Trader P/L 2010

[edabreu]

missed the monster move up and down on the report...but managed to get the left overs.

[brownsfan019]

1-6-10: +$562.50

Per day profit target reached, but could have been better on oil. Bought the LOD around 1045am at the time, made some money but proceeded to watch it skyrocket.

[eric341]

So BF are you still working from a capital base of 10k? I thought you would size up about by 5 times since you returned about 500% last year :P

[Dinerotrader]

1/7/10: +$882

This is just SIM but it was an exciting day. I got out of several positions way to early (ES and GNG(natural gas)) and still did well. Over the past few days I feel like I am finally getting my method down and learning what I want to trade. It is funny how excited you can get over SIM results. I am definitely going to start taking some real money trades once my work load is not so heavy.

SIM

[subterfuge]

+86

tough day again for me. Still, green is green i guess.

[brownsfan019]

1-7-10: +$510.00

Missed a few nice ones on oil. I was a little preoccupied with stuff breaking around here (when it rain it pours) and lost concentration.

[method]

Intraday short turned out to be an overnight one. The market looks surprisingly dull. It's either going to make a huge downward move or shoot straight up. It's just calm before the storm methinks

returned about 45 euros on the dax.



btw for some reason I have two accounts on this forum- eric341 & this one. I'll be using this one from now onwards

[brownsfan019]

Originally Posted by eric341 So BF are you still working from a capital base of 10k? I thought you would size up about by 5 times since you returned about 500% last year :P

I'm just leaving it at 1-2 contracts being traded for purposes here. I thought about doing some adjustments but I just don't have the time right now to do it the right way.

Whatever you see me post, you can just multiple good or bad on how many contracts you might be trading if you were mimicking my results. For example, a 10 lot account would have made $5k today.

[Dinerotrader]

Originally Posted by brownsfan019 I'm just leaving it at 1-2 contracts being traded for purposes here. I thought about doing some adjustments but I just don't have the time right now to do it the right way. Whatever you see me post, you can just multiple good or bad on how many contracts you might be trading if you were mimicking my results. For example, a 10 lot account would have made $5k today.

If you wouldn't mind sharing your experience with the various futures you trade, what is the largest lot amount you think you could trade on the following futures without having to conceal your trading size from others or without moving the price. In other words, how large can my lot size be on these futures and still trade them like I trade a 1 lot size?

Oil
Soybeans
Russel
ES
6E

I was considering this today and thought I was a bit out of my league in trying to make a good educated guess. Is there some sort of rule of thumb you can use related to daily volume?

[edabreu]

Caught some good moves today.