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Too slow. It was U.S. Grant - Spring 1864.

"I propose to fight it out along these lines, if it takes all summer." Quick, who said that?

Sell 2 Sep 5 200.5C at .33

Started the day syn. +100s and 5 Sep.12 202.5Cs. Now +200s and -2 Sep 5 200Ps

Admittedly, that was supposed to be a scalp using options. Trying to get SPY off the book. The dominant feature of the trade is still the ratio spread. That may change soon.

buy 300s SPY at 200.71

Bar count - 1,2,3,4 Hey ho, let's go Hey ho, let's go They're forming in a straight line They're going through a tight wind The kids are losing their minds The Blitzkrieg Bop

Some self-criticism in order. Rookie mistake. Front run the signal. Bad habit. KISS. What I did right was admit my mistake and hold out. Some redemption, there. But basically turns a great trade (the call sales) into a mediocre one, at best. The Bible says, "The truth shall set you free."...

Ok, kinda jumped the gun on those trades.

Late yesterday, the position was Sell 'em back again at 1.13.

Sell 'em back at .36

So, I'm much more confident today, than I was yesterday. In fact, I was hoping that those higher prices would hold up to the open. If I'm serious about building size and making (or losing) some money, then I should start trading 2-5 lots with ES options. Playing around with this position has...

Buy back @ .41

Much respect for many of the traders here, though.

So, 75 years ago, after a couple of days of intense debate, France and Britain uphold their treaty obligations to Poland and declare war on Germany. I was a teacher for a while.

I like the upside here for a spell. Let the diag. go anyways. Will continue mulling over upside defense. Let's see if I can muck it up a little more.

Sell 2 Sep 5 201C at .51

The purpose of this was a weak hedge and diag. Missed the diag. so far.

Yeah, pretty much was preparing for that at 2004+

Buy 5 SPY Sep 12 202.5C at .31. Time was 8:47:25 PDT