Yes, back to old habits i'm afraid. Main mistake is I am just doing too much discretionary trading. I basically got caught long silver, gold...
Well, all I can say is, easy come, easy go.... Terrible week....first truly bad week since the debacle in May. Here are this weeks stats:...
Gold is severely undervalued. You just have to be able to look beyond the end of your nose to see it.
I hear you...i have not been trading CL as much since it broke out above 85 and really 77 before that. I just don't do well in these hard core...
yes, i saw that...i just "bought the dip" across several markets, including crude. we'll see...that play has been paying dividends for me for the...
i pop back in after being away for a couple of days and i can't figure out whats going on here? :eek:
Nodoji -- yes ive been reading your stuff and see that you've gotten pretty good with letting winners run...i just need to follow your example!...
You actually raise a great point...the core of my system is basically a mid/long term trend following system that uses ETFs. I have backtested...
First, here are this weeks stats: Weekly Gain: +9.1% YTD Gain: 73.5% % drawdown: 0% (!!!) This has been an extremely momentous week...
Its interesting to note that had i not blown up on those two days in May, I would now be up close to 140% with very low volatility and 85%+...
Ha! Its funny, same experience almost to a T! I am not so convinced about the "no average down" rule....or, at least, after 10 months and...
All i can say is DAMN. I guess much like being an addict, one is never really cured, only in remission. First, here are this weeks stats:...
\ i need me one of them
Had a good week this week. All of my discretionary trading was really strong, and I ended the week up in spite of a a big draw down in my core...
yeah, im with you...i'll be renting for the foreseeable future. my only concern is whether or not the fed is going to be successful in trying...
which numbers
Things are chugging along quite well...i suppose everyone is doing well with QE2 and all. Anyway, still ahead of my goals at the moment and will...
very complicated i say its all about buying dips here ;)
I made a similar mistake in May that cost me $100k in two days...i agree about moving on, but for me it was necessary to take two weeks off to...
Update for this week...things are going pretty well, i had another up week and am now up 33% on the year. I am in a drawdown based on my current...
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