Open positions 2014-03-08

Hybrid

Runner

New equity highs for both portfolios again, & now I'm including dividends that's helping too.

The "Runner" portfolio now has 12 positions, so that's some compensation for using fixed sum & not using a more efficient form of money management.

I think the optimum number of positions would be between 15 & 20, but initially that's simply not an option when starting the portfolio with limited capital & relatively high brokerage rates.

Buys/Sells for 2014-03-03

No Sells

Buy TPM both portfolios Mon at the open

I was torn between playing it safe this week & buying WOW or risking more on the position with TPM.

That"s the disadvantage of fixed position size, you can't adjust the position risk by varying size.

I will be addressing this shortcoming in my new daily system which I am currently forward testing.

Open positions 2014-03-01

Hybrid

Runner

New equity highs for both portfolios, dividends starting to come in, most due in March.
I'm forward testing a new daily system in the ASX share trading game http://www.asx.com.au/education/sharemarket-games.htm
Registrations are still open, be in, it's a great learning tool.

Buys/Sells for 2014-02-24

No sells for next week

Buy RHC for both portfolios next market open

Start to collect dividends next week

TLS on Monday & BGA on Tuesday

Open positions 2014-02-22

Hybrid

Runner

New equity high for P Runner

Buys/Sells for 2014-02-17

No Sells

Buy EFT GOLD for both Hybrid & Runner on Monday at market open.

Open positions 2014-02-15

P Hybrid

P Runner

Open positions 2014-02-08

P Hybrid

P Runner

SEK sold on 3rd Feb at $12.34 

No Sells for next week & no Buys either as my market switches are off.

Dividend season starts end of this month, no doubt there'll be some market volatility first in an attempt to shake out everyone except Buy & Hold Investors.

All the shares I'm currently holding pay dividends except for BSL which hasn't paid out since Feb 2011.

At the time I bought it I wasn't taking dividend income into account. Live & learn...

This is where I get all my dividend information:  http://www.sharedividends.com.au/

Buys/Sells for 2014-02-03

Sell SEK in P Hybrid

No buys, market switch is off. 

Open positions 2014-02-01

P Hybrid

P Runner

Buys/Sells for 2014-01-28

Buy CSR for both remaining portfolios

Sell ARI in Hybrid

Open positions 2014-01-25

P Taker

P Hybrid

P Runner

Last 10 closed trades

P Taker

P Hybrid

P Runner

The closed equity figures above do not include dividends which have only recently been taken into account, the dividends for the last season are $754.39, $562.03 & $874.31
P Taker is now closed & won't be re-started as it's returns are clearly inferior to P Hybrid & P Runner.

Buys & sells for next week probably won't be posted 'till Monday 27th which is a public holiday.

Market re-opens on Tuesday 28th