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As of 1/15/2012 up an AMAZING 79% since portfolio began publicly recording trades, see returns since 4/1/2011 tab above for July-December trades-
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Trading Rules
I will be adding to this section over time as questions come up in the comments section.
1) Do not EMAIL me, or INSTANT MESSAGE me or try to communicate with me in any way asking questions about buying or selling stocks, options, ETFs or anything else...I am not here to give investment advice. This is an educational and entertainment blog. I post my trades and why I trade the way I do for those two purposes. Sometimes you will learn from my good trades other times from my bad trades. But, your investment decisions are YOURS!
2)Stops: These are based upon daily closing prices for ETFs and stock, but are real time for OPTIONS. If peg a stop to a moving average for a specific time frame, then it is fluid and is based upon the final candle for that time frame. For example, if the stop is the 50 MA on the 60 minute chart, then the position remains if the closing candle for the day on the 60 min chart is above the 50 MA on that chart, and it closes out if it is below the MA. However, there are times when one shouldn't wait for the close: a) should an index break down below a key pivot area that I have highlighted, then one need not wait for the close to exit a position, b) if it is evident that an index will close on the wrong side of a stop, then one can exit. Or, should the indexes impulse in the direction opposite the position.
3) Position sizing: Use the Turtle’s 2% stop loss rule: Never risk more than 2% of your total capital for any trade.
For example, if you have a $100,000 account, then for each trade, your max stop loss amount is 100,000 x 2% = 2,000. If your stop loss point is $2 below your entry point then the max shares of stock you can buy is 2,000 / 2 = 1,000 shares.
4) Averaging Down: In a word - DON'T! NEVER EVER AVERAGE DOWN. If you follow the position sizing rule above then this rule should be implied automatically. Once you've invested 2% of you capital your have reached the limit and NO MORE CAPITAL IS TO BE COMMITTED TO THAT POSITION!
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