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Forum: Trading Journals October 10th, 2019, 06:04 PM
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Posted By jba1962
October 10 Wrap

Non Day Trade: Nothing Done

Day Trade: Not a good day. Trade was up 80 dollars when I initiated the 2nd leg. 10 minutes later I was down 3000. It was rather shocking in its speed. I lightened up...
Forum: Trading Journals October 10th, 2019, 09:30 AM
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Posted By jba1962
You wouldn't need different brokers. You could go...

You wouldn't need different brokers. You could go Long Gold and Short Silver in the same account for example.

And yes sometimes your Long goes down and your Short goes up. It happens. And...
Forum: Trading Journals October 10th, 2019, 07:43 AM
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Posted By jba1962
Final 10/9 Numbers

My DAX trades actually made 42.35 but IB charged me 13.71 for EURVALUENP FOR OCT 2019. I have no idea if that is a one-time fee, a recurring fee or what. So I subtracted it from the net for Non-Day...
Forum: Trading Journals October 10th, 2019, 07:33 AM
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Posted By jba1962
In the beginning I do not pick a direction. I...

In the beginning I do not pick a direction. I enter into a spread position. With rare exceptions it stays that way for many hours, by which time I have all 3 legs of my trade on. After that, if...
Forum: Trading Journals October 10th, 2019, 07:27 AM
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Posted By jba1962
Yes, overall I outperform my model by a fairly...

Yes, overall I outperform my model by a fairly wide margin, so I try to keep that in mind on a day when I underperform. Yesterday wasn't really my fault, it was just bad luck. Normally the market...
Forum: Trading Journals October 9th, 2019, 04:15 PM
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Posted By jba1962
Elite Journals

Thanks Bob and Kareem for your input. I see no reason to move/change my journal. And I do appreciate your thoughts Bob, on identifying some elite journals to track. But all suggestions are...
Forum: Trading Journals October 9th, 2019, 04:09 PM
Replies: 237
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Posted By jba1962
October 9 Wrap

Non-Day Trade: Not sure this really fits here, but I did a couple little DAX trades today. I'm trying to see if it might slot into my rotation for the equity spreads, and I want to see how it works...
Forum: Trading Journals October 9th, 2019, 12:18 PM
Replies: 237
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Posted By jba1962
Elite Journals

Today I discovered a whole new area of journals in the Elite section. I never knew about this before, probably because I was not an Elite member when I started this journal.

A few questions for...
Forum: Trading Journals October 9th, 2019, 10:58 AM
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Posted By jba1962
Mike

Don't sell yourself short with statements like "How little I know about trading".

I see posts on here with charts and annotations and awesome looking lines and graphs and arrows, and I don't have...
Forum: Trading Journals October 9th, 2019, 10:46 AM
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Posted By jba1962
Kareem

Brilliant. So basically you are a portfolio manager, right. Making daily income selling premium?

Not doing much premium selling lately. Over the years, that has been my bread and butter, but I am...
Forum: Trading Journals October 9th, 2019, 10:20 AM
Replies: 237
Views: 30,364
Posted By jba1962
Final 10/8 Numbers

Non Day-Trade P/L: 0.00 Month: +133.26 *Total: +3880.55
DayTrade P/L: +746.23 Month: +11,441.36 *Total: +66,261.36



* Total is since June 1, since I started this journal in June and June 3 is...
Forum: Trading Journals October 8th, 2019, 05:05 PM
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Posted By jba1962
October 8 Wrap

Hectic day for me. Did not get to address the two posts that I intended to. Will try again tomorrow.

Day Trade Side: Did 4 units today as Tuesdays are generally a good day. But I did not manage...
Forum: Trading Journals October 8th, 2019, 08:17 AM
Replies: 237
Views: 30,364
Posted By jba1962
Final 10/7 Numbers

Non Day-Trade P/L: 0.00 Month: +133.26 *Total: +3880.55
DayTrade P/L: +944.64 Month: +10,695.13 *Total: +65,515.13



* Total is since June 1, since I started this journal in June and June 3 is...
Forum: Trading Journals October 7th, 2019, 07:59 PM
Replies: 237
Views: 30,364
Posted By jba1962
October 7 Wrap

First of all thanks to Kareem and Mike for input. I will respond to both tomorrow.

Today I went to the Rays-Astros game. That stadium is in the worst place possible, I think. It took an hour to...
Forum: Trading Journals October 5th, 2019, 11:20 AM
Replies: 237
Views: 30,364
Posted By jba1962
Mike, I am now trading 3 units, so yes the...

Mike,

I am now trading 3 units, so yes the position sizing is fairly large, but the trades are mostly spreads and don't require a lot of margin to initiate. My algorithm for position sizing is the...
Forum: Trading Journals October 5th, 2019, 09:14 AM
Replies: 237
Views: 30,364
Posted By jba1962
Final 10/4 Numbers

Non Day-Trade P/L: 0.00 Month: +133.26 *Total: +3880.55
DayTrade P/L: +1088.73 Month: +9750.49 *Total: +64,570.49



* Total is since June 1, since I started this journal in June and June 3 is...
Forum: Trading Journals October 4th, 2019, 02:31 PM
Replies: 237
Views: 30,364
Posted By jba1962
October 4 Wrap

Non-Day Trade: Nothing Done

Day Trade: Like the last few days, the trade took no heat today. Unlike the last few days it did not rocket into the stratosphere. It seemed to want to oscillate...
Forum: Trading Journals October 4th, 2019, 01:13 PM
Replies: 237
Views: 30,364
Posted By jba1962
LastDino, Thanks for your input. I've sold...

LastDino,

Thanks for your input. I've sold options since 1997, so I've seen a variety of market conditions and volatility throughout the years. I've made a lot of money writing options, and had a...
Forum: Trading Journals October 4th, 2019, 09:37 AM
Replies: 237
Views: 30,364
Posted By jba1962
Final 10/3 Numbers

Non Day-Trade P/L: +194.68 Month: +133.26 *Total: +3880.55
DayTrade P/L: +3840.00 Month: +8661.76 *Total: +63,481.76



* Total is since June 1, since I started this journal in June and June 3...
Forum: Trading Journals October 3rd, 2019, 04:32 PM
Replies: 237
Views: 30,364
Posted By jba1962
Unfortunately, I have no way of assisting you...

Unfortunately, I have no way of assisting you with this. I don't use amp futures, nor do I have any contacts there. Perhaps a post to a more general section of this board?
Forum: Trading Journals October 3rd, 2019, 04:30 PM
Replies: 237
Views: 30,364
Posted By jba1962
October 3 Wrap

Non-Day Trade: The biggest impact of doing this journal has been the way my view of writing options has changed. I would never have imagined a time when I wouldn't have option premium in my account....
Forum: Trading Journals October 3rd, 2019, 04:10 PM
Replies: 237
Views: 30,364
Posted By jba1962
Thank you for your post. Much appreciated. I...

Thank you for your post. Much appreciated.

I will DM you with my response as soon as I get a chance to put my thoughts down on paper (well, computer screen - you know what I mean).
Forum: Trading Journals October 3rd, 2019, 07:17 AM
Replies: 237
Views: 30,364
Posted By jba1962
Final 10/2 Numbers

Non Day-Trade P/L: -61.42 Month: -61.42 *Total: +3685.87 (Open Premium: 410.00)
DayTrade P/L: +3413.54 Month: +4821.76 *Total: +59,641.76



* Total is since June 1, since I started this journal...
Forum: Trading Journals October 2nd, 2019, 04:03 PM
Replies: 237
Views: 30,364
Posted By jba1962
October 2 Wrap

Non Day Trade: Sold a ES2700P for October 18 expiration for 700 near the close. Probably not much gained or lost once the settle price comes in, but I like the odds over the next 2 1/2 weeks.

Day...
Forum: Trading Journals October 2nd, 2019, 03:59 PM
Replies: 237
Views: 30,364
Posted By jba1962
Final 10/1 Numbers

Non Day-Trade P/L: 0.00 Month: 0.00 *Total: +3747.29
DayTrade P/L: +1408.22 Month: +1408.22 *Total: +56,226.34



* Total is since June 1, since I started this journal in June and June 3 is when...
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