Comments on: Monthly Summary - March 2008

By: Alex Fotopoulos

Alex Fotopoulos — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:05:44 +0000

Valid point - I base my performance opinion in comparison to the major indices I listed above. If I wasn’t actively investing I’d have my cash in ETFs that tried to mirror the indices. I try to beat those. If I’m down 10% and most indices are down 15%, I’m happy. If I’m up 10%, but the indices are up 15%, I’m not happy.

By: Barb Ryan @ the Pasadena Financial Planner

Barb Ryan @ the Pasadena Financial Planner — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:57:43 +0000

Given that your performance is dependant upon securitiesmarket volatility and trends, how do you determine whether you did or did not have good or bad performance? All but those who completely shorted the markets in the first quarter are likely to be down. What relative benchmark to you use to judge your performance against the markets — about which you cannot do anything? In relative terms, a down market could have been good, depending upon your performance. Conversely, an up market could have been bad, depending on your performance.

By: Alex Fotopoulos

Alex Fotopoulos — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:00:38 +0000

That’s awesome! It’s good to see you have a system down now that’s really working for you. Please, keep giving us updates. You’ll be back over $25k soon and will be able to do some real work then. Congrats!

By: Kadena

Kadena — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:23:23 +0000

i printed out my QQQQ’s trading this March. I was beginning this daytrading style and had 4 losses at the beginning. But since then, changed my method and 8 of last 10 trading days were winners. Also, the 2 loss days were just 1 buck and 2 dollars! So I have shown some consistency. After April, i could send results for perusal if anyone is interested, possibly. For stateside people, i don’t know how you could daytrade, but in those last 10 trading days i made somewhere between 50 and 60% on my account!! I am working with a small account, but the %’s are real.