3/1/15 Weekly update

I had close to 6K gain with $44 commission past week. I don't complain about that.  If you pay me the commission, I will tell you my secret. :-)

Friday's trade:

Index	Started Week	Ended Week	Change	% Change	YTD %
DJIA	18140.44	18132.70	-7.74	-0.0	1.7
Nasdaq	4955.97	4963.53	7.56	0.2	4.8
S&P 500	2110.30	2104.50	-5.80	-0.3	2.2
Russell 2000	1231.79	1233.37	1.58	0.1	2.4

2/27/15 Friday update

I didn't close the position. But I did roll over to the future options.  Yeah, the market is boring. But I still need to get money out of it.

It has been 3 weeks

It has been 3 weeks since I started the second swing.  I'm thinking about closing everything tomorrow to be all cash. I'm not 100% sure yet.


If I keep it going, I would change the position to be on the short side. Yeah. short!

2/26/15 Thursday update

   I wanted to be a little agressive but I've been too busy at work. I don't even have time to check the market. I just know it is FLAT.

  Maybe we don't need to trade that often to make money. :-)

hmm, maybe I should take more risk.

  I'm a little conservative. Am I?  Maybe.

2/24/15 Tuesday update

I wanted to reduce the position today.

ES has been  over 2100 for 3 days with vix 14.32, It should have been ok if I didn't do anything. But I 'm stressed with my work and I have to trade today before I go to the office today.

I've used 40% of my capital. Let's see,

I prefer a little pull back here for more money. but it doesn't pull back, I will be fine too.

2/23/15 Monday update

The market is in a very narrow range so far. No action is needed at 8.06 am.



Updated at 3:20pm:

  It turned out that the market is flat all day. I did two hours pair-programming and 1 hour conference call while the market was sleeping. I was able to have a break at 12:30pm but the market still showed no sign for any action. As a result, I went to have a nice lunch at a Taiwan restaurant.

 0 trade today.

Next week

2/21/14: Weekly update

   I'm very stressful at work. There are so many things that I've never worked before. I have a 7 am meeting everyday. My task is on the top of the priorities.


  My husband told me that his friend Chris has two jobs, One is at HP, and another one is at some small startup. Both are full time jobs and he made it okay in the first month.


 Hmm, I think I have two jobs too. Another one is getting money from the stock market!  I will post P&L for this week later. (yeah, I managed my positions as well!)

Index	Started Week	Ended Week	Change	% Change	YTD %
DJIA	18019.35	18140.44	121.09	0.7	1.8
Nasdaq	4893.84	4955.97	62.13	1.3	4.6
S&P 500	2096.99	2110.30	13.31	0.6	2.5
Russell 2000	1223.13	1231.79	8.66	0.7	2.2

2/14/14: Weekly update

    That is how much I made. I held short positions starting this week. But as times went by,  I kept on adjusting the positions based on how I read the market. That is why the commission was high this week.

      I still have positions open but I will trade less next couple weeks if the market is between 2080---2100.

      I wanted to show you that we can make a stable income out of the stock market if we always keep the risk in mind and have a good emotion control.

      I will focus on other things now for the rest of the month.

Index	Started Week	Ended Week	Change	% Change	YTD %
DJIA	17824.29	18019.35	195.06	1.1	1.1
Nasdaq	4744.40	4893.84	149.44	3.1	3.3
S&P 500	2055.47	2096.99	41.52	2.0	1.9
Russell 2000	1205.46	1223.13	17.67	1.5	1.5

2/13/15 Friday Notes.

on VXX right after the openning. HA! sometimes I just have to do it. :-)

Back to work for now.

Updated at 11:00 am:

  I knew that my schedule was very full at work and was not very confident about the VXX trade. I've used 25% of my money so far.  I have no plan to be agressive at this moment.

2/12/15 Thursday Notes.

hmm,  The market is up the third day. VIX: 15.92




S&P is up more than 10 points.  All I have is ES longs and shorts. (I didn't play NQ or other instruments this time). My account is hanging at the high end.


Yes, I have explained my trading strategies before. It is called delta neutral. When the market condition breaks neutral, adjustment is needed. 


  The market update at 10:40am. The market holds the gain well. My positions are in balance after this morning's adjustment. I will wait to see any action needed in the last hour.

 Added VXX  option calls in the last minute of the close.

2/11/15 Wednesday Notes.

I don't need to do any trade today. Everything is in balance.

AAPL breaks out!


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Two week sprint cycle? wow. my boss will make us work even harder:-)

2/10/15 Tuesday Notes.

LOL.

I added both long and short positions.  I feel like a little fish in the ocean and am very comfortable with up and down now.


Note:

  Remember, it is only the fourth trading day for the swing. Don't rush for longs or shorts! Be patient!

VIX: 17.23

2/9/15 Monday

The market is up and down and now pretty much flat and I will do nothing right now. Good come back in Oil. Energy sector is enjoying the ride now.


At 12:30pm, the market is down for 2nd day. I closed some short that I openned on Thursday.


Never mind, It is too distracting from work.  No more update. :-)

2/8/15 Sunday Notes.

+1 long.

If I'm very busy with work next week, I might not be able to do the update right after I trade. But I will summarize it later when I'm not busy.

2/7/15 Weekly update

  I built the positions until I used 30% -50% of my capital and then just adjusted the positions down the road. I'm happy with the commissions so far.

  Now my second swing started yesterday until I use half of my capital.  I will repeat the process.

If you can take a lot of risks, you can use more money to trade. But I can't. :-)

Trade Update (2/6/15). Good Number in NFP.

  The market is down for the 1st day. I kept the short and slightly adjusted the positions by the bullish options. (I didn't add more short positions today). But the market doesn't look very strong to me.  Vix: 16.47.

   I just started my positions. There is a long way to go for cutting loss or booking profit.  Although I like to book profit better. :-)

   I was asked how I traded.  So I will write about how I do my next trade from the beginning which started yesterday to the end. I try not to time the market since I can't like the rest of people. :-)


Update at 1:50 pm

 I came back from lunch with friends. Ha! the market is down! Nah, I will not book the profit yet.



 

Trade update (2/5/15)

The market has been up 4th day.  I closed all of the old positions and started to build the first load of short positions with the hedge.

Jan Performance.

  It is really getting boring. I did almost the same as last year. The only difference is that I spent $1100 on the commission in January last year, I only spent $200 for the commission this year so far. I probably won't write that much. It is boring and repetitive.

Yes, go HAWKS!!