Took another downturn in my ToS account today.
Weed stocks accounted for about 2/3 of it.
I also had bought a $5 wide call vertical in TTD after it had come up in the IU swing trading chat.
I looked at the chart and the 60min looked like a perfect ABCD pattern.
I think TTD is not liquid enough to sell spreads but i guess i was too greedy and possibly also ignored some of the Tastytrade setup rules because of that. In any way, despite TTD rising nicely, the spread accounted for almost all of the rest of the loss today.

In general, my ToS account has been turning down recently, but i hope i can transfer a lot of money over to TW (tastyworks) soon so i can finally build a lasting account and hopefully soon get over $25k to get a bit more freedom with naked options as well as getting rid of the pattern day trading rule.

Not much news in the CFD account.
All positions lost a little bit because VXX had a up day.
Patience here.
I didnt add any other positions yet.
With VIX dabbling around 10 again id rather be a bit more careful.

Last, i finally got to sign up with Tastyworks yesterday and am now waiting for a initial deposit to drop into the account.
I tried out the software and its lightning fast and super simple to use.
Seriously loving it!

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