2013 P/L

I'll update this post through out the year:

Update NFLX and TSLA

With my NFLX and TSLA weekly options expiring soon, I'm likely to collect all the premiums I wrote. My account is now at $10,207.8 with +$207.8 so far this year.

NFLX 305/300 put credit spread

Sold 1 305 Put
Bought 1 300 Put
for a credit of 0.61 (or $61 less commissions)

This weekly contracts expire tomorrow. It's currently trading at 310 and the stock seem pretty strong.

TSLA put spread

Today I got filled in as follows:

Sold 1 180 put
Bought 1 175 put
for 0.69 (or $69 less commissions)

TSLA is trading at 185 right now. I think 2 of 175/170 spread would have been nicer, but the stock breaking the all time high after consolidation, I think this is a good trade.

TSLA

Sold 2 180 Call
Bought 2 185 Call
for 2* 0.41 spread (about $80)

TSLA volatility picked up a lot recently. We're about $15 away and with the inflated calls, it makes to sense to sell. It's not much, but I like the probability with only 3 days left.

Forex traders who are profitable

Filling out TOS forex forms and apparently forex firms need to offer what % of their clients are profitable. I'm surprised that it's 30%+, which is pretty high.

Another interesting part of the above chart is the number of accounts. I've seen something similar when markets are going up.

I won't be trading forex, but opened it for the sake of it unless it's exotic pairs. I'd rather trade under regulated markets (e.g., 6E for euros).

Back

I'm back. During my time off, I worked on the psychology of trading. It took a while to figure out what works for me. I will share all the details I've been working a bit by bit.