Friday, 14. July 2017 - meh again

Another annoying day.

Tastyworks
I bought a call in SGG to take part in a rally in sugar.
That one worked out perfectly and saved the day in this account along with COST which is finally rebounding a bit.
Im really hoping for a bit more of a bounce in there as that Iron Condor is a big one and it expires next week.
Biggest loosers were MCD and CORN.
Im still short oil and long gold, so lets hope that works out eventually.

Plus500
After an alert from Trading Safely i shorted USD/CAD which would have worked out fine if i hadnt had my stop set too tight.
It seems that i just dont have the capital to trade anything other than VXX for the moment, so ill just keep on shorting that until im back up.
This is going to be a long and painful road.

Thinkorswim
Weed stocks took a nosedive back down again but not as much as the gain from yesterday.
Im suspecting though that tomorrow theyll keep falling. Since ive decided to keep my ToS account i am also going to keep those two stocks around at least until Canada legalizes pot in a few years.
Other than that not much to report. CORN and WEAT took a hit obviously but those are long term positions so well see how it works out.
Im thinking about starting to do some small swing trading in here.
We will see.

ToS papertrade
Yesterday was a red day. I have a ratio spread in NVDA thats getting tested and is pulling down my P&L but other than that its smooth in here.
It is crazy what difference it makes when i put on positions without emotions attached.
It is amazing to see how this works and i have to try to get into that mindset when im trading live as well. (Practice practice practice!)

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