of continuous activity.

I've included the "theoretical %" line again on the equity curve, because it's now taken back over the actual % return. The theoretical return is calculated from assuming I had taken every trade setup I have identified since inception. When the actual return was greater than the theoretical return in the past, it was due to my dozing off and morning runs missing more losers than winners ;)

I will need a similar stellar return in the two-and-a-half weeks of December that I'll be trading if I want to be able to pay myself off of trading income this quarter. Sucks that I'm in a hole like that!

Up 16.7% month-to-date

Up 15% since inception (4/19/2010)

Update for 20101119

I'm getting over a cold, taking lots of naps! Means I missed a few trades, 3 wins 2 losses since the month started, but I'm still positive on the month! I need it after October...

Up 8.4% month-to-date

Up 8.3% since inception (4/19/2010)

Update for 20101111

Took veterans day off and didn't miss anything! Woohoo! That's after sleeping through a win the other day >:o

Up 8.3% month-to-date

Up 8.2% since inception (4/19/2010)

Update for 20101102

4-2 so far in November! A comeback after October is certainly welcome...

Go vote!

Up 9.9% month-to-date

Up 9.5% since inception (4/19/2010)

Update for 20101031

Unfortunately after a brief equity uptick since the last blog update, I ended October with the largest monthly loss I've encountered so far. It was also the largest monthly loss encountered through all of the backtesting I performed prior to going live.

I did screw up on one trade and accidentally buy USD/CHF when I meant to buy EUR/USD. I closed the trade as soon as I realized the error and entered a limit order for the correct trade I should have taken, after I confirmed that had I taken the correct trade to begin with it would still have been "alive" (not hit TP or SL levels).

Down 17.3% month-to-date

Up 1.4% since inception (4/19/2010)