Tough week so far
It's been a tough week. Wins were hard to gain. This is day 32 of my trading journey. Just found this journal so I will make my first entry. I hope to check on this in a year to see how far I've come. Current stats:
how long I've been day-trading: 38 days
Symbols I currently trade: TSLA, VNET, EQX
Most losses occurred early on in first few days. Have been on a 16 day win streak with decent and growing daily profits. March was lucky for me because I hit TSLA twice in 1 week. $600+, and $300+ respectively. I immediately transferred $20k (accidentally) to be over the $25k PDT limit and like an idiot, began trading.
Lost money next few days, learned a lot and unlearned a lot. Too many internet gurus. None are completely helpful. I received bits of wisdom from many of them though, which has contributed to my mental checklist, which has contributed to my win streak and profitability.
EQX trades sooooo slow, that I traded VNET for the first time today. Had only small wins after much waiting but it does move more than EQX. So far, EQX has been my most profitable but it's a very slow mover. Now that I scalp, day-trade, etc., I am a volatility hunter and I need faster moving stocks.
Thus I chose TSLA. It's the most turbulent because of his DOGE activities and is very volatile but I've been careful last couple of days and been strategic with entries and let the trade have some breathing room and made money on both trades. Was right several more times but didn't get a fill and so didn't win or lose but feel more confident on my pattern recognition, reviewing my mental checklist, geopolitical context, etc and I made money.
today's trades:
TSLA
| Buy | $284.65 | 30 | $0.00 |
| Sell | $287.10 | -30 | $73.50 |
| Buy | $282.75 | 30 | $0.00 |
| Sell | $283.79 | -30 | $31.20 |
VNET
| Buy | $6.25 | 1500 | $0.00 |
| Sell | $6.26 | -1500 | $15.00 |
| Sell | $6.43 | -1000 | $0.00 |
| Buy | $6.42 | 1000 | $10.00 |
made $139.70 today. I've been increasing my target slowly and the calendar view of April shows the steady increase. This was a tough week.
Attached are my results since I began, toward the end of March, 2025. Will update this journal everyday to concretize in my mind, the actions I took and why I took them.
