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Close +210 Slower than I would have expected, and I am not fond of algo hell that is last half hour of trading. Was trying for chances to buy another 30 units on adverse excursion 200-300 but failed to pull trigger.

Buy NAS100USD x 30 @ 7882 stop 7868 BTFD

Staying out today, market is too unclear on where it wants to go. Best guess is up though.

Close ASX200 -72 French breach of EU budget rules saved me 100 by giving better exit. Edit: Should have held on a bit longer I suppose but anyway, nice to not hit acc NAV by much.

Nothing can surprise me at this point.

Close US2000USD short for ~+650 Leaving ASX200 overnight.

Sell ASX200 x -20 @ 6648 stop 6678 (quite wide spread :( )

Doubled, same stop since market gives me better price.

Sell US2000USD x -62 @ 1554.16 stop 1560.64 Unreasonable rally IMO, in addition to Russell reaching upper trend channel ceiling. May double later.

Close USDSEK +150

Worked a bit on USDSEK hedging algo yesterday but yet found nothing I am satisfied with using price as input alone (e.g. giving up 100% of upside to be protected against 50% of downside - in that case I might as well stay permashort USDSEK). Will move on to interest rate differentials next.

Buy USDSEK x 80000 @ 9.6054 stop 9.5923 Guessing it will bounce here as USDSEK has moved absurdly fast downhill past week. Another currency practice trade w/ minimal risk ($110)

A concern I have now is USD weakness, particularly vs SEK. I don't intend to "trade" by changing account currencies - mostly because that would be a futile endeavor given my lack of skills in the area, and my algo platform works better with USD. However, I might have to look into an algorithmic...

Thanks for taking the time. I realized that he is sometimes honest but sometimes can't keep things straight. More to the point, he's at times boldly claiming certain methods are working for him which contradicts what he already posted at other times (where he accurately describes them blowing...

No more trading for remainder of week as I'm helping GF move from her place in the ghetto to mine. Will see how moving in with her will impact by trading; hopefully I have some leverage in asking her to be serious about it (i.e. not disturb me 24/7) given progress recent years.

Seems fan27s short of NQ was successful; I considered mirroring it in real time but my previous failure blocked my brain from doing it. I should strive hard to accurately judge RR in cases like these, heck RR being favorable is even why I shorted ES right before open.

Close -60 trade went shit from start, better to rethink. Would have been better to wait for market open in this case (also cleaner move in NQ than in ES).

Move stop 3004, will be too tight. And now 3006. At my standard 400 EUR risk now.

Sell SPX500USD x -50 @ 2998 stop 3002 Poor manuf data and overall time for mean reversion IMO. Rather small trade still as I am not super convinced (people could prefer to be looking at earnings).

Amen. I find FX harder than equities because there's less observable crowd behavior to trade with/against to profit from, and then there's the sensible choice in equities of going long by default to make money on average. Currencies sleep/randomly meander most of the time and only heat up...