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about 5% of my account value. Interestingly this came the day after my best ever trading day. I came out all guns blazing the next morning and got burned. I now think I will take a day off to reflect and regroup following my next "big day".

I would love a good old crash. For some reason I find it easier to make money quickly on the short side, maybe that's just my natural bias. That said I am kind of resigned to the fact that this market will keep rising. As someone said above "this isn't even a real market" anymore, and I...

try to work on your stoicism. Many people mistake stoicism for a form of toughness, on the contrary, being stoic requires looking at yourself, at others and at the surrounding world with nothing but kindness and love. As roman emperor Marcus Aurelius suggested: "say to yourself in the...

I don't think you understand portfolio margin. You are free to withdraw any surplus. It's your money. Do whatever the hell you want with it. Buy a house, a yacht, a restaurant, a farm in kansas or pay your electric bill. It's nobody's business and I don't understand how this is even a topic to...

WTF is a home security system bill lol

Frankly, the only thing stopping me from packing my sh** and moving down there is my poor Spanish skills. Otherwise I would get a small flat in Boca and start hunting for jobs in wealth management, banking or securities to supplement my trading. Sadly most of the jobs I see online require...

I like that term, position trader. I guess I am a full time position trader these days. But I am really in between jobs though. I would happily do it full time if my balance sheet was a bit larger.

a nightmarish few decades of japan style deflation seems more likely. there is no velocity in this economy so no inflation.

not everybody is just "long stock" as a trading strategy