Trading Strategies Live Training Room Performance 2011
Trading Strategies Live Training Room Performance, the story so far for 2011
The Markets seem to be at the moment very strange. One moment almost stagnant and the next explosive. Literally swinging from one extreme to the other.
Patience and diligence have been key factors in pulling pips out of these conditions. Waiting for the strategy to signal a green light which can mean multiple hours of sideline sitting or patiently sitting in a trade waiting for that movement to get going. One thing is certain, as long as you can sit tight and follow a few rules, there is money to be made.
I think the main thing with the strategy compared to other strategy incarnations is that often I'm already in a position before a movement gets going. This has significant benefits in the current conditions as when a movement does occur it can be very fast and short lived and if your waiting for any type of confirmation you are going to be to late to profit from anything other than scraps on the intraday landscape.
The figures below show the first 4 months of trading. April was a shortened trading month due to multiple national holidays and I shut up shop for the month on the 21st of April. Still some good results.
The figures below show the week by week break down of the same results above.
Notes
- Results are compiled to reflect multiple lot trading and scale outs. A gain would be compiled; +20 + 40 +60 = +120. A loss would be compiled; -20 -20 -20 = -60. Net pips if these were the only two trades for the week would be +60
- Trading for me is between 6am and 6pm.
- Lunch breaks in the LTR are between 11:00and 13:15 with at least 30/40 mins away from screen normally between 11:00-12:00 depending how the charts are unfolding.
- Pre-news rule applied 3 times a month where there are no new trades initiated.
- UK and US holidays are usually not traded.
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