Thursday loser, Friday winner. +20% week

I really struggled this week. I traded terribly. Kept trying to make it back. When will I learn this lesson?! Clockwork is the best way for me to make money. Trade small. Take those $30 partials, they add up. And of course don't pass on a $1000 gain (wtf self?!).

Today I took even more money away from myself. And I traded small. And I took the tiny gainers. And I did well. It felt good. It felt like clockwork. I still have cash in my account, but I'm going to walk away, at least for a while. I want to be done by this time of day (10:20ET). I don't want to sit here and erode it.

I still have 2 open trades from all the pain in the ass lottos I got too cute with this week. All together, they're worthless, <$50. But in case one of them perks up I'm just going to let them ride.

Somehow (Monday) I managed to be up 20% this week, but it's definitely not because I did a good job this week.

Stay sane. Step by step. Clockwork.

Shabbat shalom.

somehow I pulled out a flat day, despite trading like a total A$$

This results shot does not tell the whole story because I'm still holding 2 too-large positions (GS calls and ROST puts) that may just go to zero. As a result, I'm lucky to be flat on the day instead of really nicely up. If it wasn't for UAL for close to 200% gain (15% stock move), I'd be in really bad shape.

How does bad trading snowball like this? How do I turn it around? Definitely today started with me not trading clockwork bc I wanted $more$. That is the opposite of clockwork. Where is my sanity?

-6%. Need to regroup more

Today I think I traded "right" (clockwork) but it didn't work out. I pushed a little more, beyond where I should have walked away, so that's something else to work on.

Maybe if the first trade loses, I should allow only one more trade. I need to have smaller down days, even if it's a smaller account size. I'm trying to regain footing, not continue to erode my account.

I should watch more of Meir Barak trading reviews. He bats how I want to bat.

Clockwork trading and MRNA bring big up day

I hesitated to trade today after Friday's freakout, but it's almost irresistible. So, how do I make sure I don't shoot myself in the foot again? I take away half my money. I moved 60% of my trading cash into my reserve account so I won't trade too big and won't overtrade. In other words, reminding myself to trade small, take profits, take stops. Without the drama. Trade clockwork.

I was doing well. Good picks, good management, and I was already in MRNA when it went nuuuutts! Some of my partials were well over 200%. I used the last of my money to buy further otm (this week 80 calls, currently trading 72) calls so I could scale/shave better, and I hope to hold a part of that overnight. Today was an igniting day.

With that said, the market looks "too close to the sun." QQQ touching underside of steepest trendline. SPY pushing ath. Just after 2:00, each doing a cascade selloff. 2/3 of my MRNA 80 calls stopped. I'm keeping 1. I also added for just pennies, 2 100 calls. The nice thing about trading on a Monday is I can try to take lottos like that.

But, it's also a lesson that even in something that seems to be going straight to the moon, need to still set stops. I've been shaving/adding into MRNA strength all day. No regrets for not trying to hold onto a rocket because I'm not willing to get burned. Say it again! not willing to get burned.

And that's why I don't regret moving money into reserves. I'll probably move some of today's massive gain into reserves again tonight. I need to reestablish trust in myself.