Trade Nbr. 14 - 2007

Long April 07 Crude Oil: Entered on Feb 27th- Closed on Feb 27th.

Entry: 61,17 -- Initial Stop: 60,95 -- Sold: 61,66 -- Result: 2,23 R

Bullish in Screen I - At value in Screen II - Entry Set-up in Screen III - Exit as the trailing stop was triggered.

Comments : Good execution, traded according to the plan.

Trade Nbr. 13 - 2007

Long March 07 E-Mini S&P: Entered on Feb 22nd- Closed on Feb 22nd.

Entry: 1462,00 -- Initial Stop: 1459,75 -- Stopped: 1459,75 -- Result: -1,0 R

Bullish in Screen I - At value in Screen II - Entry Set-up in Screen III - Stopped out.

Comments : Another loss when the EMA was not ticking up in Screen II - This looks to be a recurrent pattern... A solution would be to add the 5/21 EMA crossover as a filter in Screen II.

Trade Nbr. 12 - 2007

Long April 07 Crude Oil: Entered on Feb 21st- Closed on Feb 21st.

Entry: 59,49 -- Initial Stop: 59,19 -- Sold (average): 60,30 -- Result: 2,60 R

Bullish in Screen I - At value in Screen II - Entry Set-up in Screen III - Exit of half the position as the market printed a reversal candle with a threatening tail in Screen III. The other half was triggered by the trailing stop.

Comments : Good execution, traded according to the plan.

Trade Nbr. 11 - 2007

Long April 07 Gold: Entered on Feb 21st- Closed on Feb 21st.

Entry: 665,0 -- Initial Stop: 661,30 -- Sold: 663,30 -- Result: -0,40 R

Bullish in Screen I - At value in Screen II - Entry Set-up in Screen III - Stopped-out with trailing stop.

Comments : Poor execution - Started the trailing stop too soon as the market did not take-off yet - Lost a huge opportunity - Very frustrating.....

Trade Nbr. 10 - 2007

Short March 07 Bonds: Entered on Jan 13th - Closed on Jan 13th.

Entry: 110 11/32 -- Initial Stop: 110 17/32 -- Covered: 110 6/32 -- Result: 0,83 R

Bearish in Screen I - Pullback to value in Screen II - Entry Set-up in Screen III - Covered as my trailing stop got hit towards the end of the session.

Comments : Average trade. Should have entered one bar earlier, at a better level, and instead of waiting for the trailing stop to get hit, should have taken partial profits on the second test of the day's lows as the market reversed, printing another tail.....

Trade Nbr. 9 - 2007

Short March 07 Bonds: Entered on Jan 12th - Closed on Jan 12th.

Entry: 110 15/32 -- Initial Stop: 110 19/32 -- Covered: 110 10/32 -- Result: 1,25 R

Bearish in Screen I - Pullback to value in Screen II - Entry Set-up in Screen III - Covered as my trailing stop got hit towards the end of the session.

Comments : Good trade, traded according to plan. Took what the market had to give.....

Trade Nbr. 8 - 2007

Long March 07 Euro: Entered on Feb 12th - Closed on Feb 12th.


Entry: 1,3046 -- Initial Stop: 1,3027 -- Sold: 1,3027 -- Result: -1,00 R

Bullish in Screen I (not strongly but SI>0) - At value in Screen II - Entry Set-up in Screen III - Stopped-out at initial stop.

Comments : Good execution, traded according to the plan - Most of my losses seem to occur when the slope of the EMA is not clearly up in Screen I and II - will monitor this.....

Trade Nbr. 7 - 2007

Long March 07 Soyabeans: Entered on Feb 9th - Closed on Feb 9th.

Entry: 746,00 -- Initial Stop: 743,50 -- Sold: 752,75 -- Result: 2,70 R

Bullish in Screen I - At value in Screen II - Entry Set-up in Screen III - Exit as the market printed a reversal candle with a threatening tail in Screen III. Exit was executed at the open of the last candle.

Comments : Good execution, traded according to the plan.