Sunday, February 1, 2009

SPI Update 2-Feb-09

SPI Update 2nd Feb 2009-

Another trade finally!  There have been a few triggers but no filled trades since end of November 2008.

3 short trades just completed, not exactly to plan but profitable in the end.

SPI ASX CFD Short 28/01/2009 3455 2/02/2009 3468 -13 Large Exit Slip
SPI ASX CFD Short 29/01/2009 3530 2/02/2009 3468 62 Large Exit Slip
SPI ASX CFD Short 30/01/2009 3501 30/01/2009 3502 -1 Order error

Total Points = +48

Order 1 & 2 were exited today at open, but I didn't check the ASX CFD open price and had HUGE slippage.  I really hate the way ASX CFD's are executed, you have to watch the open yourself otherwise the market makers hit your bid/ask irrespective of the actually underlying price.  I use IB as my broker so I think I should have pegged the exit price to the SPI reall value & exited at market. 

Still, the overall trade was in profit, just could have been better.

Order 3 on Friday was an order error, I made a mistake on the exit if-done order & left the same price as exit in so I entered & exited on 1 day for a 1 point loss instead of exiting today for a profit.

Summary of Points since trading 30-9-2008

Total 1644
No Win 11
No Loss 5
Total 16
Win % 69%
Avg Win 214
Avg Loss -142
W/L 1.51
Expectancy 103

Even with the problems my win / loss is still positive which is good, I just need to improve execution.

Till the next trade....