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I sure did. I closed all my GC positions overnight. (Pat on the back) Unfortunately, I can’t say the same for my short ES. I just added and added. It was ugly. I’m away from my computer so will make a combined update post for today and tomorrow. I gave up a good chunk of January’s gains today...

Well that was a swingy day. +$15k at one point, -$15k an hour later. End the day slightly in the red. ES moving +15 points after-hours with Meta's earnings release--wow, big move up for Meta. Winners: GC and the yield curve Losers: ES/SPX At the lows of the day, I actually had orders to close...

JP: "Ongoing increases will be necessary...". This might put a pin in whether or not there's only one more 25 bps hike remaining.

I hope JP doesn’t use the same speech writer as Tiff Macklem from the Bank of Canada.

The risk to bears is if this is not a given.

1. I dropped the ball badly on ES. I was aggressive with my shorts going into the close. Flattening out half an hour before the close would have been great. I held on and was slapped around. 2. Yield curve worked very well today especially with my additional ZT length. 3. GC has been working...

1. My two SPX time spreads worked very well today with volatility picking up. I was tempted to close one of them, but didn't. Re-entered some of the short ES/short put position with VIX touching 20. ES between 4000-4020 on Friday would make me very happy. 2. Adjusted my yield curve trade...

Legged into a NFLX put diagonal (+Mar 360/-Feb 340). I could see it going back down to its pre-earnings level of $340. IVP = 1% so potentially a good entry from a volatility perspective.

Is everyone male on this forum?

No. 5% DD relative to the high-water mark. A 5% DD in a day would be a very bad day. Account size is relative, but here is my journal. I don't sit in front of my computer all day if that's what you mean by trading. I don't consider myself a day trader.

I would replace the word ‘make’ with ‘lose’. Time is somewhat irrelevant. My approach is after a 5% drawdown, stop for 2 days. If the drawdown subsequently becomes 10%, pause for a week. 15%—another two weeks…etc. Absence allows my mind to recalibrate and refocus. If I’m on a heater, the last...

I appreciate your perspective. I'm not sure if I have too many balls in the air, but rather need to avoid trading outside my personality. I hate being wrong and I need to be better a taking losses. I should avoid directional bets and trade around what I'm comfortable with (my personality) by...

I'm usually bummed when trading closes on Friday with no trading on weekends, but I'm welcoming a break this weekend. I'm drained and a weekend with the family will help reset my mindset. I was pretty stupid last night. I added 4 more GC contracts and when GC went down to about 1937, I bought...

Well that didn't quite work. I should have closed the additional longs half an hour after I bought them as GC went up to 1959. 1. I peeled off some ES puts at the close and bought an SPX March 4030/February 4000 put diagonal. I'm setup short and looking for volatility to return. 2. TUT was...

Well that didn't quite work. I should have closed the additional longs half an hour after I bought them as GC went up to 1959. 1. I peeled off some ES puts at the close and bought a March 4030/February 4000 put calendar. I'm setup short and looking for volatility to return. 2. TUT was red...

Interesting price action in GC this week with local lows at around 6:30 MT. Added to my GC position with 4 GC contracts filled @1950.30. Will it get back up into the '60s? So far so good... 30 minute candles

1. It was definitely a more interesting day than yesterday. I hacked up my ES trades but still modestly positive. I don't think I did anything wrong--I had to manage my deltas in the morning and the ES just climbed all day. Kept my promise to myself by selling the SPX calendar upon touching...

Bought back NQ at 11841. I think it's still going to be an interesting evening.

LOL. New dilemma. I can now exit NQ with a scratch. This move down from the evening open feels very unhealthy. I'm going to stick with the short NQ for now, but it'll be an interesting evening.

1. What a boring day. One small put roll up. 2. Can't complain about gold. It's doing what I want it to do. 3. I played MSFT earnings to the downside by buying some weekly ITM puts and shorting NQ in the last 15 minutes. MSFT is up $10 after earnings release. This will cost me my P/L from...