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Well, I guess it's pretty obvious after two months that posting my trades isn't stimulating much interest for discussion, so I'm going to slip back under the rock from whence I came. Best of luck to all with this twerking market. Sigue!

Sold partial GDX long 30.77

Closed DIA long @318.35

Long SMH 245.21

Long DIA 317.37 premarket

CURRENT HOLDINGS Long - GDX WATCHLISTS Long - KWEB,SMH,EWG,EWQ,GDX,EWI,EZU,OIH Short - WEAT,USO,BLOK,ARKK,FCG,ARKW,XOP,KWEB,KRE,DBC

Covered UUP short 28.47

Long GDX 28.78

CURRENT HOLDINGS Short - UUP WATCHLISTS Long - OIH,EWG,EWI,KWEB,EWQ,SMH,EZU,FCG Short - WEAT,ARKK,BLOK,ARKW,KWEB,KRE,UUP

Short UUP 28.34

Closed SMH long 238.94

CURRENT HOLDINGS Long - SMH WATCHLISTS Long - SMH,EWI,EWG,KWEB,EZU,EWQ,FCG,XHB,ARKW Short - KWEB,WEAT,GDX,BLOK,KRE,SLV,ARKK,FCG,XOP

TNA long stopped out @38.64

CURRENT HOLDINGS Long - SMH, TNA WATCHLISTS Long - KWEB,EWI,SMH,EWG,FCG,EZU,OIH,XME,XOP,PAVE,ARKW,ARKK Short - GDX,WEAT,SLV,FCG,INDA

I provide the folks who prepare my tax returns with whatever detail they request which has never been anything I couldn't dump from the broker. So far no issues. I have been trading more frequently in the past 5 years than I did in many of the prior years, but they seem to have the capability of...

I just realized I didn't address this part of your last question, and probably left you with the wrong impression. I will use different stops, but never lower than the level that was used to determine the initial entry size. I could imagine possible scenarios where I might move a stop up and...

I will use a different stop on the adds, yes. Sometimes the stops are the same. If I exceed the 3% limit, it won't be by much and not for long before I'll adjust.

0.5 - 2.0% per entry at initial entry. No more than 3% combined risk exposure for all open trades. Additions to the same ETF position are managed separately from the original entry, if that makes sense. Having re-read my post, I understand the confusion. The percentages are % of account at risk.

Let me first say that I'm not advocating my methods of risk/trade management. Some of the things I do probably go against the grain of standard practices (especially for developing traders). I've been told by one reliable source that I could be adversely affecting my trading edge with my...

long TNA @40.07