Thanks. Seems volatility of account is part of my game - although it does not have to be as violent as it has been recently. This month up big so far - unfortunately won't be able to trade next 10-12 days as I am on vacation: counting my lost earnings
Just coming back from vacation and saw the volatility I missed (SPY plunging 12% over the period before rebounding). Can't be certain what would have happened, but I believe it should have been positive for my account.
Period Update for August (8/1/2015 - 9/5/2015) (5 weeks) Monstrous month, up 254K (107%). The memories of last month quite forgotten. After last months disaster (7/20/2015), and some initial flat lining, began a steady climb that carried into August and lasted all month. Yes I used leverage, and yes I averaged down - it is not really the averaging down that was the problem: it was the recklessness of the averaging. The early uptick in volatility after the China devaluation was the catalyst for some early gains for the month. Unfortunately was away on vacation for nearly two weeks of the month when the monster volatility happened - I can only imagine what could have happened. Took out 17K for the months of July/Aug. Code: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Opening Balance: 237,582 Net gain for period 253,863 Cash Withdrawal (17,000) ------------------------------------------------ Net Balance: 474,445 For the Thread YTD 2015 (1/3/2015 - 9/5/2015) Opening Balance: 256,099 Net gain 263,346 (Up 103%) Cash Withdrawal (55,000) ------------------------------------------------ Net Balance 474,445 ---------------------- TRADES TYPE Exit Date/Time P/L OPTION 2015-08-03-11-27-25 10092.1 STOCK 2015-08-03-10-31-35 784.5 STOCK 2015-08-03-15-50-44 -524.5 STOCK 2015-08-03-15-55-14 -966.4 STOCK 2015-08-04-10-05-31 23136.6 STOCK 2015-08-04-10-01-13 3327.5 STOCK 2015-08-04-10-21-54 -2145.9 OPTION 2015-08-04-15-58-08 -13297.3 STOCK 2015-08-04-15-07-24 -799.7 OPTION 2015-08-04-12-07-13 5680.6 STOCK 2015-08-04-15-49-11 10.4 STOCK 2015-08-04-15-49-10 2305.8 STOCK 2015-08-05-11-08-14 5100.8 STOCK 2015-08-05-09-57-52 2407.1 OPTION 2015-08-05-11-14-48 11612.6 OPTION 2015-08-05-11-07-46 -6068.7 STOCK 2015-08-06-10-15-41 2143.6 STOCK 2015-08-06-10-45-18 1532 OPTION 2015-08-06-11-35-37 32122.5 OPTION 2015-08-06-15-59-47 -1788.3 STOCK 2015-08-07-12-02-37 1086.7 STOCK 2015-08-07-12-43-10 2668.1 STOCK 2015-08-10-15-50-15 1311.3 OPTION 2015-08-10-15-51-48 8849.4 OPTION 2015-08-12-15-13-03 6521.6 OPTION 2015-08-11-09-54-56 290 STOCK 2015-08-12-12-41-34 849.3 OPTION 2015-08-12-15-39-30 16088.7 OPTION 2015-08-12-13-44-08 2952.4 STOCK 2015-08-12-09-52-31 -939.6 OPTION 2015-08-12-12-41-19 22339.6 OPTION 2015-08-13-11-37-48 -45783.5 OPTION 2015-08-12-14-48-16 2848.9 OPTION 2015-08-12-15-26-12 21297.8 STOCK 2015-08-13-10-06-47 33.8 STOCK 2015-08-14-10-57-00 184.8 STOCK 2015-08-14-14-40-14 2855.3 STOCK 2015-08-14-15-51-59 -1416.5 STOCK 2015-08-17-12-08-17 5115 STOCK 2015-08-17-11-20-20 1698.5 STOCK 2015-08-17-15-49-54 6315 OPTION 2015-08-17-11-34-43 9104.2 STOCK 2015-08-17-11-22-54 1641.1 OPTION 2015-08-17-12-04-19 -5087.3 STOCK 2015-08-18-14-29-46 17462.4 OPTION 2015-08-18-10-52-06 4078.3 OPTION 2015-08-18-11-55-36 29041.1 OPTION 2015-08-18-10-34-29 1642.1 OPTION 2015-09-01-15-39-40 48544.6 STOCK 2015-09-02-13-41-46 9822.8 OPTION 2015-09-02-15-20-15 7934.4 STOCK 2015-09-03-15-55-15 -4758 OPTION 2015-09-03-09-32-43 -1596.4 STOCK 2015-09-03-14-46-50 5198.1 STOCK 2015-09-03-15-55-14 -17996.3 STOCK 2015-09-04-10-17-26 11335.2 OPTION 2015-09-04-10-50-49 -6151 OPTION 2015-09-04-10-52-22 -2469.7 OPTION 2015-09-04-10-52-58 16279.9
Holy crap you have balls of steel. Well done neke. I for one am rooting for you man. Keep it going. I know you are going to have up and down months ( and so do you I'm sure), but your ability to keep rising from the canvas is admirable.
Would you mind telling us about your health? How is the stress effecting you? Ulcer, high BP, depression,etc? How is your sleep?