March 2015 Trades


March 2015 Trade Statistics and activity

Stellar month for statistics and bottom line.



Daily Trade Charts...on the summary header: 

Day and Date ... Winning/Losing/Break-Even trades ... + - point Gain/Loss and the net Dollar amount.  

This page is a daily statistical summary including most of my trades. The charts usually combine
before and after snapshots - one that captures what I saw as entry rationals and the other for the results.


Click on any chart for a larger view...opens slideshow mode 
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Tuesday 03/31/2015...5/0/0...+56 or +$248
Nice set of WAGs...+38 ticks to start the day
Later on...


Monday 03/30/2015...1/0/1...+30 or +$347
FLO trade - last Monday of the month
Hardly worth the effort after this morning's trade.



Friday 03/27/2015...2/0/0...+33 or +$153



Thursday 03/26/2015...4/0/0...+59 or +$270


A nice runner
Hammering out bottoms 
WAG while the wagging is good


03/25/2015...No Trades...Heavy volume WR down...

03/24/2015...4/0...+41 or +$180
Divergence and Trend Lines
Same ol' same ol'
Lucky WAG's don't hurt...but don't count on 'em
3xD

03/23/2015...2/1...+29 or +$127
Practice short trade followed by a DIV below the TL long trade.
A hammer along with other signals.
Good signals failed


03/20/2015...no trades



03/19/2015 Thursday...1/0/1 BE...+12 or +$49
Pretty much sideways chop since lunch...few good entry signals

03/18/2015 Wednesday...1/1/1BE...-1 or -$21
Hammers as signals do not always work...



03/17/2015 Tuesday...3/0...+27 or +$116
Back to back NQ hammer trades before the majors opened:
Quick YM scalp right before the majors shut down:



03/16/2015 Monday...no trades
03/15/2015 Sunday evening...1/0...+12 or +$54
Left lot on the table over night



03/13/2015 Friday...1/0...+6 or +$24
Sometimes its better to leave the bracket Target order unchanged...+10 would have filled 
vs the +6 that I got, exiting at market...which is better than getting stopped B/E. 
I also missed the divergence entry signal that followed shortly afterwards. 



03/12/2015 Thursday...3/1...+34 or +$156
Hammered out a bottom on the 60 tick.


03/11/2015 Wednesday...1/0...+9 or +$39
A quick +9 just before the majors opened
A missed trade...by a tick...Good signals across the time frames.
A nice example of a mid-afternoon reversal that ran.


03/10/2015 Tuesday...2/0...+22 or +$159
New session late evening...
Same session during major market hours


03/09/2015 Monday...3/0...+22 or +$92
Good trade...
...but left a lot on the table
Good trade...initial 10 tick bracket target wasn't filled when hit... 
Sold because it was taking too long to move...
but it popped after just a few more seconds and ran...


03/06/2015 Friday...1/4/1BE...-6 or -$66
Playing a 2B with rising MACD slope...failed
Histo DIV B4 TLB - good trade.

Good signals failed...
Missed getting a fill on the TLB Re-Test...

Missed exiting with a gain...
WAG on continuation of trend - missed the longer term chart's O/B STO.
Good signals failed...

Not having a good day so far - taking a break for lunch time...


03/05/2015 Thursday...2/1...+21 or +$198





03/04/2015 Wednesday...1/0...+9 or +$84
Tried to get more than my regular 10 tick target but was stopped +9.
Trade took an hour to complete for $84 net.


03/03/2015 Tuesday...3/1/1BE...+31 or +$181
These 1st three trades were really just WAGs based on the 3 minute chart - anticipating a lunch time reversal pattern.
Still playing off the 3 minute chart - these two are examples of letting price come to you...
A buy-stop order entry followed by a limit order entry

Here's the three minute lunch time reversal chart:




03/02/2015 Monday...2/0...+7 or +$43
DIV pull-back fill ... +3 ticks or +$9 ... NQ
DIV buy-stop fill ... +4 ticks or +$34 ... RUT
The scalp above...a case where I tripped over dollars to pick up a penny.