March 2026 Small Account Portfolio Update: 12 Systems, Full Strategy Access
We made 13% and up $3635 in March beating the Stock market by 18%
Small Account Portfolio Update Through March 2026
This is a monthly update on the small account futures portfolio I’m trading.
I am using mostly micros as summarized in this post below.
Founding members will get access to all of the strategies.
The account was up 13% in March 2026, starting the month at $28,000.
We managed to make $3,635 in March, We will start April 1 with $31,575 in the account including a $60 platform fee.
Max Drawdown in March was $800.
To see the first post on How I Created a Small Account Futures Portfolio in 2026 click below.
The biggest contributor in March was MCL or Oil short, which made $2,662. After that, MNQ and MES were the next strongest contributors. We had one losing trade in Corn.
What I’m trading in the small(er) account
This is the current small portfolio: 12 systems, one contract each unless stated.
MES.D Turnaround Tuesday (Micro S&P)
MCL Short 1 Day (Oil short) — 2 contracts
MES 480 L1 (intraday long)
MES 600 L1 (intraday long)
MES 600 L8 (intraday long)
Corn 480 Kepler (Corn)
MYM 360 S2 (YM short)
MES.D Extreme RSI (daily MES long)
MNQ 60 Phaedra (MNQ long with NQ Daily Filter)
MBT 1440 Galaxy Long (Micro Bitcoin long) Shared for all Founding members (click link)
ES 1440 Monthly Seas (seasonal)
MES K3 L (MES) Shared for all founding members (click link)
Portfolio metrics (March)
Trading systems: 12 (only 5 traded in March)
Net profit last month: $3,635 (+12.98%)
Closed DD: -$800
Profit factor: 5.54
Trades taken (last month): 7
That is still something I’d like to improve over time.Return / DD (last month): 4.54
Win % for the month: 71%
Trade List for March
March Equity Curve
All of 2026 Equity Curve
What changed since last month:
I decided to make no major changes to the portfolio going into April.
Exposure
Even with 12 systems, the portfolio usually only has 1–3 positions open at once. That matters. Small accounts don’t usually blow up from one trade. They blow up when several trades stack together and are correlated.
Note: A maximum of 2 systems were closed during March. Four systems were active at one point, but some trades were still open on April 1, so they were not counted in the March trade totals.
Lessons from March
The CL short system worked very well in March and was the clear driver of results. Most of the action came late in the month, and some of that carried into April.
Overall, I’m very happy with a 13% month while keeping risk relatively controlled. The stock market was down nearly 6% in March, while this portfolio was up, largely because of the CL trades.
Improvement Plan
A short system for big down days in the stock market, as I referenced in February.
A short Bitcoin system could also help over time.
Adding more energy and metals strategies would help the portfolio over the long run.
April plan
For April, I’m keeping the portfolio mostly the same while I focus on adding more short exposure. I’d also like to add a micro gold system by April if I can find one that fits the portfolio.
Without our CL oil short system, we still would have been up about 3–4% in March, which is still a solid month. If you could do that consistently, it would add up to a very strong year. Of course, real trading does not work that smoothly. There are always ups and downs.
Overall Gains
Since we started tracking the portfolio on February 3, 2026, the account is up almost 16% which equates to $4,300.
Thanks for reading
-TraderDunn
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