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April 2024
ramping to full size - confidence building week by week
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first week april done.
ramping to full size.
confidence building.
week 1 april trades (apr 1-5) # monday 4/1: 3 trades, 2 wins. +$520 ($800 size)
March 2024
march wrap - testing month, foundation built for Q2
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march done.
testing month complete.
foundation built for Q2.
march final numbers # starting (mar 1): $394,800
ending (mar 31): $395,900
week 3 march - still testing, patience required
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week 3 march done.
still testing adaptive strategy.
patience required.
week 3 trades (mar 18-22) # monday 3/18: 2 trades, 1 win. +$140
adaptive strategy testing - mixed results, learning curve
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week 1-2 march testing.
adaptive strategy live.
mixed results.
testing approach # week 1 (mar 4-8):
paper trading only.
strategy overhaul - adapting algos to new market regime
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february crushed my strategies.
mean reversion dropped from 81% to 57% win rate.
market regime changed.
strategies need to adapt.
been discussing regime adaptation on r/algotrading. other algo traders dealing with same shit.
February 2024
february wrap - choppy month, reality check after january high
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february done.
reality check month.
january impressive performance won’t repeat.
february final numbers # starting (feb 1): $393,400
weeks 2-3 february - struggling, strategy adjustment needed
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weeks 2-3 february rough.
strategies not working.
market regime shifted.
weeks 2-3 trades (feb 8-16, feb 20-21) # week 2 (feb 8-14):
valentine's day - trading and living with someone who gets it
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valentine’s day.
first one living with someone.
first one that didn’t feel forced.
morning (6:30am) # woke up 4am as usual.
polygon.io vs alpha vantage - which data feed for algo trading
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data feeds = foundation of algo trading.
garbage data = garbage trades.
i’ve used both polygon.io and alpha vantage extensively.
spent months researching data feeds when i started trading. NexusFi community helped narrow down options to these two.