Thursday, 22. June 2017 - F*** the Q's

Today i finally realized that this weird market is my fault!
Clearly it must be!
It must be because the market is clearly going out of its way to do the exact opposite of what it trade.
Even on a day where the broad market is turning down, /NQ rallies 50 points, which means i took quite a bit of a downturn in my Tastyworks account.
Anyway, here we go.

Plus500 CFDs
AUD/USD finally seems to turn around and make my position profitable after going against me quite a bit.
Wheat is stalling/taking a breather but at this point, all i hope for is to get out even.

Tastyworks
My RUT calendar is working out nicely however the ADBE earnings play fell flat so far, even though it dropped nicely after its initial highs, so maybe we will see another step down tomorrow.
I put on another earnings play in ORCL. A small butterfly with very little risk but it looks like this one is not working out either as it seems to have rallied hard post earnings.
Other positions are fine, CORN is bothering me but other than that i think im ok.

ToS
Nice up day.
IYR is coming in nicely, lets hope its not just a temporary dip.
Weed stocks went up, so overall nice in here.
I think i want to get rid of the POT covered put but on the other hand i like having the short deltas.

ToS papertrade
up small as well.
Not much to report here.
Lots of positions with 30DTE with a a DIA strangle thats had its short call breached and of course the Q's not doing well.
I will wait until 21DTE before i roll up the puts though.
This will give the market time to come back down and this also adheres to Tastytrade mechanics.
Cant wait for the next day trading session tomorrow evening!

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