Thread: Trading Journal

HERE I WILL POST MY STOCKS SWING TRADES TO ANALYZE MY PERFORMANCE, LEARN FROM MISTAKES AND IMPROVE. METHOD USED IS J16. MY FOREX TRADING PERFORMANCE IS HERE

ANY QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS ARE VERY WELCOME

RESULTS:
Results are at NET. Alternatives cost of $5.90 (RT, per contract) comprised.
Click any trade for specifics.

TOTAL: -$619.10

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Dec 2 - No open trades or orders

Meredith Corp..
SHORT

Fantastic luck with your diary
seeing shares is unquestionably interesting for me personally!

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Good luck with your diary

Supreme! Thanks guy! I believe that understanding you and the others are WATCHING I will be more cautious and picky about my entries!
Let us see where I can get

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Ecolab, Inc..
SHORT
Aug 4, 2010 - BOT: 9 SEPT 47,5 PUT @ 0.90
SOLD:

Hi Adi,

May I ask what does BOT: 9 SEPT 47,5 PUT @ 0.90 mean?
I have not traded shares before (just forex with J16). WHich broker are you using to trade these stocks? Can you please talk with me where I can find info about how to trade stocks/commodities by way of instance the min lot size, dollar per pip etc?
Thanks ahead

CY

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Hi Adi,

Can I ask what exactly does BOT: 9 SEPT 47,5 PUT @ 0.90 mean?
I have not traded shares before (just Currency Market with J16). WHich broker are you currently using to trade those stocks? Could you please talk with me where I can find advice about how to exchange stocks/commodities by way of instance the min lot size, dollar each pip etc?
Thanks in advance

CY

Hello Ertorque, thanks for your article. That is a demo account so I'm not proficient neither I attempt to exchange Options on Equity (shares and indices). So
BOT: 9 SEPT 47,5 PUT @ 0.90 means I BOUGHT 9 September Options of Form Put (Place is I bet on price to return, where Call option is vice versa to get extended ) for the price of $0.90 ( 1 Option represent 100 shares, therefore I restrain 900 shares).

Alternatives are really tough at the beginning, I still learning about these, yes they provide fantastic leverage but may also be dangerous because many aspects affect their worth (not just change in direction as with other instruments).

That is just one good choices resource http://www.morningstar.com

If you have some stocks in your Forex trading software, those are probably CFD's (Contracts for Difference) - I do not know much about these.

I wouldn't suggest to start with Alternatives, because you see I need this journal to be Swing - therefore it is similar to experiment for me - I would gradually buy/sell options simply to see if J16 would do the job for me here. But I need my regular main focus to be on Forex where everything is straight forward into the pip.

I do not know if this makes much sense to you. If you go into http://www.investopedia.com it's possible to get fundamental idea about Alternatives and people trade them you may see that it is going to take a lot of time to understand, in the event that you simply started then I think that it is far better to concentrate on setups instead of focusing on learning new instrument.

Thank you Adi for your explanation. Yes all this seems foreign to me. I will go to the links you supplied. Thanks again!

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Hi Ertorque, thanks to your article. That is a demo account so I am not proficient neither I attempt to exchange Options on Equity (shares and indices). So
BOT: 9 SEPT 47,5 PUT @ 0.90 means I BOUGHT 9 September Options of Type Put (Put is I wager on price to return, where Call choice is vice versa for long) to the price of $0.90 ( 1 Choice represent 100 shares, therefore I restrain 900 stocks ).

Alternatives are extremely tough at the beginning, I still learning about them, yes they provide excellent leverage but could also be harmful because many facets affect their value...

Looking forward to follow your thread. Best of luck on your journey!

What broker do you use? I was seeking an adequate broker that offers stocks, futuresbut besides GFT (my current broker) couldn't found anything useful.

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Looking ahead to follow your own thread. Best of luck on your travels!

What broker do you use? I was looking for an adequate broker that offers stocks, futuresbut apart from GFT (my current broker) couldn't found anything helpful.

Thanks Miha!
I use Thinkorswim Platform (http://www.thinkorswim.com). It is cool and its got all of the instruments you listed. Many features no more maintanance charge, and I believe is one of the best for Options!

I also heard a lot of good info about interactive brokers. So that you can check them out too.

IMHO the finest (who offer multi instuments at one loion ) are:
http://www.thinkorswim.com
http://www.charlesschwab.com (I think they don't offer futures)
http://www.etrade.com
http://www.interactivebrokers.com
http://www.saxobank.com (good but pricey, however it's possible to exchange almost all stock exchanges on earth )

Hope that this helps

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Meredith Corp..
SHORT

Hm, just discovered that I can't go back and edit my own post!
I would have to rethink the format of putting all this information together.
I will simply format the 1st post?!

Anyway, I got filled on this MDP SHORT so:

Aug 11, 2010 - BOT: 10 SEPT 30 PUT @ 0.80

ECL is moving ok. As of this minute SP500 is down 2.50% so that it assists my short positions.