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week 4 september review - strong finish

september’s final full week.

strong finish.

week 4 numbers
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starting (sep 22): $493,640

ending (sep 28): $496,420

week gain: +$2,780 (+0.56%)

trades: 8

wins: 6

losses: 2

win rate: 75%

breakdown
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5 trading days.

monday: +$580, 2 trades (trend continuation)

tuesday: +$720, 2 trades (SPX premium, BTC momentum)

wednesday: +$640, 1 trade (QQQ reversion)

thursday: +$440, 2 trades (theta decay)

friday: +$400, 1 trade (end of week cleanup)

quiet week after FOMC/triple witching chaos.

crypto update
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BTC trade closed thursday.

entry: $28,080

exit: $29,650

P&L: +$1,570 (+5.6%)

trailing stop wasn’t hit. took profit at resistance.

momentum algo performing as expected.

mean reversion update
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3 trades since deployment.

trade 1: QQQ long, +0.6%, closed trade 2: IWM long, +0.4%, closed trade 3: SPY short, -0.3%, stopped (mean reversion failed)

2/3 wins. small sample but promising.

september preview
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one trading day left (monday sep 30).

looking to close september strong.


2:14am sunday. week 4 september: +$2,780 (+0.56%) on 8 trades, 75% wr. quiet week post-FOMC. BTC momentum trade closed +$1,570 (+5.6%). mean reversion algo 2/3 wins. account $496,420. one trading day left in september.

-AK

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