Category: Trades

My stops are moved to lock in some profits. It plunged to a 52-week low and passed the 25% mark for my target.

I have closed out my long corn position for a small profit.

I am long (April Contract) with a stop at 170.5 and a target of 180.

I want to be long feeder cattle (May or April contract). It completed a cup and handle last week. My issue with this trade is the front month is not as strong as the back months. This is a yellow flag.

I am willing to take one more shot at the New Zealand dollar on the long side. This market has been choppy for a while. I will probably use less leverage with wider stops.

It looks to me like the Euro is putting in a bottom and the dollar is putting in a top. I prefer to be long the Euro.

I will be looking to go long copper with a break above the 4.52 mark. I am always hesitant about taking a trade within a broad trading range but it looks like all of the metals want to rally.

Same issue with the Nikkei 225. I would be willing to go long with a break above 29,250 but I do not like trading when a market is within a broad range.

If I was being generous, it appears gold is making a descending triangle. I am willing to take a shot on the long side with a break above 1890.

Below are all the trades I took for 2021. This year, I traded a whole bunch of stocks which is very unusual for me.

STOCKS YEAR 2021
Symbol	Position	Date Position Opened	Price Position Opened	Date Position Closed	Price Position Closed	Percent Change
AAL	Long	2/24/21	21.95	4/13/21	21.95	0.00%
ABBV	Long	7/29/21	118.79	7/30/21	116.5	-1.93%
ABG	Long	10/15/21	212.85	10/26/21	210	-1.4%
AEO	Short	8/18/21	31.52	8/23/21	32.9	-4.38%
AFL	Long	11/3/21	55.35	11/26/21	51.2	-8.1%
AFL	Long	12/16/21	58.16	12/17/21	57.15	-1.8%
ALE	Long	8/6/21	72.9	8/10/21	71.44	-2.0%
ALGM	Long	8/6/21	29.07	8/17/21	27.7	-4.9%
ALGN	Long	7/12/21	641.11	7/15/21	611	-4.70%
ALLE	Long	8/31/21	143.15	9/14/21	140	-2.20%
AMAT	Long	8/2/21	143.64	8/3/21	140.44	-2.3%
AMAT	Long	11/5/21	150	11/19/21	150	0.0%
AMCR	Long	5/4/21	12.2	5/25/21	11.81	-3.20%
AMZN	Long	7/8/21	3550	7/30/21	3354	-5.52%
ARE	Long	12/8/21	212.18	12/20/21	212.18	0.0%
ARLP	Long	6/17/21	6.7	7/19/21	7	4.48%
AVGO	Long	8/30/21	502.5	9/30/21	487	-3.08%
AWK	Long	7/8/21	163.21	7/9/21	161.39	-1.12%
AWK	Long	7/23/21	165.3	8/5/21	180	8.2%
AX	Long	8/11/21	50.33	8/17/21	48.28	-4.2%
BA	Long	3/10/21	244.85	4/12/21	246.94	0.85%
BBY	Long	5/14/21	120	5/19/21	115	-4.17%
BCRX	Long	8/6/21	18.3	8/10/21	17	-7.6%
BDC	Long	8/30/21	57.25	9/20/21	55.24	-3.51%
BMY	Long	7/23/21	68.36	7/26/21	67.58	-1.2%
BNS	Short	9/20/21	59.26	9/22/21	60.94	-2.83%
BRK/B	Long	12/14/21	295.9	12/20/21	288.3	-2.6%
BURL	Long	8/10/21	347.5	8/17/21	333.62	-4.2%
CACI	Long	8/2/21	268	8/3/21	265	-1.1%
CAG	Long	6/4/21	38.86	6/9/21	38	-2.21%
CCL	Long	6/1/21	30.43	6/15/21	29.2	-4.04%
CI	Long	3/8/21	225	6/10/21	239.65	6.51%
COST	Long	6/25/21	393.05	7/23/21	419.39	6.70%
CQP	Long	2/24/21	40.3	3/25/21	40.3	0.00%
CVX	Long	2/22/21	97.52	5/19/21	104	6.64%
DBA	Long	11/12/21	19.727	11/29/21	19.76	0.2%
ET	Long	4/5/21	7.75	5/7/21	9.6	23.87%
EWQ	Long	11/3/21	39.98	11/19/21	39.55	-1.1%
FBHS	Long	3/29/21	94.23	4/26/21	105.78	12.26%
FIVE	Long	8/9/21	207.21	8/10/21	219.26	5.5%
FOLD	Long	8/30/21	11.32	9/14/21	10.63	-6.10%
GDX	Short	3/1/21	31.46	3/15/21	33.68	-7.06%
GE	Long	2/17/21	11.83	5/3/21	13.38	13.10%
HAL	Long	10/19/21	25.5	11/5/21	24.89	-2.5%
HALO	Short	8/19/21	38.12	8/20/21	40	-4.93%
HSIC	Long	5/3/21	73.87	6/23/21	74.43	0.76%
HTA	Long	8/25/21	30.03	8/26/21	29.38	-2.16%
IMAB	Long	5/17/21	67.78	5/17/21	62.5	-7.79%
IMAB	Long	5/20/21	70.2	6/15/21	70.2	0.00%
INSW	Long	2/12/21	19.64	2/23/21	18.57	-5.45%
ITB	Long	1/20/21	60.3	2/23/21	60.3	0.00%
JEF	Long	8/10/21	35.47	9/20/21	33.89	-4.45%
JKHY	Long	8/10/21	173.11	9/13/21	168	-2.95%
JNJ	Long	8/3/21	174.13	9/9/21	171	-1.80%
JPM	Long	8/11/21	161.34	8/17/21	156	-3.31%
KHC	Long	2/12/21	35.94	5/10/21	45.01	25.24%
LEG	Long	3/3/21	45.89	3/4/21	43.64	-4.90%
LEG	Long	3/8/21	47.89	3/23/21	47.38	-1.06%
LEN	Long	11/22/21	111	11/26/21	107.8	-3.0%
LOW	Long	3/22/21	182.1	5/10/21	215	18.07%
LPG	Long	5/14/21	14.86	5/19/21	14	-5.79%
LSXMK	Long	8/10/21	47.76	9/20/21	46.97	-1.65%
MAT	Short	6/22/21	19.5	6/29/21	20.41	-4.67%
MCD	Long	7/23/21	240.4	8/3/21	235.39	-2.08%
MCK	Long	3/15/21	188.24	4/28/21	188.24	0.00%
MDT	Long	4/6/21	121	4/21/21	130	7.44%
MMM	Long	1/28/21	183	2/11/21	178.82	-2.28%
MRK	Short	2/26/21	73.58	3/15/21	76	-3.29%
MSFT	Long	1/25/21	227.5	3/2/21	227.5	0.00%
MSI	Long	1/25/21	178.76	4/12/21	189.47	5.99%
MXIM	Long	5/20/21	99.41	6/18/21	99.46	0.05%
NFLX	Long	1/20/21	584.92	1/27/21	560.95	-4.10%
NFLX	Long	8/25/21	587	10/29/21	680	13.7%
NVDA	Long	2/11/21	608.5	2/23/21	568.42	-6.59%
ONEM	Long	1/19/21	47.71	2/26/21	47.71	0.00%
OZK	Long	10/20/21	45.22	11/26/21	43.24	-4.6%
PANW	Long	6/28/21	379	8/10/21	383.2	1.11%
PYPL	Long	6/22/21	281	7/29/21	285.3	1.53%
RICK	Long	5/14/21	76.18	5/19/21	71.29	-6.42%
RIDE	Long	2/10/21	28.93	2/12/21	27.1	-6.33%
SM	Long	5/27/21	19.9	6/17/21	20.53	3.17%
SNAP	Long	6/23/21	66.5	7/8/21	62	-6.77%
SONY	Long	11/3/21	122.55	11/23/21	122.55	0.0%
SPLK	Long	8/24/21	152.75	9/20/21	145.92	-4.47%
STNG	Long	2/9/21	14.81	3/19/21	20.03	35.25%
TJX	Long	5/3/21	72.28	5/19/21	68.86	-4.73%
VRSN	Long	5/14/21	219	5/19/21	215	-1.83%
VRSN	Long	5/21/21	224	6/1/21	215	-4.02%
VRSN	Long	6/25/21	228.7	7/23/21	223	-2.49%
VYM	Long	11/3/21	109.25	11/19/21	109.25	0.0%
XOM	Long	1/27/21	45	3/5/21	60.11	33.58%
Total Realized  Profit/Loss Stocks						19.2%
FUTURES YEAR 2021
Symbol	Position	Date Position Opened	Price Position Opened	Date Position Closed	Price Position Closed	Percent Change
6A	Short	3/24/21	0.75835	3/26/21	0.7637	-0.71%
6A	Short	3/30/21	0.75915	4/6/21	0.76675	-1.00%
6A	Long	5/7/21	0.784	5/12/21	0.7742	-1.25%
6A	Short	6/23/22	0.7584	7/6/21	0.7584	0.00%
6B	Long	12/29/20	1.3508	3/26/21	1.3743	1.74%
6B	Long	5/10/21	1.4144	6/16/21	1.4	-1.02%
6B	Short	9/28/21	1.354	10/4/21	1.3637	-0.72%
6B	Short	10/5/21	1.3594	10/14/21	1.3675	-0.60%
6C	Long	12/24/20	0.7784	2/26/21	0.7884	1.28%
6C	Short	6/15/21	0.82065	6/18/21	0.8025	2.21%
6C	Short	6/25/21	0.81285	7/6/21	0.81285	0.00%
6C	Short	12/15/21	0.7778	12/16/21	0.78145	-0.47%
6E	Short	2/2/21	1.20405	2/9/21	1.20405	0.00%
6E	Long	5/26/21	1.22325	5/28/21	1.2162	-0.58%
6E	Short	8/11/21	1.1748	8/13/21	1.1777	-0.25%
6J	Long	12/14/20	0.0096225	1/28/21	0.009562	-0.63%
6J	Short	2/1/21	0.0095385	2/9/21	0.0095385	0.00%
6J	Short	2/10/21	0.0095495	2/12/21	0.0094545	0.99%
6L	Long	6/25/21	0.2011	7/1/21	0.1983	-1.39%
6J	Short	10/25/21	0.008793	11/9/21	0.008869	-0.86%
6L	Short	12/29/21	0.1744	12/30/21	0.1779	-2.01%
6M	Short	2/1/21	0.04889	2/2/21	0.0494	-1.04%
6M	Short	2/22/21	0.04801	2/24/21	0.0487	-1.44%
6M	Short	2/25/21	0.04781	3/1/21	0.04837	-1.17%
6M	Short	11/23/21	0.04713	11/26/21	0.0455	3.46%
6N	Long	11/11/20	0.688	3/5/21	0.7137	3.74%
6N	Short	3/31/21	0.6986	4/1/21	0.7033	-0.67%
6N	Long	5/26/21	0.7284	6/3/21	0.72	-1.15%
6N	Short	6/15/21	0.712	6/23/21	0.7062	0.81%
6N	Long	12/29/21	0.68495	12/29/21	0.6815	-0.50%
6S	Short	2/1/21	1.1161	2/9/21	1.1161	0.00%
6S	Short	9/16/21	1.0804	9/22/21	1.0873	-0.64%
CL	Long	4/8/21	62.95	5/19/21	62.9	-0.08%
CL	Long	5/27/21	67.25	7/6/21	76.95	14.42%
CL	Short	8/6/21	64.425	8/23/21	65.95	-2.37%
CLX21	Long	9/13/21	70.27	9/20/21	71.27	1.42%
CLZ21	Long	9/13/21	70.45	10/27/21	82.07	16.49%
ES	Long	1/3/21	3748	1/4/21	3715	-0.88%
ES	Long	7/1/21	4315	9/15/21	4485	3.94%
ES	Long	12/16/21	4730.75	12/16/21	4670	-1.28%
GC	Long	12/27/20	1892	1/8/21	1865	-1.43%
GC	Short	2/4/21	1815	2/8/21	1815.2	-0.01%
GC	Long	4/8/21	1755	4/9/21	1731	-1.37%
GC	Long	11/10/21	1850.7	11/22/21	1839.4	-0.61%
GEZ23	Short	3/31/21	98.795	4/7/21	98.91	-0.12%
GEZ24	Short	9/13/21	98.505	9/20/21	98.52	-0.02%
GEU22	Short	10/15/21	99.535	11/5/21	99.25	0.29%
HG	Long	4/15/21	4.195	4/26/21	4.42	5.36%
HG	Short	8/18/21	4.12	8/23/21	4.18	-1.46%
HO	Long	4/8/21	1.85	5/20/21	1.9638	6.15%
HO	Short	8/20/21	1.9318	8/23/21	1.9734	-2.15%
HOZ21	Long	9/13/21	2.19	9/20/21	2.16	-1.37%
HOZ21	Long	9/24/21	2.2349	10/6/21	2.4673	10.40%
KE	Long	2/19/21	651.5	2/19/21	637.75	-2.11%
KE	Long	2/22/21	650.5	2/26/21	639.5	-1.69%
KE	Long	8/4/21	690	8/31/21	700	1.45%
KE	Long	10/24/21	773	11/18/21	850	9.96%
LE	Long	2/24/21	121.85	3/1/21	119.4	-2.01%
LE	Long	3/29/21	122.95	3/31/21	121.575	-1.12%
LE	Long	4/8/21	122.8	4/13/21	121.375	-1.16%
LEZ21	Long	6/21/21	131.375	8/23/21	137	4.28%
LE	Long	11/28/21	140		140	0.00%
M2K	Long	4/28/21	2311	5/4/21	2230	-3.50%
MBT	Short	5/16/21	46000	5/28/21	36845	19.90%
MBT	Short	7/20/21	29635	7/21/21	32000	-7.98%
MNQ	Short	2/25/21	12723	2/26/21	12875.25	-1.20%
MNQ	Short	3/9/21	12781.75	3/11/21	13073	-2.28%
MYM	Long	3/15/21	32791	3/25/21	32507	-0.87%
NG	Long	4/21/19	2.492	2/16/21	3	20.39%
NGJ22	Long	5/10/21	2.59	7/2/21	2.947	13.78%
NGJ22	Long	11/28/21	4.238	11/29/21	4.238	0.00%
NG	Short	11/30/21	4.51	12/22/21	4.005	11.20%
NQ	Short	12/2/21	15945	12/2/21	16065	-0.75%
PL	Long	1/31/21	1100	2/2/21	1120	1.82%
PL	Long	2/7/21	1146.8	2/11/21	1229.4	7.20%
PL	Long	3/30/21	1160	4/9/21	1202	3.62%
PL	Long	4/13/21	1160	4/29/21	1180	1.72%
PL	Long	5/7/21	1250	5/12/21	1230	-1.60%
PL	Long	5/14/21	1220	5/19/21	1200	-1.64%
PL	Short	8/4/21	1016.9	8/11/21	1014	0.29%
PL	Short	9/13/21	960	9/20/21	890	7.29%
PL	Short	9/21/21	953.2	9/22/21	972.2	-1.99%
PL	Long	10/15/21	1045.3	10/18/21	1031	-1.37%
RB	Long	6/25/21	2.237	7/7/21	2.237	0.00%
RB	Short	7/22/21	2.21	7/22/21	2.2265	-0.75%
RTY	Long	6/7/21	2316.7	6/17/21	2260	-2.45%
RTY	Long	8/20/21	2275	9/14/21	2200	-3.30%
RTY	Long	11/3/21	2404.5	11/17/21	2341.6	-2.62%
SB	Long	12/30/20	15.05	1/14/21	16.5	9.63%
SI	Long	1/31/21	28.62	2/2/21	28.62	0.00%
SI	Short	3/30/21	24.1	3/31/21	24.75	-2.70%
SI	Long	4/22/21	26.11	6/16/21	27	3.41%
SI	Long	7/12/21	26	7/19/21	25.5	-1.92%
SI	Long	9/8/21	24	9/16/21	23	-4.17%
SI	Long	10/13/21	23.095	11/3/21	24.5	6.08%
SI	Long	11/10/21	25.035	11/19/21	24.75	-1.14%
SI	Long	12/16/21	22.705	12/29/21	22.705	0.00%
YM	Long	1/3/21	30500	1/4/21	30230	-0.89%
YM	Long	7/26/21	35019	8/3/21	34660	-1.03%
YM	Long	8/6/21	35110	8/18/21	34595	-1.47%
ZB	Short	9/8/21	162	9/9/21	163	-0.62%
ZCZ21	Long	2/22/21	466.25	3/30/21	457	-1.98%
ZC	Long	8/6/21	570	8/19/21	551.5	-3.25%
ZC	Short	9/8/21	508	9/15/21	528	-3.94%
ZCZ22	Long	10/6/21	526.25	10/13/21	513	-2.52%
ZF	Short	2/17/21	125.42	4/15/21	124.09	1.06%
ZF	Long	5/6/21	124.27	5/14/21	124.17	-0.08%
ZF	Short	11/22/21	120.553125	11/26/21	120.953125	-0.33%
ZL	Short	8/6/21	58.69	8/24/21	60.56	-3.19%
ZLZ21	Short	9/10/21	56.07	9/14/21	57.55	-2.64%
ZL	Short	9/20/21	54.86	9/22/21	56.5	-2.99%
ZLK22	Short	11/28/21	56	12/3/21	57.62	-2.89%
ZMZ21	Long	4/7/21	392.8	4/13/21	386.6	-1.58%
ZMQ21	Long	5/12/21	445.1	5/13/21	435.7	-2.11%
ZM	Short	8/20/21	349.3	8/24/21	356	-1.92%
ZMZ21	Short	8/27/21	354.4	10/12/21	327.7	7.53%
ZN	Short	1/6/21	137.15	2/25/21	134.09	2.23%
ZN	Long	5/7/21	133	5/12/21	132.5	-0.38%
ZN	Long	5/25/21	132.1	6/1/21	131.78	-0.24%
ZN	Short	10/5/21	132.09	10/11/21	132.09	0.00%
ZO	Short	12/16/21	680	12/23/21	700	-2.94%
ZS	Long	2/23/21	1406	2/26/21	1386	-1.42%
ZS	Long	3/10/21	1405	3/30/21	1378	-1.92%
ZS	Short	3/30/21	1371	3/31/21	1371	0.00%
ZS	Short	8/4/21	1332	8/12/21	1348	-1.20%
ZS	Short	10/24/21	1229	10/27/21	1260	-2.52%
ZS	Long	11/17/21	1271.5	11/26/21	1252	-1.53%
ZS	Long	12/16/21	1290	12/28/21	1342.5	4.07%
ZT	Short	4/5/21	110.31	4/13/21	110.38	-0.06%
ZT	Short	9/29/21	110.03	10/14/21	109.52	0.46%
ZW	Short	12/16/21	773	12/21/21	788	-1.94%
Total Realized  Profit/Loss Futures						81.0%

Positions going into new year below.

STOCKS
Symbol	Position	Date Position Opened	Price Position Opened		Week Closing Price	Percent Change
AFL	Long	12/28/21	58.55		58.53	0.0%
AMAT	Long	12/28/21	161		158.28	-1.7%
CME	Long	12/8/21	232.5		228.895	-1.6%
PFSI	Long	12/30/21	71.2		70.645	-0.8%
	Total Open Profit/Loss Stocks					-4.1%
FUTURES
Symbol	Position	Date Position Opened	Price Position Opened		Week Closing Price	Percent Change
6J	Short	12/29/21	0.0087		0.008695	0.16%
ES	Long	12/16/21	4782		4770	-0.25%
ZCU22	Long	10/27/21	547.5		564.5	3.11%
	Total Open Profit/Loss Futures					3.0%

I am long the New Zealand dollar with a stop at .6815 and a target of .7.

Update: I was stopped out of New Zealand Dollar.

I am long PFSI with a stop at 69 and a target of 80.

Got slapped down today for violating my rules. Luckily, it was an inexpensive reminder..

The Brazilian Real is forming a descending triangle. I have preemptively shorted it. I rarely do this since it is in violation of my rules. I will increase my short position on the break down. The candle charts and price action the past few trading days suggest the Real is about to break down. Time will tell. My stop is at 0.1779 with a target of 0.16.

I had my stops moved to a break even point. I am now flat. I will be looking to get back in on the long side in the future.