Friday, 9. June 2017 - just breathe

I didnt post yesterday because despite it being a green day it wasnt spectacular and i didnt put on any new trades or anything like that.

But today i finally got to put on my first trades with Tastyworks.
Im so happy that this is finally working! I was a day one waitlist people but because im in NZ i had to wait until now to get going.
I put on a SPY calendar for $230. Front month is 43DTE so im going quite far out with it but i kind of think that the market will go just a liittle bit further up before it comes down and volatility will speed up a bit, so that seems to be a nice setup.
I had also tried to buy a few CORN calls which didnt get filled unfortunately.
Ill give it another try tomorrow. I like the ABCD pattern thats forming there and from what i read the fundamentals look really good for a nice rise.

ToS
The weed stocks for once were flat and the options positions actually gave me a bit of a gain.
CORN is working out well, X is working out well, TTD is volatile as F*** but its up.
So its a bit of a breather for now. Im afraid that the weed stocks will pull stuff down again tomorrow though. So we will see. My gut says get rid of that shit, my brain says buy more. Ill have to figure out what to do soon.

ToS papertrading
Flat market is good for premium sellers so i expect the account to be up tonight when i check it :)

Plus500 CFDs
The short VXX positions came back and i plan on taking the older one off soon as the premium for holding it is getting quite high.
Lets hope for another drop tomorrow :)

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