Trading
week 4 september review - strong finish
·188 words
september’s final full week.
strong finish.
week 4 numbers # starting (sep 22): $493,640
ending (sep 28): $496,420
week 3 september review - fomc crush, triple witching survival
·245 words
massive week.
fomc wednesday. triple witching friday.
survived both. more than survived.
week 3 numbers # starting (sep 15): $487,180
fomc algo response - rate hold, volatility spike, profits
·332 words
fomc day.
rates held. powell dovish. markets ripped.
algos crushed it.
the setup # going into FOMC I was 90% cash.
week 2 september review - cpi week, fomc next
·235 words
cpi week done.
fomc next.
week 2 numbers # starting (sep 8): $484,420
ending (sep 14): $487,180
week gain: +$2,760 (+0.57%)
week 1 september review - fall begins
·171 words
first full week of fall trading.
short week with labor day monday.
week 1 numbers # starting (sep 1): $482,100
labor day - september begins
·207 words
markets closed.
labor day monday. first one as a married guy.
the plan for september # vacation clarity still hitting different.
august wrap - vacation month +1.06%, ytd +10.20%
·766 words
august done.
vacation month.
lower gains. zero regrets.
august final numbers # starting (aug 1): $477,040
ending (aug 31): $482,100
week 3 august review - back to trading post-vacation
·295 words
first full week back.
easing into it.
feels different after the break.
week 3 numbers # starting (aug 18): $478,420
market catchup - what i missed during 8 days offline
·267 words
finally looked at charts.
markets didn’t care that I was gone.
what happened aug 9-16 # SPX: opened 5,482, closed 5,519 (+0.67%)