Update for 20110214

Happy Valentines Day! Or Forever Alone Day. Or Anna Howard Shaw Day. Or Monday.

Anyway, one win today to push me to a new equity high, so that's exciting. Still trying to think of a way to squeeze more profit out of this system. I want to pyramid as I go into profit, such as is mentioned in Reminiscences... and by Dennis Gartman -- we'll see.

Up 9.7% month-to-date

Up 33.6% since inception (4/19/2010)

Update for 20110211

Ending the week on a high note! My theoretical return (taking every trade the system throws at me, even when on vacation) is currently ahead of my actual return by about 2 full wins worth. Here's why:

Yesterday I entered a few minutes late on a setup, and my stop loss was closer than it would have been had I entered at the correct time. Wouldn't you know it, price retraced to my actual stop loss before going on to what would have been the take profit level, but it wouldn't have touched the stop loss if I had entered on time! Shit happens, no big deal. This scenario has worked in my favor in the past, and I'm sure the theoretical/actual lines on the equity curve will continue to oscillate back and forth as long as I trade this system.

Up 6.4% month-to-date

Up 30.3% since inception (4/19/2010)

Update for 20110201

Starting February strong with a new equity high! Two wins today. Almost a third?

I have been feeling sick the last day or so, and it's thrown my sleep schedule off. I woke up late today and noticed that a trade setup had formed and already passed by, with profit being hit at first glance. I looked at the news forecast though, and noticed that the entry time would have coincided with Swiss retail sales numbers. Oanda being a stickler for hiking spreads around news releases, and squeaking a profit out on that trade by only 5 pips as indicated anyway, there's no telling what would have actually happened. If I had received an unfavorable spread/fill upon entry, price might have never reached my new target.

I guess I can check tomorrow at http://fxtrade.oanda.com/why/spreads/recent

Up 6.1% month-to-date

Up 30% since inception (4/19/2010)

Update for 20110131

Closing off January with a gain of 7.4%. The gain puts me right up next to my previous equity high, so here's hoping for a winning trade to start off February!

Up 7.4% month-to-date

Up 23.6% since inception (4/19/2010)

Update for 20110125

New equity high today! Just by a bit, though (1% higher than the last). I feel like I'm finally getting back into the groove after my Christmas break, and I'm looking forward to staying active in the gym and at the trading desk.

Up 7.6% month-to-date

Up 23.8% since inception (4/19/2010)

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