Update 3: Did this just to stop the DMs: still nearly 150% on the day, $300 deposited 2 days ago to $9,255.21 but then down to $5,612.57 so gainloss

Forgot rule #1 - market always \*wants\* to go up, and Trump's tweet gave the excuse to turn what should've otherwise been a bearish day to build momentum at the end of the day. Was thinking the PPI news would shift back into focus after the novelty wore off but newp. I kept following up puts with more puts leading into EOD and simply ran out of time for it to go my way. EOD 0DTE options aren't always the best of ideas for that reason. It's not like things moved so far against the play but when there's no time, it doesn't matter - your shit loses money on sideways action too. That's the problem sometimes when you get a bug in your head, like being close to $10k and wanting to make it there. Realistically after Trump cancelling the Iran attack, should've just taken the immediate plays after and then stopped for the day, which would've put me around $8,800 or so IIRC. Instead I flew too close to the sun in circumstances where it wasn't clear what was going to happen - not a good move. But could've been worse. I was down under $5k and did some meager plays after to build back up to this. Will be withdrawing $5k and then continuing with the remainder and maybe will make another run like this, we'll see. So $300 -> $5,000 in real cash still, can't complain. Now stop DMing me unless you want me to teach you how to lose over $3,600. Edit: I commented the full trade history from deposit to now. So you can see how I shit the bed towards end of today too. I got lucky along the way too, especially in the overnight holds. I didn't intend to have overnight holds but I made bad plays EOD the last 2 days. Smarter today - no holdings because I'm cashing out the $5k. Edit 2: It's worth noting despite all the trade activity, I was not literally sitting there with eyes glued to screen the entire day. I try not to leave with positions open but sometimes if it's moved against me, I'll let it sit longer so I might get up at those times. Otherwise I run a separate business too so I have other shit to do during the day.