Tuesday, 13. June 2017 - Back up

Good start into the week!

CFD - Plus500
I shorted a bit of /NQ last night and it dropped nicely.
I feel like a lot of trades im doing are chasing trades when someting is moving a lot.
I think the reason why they seem to work out is because the size/margin in Plus500 is so high that i can scalp the smallest of moves for a profit.

After that i also went short Silver and GBP/USD which are both green today and i bought COP on a alert by the trading safely guys. That one is working out nicely as well.

ToS
Weed stocks moved up while Corn took a hit.
Overall the P/L are green for today but im glad im not putting on more positions in here.

Tastyworks
Corn lost here as well of course but since thats a very long term trade im not too afraid about it yet.
I put on a put calendar in IWM and a short call spread in QQQ just to get my beta weighted Delta back to neutral.
The account is down a bit but i feel confident that by managing Deltas, Theta and Vega properly ill be able to become profitable in here.
At the moment it looks good and i intend to keep it a manageable size.

ToS papertrading
I shorted a full /NQ future in here.
Sometimes i do that when im confident and its good to try that as i intend to do that live as well once i have a large enough account.
Other than that the P/L have been flat for the last 5-10 days

Overall the CFD gains have given me some more confidence that i CAN make good trades if i have a plan and really assess a trade.
Im studying hard to better recognize patterns and setups and intend to be more confident in following patterns instead of guessing where it might go.

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