Recent content by BeautifulStranger

Achieved a small profit. Will do a post mortem on this week tomorrow. Am flat going into weekend.

Lost $332 on a couple of scalps and remaining exposure to the 30 year. Now flat. If I lose money tomorrow, I’ll be on sim for next week at least, depending on discipline, focus, and profitability.

I ought to change the name of this thread to “For Another Loss”! Equity declined about $228 today on continuing weakness on the thirty year. Loss was mitigated significantly with a put bought to reduce exposure. Although I clearly went long too early, I thought the lows of last week would...

Equity down $401 or so today on a synthetic equivalent of a partially covered call on the 30 year. This is large position at 164% of account value. I did not intend such a large exposure, and certainly does not reflect my level of confidence on the trade. I needed to pay closer attention to...

I love the smell of ticks in the morning! Will be waiting for the US RTH open, at least, though. I noticed Nasdaq and none of the Magnificent Seven took out Friday's high like ES did. Earnings will be coming out soon. Expecting decent to strong reports, although prospects looking forward...

I’ve been feeling philosophical myself lately. Perhaps musical ability should be a requirement for a leadership position. Thinking… The Clash, Rock the Casbah. Or at least our leaders remember the finer things in life when they were younger. Thinking… Chaka Kahn and Rufus, Tell Me Something...

Have a open ES calendar spread. I exit tomorrow if we trade significantly above RTH open.

Stopped. Filled 4385.00.

Now short 1 MES @ 4380.00. Stop is 4385.00.

Thinking of shorting MES 4380.00, Friday’s open, with a stop of 4385.00 on ideas this rally is a correction and longer term timeframe will reestablish itself. Target is 4360. Edit, Friday’s open was is bit higher than stated.

Going to post selected trades with thesis for trade, entry, target, and stop rather than showing my blotter. My performance will not necessarily be strongly correlated with my selected trades due to option structure dynamics. I will continue to post my daily P&L.

The concept of “Due process” comes to mind. Apparently, the US forefathers felt it was important…

Should have been scalping rather than posting in politics. Every setup today would have paid off. At least account value closed at the high of the week. Not sure where I’m at scalping yet, but will emphasize scalping for the purpose of exposure management of overnight positions rather than...

I misunderstood the article. Explain it to me then. Meanwhile, Israel’s evacuation order for Gaza ‘death sentence’ for patients, WHO says WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic says time is running out to prevent humanitarian catastrophe in besieged enclave...

Ok, Hamas has beheaded children. Does this justify putting other children at risk, even children of Hamas terrorists? How about other children who are at risk of collateral damage? How about the civilian parents of those children? The US dropped the atomic bomb on Japan, killing many...