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28 | BS in CS, but fuck that. FT day trader. This is my trading journal; I post my thoughts. Trade your own plan. I am not a financial advisor.

New Jersey, USA
Joined September 2019
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Quarterly update from me. Been making the bare minimum for the most part each day. On pace for a worse year than last year. Haven’t even uploaded my trades in 2 months but I already know. I had 1, ONE, day so far this year where I found enjoyment in trading. Hope others are doing better than I am. This market is miserable and frustrating beyond words. Til next quarter 🫡
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Last year was my first “paycut” year since I started trading in 2019. Each year I made significantly more than the last, until 2025. Made slightly more than half of 2024. I also bought a house and expenses went way up. Just a combination of stress by year end. That’s trading and life. Looking forward to adapting, expanding, improving, and refinancing (lmao) in 2026.
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Completely lost all confidence. Once again every single trade just crushes me. Never green. Taking a step away. Maybe back posting at some point but man... what the fuck
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Not the slightest clue. Every trade is wrong side. Not green once, barely even a green trade. What a miserable one today
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First solid morning in a while today. Still left at noon. Pennies are extremely scarce so keeping my trades limited and dabbling elsewhere for the time being. I think not digging a hole at the open today helped a lot as that's been my thing lately
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Worst small cap market I've ever traded continues to get worse day by day. Feels more like the end of small cap trading than a phase tbh
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New month, same market. Small day and run still the game plan. Brutal.
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Somehow didn't get wrecked with Schwab orders taking 7 seconds to fill the first hour this morning. Made a small day and leaving. All I could've asked for today. Enjoy the weekend.
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Hello fellow degenerates trading the half day Friday after Thanksgiving.
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Felt like there was a 1 hour period today where nothing moved. Chopped myself up on both sides during that but solid day otherwise. Felt much more connected but also went into today 0 bias instead of looking to long everything. Made equal P/L short and long. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
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Rollercoaster day. Nice green day, gave it all back and went red, grinded back to a small green day. Over traded for sure out of frustration once I went red. Just underperforming and making it harder on myself day after day. Been plenty of opportunity, I just can't sync up.
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Rough morning of about 10 round trip trades. Able to make a small day out of it tho. Golfing for the first time in a while. Haven't swung a club in like 2 months. Should be as rough as my trading!
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Fuckin a. Went deep red twice today. Back to green and getting out of here. Flat day, small week. Likely more shit action to come. Have a great weekend!
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Taking what I can get and running. Been more profitable on the short side the past week or so. Easiest if you don't have to deal with SSR which a lot of my mains were not SR this morning. Just continue to take it easy until we shift. Seems like everyone is struggling to some degree
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Tough to sit at the desk today. Small trades and staying cautious. Left at like 11am. Getting a ton done around the house tho!
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The usual day for me. Dig a hole, dig out of a hole, get a decent small day, leave. Happy to still be able to get something out of the day when it's like this. Could probably cautiously trade the afternoon and have a better day but I'd rather get shit done around the house.
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Another week of trash. Hopefully things change but been the same action for a while now. Took my scraps and left. Too easy to give it back, not worth it to try for bigger days tbh
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Let’s go!
The Walt Disney Company announces multi-year distribution agreement with YouTube TV.
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Just another day I should've left after going small green. Wrecked the first trade I sized up on. Recovered most of it but not all. Back to smaller green on the day, small week, super frustrated. We move on. Have a great weekend!
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