Category Archives: Trade Analysis

May performance review

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Stock Trade Journal

Boy, May was a very though month. It was a good time to short if you had the stomach for wide stops. I traded very little in May which is an improvement over previous months. Continue reading →

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A good trade

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Stock Trade Journal

I spent some time analyzing a trade that was stopped out last week for ticker ACF.  I had been stalking $ACF after it showed up in TheKirkReport’s awesome Stock Screen Machine and set up an alert to let me know … Continue reading →

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April Performance Review

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Stock Trade Journal

Another month has gone by and it’s time to look how I traded. Let’s look at the P&L and other important stats. Continue reading →

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March Performance Review

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Stock Trade Journal

In this month’s performance analysis I began to use the “Expectancy” measurement as a way to incorporate both “Batting Average” and good R/R. Continue reading →

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Risk Management Pt 2

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Stock Trade Journal

In the previous post I talked about the different variables in play to determine a good risk management model and technique. One of the variables was the trader’s edge. Continue reading →

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Risk Management Pt1

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Stock Trade Journal

Risk management is probably the most important strategy traders need to implement. I have read many books and blogs on trading where a simple 2% risk rule is advocated, but I have found that it doesn’t work for me. First, … Continue reading →

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February's Performance Analysis

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Stock Trade Journal

This month I tried to tackle over trading. I decided to limit to 5 the number of trades I could enter in a week. Not necessarily one trade per day, but 5 trades per week. Check out the performance graph and stats below. Continue reading →

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Failed Shorts

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Stock Trade Journal

Last week I run a scan for stocks over $5, trading at least 500k shares per day on average and that were trading below their 20, 50 and 200 DMAs. I was looking for short setups as the market was in a down trend. I also run a similar scan looking for stocks trading above the 20, 50 and 200 DMAs for potential long trades. Continue reading →

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Performance Analysis

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Stock Trade Journal

At the end of every month I take a look at my journal entries and analyse my trading performance. This month my performance was poor. The main reason was that I failed to sell short. I noted in my journal both last week and the week before that selling short was clearly the trade but failed to do so. Continue reading →

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