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Discussion in 'Journals' started by Matt_K74, Jul 5, 2022.

  1. Matt_K74

    Matt_K74

    ouch - 3rd worst trading day of the year - still licking my wounds.
     
    #261     Dec 22, 2022
  2. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    Depends on the tenor and the name.

    7500 dollars per VOL POINT is respectable
     
    #262     Dec 23, 2022
  3. Matt_K74

    Matt_K74

    weight: 175
    fitness: F - still sick but somehow managed to kill it in a zwift race today after not being on the bike for two weeks
    weed/alcohol: Using
    sleep: A

    Weekly P&L -954 had a strong Monday and Friday but got killed yesterday (-19557)

    Next week is year end accounting - I plan to start next year with 1.35M across my accounts
     
    #263     Dec 23, 2022
  4. Matt_K74

    Matt_K74

    weight: 177
    fitness: C
    weed/alcohol: Using
    sleep: C

    Weekly P&L 125 - sideways week, yearly P&L $-69598 - sucks.
    Bye Bye 2022 - I won't miss you. I'm adding some funds to my account - mainly cause I'm over leveraged and want to have more margin cushion. I will start next year with 1.35M. This year my net worth dropped roughly 10% - went from 4M to 3.6M - 70.000 was my trading loss, 30.000 was living above my means (this will be even more the next couple years when I get to spend 160.000/year for college rather than the 80 this year). 300.000 is roughly what my real estate dropped - so not the best year that's for sure.Luckily my life is the same with 2M, 4M or 6M net worth :)
    On the other hand I could be down 20% like the S&P. My 70.000$ loss is a 6% loss of my trading account - my first red year in four years. I pretty much traded sideways since the beginning of the journal in July - but so did the S&P - so I can't claim victory here.
    Happy new year everyone - I have high hopes of a six figure gain next year!!
     
    #264     Dec 30, 2022
  5. Matt_K74

    Matt_K74

    weight: 173
    fitness: A
    weed/alcohol: Not Using
    sleep: A

    Weekly P&L 15938
    Gotta love January - firing on all cylinders - let's see how long I can keep this up (also a accommodating market that helped quite a bit)
     
    #265     Jan 6, 2023
  6. Matt_K74

    Matt_K74

    weight: 173
    fitness: F - rough week at work and at home
    weed/alcohol: Not Using
    sleep: D - couple nights on the road in shitty beds

    Weekly P&L 17565
    Reduced trading size a lot after CPI - this could have been a bigger gain. Trading is easy when vol and direction match :)
     
    #266     Jan 14, 2023
  7. cowmoo99

    cowmoo99

    It's good to hear from you and congrats on your gains. Sounds like you're off to a roaring start in 2023!
     
    #267     Jan 14, 2023
  8. Congrats on a couple of good trading weeks.

    Note the "No Weed/Alcohol" the past couple of weeks.

    Just curious, what does the best version of you look like? What mindset shifts do you need to make to get there?

     
    #268     Jan 14, 2023
  9. easymon1

    easymon1

    melatonin.jpg
     
    #269     Jan 14, 2023
  10. Matt_K74

    Matt_K74

    weight: 174
    fitness: B
    weed/alcohol: Using - I know I see the same correlation but in my heads it's a heads heads tails situation - not that uncommon
    sleep: C

    Weekly P&L -1626
    Increased size too quickly - got killed on Wednesday and Friday - big movers are killing my trading. Had a real good run for 10 ish days before old patterns snuck in - hoping i can motivate myself this week to avoid them.
     
    #270     Jan 21, 2023