2 out of 3 sub-trades stopped out, one remaining. I am basically going with the expectation of an up day so I leave algo on unless last trade stops out. Gonna be -60 if it does.
Buy NAS100USD x 9 @ 7358 stop 7307 More classic non-algo bet for 400 EUR. Given how much pessimism I'm now seeing I'm guessing we might have hit bottom for mid term (also; bounce off floor). Intend to keep into June if I'm not shaken out of it. Might add more next week. Edit: Oh yeah, should perhaps have microed precise entry point better. lel
Buy NAS100USD x 9 @ 7340 stop 7307 Keeping this one to end of day, apparently better price soon after my entry. -.-
Buy NAS100USD x 9 @ 7320 stop 7307 Last fill since this is point of pain and my hypothesis of floor would prove not so useful. Quitting if it gets worse than this.
Quit at NAV 19712, quite a Padutrader entry (and probably exit). Should keep track of losses due to discretionary entries vs algo from now on. I think magical position sizing thinking has something to do with it. Edit: Actually better, promise to never issue fully discretionary entries again. This serves to illustrate that I don't have the required personality for fully discretionary leveraged trades since I tend to magical thinking and am poor at learning from mistakes. Because you know, I've written about position sizing killing me before. It's good to get my head bashed in though. It could have gone the opposite way and then I would have felt like a hero only to fail next time. I've got until December to sort my shit out. On a side note, I'm waiting in excitement for whether the hypothesis that made me do this entry will be correct or not.
Sooo. NQ still in quite narrow range. If there's a break out I will join it (I would still bet on up side), but in relaxation mode until then. Need to make algo that is competitive in this ranging market but haven't had time (GF eliminating my time).
New week. Didn't trade last week which is a shame as it had decent volatility, but too many outside screen factors. We'll see what this week brings, have no strong conviction.