Tuesday's Small Lots

I entered two small-lot positions today.

sym	shares	entry date	exit date	entry price per share	exit price per share	result $	result %	annual rate	days held	tactic
GLD	1	8/2/2016		130.40						trend
ROCK	3	8/2/2016		36.49						turtle

I exited two positions:

sym	shares	entry date	exit date	entry price per share	exit price per share	result $	result %	annual rate	days held	tactic
CUBE	2	7/28/2016	8/2/2016	29.05	29.29	0.24	0.82%	60%	5	earns
MAC	1	7/29/2016	8/2/2016	89.76	88.20	-1.56	-1.77%	-161.39%	4	earns

With today's new positions I've doubled my reference lot size from $50 to $100; the higher level seems to better match the number of trades that are available relative to the amount of money that I have committed to this beta test of the strategy.

MAC declined on the second trading day after earnings were published, having risen initially and then declined intra-day on the first trading day after exceeding Street expectations.

-- Tim Bovee, Portland, Oregon, Aug. 2, 2016

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References

Tradecraft: Playing the odds to build winning stock market trades from options, a description of how I trade, can be read here.

Small Lots: A new strategy discusses the thinking behind the analysis that identified these trades and can be read here. The symbols noted in this post are intended fortrading on a commission-free platform such as Robinhood Financial.

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No trader is ever 100 percent successful in his or her trades. Trading in the stock and option markets is risky and uncertain. Each trader must make trading decision decisions for his or her own account, and take responsibility for the consequences.

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