LIVE real money S&P500 daily mechanical trading

[ordinaryguy76]

Current trade still running.

Totals for the day:
sell continued @ 1314.8, not closed @ 1315.3. Loss: -£1.15 (-5 pips).

6 winners, 7 losers to date.

Current trades / orders:

Sell £2.3 S&P500 @ 1308.5, SL 1330.3
Buy order £2.3 S&P500 @ 1331.3, SL 1316.3

Account balance showing: £640.80
Open P/L: -£6.67

Have a good weekend everyone !

 

[ordinaryguy76]

Trade update.
Loss realised over weekend: -£6.44. Opening price amended automatically to 1315.4. Practically, this is the price from 9 pm Friday.
Account balance: £633.93 (financing was 3 x -£0.14)

Trade currently showing +£8.28.

 

[ordinaryguy76]

boring... 9 pm trade looks like DOWN at the moment.

 

[ordinaryguy76]

Current trade still running.

Totals for the day:
sell continued @ 1315.3, not closed @ 1315.8. Loss: -£1.15 (-5 pips).

6 winners, 8 losers to date.

Current trades / orders:

Sell £2.3 S&P500 @ 1315.4, SL 1330.8
Buy order £2.3 S&P500 @ 1331.8, SL 1316.8

Account balance showing: £633.93
Open P/L: +£0.92

 

[ordinaryguy76]

Trade update.
Profit realised overnight: +£10.35. Opening price amended automatically to 1310.9.
Account balance: £644.13 (financing was -£0.14)

Trade currently showing -£2.52.

 

[ordinaryguy76]

did bear hunting finish yesterday ?
Trade currently showing +£4.83.

 

[ordinaryguy76]

9 pm trade looks like up. Will have to close current trade and open a new one.

 

[ordinaryguy76]

Totals for the day:
sell continued @ 1315.8, closed @ 1314.5. Profit: +£2.99 (+13 pips).

7 winners, 8 losers to date.

Current trades / orders:

Buy £2.3 S&P500 @ 1314.8, SL 1299.8
Sell order £2.3 S&P500 @ 1298.8, SL 1313.8

Account balance showing: £635.92
Open P/L: -£1.61

 

[ordinaryguy76]

Trade update.
Profit realised overnight: +£11.50. Opening price amended automatically to 1319.8.
Account balance: £647.23 (financing was -£0.19 i.e. much higher than for sell trades)

Trade currently showing -£1.61.

 

[ordinaryguy76]

looks like a bigger move today.
Unfortunately, I am on the wrong side of it at the moment !
-£20 open.

Yesterday, it was all going my way (down), but US jumped in and practically erased my profit. I wonder whether it will decrease my loss today ?

 

[ordinaryguy76]

I hope my SL won't get hit before 2.30 pm.

 

[ordinaryguy76]

Blimey, what a day !!!
I'm looking at +£17 on top of the +£11.50. Now we're talking. I hope it won't go much down before 9 pm, if any.
Interestingly, 9 pm trade points UP, so I will probably leave this one open.

 

[ordinaryguy76]

Current trade still running.

Totals for the day:
buy @ 1314.8, not closed @ 1325.6. Profit: +£24.84 (+108 pips).

8 winners, 8 losers to date.

Current trades / orders:

Buy £2.3 S&P500 @ 1319.8 (amended by Finspreads), SL 1310.6
Sell order £2.3 S&P500 @ 1309.6, SL 1324.6

Account balance showing: £647.23
Open P/L: +£12.88

 

[ordinaryguy76]

I've attached history of account balance throughout January 2012.
The numbers are as if each trade was closed @ 9 pm (for example, today Finspreads showed balance of £647 and £13 open trade = £660 in total).

Starting capital was £500 from me + £100 bonus.

Not too bad, but still early days.

 

[ordinaryguy76]

Trade update.
Profit realised overnight: +£7.36. Opening price amended automatically to 1323.0.
Account balance: £654.39 (financing was -£0.19)

Trade currently showing +£0.23.

 

[ordinaryguy76]

Trade showing -£3.68.

Again, don't want my stop loss hit before 2.30 pm.

I know why the market jumped up yesterday - it was the dollar interest rate news, wasn't it ?
Of course, results from Apple etc. helped as well.

Anyway, will be driving to London from 2 pm so no chance to monitor my trade in the afternoon.
I will do my best to be back home by 9 pm as the 9 pm trade will be DOWN.

 

[ordinaryguy76]

All going well for now, +£10.12, fingers crossed.

 

[ordinaryguy76]

Gave back two thirds of yesterday's win, unfortunately.

Totals for the day:
buy @ 1325.6, closed @ 1318.6. Loss: -£16.10 (-70 pips).

8 winners, 9 losers to date.

Current trades / orders:

Sell £2.3 S&P500 @ 1318.6, SL 1333.6
Buy order £2.3 S&P500 @ 1334.6, SL 1319.6

Account balance showing: £644.27
Open P/L: -£0.92

 

[ordinaryguy76]

Trade update.
Profit realised overnight: +£0.46. Opening price amended automatically to 1318.4.
Account balance: £644.59 (financing was -£0.15, instead of the usual -£0.14, I wonder why)

Trade currently showing +£2.07.

 

[ordinaryguy76]

-£8.97 at the mo. I am not going to quit my day job yet !