Friday, November 13, 2009

Paper Trading Day 81 of 90

Getting pretty slack here I nearly didn't write anything at all here. Though this isn't much anyway.

FOREX:

I exited two trades that went the wrong way two days in a row:
  • a short trade on US Dollar / Swiss Franc making a profit of $64
  • a long trade on Australian Dollar / US Dollar taking a lose of $505
I entered one new trade today a long trade on US Dollar / Japanese Yen.

Current trades are:

Curr Pair Direction Entry Price Current Price P/L
USD / JPY Long 90.295 90.295

Profit on closed trades is currently $16,264.00 an increase on my original account of 43.96%.

COMMODITIES:

No exits and no new trades today.

Current trades are:

Commodity Direction Entry Price Current Price P/L
Corn Long 408 405.6 -$120
Oats Long 277.75 282.4 $232.50
Soybean Oil Long 38.73 38.79 $36
Wheat Long 550.75 552.2 $72.5
Cotton Long 72.93 71.07 -$930

Profit on open trades is currently -$709.00 and profit on closed trades is currently $11,736.25 a total of $11,027.25 an increase on my original account of 22.97%..

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Paper Trading Day 80 of 90

I have been going to a lot of personal development seminars over the last few years and the thing I am picking up the most is to follow what you are passionate about. One of the things I am most passionate about is food and drink and entertaining friends, but more importantly food prepared with fresh ingredients. With this in mind I am starting a new blog where I will share some of my own recipes and experiences with cooking and entertaining. If you like to eat good food, share a nice bottle of wine or kick back and have a few brews after a hard hot day at work then please follow my new blog at http://myfreshkitchen.blogspot.com

FOREX:

Today I closed two trades that have both gone the wrong direction two days in a row they are:
  • a long trade on Euro / US Dollar making a profit of $1,210.00
  • along trade on British Pound / US Dollar making a profit of $40.00
there were no new trades that fall within my trading rules.

Current trades are:

Curr Pair Direction Entry Price Current Price P/L
USD / CHF Short 1.0174 1.0079 $760
AUD / USD Long .93 .93

Profit on open trades is currently $765.00 and profit on closed trades is $16,705.35 a total of $17,470.35 an increase on my original account of 47.22%.

COMMODITIES:

I entered three new trades today all of them grains:
  • a long trade on Corn
  • a long trade on Soybean Oil
  • a long trade on Wheat
Current trades are:

Commodity Direction Entry Price Current Price P/L
Corn Long 408 408
Oats Long 277.75 280 $112.50
Soybean Oil Long 38.73 38.73
Wheat Long 560.75 560.75
Cotton Long 72.93 71.07 -$930

Profit on open trades is currently -$817.50 and profit on closed trades is currently $11,736.25 a total of $10,918.75 an increase on my original account of 22.75%.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Paper Trading Day 79 of 90

I installed the latest version of ARLT on saturday and because it now has 2 new currency pairs I also had to download the latest trading spreadsheets. Now that I have the new spreadsheets updated with current trades I can start reporting again.

FOREX:

I closed two trades today:
  • a short trade on Euro / British Pound taking a lose of $347.80
  • a long trade on Australian Dollar / Japanese Yen taking a lose of $89.95
There were no new trades reported by Lifestyle Trader.

Current trades are:

Curr Pair Direction Entry Price Current Price P/L
EUR / USD Long 1.4864 1.4993 $1,290
GBP / USD Long 1.6581 1.6745 $1,655
USD / CHF Short 1.0174 1.0075 $792
AUD / USD Long .93 .9306 $65

Profit on open trades is currently $3,802.00 and profit on closed trades is $15,455.35 a total of $19,257.35 an increase on my original account of 52.05%.

COMMODITIES:

I entered two new trades today being the only open commodity trades I have.

Current trades are:

Commodity Direction Entry Price Current Price P/L
Oats Long 277.75 277.75
Cotton Long (buy order pending)

Profit on closed trades is currently $11,736.25 an increase on my original account of 24.45%.

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