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    CCL 20 calls Entries: 1.14 Exits: 0.98 Time to scale: n/a TiT: 5 mins -14% Stray thoughts: Small hit here. I had platform and other web service issues all morning which threw me off, so I took the rest of the session off. I had been eyeing TLRY calls, but realized I didn't want to hold into...
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    AMD 84.5 calls Entries: 0.60 Exits: 0.71 Time to scale: 2 mins TiT: 2 mins 18% ROKU 240 calls Entries: 3.20 Exits: 4.78 Time to scale: 5 mins TiT: 5 mins 49% SPY 350 calls Entries: 1.11 Exits: 0.75 -32% Stray thoughts: Solid green day to end the week. I could have dip-bought AMD after that...
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    I appreciate your interest in my process, but the truth is that I'm still battling to figure it out. That said, it's a good challenge to have me explain my pre-, intra-, and post-trade thought processes here (the closest I've come to doing that is the TWTR short commentary from a few sessions...
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    TSLA 450 calls Entries: 2.00 Exits: 2.80, 3.00 Time to scale: 19 mins TiT: 20 mins 42% AMD 83 calls Entries: 1.02, 0.88, 0.94 Exits: 1.12, 1.25, 1.12, 1.03 Time to scale: 13 mins TiT: 29 mins 10% Stray thoughts: Not a bad minor bounce-back today after yesterday. AMD kind of imploded right...
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    AMD 82 calls Entries: 0.92, 0.90 Exits: 0.80 Time to scale: n/a TiT: 8 mins -12% SDC 10 calls Entries: 0.26 Exits: 0.20 Time to scale: n/a TiT: 10 mins -30% PINS 61 calls Entries: 1.05 Exits: 1.30 Time to scale: 27 mins TiT: 27 mins 23% Stray thoughts: Honestly everything felt really awkward...
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    PYPL 177.5 calls Entries: 5.20 Exits: 6.20 Time to scale: 3 mins TiT: 3 mins 19% Stray thoughts: PYPL: There we go, the quick hit I'm always looking for. Another reminder to myself to how things can and should play out. I limited in (not at ask), it worked immediately (no heat), and hit my...
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    Thanks, it's still an uphill battle trying to build (maintain?) consistency and keep good habits. This journal helps a bit. I typically trade the shortest expiration (I'll note otherwise in my log here), so that's usually 1-4 dte.
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    BIDU 135 calls Entries: 3.80, 3.96 Exits: 4.75, 5.00 Time to scale: 6 mins TiT: 7 mins 25% TWTR 40 puts Entries: 1.10, 1.25 Exits: 1.40, 1.45, 1.48 Time to scale: 44 mins TiT: 54 mins 21% Stray thoughts: TWTR: I stayed in this a bit longer than I wanted to, but the overall thesis (drop to 40...
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    TSLA 400 puts Entries: 2.80, 2.70 Exits: 3.43, 4.57 Time to scale: 4 mins TiT: 6 mins 43% BABA 312.5 calls Entries: 1.10 Exits: 0.65 Time to scale: n/a TiT: 3 mins -40% SPY 324 puts Entries: 0.70, 1.00 Exits: 1.27 Time to scale: 29 mins TiT: 29 mins 40% Stray thoughts: I don't want to talk...
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    TSLA 420 calls Entries: 2.10 Exits: 2.75, 3.25 Time to scale: 57 mins TiT: 1 hr, 2 mins 40% PINS 68 calls Entries: 1.20 Exits: 1.03 Time to scale: n/a TiT: 20 mins -17%
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    DKNG 40 calls Entries: 0.80 Exits: 0.95 Time to scale: 3 mins TiT; 3 mins 18% Stray thoughts: Another small confidence builder.
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    INTC 45.5 puts Entries: 0.46 Exits: 0.54, 0.58, 0.56 Time to scale: 10 mins TiT: 16 mins 16% Got some minor form of revenge on INTC here from last Friday. Could dump further down but I want to lock in gains and keep my confidence up.
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    No trades for me today. I was eyeing FB, ZM, and NVDA calls on the open, but was too slow on the trigger to get good entries on any of them. Perhaps a bit of Monday blues, but tomorrow's another day.
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    INTC 48 puts Entries: 0.72, 0.68 Exits: 0.47 Time to scale: n/a TiT: 7 mins -33% FSLY 75 puts Entries: 0.30 Exits: 0.42, 0.50, 0.55 Time to scale: 12 mins TiT; 59 mins 63% Stray thoughts: What a disaster, with my getting overly biased on an extraordinarily large downside move on INTC. The...
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    ZM 525 calls Entries: 8.80 Exits: 10.70 Time to scale: 3 mins TiT: 3 mins 22% edit: came back at around 10:30am to take the following scalp short: AMD 79 puts Entries: 0.89 Exits: 1.02, 1.18 Time to scale: 1 min TiT: 3 mins 24% Stray thoughts: There we go, a nice hit and run, finally...
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    TLRY 7 calls Entries: 0.17, 0.17 Exits: 0.20, 0.24, 0.28, 0.27 Time to scale: 28 mins TiT: 44 mins 41% NIO 30 calls Entries: 0.31, 0.27 Exits: 0.25 Time to scale: n/a TiT; 8 mins -16% Stray thoughts: Glad I cut this NIO fake-out. It can run back to HOD for all I care, but it didn't fit the...
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    FB 265 calls Entries: 3.85 Exits: 4.45 Time to scale: 15 mins TiT: 15 mins 16% IBM 120 calls Entries: 1.10 Exits: 0.90 Time to scale: n/a TiT: 4 mins -16% MSFT 217.5 calls Entries: 1.95 Exits: 2.25 Time to scale: 6 mins TiT: 6 mins 15%
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    NKLA 20 puts Entries: 1.12 Exits: 1.25 Time to scale: 14 mins TiT: 14 mins 12% AMD 84 calls Entries: 1.88 Exits: 1.73 Time to scale: n/a TiT: 3 mins -8% SPCE 23 calls Entries: 0.88 Exits: 1.00, 1.05 Time to scale: 2 mins TiT: 5 mins 16% Stray thoughts: Very happy that I had my discipline to...
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    FB 270 calls Entries: 1.50, 1.38 Exits: 1.73, 1.84, 1.96, 2.04 Time to scale: 21 mins TiT: 25 mins 30% BA 175 calls Entries: 0.45 Exits: 0.21 Time to scale: n/a TiT: 15 mins -53% Stray thoughts: Way too slow to cut the BA fake-out. It baited me hard and I cut it too late. Completely whiffed...
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    SPCE 21.5 calls Entries: 0.30 Exits: 0.35, 0.39, 0.44 Time to scale: 1 hr, 5 mins TiT: 1 hr, 41 mins 31% NET 60 calls Entries: 0.62, 0.60 Exits: 0.55 Time to scale: n/a TiT: 8 mins -11% AMZN 3460 calls Entries: 6.95 Exits: 6.05 Time to scale: n/a TiT: 5 mins -13% Stray thoughts: Those...
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