The Christmas Fund follow-up

Trading Gold in the evenings.

During the first week of February, I restarted my evening trading strategies. The Christmas Fund is my favorite and the strategy I run with the most risk.

I was uncomfortable with what I saw Sunday evening at the market open. By 7 p.m., I was sure I wanted to halt the strategy. No trades were taken.

Monday was a null day, with the strategy placing no trades. DTB Traders is putting significant backend work into the Baseline Wick Trader strategy, which this strategy is based on. It is expected to be completed on Tuesday morning.

On Tuesday, with some background adjustments, the strategy was reminiscent of what the last quarter of 2024 produced.

The Tuesday evening run resulted in six trades, two short and four long, with a net profit of $992.28

I started exhausted from Wednesday, hoping to repeat Tuesday's success. Knowing I shouldn’t trade tired, I bailed at 9:00 PM. I just shut it down for the evening, needing to set up for the overnight strategies that run from 1:00 AM through 8:00 AM.

The strategy placed eight orders during the short run, only executing the last order, a short at one lot.

The evening resulted in one trade for a $145.38 profit net.

I watched the paint dry Thursday evening as the chart slowly logged ticks. No trades were made this evening, though several orders were placed.

It's a slow week just getting back at it. The net for the week was $1,137.64 for seven trades.

Friday, I will optimize the strategy for next week. See you Sunday evening.