I stepped into a big risk zone past 3 days. Loaded my "on hold" cash into the trading account so I can trade much more. I don't want to keep this money in there, but it has been actually a comfort in that I can take a trade and know I can stop it properly and still take several more tries. This is the pro/con of trading in a cash account: I can take multiple trades, but only until I've used all my settled cash once.
As a result, I'm trading slightly larger (or sometimes MUCH larger) positions. This amplifies everything. I find that I am able to apply my same techniques with the same level of emotion, but the gains and losses are potentially bigger. I'm discovering that I'm happy to make those 2-10% gainers, because the cash actually really adds up. For example today I made about +2% on my account, but the $ amount is very satisfying.
Starting tomorrow, I need to start moving some money back to the hold. That is my dry powder, my insurance.
FAST OPTIONS TRADING. Fast in/out. Apply trading rules like CLOCKWORK. Have a day. Sleep at night. This is my personal trading journal*.
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