Nine $SPX and XSP trades this week, six winners for +$264.28, three losers for -$522.96. Worst single trade lost $188.32. Week net: -$258.68 🔴, the worst week on the books so far. Every stop got taken as a real order, not a hope it would come back. #OptionsTrading#SmallAccount
The AAPL put chain that opened back in June finally closed, net +$15.49 🟢 after fees, as a ceasefire between Israel and Iran deflated the war premium that had been keeping it underwater. Call it tuition on management. #OptionsTrading#SmallAccount
Zero trades this week, on purpose, the week after a $399.76 loss made clear that divided attention doesn't work. The S&P fell about 1.4% while the one open /ES strangle just sat there. Not trading was the plan going in. #OptionsTrading#SmallAccount
Lost $399.76 on Monday running two $SPX spreads while also moving apartments. Took Tuesday off entirely. Wednesday through Friday: three clean wins, $83.12, $93.12, $93.12. I thought I could also trade and do other stuff... I learned that I can't. #OptionsTrading#SmallAccount
Zero trades this week, on purpose, the week after a $399.76 loss made clear that divided attention doesn't work. The S&P fell about 1.4% while the one open /ES strangle just sat there. Not trading was the plan going in. #OptionsTrading#SmallAccount
Deposited $342.66 into the account on May 12. Nine days later, closed a strangle for +$308.04 🟢 by working the exit order down a nickel at a time, 5.40 to 2.15. The S&P closed near 7,473 the same week, a record high. #OptionsTrading#SmallAccount
The S&P rallied 3.6% this week and squeezed the call side of an open strangle. Cut half the position for a -$393.44 realized loss rather than let it keep bleeding. Four $SPX 0DTE spreads on the same days clawed back $156.36. Week net: -$237.08 🔴. #OptionsTrading#SmallAccount
Quad witching lands September 18: stock options, index options, single-stock futures, and index futures all expiring the same day. For a same-day SPX 0DTE trade, the risk isn't expiration complexity. It's extra volatility into the close.
All five SPX spreads closed green this week, +$454.20 total, plus a strangle that finally closed for +$373.12. Monday's spread was down $2,480 on paper within the first hour, entered 22 minutes late. It still closed +$113.12. The 22 minutes needs fixing, not the number.