Monday, 5 June 2023

Week 408 Review - Yet another down week and yet another new all-time low.

This week the deficit between cost and value only increased by £978, which is good by recent standards. It is now £130,965 and value is just £52,258 despite recent injections of cash.

Only one big mover this week, and fortunately it was upwards, so EDV:Endeavour Mining wins Share of the Week after a 9% surge into profit.

Here's the ISA and shares portfolio after week 44 of year 8.

Weekly Change
Cash £231.68 +£0
Portfolio cost £86,844.68 +£0
Portfolio sell value
(bid price-commission)
£22,606.30 (-74.0%) -£469.33
Potential profits £0 +£0
Yr 8 Dividends £96.83 +£0
Yr 8 Interest £1.40 +£0
Yr 8 Profit from sales -£10,795.53 +£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit -£1,056.31 (-21.6%) +£24.56
Total Dividends £11,865.75 +£0
Total Interest £1.40 +£0
Total Profit from sales £17,298.53 +£0
Average monthly cash profit £306.00 (6.3%) -£0.75
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends
- Fees / Months)
Compound performance 49% +0%

Nothing really happened apart from the usual drop in value.



The SIPP looks like this after week 392 overall and week 28 of year 8.




Weekly Change
Cash £554.40
+£253.18
Portfolio cost £94,615.50
+£2,010.82
Portfolio sell value
(bid price - commission)
£28,774.79 (-69.6%) -£489.64
Potential profits £539.15
+£123.89
Yr 8 Dividends £180.94
+£13.99
Yr 8 Interest £2.15
+£0
Yr 8 Profit from sales -£9,820.16
+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit -£1,501.99 (-27.8%) +£57.87
Total Dividends £14,323.72
+£13.99
Total Interest £2.40
+£0
Total Profit from sales £10,613.59
+£0
Average monthly cash profit £263.93 (4.9%) -£0.52
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends
- Fees / Months)
Compound performance 37% -1%

I added £2,000 from my work pension and used it to buy 1060 shares in CAML:Central Asia Metals at 188.572p costing £2,010.81. They are my favourite company and are now debt free and generating large amounts of cash. They will either return it to shareholders or buy another site. I hoped to re-invest my JLP:Jubilee Metals profits here but that's not going to happen for a while if ever, so I abandoned magic formula to get more of these. Having said that, they are in my magic formula top 30 anyway.

Potential profits went up £123 and I got a £13 dividend from UKW:Greencoat UK Wind. Cash went up as I added my £250 monthly savings but is hasn't been invested yet. Compound performance dropped by 1% as it's measured against total injection amount.



The trading account looks like this after week 358 overall and week 46 of year 7.




Weekly Change
Cash £20.26
+£0
Portfolio cost £1,763.50
+£0
Portfolio sell value
(bid price - commission)
£877.42 (-50.2%) -£19.76
Potential profits £0
+£0
Year 7 Dividends £0.00
+£0
Year 7 Interests £0.03
+£0
Year 7 Profit -£1,157.99
+£0
Yr 7 proj avg monthly profit -£109.02 (-74.2%) +£2.42
Dividends £60.10
+£0
Interest £0.03
+£0
Profit from sales -£930.69
+£0
Average monthly cash profit -£10.54 (-7.2%) +£0.03
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends
- Fees / Months)

Still dropping like a stone



That finishes the big catch-up of 5 weeks of utter despair. Actually, it's 2 years of utter despair, and no sign of any improvement. I'm writing this on Monday and I'm already down £778 on the week.

Week 407 Review - Optibiotix drags me to a new all-time low.

This week it was the turn of OPTI:Optibiotix to drag down the portfolio value with a 1p fall. That resulted in a widening of the deficit between cost and value by £2,092.35 to a new record of  £129,986.44, with total value just £51,226.42.

PSN:Persimmon was the worst performer, dropping 6%.

CEY:Centamin had been doing better recently, but dropped 5% to go 15% down.

No share did enough to win Share of the Week.

Here's the ISA and shares portfolio after week 43 of year 8.

Weekly Change
Cash£231.68+£36.60
Portfolio cost£86,844.68+£0
Portfolio sell value
(bid price-commission)
£23,075.63(-73.4%)-£962.51
Potential profits£0-£3.07
Yr 8 Dividends£96.83+£36.60
Yr 8 Interest£1.40+£0
Yr 8 Profit from sales-£10,795.53+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit-£1,080.87(-22.1%)+£30.75
Total Dividends£11,865.75+£36.60
Total Interest£1.40+£0
Total Profit from sales£17,298.53+£0
Average monthly cash profit£306.75(6.3%)-£0.24
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends
- Fees / Months)
Compound performance49%+0%

Big drop in value, potential profits all wiped out, but nice dividend from CAML:Central Asia Metals of £36.



The SIPP looks like this after week 391 overall and week 27 of year 8.




Weekly Change
Cash£301.22
+£62.50
Portfolio cost£92,604.68
+£0
Portfolio sell value
(bid price - commission)
£27,253.61(-70.6%)-£1,095.24
Potential profits£415.26
+£3.35
Yr 8 Dividends£166.95
+£0
Yr 8 Interest£2.15
+£0
Yr 8 Profit from sales-£9,820.16
+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit-£1,559.86(-29.9%)+£60.00
Total Dividends£14,309.73
+£0
Total Interest£2.40
+£0
Total Profit from sales£10,613.59
+£0
Average monthly cash profit£264.45(5.1%)-£0.67
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends
- Fees / Months)
Compound performance38%+0%

Big drop in value as usual, tiny increase in potential profits, and £62 tax rebate to boost the cash.



The trading account looks like this after week 357 overall and week 45 of year 7.




Weekly Change
Cash£20.26
+£0
Portfolio cost£1,763.50
+£0
Portfolio sell value
(bid price - commission)
£897.18(-49.1%)-£34.60
Potential profits£0
+£0
Year 7 Dividends£0.00
+£0
Year 7 Interests£0.03
+£0
Year 7 Profit-£1,157.99
+£0
Yr 7 proj avg monthly profit-£111.44(-75.8%)+£2.54
Dividends£60.10
+£0
Interest£0.03
+£0
Profit from sales-£930.69
+£0
Average monthly cash profit-£10.57(-7.2%)+£0.03
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends
- Fees / Months)

Same old story.



Nothing good to say. Just hoping for some sort of miracle to turn this mess around.

Week 406 Review - Both Jubilee Metals and Probiotix drop and usher in new all-time low.

Sounds like a broken record. This week the deficit between cost and value widened by £1,977 to £127,894 and total value dropped to £53,318.

JLP:Jubilee Metals was worst performer and is one of my biggest holdings. They dropped 6% and caused half the deficit.

PBX:Probiotix Health are another of my biggest holdings and dropped 5%.

Thankfully we have a Share of the Week, with III:3i Group climbing 6% to go 18% up altogether.

Here's the ISA and shares portfolio after week 42 of year 8.

Weekly Change
Cash£195.08+£29.03
Portfolio cost£86,844.68+£499.96
Portfolio sell value
(bid price-commission)
£24,038.14(-72.3%)-£944.03
Potential profits£3.07-£9.35
Yr 8 Dividends£60.23+£31.03
Yr 8 Interest£1.40+£0.11
Yr 8 Profit from sales-£10,795.53+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit-£1,111.62(-22.8%)+£30.18
Total Dividends£11,829.15+£31.03
Total Interest£1.40+£0.11
Total Profit from sales£17,298.53+£0
Average monthly cash profit£306.99(6.3%)-£0.44
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends
- Fees / Months)
Compound performance49%+0%

I added £500 to my ISA following a premium bond win and invested it in JLP:Jubilee Metals. Guess what - I ibought them just before the price dropped from 8p to 7.4p. I bought 6,087 shares at 8.05p costing 499.95.

I got £12 dividend from GAW:Games Workshop and £19.03 from CAPD:Capital, so my magic formula shares are contributing something. Potential profits now only £3 though.



If the chart just continues downwards, there's no point in me commenting.

The SIPP looks like this after week 390 overall and week 26 of year 8.




Weekly Change
Cash£238.72
-£0.67
Portfolio cost£92,604.68
+£0
Portfolio sell value
(bid price - commission)
£28,348.85(-69.4%)-£989.11
Potential profits£411.91
+£15.71
Yr 8 Dividends£166.95
+£0
Yr 8 Interest£2.15
+£0.21
Yr 8 Profit from sales-£9,820.16
+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit-£1,619.86(-31.1%)+£64.67
Total Dividends£14,309.73
+£0
Total Interest£2.40
+£0.21
Total Profit from sales£10,613.59
+£0
Average monthly cash profit£265.12(5.1%)-£0.69
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends
- Fees / Months)
Compound performance38%+0%

Nothing to see here. Small £15 increase in potential profits and big drop in value.



The trading account looks like this after week 356 overall and week 44 of year 7.




Weekly Change
Cash£20.26
+£0.01
Portfolio cost£1,763.50
+£0
Portfolio sell value
(bid price - commission)
£931.78(-47.2%)-£44.50
Potential profits£0
+£0
Year 7 Dividends£0.00
+£0
Year 7 Interests£0.03
+£0.01
Year 7 Profit-£1,157.99
+£0
Yr 7 proj avg monthly profit-£113.98(-77.6%)+£2.65
Dividends£60.10
+£0
Interest£0.03
+£0.01
Profit from sales-£930.69
+£0
Average monthly cash profit-£10.60(-7.2%)+£0.03
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends
- Fees / Months)

Yet again we drop...



No point in trying to create drama and tension - we know this horror story continues for the next 2 weeks...

Week 405 Review - Drop in Jubilee Metals brings new all-time low

The recovery in JLP:Jubilee Metals was short lived, and the drop down to 8p this week ushered in a new record deficit between cost and value of £125,916, as widening of £811 since last week. The total portfolio value is now just £55,222.

By far the worst performer was ANTO:Antofagasta, but the 11% drop is mostly because this is a small installment of my monthly SIPP investment weighed by spread and commission if I were to sell now, so the next 3 months will get cheaper shares if the price continues to fall.

As mentioned above, JLP:Jubilee Metals dropped 5%

No shares increased enough to deserve Share of the Week.

Here's the ISA and shares portfolio after week 41 of year 8.

Weekly Change
Cash£166.05-£3.70
Portfolio cost£86,344.72+£0
Portfolio sell value
(bid price-commission)
£24,482.21(-71.6%)-£385.20
Potential profits£12.42+£7.70
Yr 8 Dividends£29.20+£0
Yr 8 Interest£1.29+£0
Yr 8 Profit from sales-£10,795.53+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit-£1,141.80(-23.4%)+£28.55
Total Dividends£11,798.12+£0
Total Interest£1.29+£0
Total Profit from sales£17,298.53+£0
Average monthly cash profit£307.43(6.3%)-£0.76
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends
- Fees / Months)
Compound performance49%+0%

Given I'm losing over £60k, an increase in potential profits by £7 to £12 is a joke. 



Still following the trend line down

The SIPP looks like this after week 389 overall and week 25 of year 8.




Weekly Change
Cash£239.39
-£237.00
Portfolio cost£92,604.68
+£237.00
Portfolio sell value
(bid price - commission)
£29,337.96(-68.3%)-£389.15
Potential profits£396.20
+£22.37
Yr 8 Dividends£166.95
+£0
Yr 8 Interest£1.94
+£0
Yr 8 Profit from sales-£9,820.16
+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit-£1,684.53(-32.3%)+£70.19
Total Dividends£14,309.73
+£0
Total Interest£2.19
+£0
Total Profit from sales£10,613.59
+£0
Average monthly cash profit£265.81(5.1%)-£0.69
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends
- Fees / Months)
Compound performance38%+0%

The £237 was my first regular saving purchase of ANTO:Antofagasta, with £22 increase in potential profits not much consolation after yet another drop.



Same as ISA

The trading account looks like this after week 355 overall and week 43 of year 7.




Weekly Change
Cash£20.25
+£0
Portfolio cost£1,763.50
+£0
Portfolio sell value
(bid price - commission)
£976.28(-44.6%)-£37.09
Potential profits£0
+£0
Year 7 Dividends£0.00
+£0
Year 7 Interests£0.02
+£0
Year 7 Profit-£1,157.99
+£0
Yr 7 proj avg monthly profit-£116.63(-79.4%)+£2.77
Dividends£60.10
+£0
Interest£0.02
+£0
Profit from sales-£930.69
+£0
Average monthly cash profit-£10.63(-7.2%)+£0.03
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends
- Fees / Months)

Dreadful - so glad most of this is in JLP:Jubilee Metals with current disastrous performance.



And there we go - below the trend line.

A new all-time low - can it get any worse than this?

Week 404 Review - Relatively flat, but drop in Jubilee Metals makes it another down week.

A relatively flat week, but JLP:Jubilee Metals lost all its recent gains and so the deficit between cost and value widened by £415 to £125,105. It's not an all-time low, but not far off, with portfolio value falling to £55,370.

The 5% drop in JLP:Jubilee Metals was my worst performer, at least joint worst with PLUS:Plus 500 which also dropped 5% to go 17% down. Good job I've abandoned my "sell at 15% down" strategy else I'd have nothing left, and seeing as everything I buy drops 15% I'd soon run out of cash.

APAX:Apax Global Alpha climbed 6% and is only 5% down now.

CEY:Centamin also went up 6% and wins Share of the Week because it has rarely done anything noteworthy before.

Here's the ISA and shares portfolio after week 40 of year 8.

Weekly Change
Cash£166.05-£3.70
Portfolio cost£86,344.72+£0
Portfolio sell value
(bid price-commission)
£24,867.41(-71.2%)-£337.33
Potential profits£4.72-£18.15
Yr 8 Dividends£29.20+£0
Yr 8 Interest£1.29+£0.05
Yr 8 Profit from sales-£10,795.53+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit-£1,170.35(-24.0%)+£29.60
Total Dividends£11,798.12+£0
Total Interest£1.29+£0.05
Total Profit from sales£17,298.53+£0
Average monthly cash profit£308.19(6.3%)-£0.81
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends
- Fees / Months)
Compound performance49%+0%

I think that's a pretty flat week. ISA charges minus interest account for the drop in cash, and potential profits are now only £4.



The SIPP looks like this after week 388 overall and week 24 of year 8.




Weekly Change
Cash£476.39
+£281.42
Portfolio cost£92,367.69
+£0
Portfolio sell value
(bid price - commission)
£29,490.11(-68.1%)-£41.40
Potential profits£373.83
+£10.41
Yr 8 Dividends£166.95
+£42.00
Yr 8 Interest£1.94
+£0.16
Yr 8 Profit from sales-£9,820.16
+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit-£1,754.72(-33.7%)+£82.22
Total Dividends£14,309.73
+£42.00
Total Interest£2.19
+£0.16
Total Profit from sales£10,613.59
+£0
Average monthly cash profit£266.50(5.1%)-£0.34
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends
- Fees / Months)
Compound performance38%+0%

Cash went up as I added £250 towards my monthly savings but it hasn't been invested yet. The £42 dividends were from PSN:Persimmon, plus a small amount of interest. Portfolio value hardly dropped at all, and potential profits sneaked up £10.



The trading account looks like this after week 354 overall and week 42 of year 7.




Weekly Change
Cash£20.25
+£0
Portfolio cost£1,763.50
+£0
Portfolio sell value
(bid price - commission)
£1,013.37(-42.5%)-£37.08
Potential profits£0
+£0
Year 7 Dividends£0.00
+£0
Year 7 Interests£0.02
+£0
Year 7 Profit-£1,157.99
+£0
Yr 7 proj avg monthly profit-£119.40(-81.2%)+£2.92
Dividends£60.10
+£0
Interest£0.02
+£0
Profit from sales-£930.69
+£0
Average monthly cash profit-£10.66(-7.3%)+£0.03
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends
- Fees / Months)

Utter misery and despair.



I'm 5 weeks behind publishing as I've been away, but still taking snapshots. I warn you now, the next 4 weeks don't get any better!

Thursday, 4 May 2023

Week 403 Review - Numis Corp buy-out announcement reduces losses but Optibiotix at an all time low

Generally a flat week with most shares edging downwards. NUM:Numis Corp nearly rescued things, but a 0.5p drop in OPTI:Optibiotix wiped out most of last week's gains, with a worsening of the deficit between cost and value of £747 to £124,689 and reduction in total value to £55,786.

The only big faller was CAML:Central Asia Metals which dropped 7% to go 26% down. I really don't understand what's going on here. The company is amazing, but there's no interest in the shares, despite a massive dividend and track record of stable profits. I desperately want to increase my holding at these prices, but have no ammo.

Share of the Week by a mile is NUM:Numis Corp which announced it was being bought out at a 67% premium to the current share price. Unfortunately that share price was already 23% down on when I bought it, so the price zoomed up by 48% of the price I paid to go 25% up. I'm holding them until the takeover because although the price won't go up again, there are 2 dividends planned so I may as well get those and register some potential profits for a while.

Here's the ISA and shares portfolio after week 39 of year 8.

Weekly Change
Cash£169.75+£0
Portfolio cost£86,344.72+£0
Portfolio sell value
(bid price-commission)
£25,204.74(-70.8%)-£604.89
Potential profits£22.87+£22.87
Yr 8 Dividends£29.20+£0
Yr 8 Interest£1.24+£0
Yr 8 Profit from sales-£10,795.53+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit-£1,199.95(-24.6%)+£31.57
Total Dividends£11,798.12+£0
Total Interest£1.24+£0
Total Profit from sales£17,298.53+£0
Average monthly cash profit£309.00(6.3%)-£0.77
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends
- Fees / Months)
Compound performance49%+0%

GAW:Games Workshop went back into profit, which is a rare state of affairs for the ISA. No sign of my other magic formula shares getting into profit so I can't bed & ISA them yet.



Only just above the trend line and running parallel with it again

The SIPP looks like this after week 387 overall and week 23 of year 8.




Weekly Change
Cash£194.97
+£0
Portfolio cost£92,367.69
+£0
Portfolio sell value
(bid price - commission)
£29,531.51(-68.0%)-£130.63
Potential profits£363.42
+£262.44
Yr 8 Dividends£124.95
+£0
Yr 8 Interest£1.78
+£0
Yr 8 Profit from sales-£9,820.16
+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit-£1,836.94(-35.4%)+£83.49
Total Dividends£14,267.73
+£0
Total Interest£2.03
+£0
Total Profit from sales£10,613.59
+£0
Average monthly cash profit£266.84(5.1%)-£0.69
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends
- Fees / Months)
Compound performance38%+0%

Great news on the NUM:Numis Corp buy-out, and along with a small rise in EDV:Endeavour Mining, potential profits went up £262. That reduced the impact of the OPTI:Optibiotix drop so value only went down by £130.



Same as ISA

The trading account looks like this after week 353 overall and week 41 of year 7.




Weekly Change
Cash£20.25
+£0
Portfolio cost£1,763.50
+£0
Portfolio sell value
(bid price - commission)
£1,050.45(-40.4%)-£12.35
Potential profits£0
+£0
Year 7 Dividends£0.00
+£0
Year 7 Interests£0.02
+£0
Year 7 Profit-£1,157.99
+£0
Yr 7 proj avg monthly profit-£122.32(-83.2%)+£3.05
Dividends£60.10
+£0
Interest£0.02
+£0
Profit from sales-£930.69
+£0
Average monthly cash profit-£10.69(-7.3%)+£0.03
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends
- Fees / Months)

Just the OPTI:Optibiotix drop dragging value down by £12.



Almost touching the trend line and will no doubt soon cross it.

OPTI:Optibiotix is at an all time low since I bought it. We're assured by the CEO that there's loads going on, but none of it seems to be resulting in profit, and there's still no sign of a Sweetbiotix contract. I guess there's no point in moaning. I made my decision to invest way too much in a startup company producing a product that the market isn't ready for yet. It was a much higher risk than I anticipated at the time, and one I don't intend to repeat. For now I'm stuck invested and can do nothing but hope for the best.

Saturday, 22 April 2023

Week 402 Review - A bad week saved by Jubilee Metals

Not a great week across the portfolio, with most shares down by a few percent, but a 1p rise in JLP:Jubilee Metals nullified all that and resulted in an improvement in the deficit between cost and value of £858 to £123,941 and portfolio value of £56,919.

Most of my metal producers were down this week, with CEY:Centamin and RIO:Rio Tinto both falling 5%.

JLP:Jubilee Metals bucked that trend and increased by 10% in some of my holdings. I'm hopeful that with other miners dropping this is a sign the seller has gone and there's hope for a recovery.

Here's the ISA and shares portfolio after week 38 of year 8.

Weekly Change
Cash £169.75 -£1,058.64
Portfolio cost £86,344.72 +£1,056.72
Portfolio sell value
(bid price-commission)
£25,809.63 (-70.1%) +£398.95
Potential profits £0 +£0
Yr 8 Dividends £29.20 +£0
Yr 8 Interest £1.24 +£0
Yr 8 Profit from sales -£10,795.53 +£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit -£1,231.52 (-25.2%) +£33.07
Total Dividends £11,798.12 +£0
Total Interest £1.24 +£0
Total Profit from sales £17,298.53 +£0
Average monthly cash profit £309.77 (6.3%) -£0.79
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends
- Fees / Months)
Compound performance 49% +0%

I transferred my cash from the AJ Bell dealing account to the ISA and bought back my GAW:Games Workshop shares, except I increased my holding from 10 to 11 bought at 9468.793p and costing £1,056.73. Happily that was 122p cheaper than what I sold them for last week, which is a very rare occurrence where I got lucky on timing.

PAGE:Page Group and WHR:Warehouse REIT are only down by 4%, so I'm hoping I can bed and ISA those soon. I'll only lose a few shares to pay the commission, but I want to register the sale as a profit rather than a loss, so I'll wait until they are in the black.

Portfolio value increased a little thanks to JLP:Jubilee Metals, but dragged back by just about everything else. One of my JLP holdings is only down by 7% so I'm hoping to sell that one for a modest profit so I can get back into CAML:Central Asia Metals which is a massive bargain at the moment.



Still woeful, but above the trend line. I dream of being significantly above the trend line instead of continuing its downwards momentum.

The SIPP looks like this after week 386 overall and week 22 of year 8.




Weekly Change
Cash £194.97
+£63.30
Portfolio cost £92,367.69
+£0
Portfolio sell value
(bid price - commission)
£29,662.14 (-67.9%) +£385.25
Potential profits £100.98
-£18.04
Yr 8 Dividends £124.95
+£31.51
Yr 8 Interest £1.78
+£0
Yr 8 Profit from sales -£9,820.16
+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit -£1,920.43 (-37.0%) +£97.81
Total Dividends £14,267.73
+£31.51
Total Interest £2.03
+£0
Total Profit from sales £10,613.59
+£0
Average monthly cash profit £267.53 (5.2%) -£0.34
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends
- Fees / Months)
Compound performance 38% +0%

Hardly anything changed. The small increase in value was again thanks to JLP:Jubilee Platinum and about £4k worth is almost at the point I can sell to I can add more CAML:Central Asia Metals. It will still leave me with £6k invested in JLP, which is as much as my nerves can take.

I had a £31 dividend from RIO:Rio Tinto, which was nice, but potential profits dropped by £18 as EDV:Endeavour Mining lost a little ground..



Barely above the trend line

The trading account looks like this after week 352 overall and week 40 of year 7.




Weekly Change
Cash £20.25
+£0
Portfolio cost £1,763.50
+£0
Portfolio sell value
(bid price - commission)
£1,062.80 (-39.7%) +£74.17
Potential profits £0
+£0
Year 7 Dividends £0.00
+£0
Year 7 Interests £0.02
+£0
Year 7 Profit -£1,157.99
+£0
Yr 7 proj avg monthly profit -£125.37 (-85.3%) +£3.22
Dividends £60.10
+£0
Interest £0.02
+£0
Profit from sales -£930.69
+£0
Average monthly cash profit -£10.72 (-7.3%) +£0.03
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends
- Fees / Months)

A rare good week thanks to JLP:Jubilee Metals climbing 8% in this account. Still a long way off being able to sell, and I really need to make about 100% to try and claw back some of my losses.



I prefer looking at the bottom chart as the top one is too depressing.

There's been more buying of PBX:Probiotix in the market this week. I can't buy any more - in fact I won't sink any more into microbiome shares as I have too much invested in one area and it's all doing rubbish. If PBX recovers then my portfolio value will increase by quite a lot, so I'll keep hold of the 100,000 shares I own and claw back £1,000 for every penny it recovers. £16k of my current losses are down to PBX, £1,700 down to SBTX:SkinBioTherapeutics, a staggering £90k down to OPTI:Optibiotix and I lost £18.5k forever when DDDD:4D Pharma went bust. That's not a great track record for one sector that I was convinced was the future that would make my fortune.