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tmantrader

Age: 44. I live in Texas with my wife and three children. Degrees: M.B.A., B.S. Econ; Designations: ASA, CEBS. In 2006 I retired from corporate li... more

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tmantrader has 16 followers

Location:

Texas, USA

Inception:

13-Sep-07

Ann. Return:

-7.30%

Valuation:

Capitalization Bias:

None

Long/Short:

Long/Short

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Investment Style

In my active trading account I am a primarily a swing trader -- I hold overnight and hold for periods of 2 to 10 days. The system I am using here has a repeatable edge so I will use money management that will allow me to l compound this return over long periods of time but not "blow out" the account.

This account is a non-taxable account and a combination of two IRAs – my wife’s account and mine. Because of the tax-deferred nature of this account, I do attempt to trade my very strongest signals (probability for a winning trade) here.

In my investment account, I pursu... more

How tmantrader Got Started

http://www.covestor.com/img/interview/Carlson.pdf

Job Title:

Stock Trader

Industry:

Financial Services

Investment Exp.:

10-20 years

Born:

1964

Education:

M.B.A., Southern Methodist University, B.A., Texas A&M University

Qualifications:

n/a

Latest Blog Post

Performance Metrics can be Deceiving (03-Mar-09)
On February 15 I took a look at the trading account I started tracking on Covestor in August 2007. What is being tracked is a combination of a couple of IRAs which total about $70,500 at inception -- not a huge amount, but was using it to test some strategies and start creating an online track record. Now starting in about the middle of 2008 I didn't put as much emphasis on this account; one,...... View Blog

Performance

	tmantrader	S&P 500
Return Since Inception	-16.67 n/a
Month to Date Return	4.47 n/a	-0.72
Last 3 Months Return	-2.74 n/a	3.64
Last 12 Months Return	16.23 n/a	30.03
Annualized Return	-7.30 n/a	-3.95
Alpha	9.83
Beta	0.59

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Risk

Annualized Std. Deviation

Sharpe Ratio

Maximum Drawdown

48.83%

32.70%


-0.15	-0.38

-73.32%

-56.78%

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BobsAdvice asked (20-Mar-08) Great Interview Tom, I noticed that you do not put much weight in 'fundamentals' underlying the stocks that you purchase. Instead you seem to be int... Great Interview Tom, I noticed that you do not put much weight in 'fundamentals' underlyi... More [+] Replies (2) \|

Don_Bartell asked (12-Mar-08) Hello Tom, I just had the pleasure of reading your super interview, and want to congratulate you on it, as well as for all of the heavy duty reading a... Hello Tom, I just had the pleasure of reading your super interview, and want to congratulate you on ... More [+] Replies (1) \|

jhains2 asked (16-Feb-08) So, TMan, is your system purely mechanical? How do you determine what names to apply it to? Can you describe a bit what you are doing? What backtestin... So, TMan, is your system purely mechanical? How do you determine what names to apply it to? Can you ... More [+] Replies (3) \|

Michael_Arold asked (16-Jan-08) Hi, just added you to my blog list. Looks like we got a similar trading style. Good luck.? Hi, just added you to my blog list. Looks like we got a similar trading style. Good luck.? [+] Replies (1) \|

BobsAdvice asked (20-Mar-08)

Great Interview Tom,

I noticed that you do not put much weight in 'fundamentals' underlyi... More

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Don_Bartell asked (12-Mar-08)

Hello Tom, I just had the pleasure of reading your super interview, and want to congratulate you on ... More

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jhains2 asked (16-Feb-08)

So, TMan, is your system purely mechanical? How do you determine what names to apply it to? Can you ... More

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Michael_Arold asked (16-Jan-08)

Hi, just added you to my blog list. Looks like we got a similar trading style. Good luck.?

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	Created a blog post. 03-Mar-09
	Created a blog post. 03-Mar-09
	Created a blog post. 31-Dec-08
	Created a blog post. 31-Dec-08
	Created a GE blog post. 01-Jul-08
	Created a IBM blog post. 01-Jul-08
	Created a IBM blog post. 01-Jul-08
	Created a GE blog post. 01-Jul-08
	Created a blog post. 15-Jun-08
	Created a blog post. 15-Jun-08
	Created a MA blog post. 16-May-08
	Created a blog post. 16-May-08
	Updated SWC rationale. 15-May-08
	Created a blog post. 15-May-08
	Updated LNN rationale. 11-May-08
	Created a MON blog post. 01-May-08
	Created a MON blog post. 01-May-08
	Updated LNN rationale. 30-Apr-08
	Updated ATN rationale. 29-Apr-08
	Updated SWC rationale. 24-Apr-08
	Updated ATN rationale. 23-Apr-08
	Updated OFG rationale. 09-Apr-08
	Updated SWC rationale. 04-Apr-08
	Updated AMKR rationale. 04-Apr-08
	Updated SWC rationale. 02-Apr-08
	Updated AMKR rationale. 02-Apr-08
	Updated OFG rationale. 01-Apr-08
	Created a blog post. 01-Apr-08
	Created a blog post. 01-Apr-08
	Updated PAL rationale. 25-Mar-08
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