Saturday 31 December 2011

31st Dec 2011 end of week, month & year summary

P Taker

P Hybrid

P Runner


XAO Start 4846.884 Finish 4111.038 = 15.18% decrease 

Comparison of the 3 portfolios open equity for the Year

P Taker Start 49946.98 Finish 45648.44 = 8.6% decrease
                 
P Hybrid Start 56023.95 Finish 49253.59 = 12.08% decrease

P Runner  Start 65056.81 Finish 59207.81 = 8.9% decrease 

I would like to know how other traders fared last year, so if anyone else has a Blog or website with Buy & Sell signals posted before the trades are done, I would be very interested to hear from them.




Tuesday 27 December 2011

27th Dec 2011 end of week summary

P Taker - Unchanged
P Hybrid

P Runner

We had a Dow Theory buy signal on Friday for the DJIA, but that would have been on low volume, still, we could have a low volume Xmas Rally!
No Buy signal yet for Australian Indices.



Thursday 22 December 2011

Sunday 18 December 2011

18th Dec 2011 end of week summary

P Taker cash $45648.44

P Hybrid

P Runner

Still looks like things are shaping up for a Xmas/New Year rally - only 7 more sleeps!


Sunday 11 December 2011

Sunday 11th Dec 2011

P Taker

P Hybrid

P Runner


Still no green light, XAO didn't pass 4424 last week & that's still the critical level for my Market Switch in December.
I hope it gets blitzed this coming week 'cos my hands have gone numb from being sat on! 

Saturday 10 December 2011

Sunday 4 December 2011

Sunday 4th Dec 2011

Mr Market appears to have read my blog & decided to show me just how far out of sync I am !
So if this rally continues next week & passes last month's XAO high of 4424 it will flick my Market Switch on.
If I'm to follow my system I will then have to put some risk on - time will tell.
Open positions

P Hybrid

P Runner



Thursday 1 December 2011

Cynical? Moi?

Not so long ago certain financial institutions were deemed too big to fail and got bail outs.
 Once you've started down that road you have to keep going, so, now we've got whole countries deemed too big to fail.

Reminds me of  "Oh look, this side of the Titanic is not even close to the water, lets move the deck chairs over here." 
We know how that ended..

Sunday 27 November 2011

27th Nov 2011 end of week summary

No buys no Sells, XAO Market switch still OFF 
"Tis the season to be jolly not the season to be long stocks!

P Taker cash $45648.44

P Hybrid

P Runner

"The garlic eaters don’t want to repay their debts, and the beer drinkers don’t want to lend them any more money"   Mad Hedge Fund Trader

Sunday 20 November 2011

20th November 2011 end of week summary

The potential uptrend lost momentum this week and we're back to sideways again on most major Indices

P Taker - Unchanged

P Hybrid

P Runner

No buys no sells -  such is life, as Ned once famously said.

Started this blog on 14/09/09 over two years ago when the XAO was at 4596.5
It's now 4246.68

Sunday 13 November 2011

13th Nov 2011 end of week summary

P Taker: Unchanged

P Hybrid

P Runner

Market switch flicked ON briefly for 1 day during the week but finished the week OFF.

If the Market Switch turns ON and stays ON this week I'm looking to buy one or two of: BPT RSG SIP SLR & SXY which have shown up in some  momentum scans.




Sunday 6 November 2011

6th Nov 2011 end of week summary

P Taker - Unchanged

P Hybrid

P Runner

No Sells, Market Switch still OFF, so no buys just yet either.



Sunday 30 October 2011

30th Oct 2011 end of week summary

P Taker
Cash $45648.44

P Hybrid

P Runner

Market Switch - see comments below previous post.


Sunday 23 October 2011

23rd Oct 2011 end of week summary

P Taker
Cash $45648.44

P Hybrid

P Runner

Portfolio Management
Sell RMS  Mon at the open as it has closed below it's exit.

Market switch is still OFF so no new buys next week.


Monday 17 October 2011

16th Oct 2011 end of week summary

P Taker 
No change

P Hybrid

P Runner

Like I said, not much change!


Sunday 16 October 2011

16th Oct 2011 end of week summary

Will update blog tomorrow, however not much change in the 2 portfolios since last week, XAO market switch is  still off so no new buys, & no sells triggered.

Sunday 9 October 2011

9th Oct 2011 end of week summary

P Taker
All in cash $45648.44

P Hybrid

P Runner

No new trades for next week, my XAO  Index switch is still off and has been since early May this year.
That's nearly 6 months now and in hindsight it's been a good thing not to have been taking new trades, the way the market's gone!


Saturday 1 October 2011

1st Oct 2011 end of week Summary

P Taker
Cash $45648.44

P Hybrid

P Runner


Last 10 closed trades
P Taker

P Hybrid

P Runner




Monday 26 September 2011

ALK Sale

ALK in P Hybrid portfolio sold @ 1.21 at today's open.

Sunday 25 September 2011

Sept 25 2011

P Taker
No Change

P Hybrid

P Runner

Portfolio Management
Sell remaining holdings of ALK Mon at the open in P Hybrid

Market switch still off, so no buys yet.



Sunday 18 September 2011

18th Sept 2011

Profit  Taker 
No change

Profit Hybrid

Profit Runner

Portfolio Management
No other sells signalled & no buys while the Market switch is off.


Monday 12 September 2011

Sell AUT 12th Sept 2011

AUT sold at the open @ 2.54 then fell to 2.40 closing at 2.41, down 7.7% 
Gotta be happy about that! Now only one stock left in the Runner portfolio

Sunday 11 September 2011

11th Sept 2011 end of week summary

P Taker
Still in cash $45648.44

P Hybrid


P Runner


Nearly missed the AUT exit, Sell all holdings AUT on Monday 12th Sept at the open.
Still no market switch ON indication for the All Ords



Sunday 4 September 2011

4th Sept 2011 end of week Summary

P Taker
No Change

P Hybrid

P Runner

No sells indicated and still no clear Market direction so no buys or sells for next week.
Will be looking to add RMS to the other 2 portfolios as soon as my Market switch turns on.


Saturday 27 August 2011

August 27th 2011 end of week Summary

P Taker
No change

P Hybrid

P Runner

No new Buys or Sells for next week

It's fairly clear from the results to date that wider stops are more profitable than tight ones in a trend following system.

Brokerage fees for the 3 systems to date have been:

P Taker $1566.60
P Hybrid $1820.85
P Runner $1332.15



Sunday 21 August 2011

21st Aug 2011 end of week summary

P Taker 
$45648.44

P Hybrid

P Runner

Portfolio Management
Sell all holdings of SPL at the next open.

Both portfolios steadily going to cash.
Joke du jour
 If you saw a politician drowning and you could either save him or photograph him, what f-stop would you use? :-)

Sunday 14 August 2011

14th Aug end of week summary

P Taker
No change

P Hybrid
Open Positions

P Runner
Open Positions

P Taker last 10 closed Trades
No change

P Hybrid last 10 closed Trades

P Runner last 10 closed Trades


Portfolio Management
Index switch is still off, so no buys for next week and surprisingly, no new exits hit so no sells either!