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selling condor has positive expectancy. high prob but negative convexity. it is part of the strategy. you can call it a risk premium instead of an edge. it does not matter. think of it like selling insurance. overtime it works out. just need enough reserve capital.

up 1600. a rather boring week. not brave enough to ride mkt to new highs.

Again impressive results in any aspect. njrookie

-$500 for 1st week of may jan : 6.47% feb : 5.74% mar: 7.89% apr: 6.35% small and steady. boring is a good thing. njrookie

Great job! Just keep it up. Can you post daily instead of monthly numbers / charts? njrookie

One can transfer money in and out of IB account, and it shows as change in account capital. I guess atticus wants to see PnL.

sellingindexvol, 99% of traders will be happy with a $25K month. $17,700 for april.

Keep it up, bro! I had never bought or sold any financial securities until 4.5 years ago. njrookie

recovered from last week's loss +12,900

I will be happy with 1K on a million a day consistently too. 1K a day keeps your boss away.

I will be very very happy with 1% a WEEK for an account equity of 1 million.

Down 1900. njrookie

+2900 slow and steady.

1st week of April +$1400 back from 1 week vacation last week. still trying to get back to trading mode. always need some time to synchronize myself with the market after the break. hopefully market vol will pick up for easier trading environment. njrookie

Q1 summary as promised. Hopefully more movement in the market will help in the coming quarters. njrookie

On vacation this week. this is from last week. will update for 1st quarter when get back home. +7000. njrookie

March 2nd week +$2500 It is getting really boring. Glad I am still making. njrookie

March 1st week +1500 njrookie

There are also the likes of Paul Krugman who sold his soul and decency for $ and a loud microphone. njrookie

1. A finance professor has negative income growth in real term; 2. The sharpe ratio is rather high due to job protection with tenure; 3. The hourly rate is also quite high since all teaching can be done in 30 days of work at the pace of Wall Street (5 hours of teaching per week for 30...