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Forum: Trading Journals

October 26th, 2016, 12:30 AM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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On the Road to Discipline

I was just reading back over this journal of my first three years of trading, because I wanted to recall who it was that had kicked my ass over my shotgun marriage to USLV.

It was user SMCJB.
...

Forum: Trading Journals

June 3rd, 2016, 03:07 AM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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I did a little review of the first five months of...

I did a little review of the first five months of the year for my options trading.

On a $15K account, 76 wins 46 losses and up about $200, before fees.

These are all defined credit trades,...

Forum: Trading Journals

May 4th, 2016, 08:32 PM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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I double check expiration and also for event...

I double check expiration and also for event risk. Even so, occasionally one slips through on an unintended expiration.

I had a credit spread on HYG based on a kind of vague thesis that was not...

Forum: Trading Journals

April 29th, 2016, 12:40 AM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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Another painful lesson I have had to learn the...

Another painful lesson I have had to learn the hard way, is about options assignment.

I had a couple of one lot call spreads with a that got assigned back in March. The minute they got assigned I...

Forum: Trading Journals

April 28th, 2016, 11:12 PM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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I need to make a very embarrassing confession,...

I need to make a very embarrassing confession, about fat finger mistakes.

One of the items in my checklists now is to re-check the order after a fiill to catch fat finger mistakes.

When I...

Forum: Trading Journals

April 28th, 2016, 10:20 PM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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Actually, since that time I started watching...

Actually, since that time I started watching Nikkei CNBC, which is a Japanese language channel about Japanese stocks. In order to learn how to talk stocks in Japanese. The have a segment that airs...

Forum: Trading Journals

March 4th, 2016, 06:41 PM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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Since the February expiration, all of the old...

Since the February expiration, all of the old junk from 2015 has been washed away and all the trades I have on now have been made since I got the risk manager, instituted rules on size, and started...

Forum: Trading Journals

March 4th, 2016, 06:00 PM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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VWAP and contrarianism

I need to say something about the contrarian approach vs the trade-the-trend approach.

One thing I learned when I first started trading is that FOMO on trending stocks is a huge problem for me. My...

Forum: Trading Journals

February 27th, 2016, 11:15 PM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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Highlights of the past week for me, my FCX play...

Highlights of the past week for me, my FCX play paid finally came in, after inflicting a lot of brain damage on me. Like a lot of other positions lately. I got caught by WTW, initially it was green...

Forum: Trading Journals

February 4th, 2016, 07:05 PM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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Posted By suko

Trades for today (trying to get on some short...

Trades for today (trying to get on some short deltas):
XLU Mar call spread 47 49 $0.64 credit IVR 81
FXE Mar call spread 110 113 $0.86 credit IVR 100
CAT Mar call spread 67.5 70 $0.94 credit IVR...

Forum: Trading Journals

February 4th, 2016, 06:29 PM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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Three weeks later and still working with the risk...

Three weeks later and still working with the risk manager. Success!

Discipline has been outstanding. No rules violations. No big trades, no excessive risk. Very mechanical. My market awarness is...

Forum: Trading Journals

January 15th, 2016, 08:58 PM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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The first week of trading under a regime of...

The first week of trading under a regime of out-of-pocket fines for rules violations.

The result?

No rules violations. Very steady and mechanical. A lot of hands-sitting.

I took one profit...

Forum: Trading Journals

January 11th, 2016, 12:28 AM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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The theme for this year's trading is...

The theme for this year's trading is 'disciplline'.

I have decided to start fining myself $100 for rules violations.

Will stay mechanical, trade small, trade the checklist.

No FOMO, no...

Forum: Trading Journals

December 24th, 2015, 09:08 PM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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I think the trading partner/risk manager sessions...

I think the trading partner/risk manager sessions are helping. Anyway, my PL is up since I started this. Some good, very mechanical trading in options. This is what I needed.

We are going to have...

Forum: Trading Journals

December 16th, 2015, 05:42 PM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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Although I have been in trading the market for...

Although I have been in trading the market for two and a half years now, this past year has been the first one in which I was trading on a daily basis.

Some very hard lessons.

One thing that...

Forum: Trading Journals

December 8th, 2015, 02:54 AM

Replies: 229

It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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Posted By suko

Looking back over the trades of the past year,...

Looking back over the trades of the past year, three of my accounts are up spectacularly. Two are down significantly but coming back.

Anyway, I want to focus on the three accounts that are up....

Forum: Trading Journals

December 7th, 2015, 08:43 PM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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The presence of the risk manager

My indicators said go short vol a couple of weeks ago, and I put on a number of short vol trades following that. Most of the setups were shitty. The trade was up money for awhile then down then up...

Forum: Trading Journals

December 5th, 2015, 08:53 PM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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Posted By suko

Running with the big dogs

Gee, that was a fun week.

My contrarian commodities options plays came in: copper, silver, gold. I love it when the contrarian thing actually works. It's like going to therapy for a year with...

Forum: Trading Journals

November 28th, 2015, 05:08 PM

Replies: 229

It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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Posted By suko

Goals for 2016: For my options trading...

Goals for 2016:

For my options trading account, I started off with $2500, just for learning purposes. I learned a lot and that I can do this.

For 2016 I am going to ramp up the capital to over...

Forum: Trading Journals

November 7th, 2015, 05:09 PM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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First time to trade earnings with options this...

First time to trade earnings with options this past week. Very nice wins at 50% max profit AAPL, SBUX and FB and then a stinky loss on an iron condor in TSLA. So that's 3 to 1 and I am up a little...

Forum: Trading Journals

October 30th, 2015, 06:39 PM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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My TLT position closed at 50%, and then all my...

My TLT position closed at 50%, and then all my other positions were up on the last day of the month, except VXX. So, I am short QQQ and SPY, long FXE and UNG. Also short call spread UVXY. Cash...

Forum: Trading Journals

October 23rd, 2015, 01:55 AM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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Made a very nice little 2049.T (XIV) overnight...

Made a very nice little 2049.T (XIV) overnight trade, in at 9040 and and out at 9800. VIX related indicators are still negative, so I could hold the trade but I decided to take a profit.

Then I...

Forum: Trading Journals

October 14th, 2015, 04:45 PM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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Posted By suko

Progress Report

Report on my progress as beginner options trader

I don't like trading the checklist, but I am forcing myself to do it. My feelz don't matter.

Upon entry am setting the platform with GTC sell...

Forum: Trading Journals

October 2nd, 2015, 06:12 PM

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It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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I have a new checklist I prepared for options...

I have a new checklist I prepared for options trading, and I have started using it in conjunction with journaling my trades. Half of the items on the checklist involve filling in things like strike...

Forum: Trading Journals

September 28th, 2015, 08:17 PM

Replies: 229

It ain�t called catching, its called fishing

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I've dialed back the vol products trading. Very...

I've dialed back the vol products trading. Very hard to make money with our style of swing trading in this market -- too much lag with the indicators. I am a little surprised to see UVXY up above 50...

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