Week 5–Finally, I won some!!

What I went right ?

Based on my last week’s analysis. The huge demand from the market would raise up the world price of crops. Therefore this week I chose to hold long positions on wheat, corn and ‘crazy crop’-soybeans before the coming of harvest time. It turned out to be a right decision, because I earned around 5000 dollars. Here is my account information:

Time

Contract

Quantity

Type

Position

From Oct.16th to Oct 18th

W3K

1

Market

LONG

S3N

2

Market

LONG

C4N

1

Market

LONG

On Oct. 19th

W3K

1

Market

SHORT

S3N

2

Market

SHORT

C4N

1

Market

SHORT

Daily Price Change

                 Contract     Date

W3K

 

S3N

C4N

 Beginning balance from 10-15-2012,        Position Value: $0.00        Cash Available: $37773.84        Equity:         $37773.84

        Realized Gains: $-2227.50

 Oct. 15th

Pice-in

 

864.00

 

1424.00

 641.00

 Oct. 16th

 864.00

 1424.00

 641.00

 Oct. 17th 

 871.75

 1434.75

 642.75

 Oct. 18th 

 884.25

 1461.25

 650.75

 Oct. 19th 

 Offset all contracts

I know the increasing trend will stop sometime and lasts for a while, but it is hard to predict the particular time. So when I noticed a big increase in price, which lasts for three days. I chose to offset all contracts. Luckily, there was a negative change next day. Therefore I thought I made a right decision.


Ending balance as of 10-19-2012,

        Position Value: $0.00

        Cash Available: $41957.51

        Equity: $41957.51

        Realized Gains: $1956.00

 

2 thoughts on “Week 5–Finally, I won some!!

  1. Congratulations! It defiantly feels good to start figuring this game out. I made consistent losses for weeks before I made any sort of strategic wins. Keep up the good work!

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