Week of 2014 AL 25

IWM and my account both fell by 1.2% this week.  The loss-floor has risen to -5.9%.

World news: The phrase "World War III" has become popular as a description for the Ukraine situation.  Of course, if WW3 were actually about to start, they would surely call it something else, such as "Syria II" or "Iran-by-proxy".

End of week allocations: Net 9% long equities, 65% cash

% gain size │ Max loss Sym  Buy │  Thu  Mon  Tue  Wed  Thu  Fri │ Beg   End   URTY AL16 │ +0.5 14 +0.7 14 +1.1 15 +0.8 14 +0.8 14 -0.0 14 │ -2.2 -1.1 TNA AL16 │ +0.2 11 +0.3 11 +0.7 21 +0.4 21 +0.2 21 -0.5 21 │ -1.0 -0.5 ATML AL21 │ -0.2 13 -0.0 13 +0.1 13 +0.3 14 -0.3 13 │ -0.3 -0.3 TZA AL25 │ +0.2 10 │ -0.7 -0.7 IWM │   -1.9   -1.5   -0.5   -1.1   -1.3   -3.1 │ me │ -2.8 -2.6 -1.6 -2.2 -2.2 -4.0 │ floor │ -6.5 -6.5 -5.9 -5.5 -5.3 -5.9 │

Stock-trading robot

Ticker Symbol		Buy date			Buy price			Sell date			Sell price			Acct Profit
		Model	Actual		M	A		Model	Actual		M	A		M	A
URTY		AL 16 11:00			$77.99	$78.02		(Not yet)
TNA		AL 16 15:00			$69.30	$69.31		AL 25 11:00	AL 25 10:00		$69.96	$69.84		-0.40%	-0.46%
		AL 22 11:00			$73.26	$73.32
ATML		AL 21	AL 21 09:30		$7.96			AL 25	AL 25 10:57		$7.82			-0.27%	-0.26%
TZA		AL 25 10:00			$16.89	$16.99		(Not yet)

URTY: There is still a chance I might get out of this trade with a profit.

TNA: Robot updated the stop at 10:00 am, but the calculated new stop was above the current price, so Schwab sold it immediately.

ATML: Yet another stopped-out loser trade.  Opened above my limit price, but fell to it within the first minute.  Not sure why the size of the loss is off by a smidge.

TZA: Most TZA trades have done poorly in recent years.  This trade will be a loser unless “WW3” heats up and/or the US Federal Reserve loses its nerve.

AGQ: There is a “Buy” order for Monday, but I will skip it because the stop price is only 0.3% less than the limit-price, so it seems quite unlikely that the order would fill and then not immediately stop out.