Kevin_in_GA 4,599 posts msg #134612 - Ignore Kevin_in_GA | 
2/27/2017 2:09:45 PM
  BTC 1000 shares of NUGT at $11.08 for a gain of $410 after commissions.
 
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Kevin_in_GA 4,599 posts msg #134614 - Ignore Kevin_in_GA | 
2/27/2017 2:55:18 PM
  Exited too soon - NUGT now at $10.37.  Missed $700 in potential profit.
 
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Kevin_in_GA 4,599 posts msg #134615 - Ignore Kevin_in_GA | 
2/27/2017 3:32:20 PM
  Even worse - now at $9.80.  That would have been a $1700 short trade profit rather than the $410 I settled for.
 
 Patience is truly a virtue I lack.
 
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Kevin_in_GA 4,599 posts msg #134637 - Ignore Kevin_in_GA | 
2/28/2017 9:23:58 AM
  Fishing today -
 
 Limit order:  STO 300 shares of DUST at $33.00.  Not sure if it will get this high but no worries if I don't get the fill.
 
 This is a discretionary call, not driven by my system signals.
 
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Kevin_in_GA 4,599 posts msg #134649 - Ignore Kevin_in_GA | 
2/28/2017 1:32:18 PM
  STO 300 shares of DUST filled at $33.00.
 
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Kevin_in_GA 4,599 posts msg #134658 - Ignore Kevin_in_GA | 
2/28/2017 5:08:21 PM
  End of February - I'll be taking the family on vacation for the next week and will not be trading so I thought it was time for a review of recent trading using this approach.  In early November I switched to using a modified Van Tharp position sizing approach, after taking a few hard trades because I was overpositioned.  Dates are when the trade was entered.
 
 11/08 - short ERX for a gain of $100
 11/08 - short DUST for a loss of $1020
 11/14 - short DUST for a gain of $1375
 11/22 - short ERX for a gain of $156
 12/01 - short ERX for a gain of $176
 12/02 - short NUGT for a gain of $295
 12/08 - short ERX for a gain of $258
 12/20 - short DUST for a gain of $248
 01/05 - short NUGT for a gain of $1879
 01/10 - short DUST for a gain of $330
 01/12 - short NUGT for a gain of $390
 01/13 - short URA for a gain of $840
 01/19 - short DUST for a gain of $561
 01/19 - short TVIX for a gain of $279
 01/23 - short ERY for a gain of $231
 01/23 - short NUGT for a gain of $603
 01/26 - short DUST for a gain of $396
 01/31 - short TVIX for a gain of $1619
 02/02 - short NUGT for a gain of $731
 02/03 - short ERX for a gain of $250
 02/09 - short ERX for a gain of $27 
 02/10 - short YINN (OPEN) 
 02/14 - short URA for a gain of $202
 02/15 - short DUST for a gain of $495
 02/16 - short NUGT for a gain of $490
 02/21 - short NUGT for a gain of $240
 02/22 - short DUST for a gain of $245
 02/27 - short NUGT for a gain of $410
 02/28 - short DUST (OPEN)
 
 26 of 27 trades closed profitably, with the last 25 in a row being winners.  Total return was $11,806 with an average win of $437 per trade.  Most of the trades were around 10K, with a few doubled down at 20-23K depending on entry price.  The average return was between 2-4% with a typical hold time of less than three days.
 
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Kevin_in_GA 4,599 posts msg #134666 - Ignore Kevin_in_GA | 
3/1/2017 9:44:15 AM
  I got a new signal to short TVIX on Friday after the close - I am already in a large XIV position so I don't want to add to it directionally by shorting TVIX, but I will paper-trade this one here: 
 
 Short 2500 shares of TVIX at the open. 
 
 PAPER TRADE UPDATE - STO 2500 shares of TVIX at $4.66.
 
 
 BTC 2500 shares of TVIX at $4.46 for a gain of $500 (no commissions since this was a paper trade).
 
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Kevin_in_GA 4,599 posts msg #134682 - Ignore Kevin_in_GA | 
3/1/2017 1:20:10 PM
  2/28/2017 1:32:18 PM
 STO 300 shares of DUST filled at $33.00.
 
 BTC 300 shares of DUST at 32.46 for a gain of $159.
 
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Kevin_in_GA 4,599 posts msg #134759 - Ignore Kevin_in_GA | 
3/5/2017 10:21:18 PM
  GTC limit order to close the open YINN trade at $18.90 while I am on vacation.  This trade was not from any nightly signal but rather from another filter that I use for general stocks.  This trade has been in place for way too long so any profitable exit this week would be a given.
 
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Kevin_in_GA 4,599 posts msg #134775 - Ignore Kevin_in_GA | 
3/7/2017 9:46:20 AM
  Top fishing -
 
 Limit order:  STO 1000 shares of ERY at $11.00.  I doubt it will get filled but no harm in trying.
 
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