shooter's journal (taking $50k to......up.....?)

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shooter

Price action, t/a, long/short volatility. Mainly this will be a p/l journal. I'll be at two diff brokers, optionsxpress and IB. I'll try to get a screenshot of account values everyday at a set time, as marks get weird in the evening when the b/a spread widens.

Strategy wise, generally I want to be short volatility in calm environments (who doesn't) and when EVZ (euro volatility index via FXE) gets moving (say, north of 12) I'll be punting more directionally (better trader when there's momentum, like most people). Everything in 6E, FXE, and eur/usd spot.

I'm in school so most of my trades will be set orders I make sometime in the evening, or I'm making adjustments on my phone in the day.

I have $50k risk capital to work with, I'll post account value screenies once the money is there.
 
First week, nothing realized except some small FX losses. Eur/usd was pretty silent. The graphic might be weird unless you use IB, it basically says I have $561 unrealized profit ($45,422 starting balance, +$1500 MTM (futures), - $847 Forex, -$92 commissions) = $45,983. As for optionsXpress, I planned to use them because they have better margins, but I realized their web platform is kind of annoying. And I'm used to TWS standalone and its quirkiness already. So I'll be transferring the few bucks I had there to IB.
 
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