After reading the pdf over on spread betting beginners forum (see yesterdays post), I think I finally got my head around when to start pyramiding into positions within my own account. So I reassessed my current open profitable positions and this morning I pyramid into 8 of them! Obviously by the end of play today the market dropped around 1% but not everday will be like this and fingers crossed a couple of those new pyramids will end up replicating my most successful one in ITV.
Like I mentioned before I think the aspect of when to pyramid has held me back a little with the position trading strategy, so sometimes I feel it may be showing a little less profit than maybe it should. Hopefully I will remedy that with my new found pyramiding confidence! Obviously it wont all be silver linings, as pyramiding into positions means I can now lose money twice as fast, but if I want to make any money in this spread betting malarky then I need to grab the cash cow by both horns and build that pyramid when my winning positions are edging ahead. The trend is your friend as they say!
No new sharetip trades for account 1 and no brand new positions established in account 2 either, but I have my eye on a trade in M&S for tomorrow - it fell again today and is nearly at a very long term support level, so I think I will get in there and see if it bounces straight off it for some quick profit with a pretty decent upside.
Happy trading!
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Monday, 21 February 2011
Sunday, 6 February 2011
06/02/2011 Accounts Roundup
Going to jump straight into the results for this week as I'm snowed under with day job deadlines!
Account 1: Pro tips strategy account
This account took a bit of a battering, a few of the share tips I received stopped out almost immediately when the market dipped a couple of days during the week. Wasn't great as each one racked up losses of around £25 a time which soon added up. I've taken a look at my existing open positions and I've only managed to move stops upwards on around 3 of them out of 36 in total. I did receive some share tips on Friday but I was out of my office for the day so I will be establishing some more positions on Monday. The account has around £300 of free trading resources.
So a breakeven week in the markets but with a 6% drop in this account the balance now stands at £1672.53.
Account 2: Tony Loton's 'position trading' strategy account
I actually had 2 trades stop out this week giving me over £110 in combined profit which I was pretty chuffed about. However I also had quite a few stops of between £10-£15 practically wiping out that profit which was dissapointing. In fact on Thursday I had 3 trades stop out - McBride for a loss of £14, Pace for a profit of £14, and National Grid stopped at £0 for a total breakeven trade and breakeven day, spooky times! It was that kind of week though.
I've made several new trades, some of which have jumped to immediate profits. Remember my pyramid into ITV a few weeks back? It still holding up and thanks to a 5 point jump on Friday its added another £10 in accumulated profit. It may also mean that I establish another £1 per point into it very soon. Got to keep backing those winners!
So the account now has 35 open positions, and I've managed to manually move 7 of the stops upwards to lock in more profit/reduce losses. The account balance is now showing as £1173.05 a 3% increase on last weeks figure, so despite a few stops losing money its nice to see the account still grew. Another example of why tight exploratory stops are needed when you first establish a position.
Catch you next time, trade well guys!
Account 1: Pro tips strategy account
This account took a bit of a battering, a few of the share tips I received stopped out almost immediately when the market dipped a couple of days during the week. Wasn't great as each one racked up losses of around £25 a time which soon added up. I've taken a look at my existing open positions and I've only managed to move stops upwards on around 3 of them out of 36 in total. I did receive some share tips on Friday but I was out of my office for the day so I will be establishing some more positions on Monday. The account has around £300 of free trading resources.
So a breakeven week in the markets but with a 6% drop in this account the balance now stands at £1672.53.
Account 2: Tony Loton's 'position trading' strategy account
I actually had 2 trades stop out this week giving me over £110 in combined profit which I was pretty chuffed about. However I also had quite a few stops of between £10-£15 practically wiping out that profit which was dissapointing. In fact on Thursday I had 3 trades stop out - McBride for a loss of £14, Pace for a profit of £14, and National Grid stopped at £0 for a total breakeven trade and breakeven day, spooky times! It was that kind of week though.
I've made several new trades, some of which have jumped to immediate profits. Remember my pyramid into ITV a few weeks back? It still holding up and thanks to a 5 point jump on Friday its added another £10 in accumulated profit. It may also mean that I establish another £1 per point into it very soon. Got to keep backing those winners!
So the account now has 35 open positions, and I've managed to manually move 7 of the stops upwards to lock in more profit/reduce losses. The account balance is now showing as £1173.05 a 3% increase on last weeks figure, so despite a few stops losing money its nice to see the account still grew. Another example of why tight exploratory stops are needed when you first establish a position.
Catch you next time, trade well guys!
Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Another pyramid
I managed to 'pyramid' into another position today in Account 2. My trade in Tribal has shown a very healthy profit and so the new second position established means I would still show a nice profit overall even if it fails. Its all about backing your winning horses and cutting off the losers quickly!
I did however suffer a losing stop yesterday in 'Home Retail Group', so that has joined all the other stopped out trades on my stop out list.
I also managed to make my first new trade in 2 weeks on account 2. It was a new position in Partygaming, bought at a healthy 14% discount on my previously held price. Its not too far off a major support line, so I have a £10 risk on it and even if it does fall a little, chances are it will rebound off support before I get stopped out.
Trade well guys!
I did however suffer a losing stop yesterday in 'Home Retail Group', so that has joined all the other stopped out trades on my stop out list.
I also managed to make my first new trade in 2 weeks on account 2. It was a new position in Partygaming, bought at a healthy 14% discount on my previously held price. Its not too far off a major support line, so I have a £10 risk on it and even if it does fall a little, chances are it will rebound off support before I get stopped out.
Trade well guys!
Thursday, 2 December 2010
Dear Santa, for Xmas please bring me more days like today!
Not got much time to post today, the market seems to have shot up on the back of Euro interest rates. Both accounts have gone haywire, account 1 going from an open loss of -£60 to a +£100 profit and account 2 going from breakeven to an open profit of +£150. Just shows you what a bit of leverage achieves when the market moves in the right direction. My ITV pyramid is holding up aswell due to the jump up.
Bit steamed about all the last couple of days stops that are now way above their stop out levels but I guess thats the life of a trader, no whipsaw losses for me thanks! I'll wait patiently for the right new trades to come along.
Hope you guys had a good day of profits too. Catch up later when I have more time to document yesterdays trades.
Bit steamed about all the last couple of days stops that are now way above their stop out levels but I guess thats the life of a trader, no whipsaw losses for me thanks! I'll wait patiently for the right new trades to come along.
Hope you guys had a good day of profits too. Catch up later when I have more time to document yesterdays trades.
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
My first pyramid!
OK well today I managed my first ever 'pyramid' into a position in ITV. This is the first time I've achieved this so lets hope it doesnt collapse within its first few days. That was in account 2 btw, something Tony advocates in his position trading book. I've pyramided into the trade as it is now in guaranteed profit even if the pyramided position gets stopped out. Not a huge profit as its a low value share but still, I'm pretty excited about it! As well as locking in some profit I did unfortunately suffer a quick loss with 'Resolution' for £12.50.
The FTSE doesnt know what to do with itself at the moment, no point trying to second guess it. I got some stop-outs in account 1: UK coal stopped @35.6 for a loss of £3. I guess the trailing stop was caught short there. I opened up 2 new positions aswell, one in Aberdeen Asset Management @179.95 and one in Serica Energy @50.13.
I will be opening a couple more positions in Account 1 tomorrow so keep an eye out for those.
Happy Trading!
The FTSE doesnt know what to do with itself at the moment, no point trying to second guess it. I got some stop-outs in account 1: UK coal stopped @35.6 for a loss of £3. I guess the trailing stop was caught short there. I opened up 2 new positions aswell, one in Aberdeen Asset Management @179.95 and one in Serica Energy @50.13.
I will be opening a couple more positions in Account 1 tomorrow so keep an eye out for those.
Happy Trading!
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