Trade Summary May 2011 SGX

Still struggling with the trades. Basically, sometimes, I just lose patience and make moves that only regret later. Essentially, I am still having trouble sticking to a system or should I say, still trying to figure out what is the most suitable system that I can adopt.

Trades Since 01-01-2011	Qty.	Buy	Sell	Gain/Loss	Fees	NetProfit	DIV	Tot Profit	% ROI	Bought	Sold
ComfortDelgro	5000	1.5400	1.480	-300.00	61.17	-361.17	140	-221.17	-2.87%	09/03/2011	19/05/2011
ComfortDelgro	5000	1.4700	1.480	50.00	61.00	-11.00	140	129.00	1.76%	09/05/2011	19/05/2011
CapitaLand	3000	3.1500	3.170	60.00	66.44	-6.44	180	173.56	1.84%	15/03/2011	19/05/2011
CapitaLand	2000	3.1000	3.170	140.00	59.87	80.13	120	200.13	3.23%	17/03/2011	19/05/2011
Wilmar	3000	5.1267	5.410	850.00	110.77	739.23	0	739.23	4.81%	05/05/2011	24/05/2011

The total REALIZED profit is S$1,020.75.
Well, I can say that, at least to console myself, it is a profitable month even though it is rather pathetic.

How did I do comparing to STI performance (excluding my Dividends)

Month Ended	Total Value	Equity Value	Cash Value	Vested	Chg	Port Perf	STI val	STI Perf
31/12/2010	107,021.21	98,120.00	8,901.21	91.7%			3212
31/01/2011	104,898.73	78,760.00	26,138.73	75.1%	-2.0%	-2.0%	3180	-1.0%
28/02/2011	104,988.58	18,350.00	86,638.58	17.5%	0.1%	-1.9%	3011	-6.3%
31/03/2011	104,999.09	67,770.00	37,229.09	64.5%	0.0%	-1.9%	3106	-3.3%
30/04/2011	105,604.51	24,650.00	80,954.51	23.3%	0.6%	-1.3%	3179	-1.0%
31/05/2011	104,639.94	59,330.00	45,309.94	56.7%	-0.9%	-2.2%	3159	-1.7%

Through out this year, my portfolio performed below par compared to STI. STI is down about 1.7% whereas my portfolio was down more than 2.2%. I am about 0.5% below par.

Looking back, since March this year, I had switched from S-Chip and Penny to STI counters. Buy trading STI counters, it is more difficult to beat the STI itself. However, this is a much lower risk method of trading. Trading in S-Chips and Penny will result is much better performance but carries a significantly higher risk.

One of my mistake was to stay in cash for too long in March and April while observing the market direction.

Right now, I notice many stock in SGX are showing down trend. I am not sure if this is going to persist for long. If this is just a short correction, I would move back into the market again. However, there is also a chance that this is a prelude to a more major problem to come. In stock market, anything can happen. One can only guess.