Len’s Journal

[JulianCohen]

Look at it this way Len…at least you were down 4% then up 4.9% as opposed to down 4% then down another 4.9% !!

[LEONARDZIR]

True.

[LEONARDZIR]

Sept 2021

US MR MULTISYSTEM -17.47%
US MOMO -1.99%
TLT +7.87%

Total Portfolio -3.3%

My shortterm trading results are pretty lousy. I’ve kept shortterm trading a very small percentage of my portfolio. Considering the monthly drawdown is way greater than any monthly drawdown in the past 10 years mulling over if the systems are broken and whether to continue shortterm trading. Was doing ok when I just stuck to a single MOC system instead of the 6 systems I currently trade.
Added WTT in the R3000 at the end of this month.
Really not too perturbed about shortterm trading results since having a very good year so far with all my other systems.

[JulianCohen]

Same with me Len…you know how it is…diversification or diworsification

[LEONARDZIR]

Julian, helps to have a shared experience .

[Nick Radge]

TLT +7.87% ??

[JulianCohen]

Misery loves company Len ha ha

[LEONARDZIR]

Nick,
My error -3.3% on TLT

[LEONARDZIR]

October 2021

MR Multisystem -1.71%
MOC Pending
TLT +5.59%
US Momo +6.35%
WTT(US) +1.8%

Cut my allocation way back in the MR Multisystem because of very poor results this year with a drawdown far exceeding historical drawdown results. Put that cash into US MOC which I started trading at the end of the month.
Started trading WTT in US.

[LEONARDZIR]

Interesting problem for last Friday in my MOC. With the large market downdraft I received a margin violation message from IB. They liquidated some of my stocks intraday and about 15% of my portfolio between 5-10 minutes before the close. Although my Chartist API was connected to IB none of my MOC orders were carried out. When I finally checked IB after the close I found myself long a fair number of positions. Luckily bailed out of longs this mornings with the gap up in the markets.
Still not sure why my MOC orders weren’t executed.
Spent the weekend tweaking my MOC code to reduce the number of positions. Also will make it a rule to check the MOC before the close if their is heightened volatility. Lesson learned.

[KateMoloney]

Len, I had a similar issue where I was holding a bunch of long positions … but it was my fault because I didn’t change the MOC time for thanksgiving. Markets closed at 1pm that day.

Ended up profiting from those positions over the weekend though.

[Nick Radge]

MOC orders can’t be placed in the last 15 minutes of trade, so if you didn’t adjust the cancel time for the shortened day, then any LMT buy orders executed in that last 15 minutes would not have been closed.

[LEONARDZIR]

November 2021

US MOC +0.4%
USMOMO +0.58%
TLT -3.02%

[LEONARDZIR]

Forgot US WTT -4.1%

[LEONARDZIR]

Dec.2021

US MOC +13.68% (was revised and started trading 12/14)

TLT -8.97%

US MOMO +7.54%

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