Amount per trade and consistency define the top 1% of traders. Our aim From our last report, we had some trades go against us for a time. We managed that occasion to an eventual near breakeven. However, it was an uncomfortable period of trading. Our principal aim is to protect the fund. (Which seems a contradiction […]
Category archives: Slow Trader Hedge Fund
Return relative to risk
Below we have our previous 30 days of trading results. They look similar to the last report regarding gain and percentage win. But in reality, are very different. Such summaries provide useful figures but often not the important ones. It is nice to know the overall gain. After all, that is our purpose. However, I would […]
Slow Trader Fund update
An increase in Slow Trader Fund profits and new investment added. See table below. Day trading: A day traded fund in Forex is deemed as risky by most. To trade this way attracts the boom and bust people. Hence the planned European increase in the margin that we have discussed. Day traders that are not […]
New funds to trade
All traders look for an edge, an ideal way to enter, manage and exit a trade. New funds. It is crucial that a chosen edge suits us individually too. The time-critical stress of the day traders world is probably not for everyone. Nor, for others, the weeks or months of being out of the money, […]
Slow Trader Fund
Our Slow Trader fund has sat on the fence for a few months waiting for me. Not being a boom and bust trader, I have traded small while developing our ‘probability trading’ technique. A trader needs to achieve a level of profitability through consistency before increasing trade size. The technique provides that, now it is up to me. […]
Slow Trader Fund Update
I was keen on a 30% increase in the fund this year, and I still think we will do this. That sort of growth for a common fund is perfect, if done consistently it can be outstanding, but I’m after achieving a lot more. I also want control of risk. When I trade longer-term charts, […]
A chart mix
My mother missed her step coming off the pavement and fell and broke her hip. She is doing remarkably well, and I look forward next week to getting back to my trading, I’m a couple of weeks behind. Trading GBP/JPY on the 5-minute charts works well for me. I like the size of this market, […]
Slow Trader fund to a corporate CFD trust account?
Going forward a few words regarding our ‘Slow Trader’ fund. As our fund grows, I’m looking at its future organisation. I’m considering moving the fund to a CFD traded corporate trust account, nominated as a hedge fund. If we were to do this, we still wouldn’t pay stamp duty, but we would pay capital gains tax. […]
Slow Trader Fund, We’re Ready for Action
Thank you for your patience while I’ve performed a complete overhaul of my short-term trading strategy. Readers will notice the amount of work involved in the ‘how I trade’ page; this has been a great exercise, and one of which I’m confident will be well worth the wait. A reason for taking so long is […]
Fish and chips or a’ la carte?
If our restaurant served fish and chips one week and a’ la carte the next, both sets of customers are going to be disappointed at some point. As with what we serve at the restaurant (within reason) we have to be clear in what we represent in trading. Most of our Slow Trader contributors are […]