Friday, 30. June 2017 - my heart

We got volatility back eh?
holymoly. I was so angry yesterday that i didnt post anything.
But today im back.

Plus500
I had forgotten about a GTC limit order in IWT that got triggered yesterday and was down a bit.
So over night ive set a stop really close so that if it goes any higher, it would kick it out.
Turns out the market is crazy right now and it turned into a nice winner which im not planning on taking off just yet.
Im looking on shorting more VXX again soon.
Hopefully this wasnt just another 1 day spike. Doesnt feel like a 1 day spike.
I also traded some oil over night. Working much better, now that i have some kind of system with stops and limit orders instead of always going in with a market order.
Turned out to be a small winner, but it was good practice in working with stops and moving them up.
They do have a trailing stop feature on plus500 i want to try that one next time.

ToS
Slightly down, but not much.
Mainly due to weed stocks and my short VXX position but that one i dont mind.
Im transferring the first batch of money out and over to Tastyworks next week.
Ive decided to do it that way and force myself to practice day trading for a bit longer.

Tastyworks
Great day.
QQQ came back obviously, and some other trades worked out well too.
Im still waiting for many of them to reach the profit target but i feel im on a good way.
I also put on a small butterfly in NKE as a earnings play. At the moment it looks like it moved much higher than the expected move but hopefully itll fade back a bit tomorrow.
Ive also taken off loosers in RAD and SPY both small but annoying, especially the RAD one because i really thought that this one should be shorted.
Ah well.

ToS papertrade
Only up slightly, again mainly due to the short VXX position.
I took off the short puts that i had sold against it though. Will wait for it to turn down again before i sell more puts.
Its amazing how this portfolio keeps on growing. Selling premium definitely seems to work!
Cant wait for my next day trading session tonight!

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