Trendfinder Trading Systems

Trendfinder’s day trading futures systems did not have any trades today.

Trendfinder’s futures trading systems did not have any trades today.

Today was a very choppy day.  However, 5 systems ended with gains, 2 had losses and 1 was essentially flat.  Bobcat I, Jaguar, Leopard and Tiger went short this morning and exited with losses after the market made a bottom and started heading up.  Every system except Bobcat I went long this afternoon and had profitable trades (the reason Bobcat I did not go long is because it has a maximum of one trade per day).

Most systems had nice profits today.  Bobcat I and Bobcat II got stopped out during a big pullback but all the other systems stayed long all the way to the close.  Leopard first was long, reversed to short but then quickly reversed again to be long.

It was a very choppy, active, wild and volatile day.  Overall, these systems ended with a profit.  Every system was short this morning and exited with losses when the market bounced.  Jaguar and Lion went long then later reversed to short again.  Leopard, Lion II and Tiger also re-entered short and made up for earlier losses.

A note about slippage today.  In these wildly volatile and fast markets increased slippage is to be expected.  Today had the largest slippage I’ve encountered with these systems.  Especially for Jaguar and Leopard.  For Jaguar expect today’s live fills to be around $200 less than shown below, and for Leopard expect today’s live fills to be around $100 less than shown below.  If this continues, I will increase the amount of slippage I use for hypothetical results.  I am also going to limit subcriptions and create offset systems (offset chart by 1 minute so orders don’t coincide) to reduce effects of slippage.  I don’t think it would have made much difference today but it is an additional step I am taking – more on this by the end of the week.

It was a choppy sideways day. Trendfinder’s emini day trading systems wisely did not have any trades.

It was a very profitable day.  Every system had nice winners going long today.  Jaguar and Leopard first went short this morning then reversed to long and more than made up for the earlier losses.

It was another choppy volatile day.  Cougar went long twice this morning and exited with losses both times.  Jaguar and Leopard also went long this morning then reversed to short and made up almost all the earlier losses.  Bobcat I and Lion went short this afternoon and caught the end of day selloff nicely.

I saw larger than average slippage today on some trades.  This can happen in volatile markets like we have currently.  Your results may be worse than those shown below.

Jaguar was the big winner today – it went long this morning and rode the market up into the close.  Lion, Lion II and Tiger went short this morning and exited with losses – Lion then went long and more than made up for the earlier loss.

Trendfinder’s emini futures trading systems did not have any trades today.