I know there are a few days left in December, but I don’t expect to buy or sell for the remainder of the year, so I prepared my shit.

If you read my blog, you know I spent the majority of my time raping and pillaging a small Nordic village, while occasionally kicking degenerates down large flights of steps––for fun, and to stay in shape.

What I want to improve upon, is I sell too early. Or, better said, while I aggressively cut losses, I too quickly declare victory. Squeezing extra points out of trades is the key to outperformance.

Had I not sold some DO at 140, but waited to unload it all at 148, or, had I not lightened up on my sweet-ass AAPL at 183 idea at 192, I could have achieved higher returns. Same thing with MOS.

My weightings aren’t in the spreadsheet, but the DO, AAPL, MOS trades had higher weightings, so those extra points would have made a big difference, unlike, say, VMI, which was a notably smaller position, or the MRK calls, which skewed me negatively on my Average Loss, mainly due to its outlier status.
I only put $350 odd into those calls, and was willing to lose the majority, compared to AIRM, which I shorted 10k worth, or DO, which I bought ~21k worth.

You can imagine how weightings would skew the numbers, but, in this case, it would have pushed my returns much higher. Oddly, even with the AIRM and DO trades, my max loss still resided between $500-700, despite being so much larger, money-wise. Timing is everything, and buying at the right time it key.

Also skewing shit, is that RICK that was sold in Dec. was bought months ago, along with the several other trades initiated during the last week of November. I included them because they were closed out in December. Maybe that’s more of a technical issue.

Thanks for reading, I enjoy your comments or feedback, and hopefully you got something out of my trading.

If not, then I cordially offer you a warm, syrupy drink, which I spat in. Unlike you heathens, I’m a gentleman like that.