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Confessions of a Day Trader: At this rate, you’ll be… at t’pub every Friday
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Each Monday, Stockhead’s resident day trader gives us a peek at the highs and lows of his trading diary and hints at what might be coming this week.
Platform used: Marketech
Round Trip: A round trip is $10 up to $25,000 and then above $25,000, commission is at 0.02% in and at 0.02% out.
Rules of engagement: Never hold any positions overnight (unless forced) and try to avoid any suspensions (if possible). No shorting.
Monday July 4
Went all rusty iron ore today. They all got marked down and I thought, what with Wall Street closed tonight there is a chance that they will bounce a bit.
Rio bounced a bit more than I thought and with FMG hanging around the $17.00 level there may be a trade.
Everything lined up quicker than I thought, so I locked in RIOs then BHP and then finally FMG.
Watchlist was green for most of the day and happy with $570 profit and the FMG trade basically covering off the commission.
Expecting no lead from the USA tonight, so unless something like Bitcoin takes a real bashing, it should all be steady Eddie tomorrow, ahead of a rate rise.
PS Have a look at BHP’s volume… 11m plus!
Recap
Bought 2,000 FMG @ 16.96
Bought 2,000 BHP @ 39.52
Bought 1,000 RIO @ 100.40
Sold 1,000 RIO @ 100.75 ($350.00 profit)
Sold 2,000 BHP @ 39.59 ($140.00 profit)
Sold 2,000 FMG @ 17.00 ($80.00 profit)
Tuesday July 5
Rate rise coming in today at 2.30pm, which means I am sitting on my hands till then.
When it comes in as expected, this is what CBA does:
And this gave the chance for a trade, as all was as expected.
A $300 profit on a rate rise day. Gotta be happy with that!
Recap
Bought 1,000 CBA @ 91.25
Sold 1,000 CBA @ 91.55 ($300.00 profit)
Wednesday July 6
Come in this morning and some of the commodities have been bashed a bit, namely oil and iron ore, on fears of a slowdown in economies, according to the headlines.
I thought this was obvious but with Wall Street closing for the day, things seem a bit exaggerated.
So, banks up and FMG, RIO and BHP down in the first few hours. CBA is a bit volatile and does this:
This gives me an opportunity and a bit of pain before locking in the gain! Buy 1000 at $91.40 and sell them at $91.76.
Next it was BHP’s turn. They were hovering around the $38.00 level, so put in a limit buy at $37.80. Eventually got hit and happy to take a quick 7c turn, as anything could happen plus a bit later in the trading day.
Up a round $500 for the day.
Recap
Bought 1,000 CBA @ 91.40
Sold 1,000 CBA @ 91.76 ($360.00 profit)
Bought 2,000 BHP @ 37.80
Sold 2,000 BHP @ 37.87 ($140.00 profit)
Thursday July 7
Today becomes a bit of a b-b-b-bounce day which gave me one quickish 11am trade and one a bit longer.
Had CBA on a limit below $92 which got hit at $91.80 and of course kept moving on down!
And then this:
NAB took a little bit longer to get there but eventually they managed an afternoon spurt.
That makes it plus $500 for two days in a row. Getting a bit toey for a big one tomorrow. Either a blow-up or a pi$$-up trade.
Recap
Bought 1,000 CBA @ 91.80
Bought 1,000 NAB @ 27.95
Sold 1,000 CBA @ 92.14 ($340 profit)
Sold 1,000 NAB @ 28.11 ($160 profit)
Friday July 8
Mmm… looking around and everything looking green on the watchlist and then I think I can get a winner in CBA. They had a high of $94 and then broke down below $93.
Had a go at $92.90. They bounced a small amount and then carried on going down. Waited for like ages and doubled down at $92.54 and that was it. Losing trade all day and had to cut in the 4.10pm ruck.
They bounced from their 4.00pm close a bit so the loss came back in from $600 back to a $260 loss for the day.
Leaves me up $1610 gross for the week and $1307 net. Not too bad for a week that had an interest rate rise. Next week all eyes on USA inflation figures. Off to pub.
Recap
Bought 1,000 CBA @ 92.90
Bought 1,000 CBA @ 92.54
Sold 2,000 CBA @ 92.59 (-$260.00 loss)
