Weekly Trade Journal

One post per week, Monday through Sunday: what was opened, closed, or rolled, what was going on in the market that week, and anything tried for the first time. Written after the fact from the real trade log, never as a live signal.

The account's record runs back to February 2026, and the weeks in between are being written up from the log right now; they publish here, in order, through mid-August. Individual trade write-ups live in thetrade journal.

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• Aug 17–Aug 23, 2026Zero Trades, on Purpose: The Vacation Week
• Aug 10–Aug 16, 2026Moving Day, a $399.76 Lesson, and What Discipline Looked Like After
• Aug 3–Aug 9, 2026The Rally That Cost Something: Cutting a Strangle in Half at Record Highs
• Jul 27–Aug 2, 2026Five for Five: Every SPX Trade This Week Closed Green
• Jul 20–Jul 26, 2026Whipsaw Week: Two Stops, Two Re-Entries, Basically Flat
• Jul 13–Jul 19, 2026Tuition Week: Five Days of SPX
• Jul 6–Jul 12, 2026Taking Profits at the Top
• Jun 29–Jul 5, 2026A Ceasefire and an Escape
• Jun 22–Jun 28, 2026Three Firsts and an AAPL Roll
• Jun 1–Jun 7, 2026A Clean Close, Then Selling Into the Storm
• May 18–May 24, 2026Banked Into a Melt-Up
• May 4–May 10, 2026Doubled the Size, Cut It in a Day
• Apr 13–Apr 26, 2026Stopped Out at One in the Morning
• Apr 6–Apr 12, 2026The Biggest Win on the Record, Filled in the Middle of the Night
• Mar 23–Apr 5, 2026Two Quiet Weeks While Oil Did the Talking
• Mar 16–Mar 22, 2026First Round Trip, Then Double the Premium
• Feb 23–Mar 15, 2026A War Started and the Position Did Nothing
• Feb 16–Feb 22, 2026The First Trade on the Record
• Feb 2–Feb 15, 2026Two Deposits and a $30 Test