Steve’s Journal

[StevenPola]

August 2023
MOC Combined -0.04% basically flat.
UPST rolled up and stole all the coke.

August brings up the 1st Anniversary.
Stats for the year as follows;
Trades: 2136
Return: -4.69%
Max DD: -8.90%

Nothing beats “just doing it” and going through the year experiencing the daily ups and downs, operational issues etc. Seeing my systems actually in action over the year has been very insightful and bought some realisations which caused me to make simplifications to my systems and introduce a regime filter to swap between them. It has left me quite comfortable with the expectation my MOC systems will perform reasonably well over time.

Thanks to Nick and the team and all of you that contribute to the forum, I have found it most helpful over the year to know the struggles are shared; definitely helped keep me in the game. Looking forward to the ongoing adventure.

Bring on September……….Wishing you all the best of luck.
 

[StevenPola]

September 2023
MOC Combined -0.62%
These red numbers are fair dinkum giving me the s**ts.
I would love to start digging out of of my draw down now.
It feels very much like “The beatings will continue until moral improves”

Any way very much looking forward to Uptober, though last night wasn’t the best of starts.

Wishing all your returns in October are greener than Kermet’s backside.
 

[KateMoloney]

Market is a bit of a test at the moment isn’t it?

Before my forced break, I was working on a multi MOC MR strategy. Some strategies were slapped into the combo just for fun. It was up 2.2% for September. Looking forward to getting back into it and exploring further. Creating multi equity pathways as Nick says …

[StevenPola]

October 2023
MOC Combined -1.96%

We make profits because we take risks, but sometimes you get risk all over your face……

Additional system added for November, but the regime filter is on…. doh…..

[StevenPola]

November 2023

MOC was swimming in a pool of red most of the month, then came good at the end for
+ 0.75% return for the month. Still underwater 6.42%.

Good luck to everyone in December.

[StevenPola]

December 2023
MOC combined : 4.5%

Year 2023
MOC Combined : 1.35%

Since Inception : -2.2% (August 2022)

December was the best individual month for my trading since I began.
I have seen many many months like December in my back test; it was good to actually live through one.

Wishing you all multiple months of new equity highs in 2024.

 

[StevenPola]

January 2024
MOC Combined: 0.84%

Quite a bit of volatility in the month for me, though it is now more balanced both up and down which is how I expected the system to perform based on the back tests.
My confidence is much higher now the system seems to be performing more as expected.

This is what my equity journey has liked since I started in August 2022. (based on End of Month account value normalised to $1000 starting point).

All the best for February.

 
 

[StevenPola]

February 2024
MOC Combined – 0.91%

Puts me half a percent away from my starting balance.

Good luck to all in March..

[StevenPola]

March 2024
MOC Combined: -0.94%

Everyday just pushing the buttons.

 

[StevenPola]

April 2024
Volatility was the theme in my strategies this month, though in the end was quite flat.
I introduced a MR strategy that ended in the Green but outweighed by the MOC in the Red.

MR: +1.01%
MOC Combined: -1.52%
Combined change in Equity: -0.78%

[StevenPola]

May 2024

Fabulously boring month for me. Flat-ish till about the 23rd than the bulk of returns from there.
Slight adjustments to the allocations to each system at the beginning of the month.

MOC Combined: 0.52%
MR: 3.78%
Total Portfolio: 2.15%

Last night introduced a Trend System into the mix and allocated a 1/3 of the portfolio to it.
That’s 2 new systems in 2 months; not too shabby for a lazy bloke.

I am about 2 beers away from reaching starting equity after a 21 month draw down, fingers crossed I break the threshold in June.

Best of luck to everyone.
 

[StevenPola]

June 2024

MOC Combined: 0.81%
MR: 0.69%
Trend:  0.4%
Total Portfolio: 1.77%

After 22 months of trading I have finally come out of draw down to make new equity highs for the first time above my starting balance.
The system I traded from the beginning never reached its largest percentage DD, but it did exceed the maximum period of DD by just short of double.
This has not been an easy journey, though glad to be through it as preparation for the next time.

Wishing you all good Luck for August.
 

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