This trading journal has been going on for longer than yours has, which has been going for...Oh, YOU DON'T HAVE ONE! SO STFU!
Freelance is any work you do where you are your own boss, and file as a self-employed business through the IRS. You gather your 1099s and pay your dues to the taxman.
"Please. If you're HODLing a micro for weeks/months to arrive at $200 in gains you need to seriously scrutinize your life choices." poopy, in futures, you have no idea what you are are on about. You are an options God. But you nothing about futures, and opportunity cost, performance bonds, etc.
Closed the Dec MYM trade this morning, while the rest of the trading world slept. Will be eyeing the Jun 2025 contract soon, after a holiday break. *sniffs*
Hello Overnight, Good work on your trading. I see you hold trades for many many days. Why do you hold trades for many days like this? Thank you,
Because I have realized that I am a more profitable trader if I do not stress about an individual trade on an intraday basis, and that, coupled with my inability to sit in front of the screens all day, every day, pushed me fully-back into to the swing/position-trader mindset. I am now looking for macro-patterns, and am seeing them as I paint with a broader brush, and as I recall previous long-term channels. This new calendar month (September) is going to suck, because we are in an election year, we're at ATH coming into a historically terrible month for equities (hard to believe, but yes, Sept. is worse than Oct. over time), in an election year where our country's sanctity is on the line, with a market teetering on madness about the Fed easing cycle, and with them reporting in 2-3 weeks? Yeah, I'll take a breather, kthxbye.