Reality
april wrap - down another 12k
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april P&L: -$12,384 4-month total: -$60k
not improving fast enough.
the numbers # Figure 1: Monthly and cumulative P&L Jan-Apr 2023. Trend is slightly improving but still deep red.
down 8k this week
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SPX shit the bed friday. took me with it.
week P&L: -$8,142 total since jan: -$59k
what happened # one of my short put spreads on SPX got assigned early. didn’t have a handler for that in my code. position sat open for 3 hours bleeding before i noticed.
first 90 days live - reality check
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3 months into trading with real money and i’m down $40k. not what i expected but also exactly what i should’ve expected.
paper trading for 3 years (2020-2022) gave me this false confidence that live trading would be similar. LMAO nope. completely different game when actual money is on the line.