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December 2024
christmas shopping with A., wedding stress building
·826 words
christmas shopping today.
wedding stress building.
interesting contrast in priorities.
today’s mall trip # A.’s shopping list:
gifts for her parents ($400 budget).
week 2 december - second losing week, variance continuing
·603 words
week 2 done.
second consecutive losing week.
variance normalizing hard.
week 2 numbers # starting (dec 9): $445,280
year-end portfolio rebalance - reducing crypto exposure
·600 words
rebalancing for 2025.
reducing crypto allocation.
more conservative positioning.
current allocation (november) # options: 60% ($267,660)
SPX puts, QQQ calls, sector ETFs.
week 1 december - slow holiday start, first small loss
·421 words
december week 1 done.
first losing week in 5 weeks.
variance returning as expected.
week 1 numbers # starting (dec 1): $446,100
November 2024
november wrap - flat month, discipline maintained, ytd above target
·1122 words
november done.
flat month executed.
ytd cushion protected.
november final numbers # starting (nov 1): $444,780
ending (nov 30): $446,100
thanksgiving family changings - first holiday since parents died
·710 words
thanksgiving with A’s family done.
first real family holiday since parents died.
processing.
thursday november 21 - the dinner # A’s family:
week 5 november - post-thanksgiving recovery
·542 words
thanksgiving done.
back to trading.
final week november.
week 5 post-thanksgiving # mon nov 25: +$120, 1 trade, 100% wr
thanksgiving week - pause, family time approaching
·657 words
thanksgiving week here.
pausing wed-fri.
not interested in holiday volume lottery.
week 4 pre-thanksgiving # mon nov 18: +$160, 1 trade, 100% wr
slippage correlation volume deep dive - data analysis
slippage been great november.
wanted to understand why.
data analysis time.
november slippage performance # november avg (through nov 18): 1.9 ticks