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Ye, stop hit unfortunately. Considering re-entry but in general it's difficulty mentally to re-enter a stopped position at a worse price.

Buy XAU/USD x 85 @ 1322.76 stop 1322.39 Let's see if clinging onto an algo spike is a good idea. Quite tight stop, high probability of loss, but don't want to wake up and see +1% without having participated.

The "problem" with EA is its size, which limits the amount of leverage you get on a particular outcome like this. Nonetheless, good for them, I really hate Fortnite lol

Opening of week. Tempted in re-entering gold as it may go to new highs, conversely it could mean revert quite a bit if it fails to. Waiting for more obvious entry point. Tempted to short equities but it might be too early to counter-trend yet so I will abstain. NAV 19315, took a bit of a hit...

Correlation is a statistical measure and is highly relevant to both strategy and risk management. Very casually explained, if something you hold is highly correlated with something else you hold, diversification means zilch because your losses tend to happen at the same time, as the two...

Sell AUD/CAD x -42000 @ 0.9436 stop 0.9722 Doubling position. Would have had a chance to get an even better price on a spike today, but unfortunately busy helping GF prepare for move tomorrow then and couldn't enter an order. Same premises as previously. Variation seems quite large but I think...

Missed chance to add to long-term short AUD/CAD position after midnight yesterday. Still assuming I can get cheaper entry than currently so will wait for a 100 EUR dip on my existing position profit of 380 before adding. NAV 19528

While a documentary, I found Betting on Zero amusing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3762912/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Bill Ackman getting personally invested with bringing down Herbalife, the lesson for traders being, don't mix emotions with trades. Herbalife is a POS company but the stock market isn't the...

Of course NQ went up after I sold yesterday, then again timing was OK for gold exit. Can't trade properly when fatigued like that though, so nonetheless good to close when I did. Without DAX greed trade I would even have had a profit. -.- Will consider re-entries Monday. Can't trade very...

There's maybe a case for saving by cutting bureaucracy here to somewhat offset costs for basic income. At least Sweden employs a large number of people to evaluate who qualifies for various social security benefits. And at least people didn't work less. Certainly agree there's no clear outcome...

Close XAUUSD, NAS100USD NAV 19500 Screw this, haven't been a smooth ride since yesterday. Especially I've been psychologically fatigued since yesterday due the trades for some reason. maybe by allowing my sleep schedule to be F'ed up. Could also be the fact this account is heavily correlated...

Too greedy trade, quite simply. Should have reduced size and widened SL while in profit yesterday to match longer hold period. Automation.. hmmm.....

Stopped on DAX trade, NAV 19123. Bit of a risk it will bounce right back here so leaving NQ on.

NAV 19614, planning to hold to late Friday at least. Might hold scaled down pos over weekend.

Going AFK, maybe I will be down 8% when I return later tonight, lol.

I basically have the same opinion; finding alpha ("an edge") is the truly difficult part (unless doing latency sensitive stuff). Then again, if you know you will commit years of your life to your codebase, then YMMV.

Buy DE30EUR x 9 @ 11030 stop 10990 Will see if this was a good idea.

Buy XAUUSD x 86 @ 1310.93 stop 1305.61

Buy NAS100USD x 5 @ 6874 stop 6761 Standard BTFD. Can go some lower so have prepared for that. NAV 19640. AUD/CAD position has done alright, EUR/SEK terribly.

¨ Even though the true certainty in a "regular job" is far from 100%, people tend to view it as such, and hence valuing it (too) highly. My own personal anecdote here would be my mother. Throughout my upbringing, she was always emphasizing how important it would be for more to get a degree and...