Your Winners, the feel good thread.

Mr Marri

Hi, so what's working for you at the moment.
No bragging just looking to share some good ideas, and share some hope.

My current favourite is....

JPM GLOBAL NATURAL RES A ACC EUR with rabo at the moment and it up about 25%

So what's good for you?

Smcgie

Gulf Keystone Petroleum - up about 1500% and still miles to go. Also have a look at VAST Exploration mighty stocks.

pirelli

Last week

Bank Of Ireland 21% Held 24 hours. $360 Profit
Bank of America Got in at $11's made a small modest sum.
JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (ADR) (Public, NASDAQ:JASO) (downgraded by WFC (due to weather and euro!)Bought in in light of China 50% subsidy for solar expansion. Up 4.5% Sold for profit.

Looking at Chinese SOLAR to continue upward this week.

tommylimerick

kerry group and they give me free shares too
so i must be up can t seem to work out the %

bout time too lost a mint last year

irishh_bob

tommylimerick wrote: »

kerry group and they give me free shares too
so i must be up can t seem to work out the %

bout time too lost a mint last year

kerry are at a yearly high , no surprise there as dairy markets are booming but surely kerry will struggle to higher regardless of the positive outlook for dairy , the corpse that is the irish economy is bound to weigh them down

tommylimerick

irishh_bob wrote: »

kerry are at a yearly high , no surprise there as dairy markets are booming but surely kerry will struggle to higher regardless of the positive outlook for dairy , the corpse that is the irish economy is bound to weigh them down

ya sadly i think you are right on the money there
but i can t sell
i think with the upcoming removal of the quota regime
and alleged 50% increase from irish dairy farmers esp. kerry suppliers
there is a lot of ground work needed

irishh_bob

tommylimerick wrote: »

ya sadly i think you are right on the money there
but i can t sell
i think with the upcoming removal of the quota regime
and alleged 50% increase from irish dairy farmers esp. kerry suppliers
there is a lot of ground work needed

on merit , kerry should do very well in the coming year at least but i think its another case of guilt by associaton , kerry is irish etc , glanbia despite having most of its business outside ireland ( especially america ) will probably suffer along the same lines

dont get me wrong , im a new investor but i know a little about agriculture , ive recently bought a US stock called market vectors agribusiness MOO : AMEX , its at a year high aswell but i think it has quite a bit to go over the next year , ive also put money in deere and co . , wheat and grain is booming so agri machinery should be strong for the next year

rabbo direct have an agri equities fund by way of a crowd called ROBECO , the fund has performed very well this past year but for some reason or other , morning star gives its a very average score , they seem down on ROBECO itself , ive had poor results in the past with managed funds but i like the look of this one

aidanki

irishh_bob wrote: »

on merit , kerry should do very well in the coming year at least but i think its another case of guilt by associaton , kerry is irish etc , glanbia despite having most of its business outside ireland ( especially america ) will probably suffer along the same lines

dont get me wrong , im a new investor but i know a little about agriculture , ive recently bought a US stock called market vectors agribusiness MOO : AMEX , its at a year high aswell but i think it has quite a bit to go over the next year , ive also put money in deere and co . , wheat and grain is booming so agri machinery should be strong for the next year

rabbo direct have an agri equities fund by way of a crowd called ROBECO , the fund has performed very well this past year but for some reason or other , morning star gives its a very average score , they seem down on ROBECO itself , ive had poor results in the past with managed funds but i like the look of this one

you a farmer bob or an investor with experience in the agri field?

Low Energy Eng

Mr Marri wrote: »

JPM GLOBAL NATURAL RES A ACC EUR with rabo at the moment and it up about 25%

So what's good for you?

I've bought them aswel, they're also my top performer, i bought about1-2years ago, its up 80%, lets hope it keeps goin, quite confident

Smcgie wrote: »

Gulf Keystone Petroleum - up about 1500% and still miles to go. Also have a look at VAST Exploration mighty stocks.

Thats very impressive, well done!!

pirelli wrote: »

Last week

Bank Of Ireland 21% Held 24 hours. $360 Profit

Wouldnt have the balls to get involved with Irish banks!

irishh_bob

aidanki wrote: »

you a farmer bob or an investor with experience in the agri field?

NO , not a farmer per say , i grew up on a farm and due to the fact that i had to give up my job a few years back having had an accident , i know find myself helping my brother on his large dairy farm , i do all his machinery work , baschically anything that doesnt involve anything remotley physical , having an operation next year so hope to get away from the tractors in the not too distant future

irishh_bob

Mr Marri wrote: »

Hi, so what's working for you at the moment.
No bragging just looking to share some good ideas, and share some hope.

My current favourite is....

JPM GLOBAL NATURAL RES A ACC EUR with rabo at the moment and it up about 25%

So what's good for you?

the only JPM fund i can see on rabbo is the global focus fund and the euro strategy fund

martyoo

the only JPM fund i can see on rabbo is the global focus fund and the euro strategy fund

Link

irishh_bob

martyoo wrote: »

Link

thanks , btw , do you know of any good gas stocks which can be bought as ETF,s

royaler83

Mr Marri wrote: »

Hi, so what's working for you at the moment.
No bragging just looking to share some good ideas, and share some hope.

My current favourite is....

JPM GLOBAL NATURAL RES A ACC EUR with rabo at the moment and it up about 25%

So what's good for you?

DPL.l up 78%
HER.l up 25%
VOG.l up 72%
SXX.l up 75%
XEL.l up 257%

All AIM shares, really loving the volatility

Portfolio looking alot healthier than it was this time last year

homer911

Mr Marri wrote: »

JPM GLOBAL NATURAL RES A ACC EUR with rabo at the moment and it up about 25%

Mid-2009 was the best time to buy - I bought in earlier and gains are not so impressive but doing ok - up 40%

BGF Latin American Fund performing well for me - up 33%

Biggest dogs are BGF World Financials (down 33% didnt get out when I should have) and BGF NEW ENERGY FUND (down 45% - no comment!)

Overall I'm up a mere 4% overall as of today!

Idu

Started the year with 25k. Up 1800% after costs

pocketdooz

Idu wrote: »

Started the year with 25k. Up 1800% after costs

nice job, how much leverage are you using?

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mono627

Idu wrote: »

Started the year with 25k. Up 1800% after costs

Fair play. :cool:

WildBoots

Idu wrote: »

Started the year with 25k. Up 1800% after costs

:rolleyes:

Idu

pocketdooz wrote: »

nice job, how much leverage are you using?

.

I honestly don't know. I don't even know if I use it at all. The 25k is basically insurance for my company and with that they give me certain trading limits, max downside etc etc. This video shows the kind of setup I would be using. In the FESX contract on the right each box is worth a tenner. This is over non farm payrolls which is a huge figure for day trading. The volatility you see there is great for traders.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNh0vcUXZa0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

ixus

Idu wrote: »

Started the year with 25k. Up 1800% after costs

Get in! You been flipping those Irish bank shares?!

Great year Idu. Was that down to consistency or some major events each day/month? I make that 2.25K per day after your costs on 200 trading days. Entirely possible but I can appreciate the hard work that goes into that. Anything you've changed/tweaked in your daily routine/style? (Obviously without giving away the secret sauce )

@Wildboots - You just haven't a clue lad. Were you not the one asking for threads about commodities there recently? Pull up a chart on any of those bad boys. Someone is making money. Why not Idu?

Have had some decent days myself in the last few months. On the upward curve. Roll on 2011! (My head hurts this morning...)

homer911

Idu wrote: »

Started the year with 25k. Up 1800% after costs

So you turned 25k into 475k?????? :eek:

Bullish

Idu that is damn good trading, well done.

If I may humbly offer some advise, Pack in the Job and trade for yourself

mono627

Bullish wrote: »

Idu that is damn good trading, well done.

If I may humbly offer some advise, Pack in the Job and trade for yourself

I wouldn't imagine it's as easy as just packing in the job and trading for yourself. There are a number of advantages of working in a group, including bouncing ideas off members of your team as well as having IT staff as back up if systems fail.

Idu

ixus wrote: »

Get in! You been flipping those Irish bank shares?!

Great year Idu. Was that down to consistency or some major events each day/month? I make that 2.25K per day after your costs on 200 trading days. Entirely possible but I can appreciate the hard work that goes into that. Anything you've changed/tweaked in your daily routine/style? (Obviously without giving away the secret sauce )

@Wildboots - You just haven't a clue lad. Were you not the one asking for threads about commodities there recently? Pull up a chart on any of those bad boys. Someone is making money. Why not Idu?

Have had some decent days myself in the last few months. On the upward curve. Roll on 2011! (My head hurts this morning...)

Consistency I'd say. Once you get rolling then 2-3k a day is quite easy if your risk is good and you put the work in. The trading we do is really about momentum. Once you get going you can really string big days/weeks/months/years together. What I was happiest about this year was that I only had two times this year with two losing days in a row so I never slumped which was massive for me.

Idu

Bullish wrote: »

Idu that is damn good trading, well done.

If I may humbly offer some advise, Pack in the Job and trade for yourself

Thanks.

As mono said though working within the company is massive edge for me. They provide the infrastructure, IT staff, risk management and a sounding board for ideas. There's about 30 other traders in with me too and I'm not even close to the top earner. Being around that can only help

mono627

Idu wrote: »

Consistency I'd say. Once you get rolling then 2-3k a day is quite easy if your risk is good and you put the work in. The trading we do is really about momentum. Once you get going you can really string big days/weeks/months/years together. What I was happiest about this year was that I only had two times this year with two losing days in a row so I never slumped which was massive for me.

That's brilliant consistency Idu, by any standards. What would you say has been the main reason for your increased consistency? Harder work, improved discipline, more experience etc?

Idu

mono627 wrote: »

That's brilliant consistency Idu, by any standards. What would you say has been the main reason for your increased consistency? Harder work, improved discipline, more experience etc?

Definitely more experience helps. Just having more of a feel for the markets I trade and the confidence to execute my ideas.

Think the biggest thing was realising that if I had a down day I didn't need to make it all back the next day. Think I was putting myself under too much pressure which led to me forcing trades I wasn't comfortable with in the first place. If I stay relaxed and just focus on what I know I can do well then I'm finding it much easier to stop losing runs.

It's why I always preach cutting losers to people because the emotional tole of a losing trade/day is probably the main reason people struggle in the markets

neil.p.b

Idu wrote: »

Started the year with 25k. Up 1800% after costs

Seriously impressive stuff, well done. I hope 2011 goes just as well.

Bullish

Idu
from the utube video you posted, are you arbing futures ?
or trading a correlation, Just curious as to why 3 x L2 and a single time and sales
thanks

Idu

Bullish wrote: »

Idu
from the utube video you posted, are you arbing futures ?
or trading a correlation, Just curious as to why 3 x L2 and a single time and sales
thanks

It's not my video. Just an idea of the software I use

WildBoots

ixus wrote: »

Get in! You been flipping those Irish bank shares?!

Great year Idu. Was that down to consistency or some major events each day/month? I make that 2.25K per day after your costs on 200 trading days. Entirely possible but I can appreciate the hard work that goes into that. Anything you've changed/tweaked in your daily routine/style? (Obviously without giving away the secret sauce )

@Wildboots - You just haven't a clue lad. Were you not the one asking for threads about commodities there recently? Pull up a chart on any of those bad boys. Someone is making money. Why not Idu?

Have had some decent days myself in the last few months. On the upward curve. Roll on 2011! (My head hurts this morning...)

The :rolleyes: was tongue in cheek, and in fairness...when someone on an internet forum claims they made roughly half a million..what do you expect?! Idu...if this is true...fair play to you, I didn't intend to come across as being spiteful, I love to see others doing well!

I was asking about the commodities just to see if anyone here had any sense at all, as this area will be going through the roof soon. I've doubled my portfolio this year and expect it to do the same or more next year! Some of you guys have absolutley no idea what is happening in the world, I just hope ye acquire some sense before it's too late!!!

I can send you my portfolio if you like, and we'll see how well (or poorly!) it does in the next 6 months. I guarantee you it'll be in the green!

Also, I haven't a clue?! You might want to direct that to all the muppets who've gambled away their life savings on Irish bank shares. And ixus, what happened to attack the post and not the poster? Bad form from a mod!

ixus

WildBoots wrote: »

The :rolleyes: was tongue in cheek, and in fairness...when someone on an internet forum claims they made roughly half a million..what do you expect?! Idu...if this is true...fair play to you, I didn't intend to come across as being spiteful, I love to see others doing well!
....
Also, I haven't a clue?! You might want to direct that to all the muppets who've gambled away their life savings on Irish bank shares. And ixus, what happened to attack the post and not the poster? Bad form from a mod!

I'm not sure you're overly familiar with Idu or my posts. We both work in a similar environments. So, with that in mind, I was saying you didn't have a clue especially when the rolleyes was your sole reply. It was a fair comment because, well, you didn't know. I can understand the doubt but, I know it's possible to earn this type of income and more. Saying that, it's said only a small percentage of traders make it. How many actually make it big? Even less. Consistency is the hardest thing to get when making money. I'm surprised Idu has volunteered this info but, that's his choice. Maybe it will help others get a bit of perspective when he offers an opinion on trades.

As for the "muppets", I've more than done my part in trying to warn people about the risks.

WildBoots wrote: »

I was asking about the commodities just to see if anyone here had any sense at all, as this area will be going through the roof soon. I've doubled my portfolio this year and expect it to do the same or more next year! Some of you guys have absolutley no idea what is happening in the world, I just hope ye acquire some sense before it's too late!!!

I can send you my portfolio if you like, and we'll see how well (or poorly!) it does in the next 6 months. I guarantee you it'll be in the green

You've mentioned commodities a few times now and not actually discussed one single sector/product (to my knowledge). There was a thread about Cocoa there during the week you may have missed.

Certain commodities have made their move for the time being. What do you want to discuss? Start a thread. I've a bit of knowledge on most so, if I have the time I'll get involved. When you say commodities will go through the roof; do you mean that Gold/Silver will go higher than their all time highs, Cotton, Coffee,Sugar etc etc will go higher than there multi-decade highs? Wheat, Soy, Corn, Copper? It's not exactly a secret that commodities have gone through the roof already and that QE2 and Chinese inflation are increasing this.

Are you interested in?:
Energy
Precious metals
Ags
Softs
Other

mono627

WildBoots wrote: »

I can send you my portfolio if you like, and we'll see how well (or poorly!) it does in the next 6 months. I guarantee you it'll be in the green!

Feel free to make a thread out of it

Bullish

So much for the feel good tread

arrowloopboy

We started to trade a new Forex system(one of our old systems,tweeked a bit) last Tuesday,we've had 10 trades on e/u and g/u with nine winners and a b/e.
Were up 400 odd pips in 5 trading days,and that was taking only half to 3/4 of pips available(needs more tweeking )
This can't keep going:D,if it dose, we'll make more money than God:p.
Might start a trade journal if it proves itself over time.

Xarathustra

arrowloopboy wrote: »

We started to trade a new Forex system(one of our old systems,tweeked a bit) last Tuesday,we've had 10 trades on e/u and g/u with nine winners and a b/e.
Were up 400 odd pips in 5 trading days,and that was taking only half to 3/4 of pips available(needs more tweeking )
This can't keep going:D,if it dose, we'll make more money than God:p.
Might start a trade journal if it proves itself over time.

Sorry to say it, but the only way youre going to keep a record like that is to stop trading. For good. Loses are going to come. How you deal with them will show your potential for trading. Are you going to go straight into revenge mode and make every possible effort to recoup your loses and then some? Or will you sit tight and wait for an ideal trade as per your rules?

As you rack up more wins (and loses) you'll soon have a decent sample space on which to judge the expectancy of your system. If its decently positive youre set, and the only thing that can stop you is between your ears.

Btw, what sort of drawdown are you seeing on average from your first 10 trades? Heres to you're continued success!

doedoe

irishh_bob wrote: »

on merit , kerry should do very well in the coming year at least but i think its another case of guilt by associaton , kerry is irish etc , glanbia despite having most of its business outside ireland ( especially america ) will probably suffer along the same lines

dont get me wrong , im a new investor but i know a little about agriculture , ive recently bought a US stock called market vectors agribusiness MOO : AMEX , its at a year high aswell but i think it has quite a bit to go over the next year , ive also put money in deere and co . , wheat and grain is booming so agri machinery should be strong for the next year

rabbo direct have an agri equities fund by way of a crowd called ROBECO , the fund has performed very well this past year but for some reason or other , morning star gives its a very average score , they seem down on ROBECO itself , ive had poor results in the past with managed funds but i like the look of this one

Think Glanbia will definitley rise they are in a good position right now with world dairy markets and the phasing out of levvies and also expect the plc to sell its irish business early in the new year, farmers turned it down last time by a very small margin.....it will sell next time !!!!

arrowloopboy

Xarathustra wrote: »

Sorry to say it, but the only way youre going to keep a record like that is to stop trading. For good. Loses are going to come. How you deal with them will show your potential for trading. Are you going to go straight into revenge mode and make every possible effort to recoup your loses and then some? Or will you sit tight and wait for an ideal trade as per your rules?

As you rack up more wins (and loses) you'll soon have a decent sample space on which to judge the expectancy of your system. If its decently positive youre set, and the only thing that can stop you is between your ears.

Btw, what sort of drawdown are you seeing on average from your first 10 trades? Heres to you're continued success!

I know all about losses X,
I have a pre determined entry,stop loss(fixed 30pips) and a stepped system of profit taking,emotions don't come into it ,i've planned this trading system for a long time,and i'm trading the plan.Mark Douglas's book, Trading in the zone,helped me alot with the emotional side of things.

I trade with a strict 2% rule,no draw downs yet,with 170pips(2 winners) Monday and 95(a B/E and 1 winner) more pips from 2 trades yesterday.

I'm fully aware this run wont last ,but with my r/r ratio,50% winners would do me nicely .

Regards......