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8/20 -$1,177 For the week: +$1,977 Balance: $36,498 Was running on 2 hours of sleep. When I realized I should really pay more attention, I was down $1,300. MRNA all day. Today was a big disaster. I wouldn't have been surprised if I was down a lot more because nothing worked for me today. I...

FYI made back all the losses. I was hoping to make it back in 3-5 weeks but I did it in 2 because I had one lucky day where I made 5K.

8/19 +$1,343 Balance: $37,675 Made money with MRNA and AMC today. AMC started a lot lower so waited until it looked like it wouldn't go any lower and tried to play the bounce. Same with MRNA. Almost lost half of my gains because I went big on MRNA and it didn't bounce the way I'd hoped and...

Sorry for getting back to you so late. I was so sad the week you asked me the questions that I just didn't want to get back to anyone.

@Slope Trader I use 1 min and 2 min when I enter/exit but use 5,15,30,and 1hr chart as reference to time my entry/exits. For example, if the chart looks like it could go up with 5,15 chart than I may choose go in. However, if there is a sudden rise and it looks like in 30/1hr chart that it would...

8/18 +$1,665 Played around with MRNA. Did a lot of scalping throughout the day. Going to end it early since I'm not sure if it's going to go up to positive or drop further down. I feel like right now it could go either way. Also I have somewhere I need to be in 40 mins. YEAAAAA

8/17 -$101 Well that pissed me off. Woke up late. Missed the morning rapid rise. Waited for an opportunity. Made money with Tesla. $800. Thought about calling it a day but I thought I saw another opportunity. Trade just did not go my way. But it seemed like someone was not letting Tesla fall at...

If I keep on losing money year after year, that might be my distant future.

8/16 +$247 All the stocks in my watchlist moved weird today. No clear sense of direction. MRNA started a lot lower and I believe it would bounce to $440 so I thought this would be a big payday. Saw the initial drop, the rise, and I thought it would drop once more before working its way up to...

I don't want to think that far ahead. There were plenty of years where I was making money and would end up losing all and more by year-end. The amounts were never this big but the patterns were the same. I'm based in Alaska right now so I think that's some positive for the tax situation. Not...

8/13 +$784 For the week: +$6722 Stocks on my watchlist didn't move much today. Played around with MRNA little by little throughout the day. Made $40, $50, $60 per trades and it just added up. Also shorted AMD because it was going up so high from the start. Waited until it looked like it was...

8/12 +$5068 Thankfully MRNA started higher. I called itttttttt saw the drop so i sold right way. it drops. called its bounce so i bought and it bounced. Just played around with MRNA all day. Didn't even go all in. At one point I had 150 contracts I think but most of the day it was 50, 100, 82...

8/11 -$979 Man I shoulda concentrated on MRNA yesterday and ride it until today. Woke up late and missed the big drop.. waited for the bounce and scalped. Started with a profit. Than noticed I could buy more and decided to buy until I couldn't buy anymore so I can see where my limits are at...

@TrailerParkTed Didn't feel much different. Only difference was it took more time calculating how many shares I could short rather than doing 1,2 contracts. I actually missed my initial short order because I filled the amount of shares wrong and it dropped 2% right afterwards so that's a 2% I...

8/10 +$1147 Tried stocks. So it was because my capital was less than $20K that I couldn't daytrade even though my total capital was over 25K. When I did just stocks, the orders went in just fine. Shorted MRNA for a quick gain. Played around with NG with 2 contracts for the rest of the gain...

Is there anything I'm not aware of on why it's a problem to trade both futures and stocks in the same account? I generally know the PDT rule but I didn't study it in depth. That's why I ask questions. If you know the answer to my question, why don't you answer it? I've been using IB for the...

8/9 +$702 Always this way. I exit and the trade goes the way I wanted. Sheesh! Did some scalping today with NG futures. Feeling okay going forward. I think I can get my winning streak back. I was super laid back over the weekend because of the big loss last week. Lived on 2 days of pizza from...

8/6 -$811 for the week -$9271 Well that was hell of a start to a journal. I dont know whats more surprising. Losing almost 10K in a week or still up 1.5K for the past 4 weeks. Exited all my positions. Balance was $24799 so added 3K so I can daytrade stocks next week. Going to go back to 1...

@wrbtrader no risk management. If I feel confident, I go all in. I scale down if I'm not as confident. I don't go in if I'm just unsure. My risk management did not change ever. Probably a good idea to start changing but dang it old habits are hard to break @Laissez Faire yea i always perform...

8/5 -$721 It is so painful to post when I have a losing day. It is tiring to see the chart when it goes sideways instead of up or down. After today's chart, now it looks like it can go higher. Or (NG) drop tomorrow. Thought about exiting but shit I lost so much I'll just keep on going until...