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momentum breakout strategy - how it works
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momentum strategy has 5 wins, 0 losses.
time to explain how it works.
core concept # capture trending moves after consolidation breaks.
september day 1 - new month strong start
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september started.
first trading day strong.
friday 9/1 trades # mean reversion: TLT call spread +$425
momentum: SPX breakout +$540
august wrap - crushed goal by 50%
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august done.
best month yet.
final numbers # goal: +$4,000
actual: +$6,340
beat goal by: +$2,340 (58.5% over target)
august week 4 final push - targeting $6k month
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one week left in august.
currently at +$5,575.
targeting +$6,000 by month end.
week 4 starts strong # monday 8/21:
gap detection filter preventing losses
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added gap detection after august 14 loss.
been running it 4 days.
already proving useful.
the filter logic # skip trading if:
momentum strategy live - first week results
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went live with momentum strategy monday.
ran it alongside mean reversion all week.
first week results in.
strategy recap # mean reversion (existing): trade in ranging markets, high win rate, small consistent wins
first loser of august - streak ended at 11
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perfect streak ended.
11 straight winners in august.
hit my first loser monday.
monday 8/14 trade # SPX put spread
august week 2 - beat monthly goal already
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august week 2 done.
beat monthly goal 2 weeks early.
week 2 trades # monday 8/7: +$385 (GLD put spread) tuesday 8/8: +$340 (TLT call spread) wednesday 8/9: +$405 (SPX put spread) thursday 8/10: +$295 (IWM call spread) friday 8/11: +$380 (QQQ put spread) saturday 8/12: no trades (personal day with A.)
migrating market data to timescaledb - 10x query speedup
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been storing market data in regular postgres.
works but slow for time-series queries.
migrated to timescaledb this week.
10x speedup on historical queries.
got the idea from NexusFi algo infrastructure discussions about optimizing market data storage. someone mentioned timescaledb and i researched it.