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I am very rarely pleased with my own trading. Today, however, was the very rare exception that I would give myself an “A-“ for the day as a whole. A few observations and remarks about this tumultuous FIRST day of an insane week:

  • My premium post anticipating a huge bounce was spot-on;

  • My insane premium post about buying Tesla (yep, Tesla!) preceded a 80 point ramp;

  • And my decision to gobble up a ridiculous amount of IWM Friday calls threw off a 75% profit so far

So, for once, I’m not beating myself up about the countless things I did wrong. Monday was absolutely terrific. I hope it’s the start of a trend that lasts longer than a few hours.

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