Thursday, May 6, 2010

Close My Short Position On Bullish Engulfing CandleStick Pattern


Date of entry: 6 May 2010
I shorted CPO July 2010 future contract at 2518 during the opening of afternoon session for 2 contracts. Everything seems going down.

Date of exit: Same Day
I exited the trade at 2534 with a loss of 17 points per contract including 1 point for commission. It was an bullish engulfing pattern indicating that the market is not weak enough or maybe still in sideway mode. I rather stand at the sideline to watch and see.

The balance of my account is RM 22,350 after the loss of RM 850 (17points x RM25 x 2contracts = RM 850) (The details of my account is at My Future Trading Account Records 2010 )

5 comments:

  1. Hi Abel,
    You have lost almost RM10k since you play CPO. I would rather say your strategy is wrong. I will advise you better paper trade until you can have big win more than small lose not the vice versa.

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  2. My limit is 50% drawdown. I will throw away the method once the drawdown reaches 50% of my highest equity.30% drawdown is a loud alarm ringing already but still managable.

    all the best ! tough times dont last but tough people do.

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  3. Hi All,
    I did my paper trades before I started trading for real. ZacLim, you are right. A drawdown of 30% is alarming. I actually have been doing some tuning here and there. It is not easy I believe but this is the way the games work.

    Thanks

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  4. Hi Abel,
    So the starting capital you put inside yr blog is just virtual money?

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  5. Hi ahkuih,

    My trading action in this blog are all real. The money is also real. Accept that my account is much bigger than the recorded account.

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