Snuskpelle's CFD Adventures 2020

Amazed by recovery in NQ btw, this is some rally shit.

Sell NAS100USD x -16 @ 8794 stop 8834

Hoping for some early Euro session depression pulling NQ down a bit. Special times so feeling a short is appropriate.
 
And this is why I shouldn't trade tired. Looking away for a minute and more than half of stop room is eaten. The force of the BTFD monkies is strong.
 
Closed NAS100USD short near -400

I will stay the F away from trading more tired right now. This comes closest to "trading because I can" so far into 2020.
 
Closed BCOUSD -207

Finally I should be able to sleep. ;-) Might well be LOD but it's clear market was smarter than me this morning. At this point I should just keep the big $$$ from the night without burning more of it.
 
Some post fact analysis after events this day:
  • I was quick to get my bias right after the attacks started, I retained the bias in face of mounting evidence of the opposite (as well as market changing its direction). This is a problem I always have and need to improve on.
  • While blaming lack of sleep is natural (and accurate), the fact remains I went against market this morning and lost.
  • I generally am pretty poor at re-entering because I am pissed I got my bias wrong; taking a at least a small long bet after Trump's speech (which I actually was monitoring) would have made sense.
  • Fundamentally, my rationale has been that Iran doesn't want a war it will definitely lose, so I should have picked up on the bias change sooner. Maybe if I had thought ahead of this, making the switch would have been easier.
At least I'm still up near 4k for day including algo (next paragraph). The big money was in dip buying NQ though so congrats to all that had the balls and mental agility to do so.

My (XAU+XAG)/XCU algo was doing great for a while but has since fell back due to aforementioned instruments retreating from extremes. (MFE from start +1700 or so now at +800...) Not interfering and closing to realize profit has been a deliberate and sound choice though.
 
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Not super NFP but unsure whether this will be interpreted as bullish or bearish. Felt like making contrarian short at high after release but basically no clear trend yet so waiting.
 
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