2/28/2020 Taxable Acct: Trade Zero ============= Realized gain: $1546.09 ============= Non- Taxable Acct: IB IRA ============= Realized gain: $1644(MNQs) ============= Total: $3190.09 Dude, I only traded like an hour this morning. I was so busy with non-trading activities. I could have easily bang out $10K-$20K today. Today is that kind of opportunities day. I thought I would never come to a day when I can say work is actually costing me trading profits. LOL. I make now on a daily basis more than my job/work. But I understand the cycle of trading P&L. There are ups and downs. I still need the stability of a job when I hit a down cycle. I guess until I hit that 7 figures or multiple 7 figures then I can truly focus 100% on trading. Not complaining. Just saying I'm leaving a lot of $$ on the table everyday because of non-trading activities. hehe. In the meantime, gotta juggle multiple balls.
3/3/2020 Taxable Acct: Trade Zero ============= Realized gain: $829.93 ============= Non- Taxable Acct: IB IRA ============= Realized gain: $329(MNQs) ============= Taxable Acct: IB ============= Realized gain: $240(MNQs) ============= Total: $1398.93
3/4/2020 Taxable Acct: Trade Zero ============= Realized gain: $936.15 ============= Non- Taxable Acct: IB IRA ============= Realized gain: $655(MNQs) ============= Taxable Acct: IB ============= Realized gain: $148(MNQs) ============= Total: $1739.15 Despite a busy day with other personal obligations, still bang out profits that's the nice thing about scalping.
3/5/2020 Taxable Acct: Trade Zero ============= Realized gain: $1494.58 ============= Non- Taxable Acct: IB IRA ============= Realized gain: $273(MNQs) ============= Taxable Acct: IB ============= Realized gain: $754(MNQs) ============= Total: $2521.58 I'm lovin' these volatility days. I'm still not trading the best I can. There's ALWAYS ALWAYS room for improvements. Timing on a few items were slightly off but with patience they came back nicely. Right mindset: Constantly looking for ways to improve.
3/6/2020 Taxable Acct: Trade Zero ============= Realized gain: -$2787.67 ============= Non- Taxable Acct: IB IRA ============= Realized gain: -$754(MNQs) ============= Taxable Acct: IB ============= Realized gain: $870(MNQs) ============= Total: -$2671 Horrible day! Mostly due to mistakes and not being patient! In my taxable IB, I was up over $1400 just trading 3-6 lots of MNQs. That tells how big the ranges were! Gave up a lot of that back. Toward the end of the day had an opportunity to make it all back and some but sold too early. IB IRA account was down -$3K at one point and came back all the way to being down just -$754. TZ account was down -$5K at one point and then came back. Whew! Need to reexamine the trades. Avoid this. It was near catastrophic level but it came back.
It's all about perspectives. Today, I lost about one day's worth of gains across 3 accounts. Not the end of the world. In the past, my accounts would be totally blown out! Meaning I would be double double digit percentage on these crazy down moves. I've come a long way from my old ways of trading! That's progress! Feb was an great month. March is still positive. #dontgiveup#ProgressNotPerfection
3/24/2020 Taxable Acct: Trade Zero ============= Realized gain: $3301.56 ============= Non- Taxable Acct: IB IRA ============= Realized gain: $430(MNQs and QM) ============= Yes, it can be done. Daytrading. Basically it was just one trade with size. Caught a nice uptrend. In and out. It's been a long journey. But satisfying to see the fruits of all these years of labors. GLTA
3/25/2020 Taxable Acct: Trade Zero ============= Realized gain: $2209.10 ============= Non- Taxable Acct: IB IRA ============= Realized gain: $346(MNQs ) ============= Today was positive but not necessarily good trading. bad entry and bad exit. Could have been up $21K!! Need to be patient. @ironchef I'm still learning everyday. Everyday is a something new to learn to improve your trading. @Overnight Kind of really pissed with IB! They auto liquidated my QO(mini golad) futures contract last week even though I have $22K in that IRA account. WTF? Of course, shortly after gold rallied 100+ pts. WTH! So ridiculuous! Even on QO not even GC, IB screwed me over. Oh well.
3/26/2020 Taxable Acct: Trade Zero ============= $3450.05 ============= I thought today would be the day I finally get my 5 figure day. Not yet. Not too bad. Not complaining. Keep working to improve everyday.