2023: + $298,496; 199 green days & 49 red; 61.1% win rate; 3.38 profit factor; largest gain + $4.5k & largest loss - 2.2k; biggest cumulative drawdown was -3.2k on 3/23; total commissions paid $4,848.
September: + $58,426
YTD: + $503,360
Crossed a nice milestone on the year today.
3 years ago today I was sitting in a college classroom wishing my life was on a different path.
Trading has been the most difficult yet gratifying experience of my life.
Cheers
PR month +$32,358. Crazy how fast life can change I made just $1,325 in January of this year. For any struggling traders out there keep studying hard and showing up everyday because once you find your edge trading can go from a side hobby to changing your life completely.
February 2024: + $51,512
February 2022: + $2,133
I have been trading over 4 years now, and reflecting on where I started back in 2020 is surreal.
I am grateful for the success I have had so far, and I am thankful that an opportunity like this exists in my lifetime.
Cheers.
April: + $40,146
PR month and my first all green month ever.✅
From January to April of 2022 I had 161 losing trades.
From January to April of 2023 I had 106 losing trades.
A 34% decrease.
I have adapted my brain to be a better discretionary engine than it was 1 year ago.
2022: + $168,366; 203 green days & 48 red; 5 red weeks (4 of them basically $0) & 47 green; 59.5% win rate; 2.24 profit factor; largest gain +7.3k & largest loss -2.3k; biggest cumulative drawdown was -6.4k on 7/29; total commissions paid $3,543. (1/4)
January 2023: + $17,001.
January 2022: + $1,451.
January 2021: Unprofitable
Sharing a little perspective for the traders currently on their path to profitability. 2 years of daily trading and/or studying to reach this point. ANYONE can absolutely do it.
PR month: + $91,719
Swings: $70,866 Scalps: $20,853
I pushed myself this month resulting in my biggest winning and losing trades ever.
I also experienced my largest drawdown ever of -$20k between the 13th-17th.
I have fully recovered the drawdown to close the month
March: + $59,831
Record month for me due to expanding playbook.
Net Short: + $3,205
Net Swing: + $21,513
Net Scalp: + $35,113
Cheers, enjoy the long weekend!
Since this tweet, I have added risk on lots of trades.
Because of that, I have taken record losses of: -14k, -15k, -6k, and plenty of other gains from green to red.
But the end result...
+244k in 3 months.
Trading consistently from scalping has changed my life these past few years, but recently I have been feeling increasingly stagnant and complacent.
Time to start putting real risk behind my ideas and learning to stomach bigger swings.
Already started into my first bigger idea,
Some common questions I get from adults when I tell them I'm a full time trader are:
"Are you worried about not having a stable income?"
"What if the market changes?"
"What if you stop making money?"
They mean well, but they can't get passed the idea of a "guaranteed"
May: + $53,918.
Was sad to see the green streak end, but happy to hit a new PR.
I just uploaded a new post on reddit about my "mistake tracking" method that has helped me increase my net profit while still trading the same. Cheers.
GME swing: + $84,704
4x PR trade and was almost my first 6fig win.
Gave back about $20k unrealized this morning on the earnings and offering rug, but I am overall happy with how I managed this trade.
Cheers.
September + $20,065.
Similar to August, my actual trading performance was very strong this month; I just had a lower amount of trades than normal.
67% win rate & 5.95 profit factor.
Good weekend to review and implement changes for October. Cheers.
Checkout my trader interview from Investors Underground.
I go over how I got started in trading, and my study technique that led me to profitability fast.
I also breakdown how and why I took my +$86k GME trade this summer.
Best watched on 1.5x speed
July: + $72,399
All PnL this month is from scalps; hopefully some swings in August.
KOSS backside pop from July 19 one of my best trades of the month.
Cheers.
PR day: + $7,409.
Major step in my trading today. I decided to hold a winner not caring if a large portion of my pnl came back against me.
It has taken me most of this year to overcome that mental block subconsciously holding me back, and today showed me what is possible. $SMFL
Earlier today I was reflecting on my trading journey with some friends.
We were talking about the lowest moments in our careers that we pushed through.
Here are a few of those moments paraphrased:
“I lost $50k on options and had to ride a credit card balance to keep my account
October + $17,020.
53% win rate & 2.46 profit factor.
My trading performance suffered this month; I had 3 emotional mistakes (-4k net) and penny names had poor stats.
I have made 2 adjustments and am ready to crush November. Cheers.
January: + $29,499.
I have finished my monthly review and outlined these goals in order to beat 2023's gains.
- Scalp normally but continue to increase size and hold times discretionarily. This is very cycle dependent for me.
Expected Growth Potential for 2024: Small ~ $50k
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June: + $27,941.
Less gappers this month than the prior few months, so I traded less overall but more aggressive on the runners I did trade.
*note took an extra trade after posting today so today's pnl is -512 instead of -155.*
Have a great 4th!
Just uploaded a new reddit article on my holistic risk management approach that has contributed to a maximum drawdown of -$6.5k in my 18 months of full time trading.
Giving it an upvote, comment, or share would be greatly appreciated.
July: + $22,238.
A few quick stats:
90 trades this month while avg is 110 trades a month.
58.9% winrate this month while avg is 61%.
Profit factor stayed avg at 3.26.
Conclusion: A slower month with fewer gappers and 2 vacations resulted in slightly lower performance. Full
March + $19,915.
Overall, I would give this month a neutral/weak rating of 4/10.
Excuses aside, my execution also could have been FAR better, and I am a few tweaks away from far better performance.
Have a great weekend or relax + review and fresh start Monday!
PR day + $14,204.
$SMCI although the prints are clean, I woefully undersized this compared to the cuts I was taking on it yesterday.
Had my biggest loss yesterday (-8k) and that immediately led to some major improvements today and hopefully moving forward.
Cheers hagw!
I have received tons of questions about my Trading.
I follow these four steps to make $20k + a month.
Here is my EXACT process that ANYONE can replicate…
3/27 + $4,937. 2nd best day of my trading career!
I reviewed my trading this weekend, and I am getting my focus and discipline back scalping. Boredom and chase trades were killing me.
$WISA amazing scalping name really a gift after last weeks slowness. $SI $COEP
I was cleaning up my room and found my old 2021 trading calendar. I made my first real gains in Jan 2021 on GME and bought this calendar to record that. I have been hooked on trading ever since.
My first real losing streak on Mar 11 was a brutal setback psychologically. -5k at
Just spent the last couple hours detailing my unique method for sizing up and maintaining a controlled mental state at the same time.
This is pretty insightful, even for experienced traders.
@TheShortBear
I thought higher of your character than this.
Even if it’s hyperbole, there is no legal or just reason for RoaringKitty to even face an investigation.
Sad that you have this opinion about another retail trader.
August: + $17,180
A bit more red on the calendar than usual, but thankfully kept those red days relatively small.
My performance was actually strong this month I just had a steep drop off in the amount of trades I took.
Staying patient and learning other edges. Cheers!
4/5 + $5,958. Been patient for a day like this to really push size.
$BURU $ATNF, and $IFRX insane liquidity and traps off the open.
$JWEL $CDLX $FRGT all good opps just caught them less. Calling it a day. Cheers!
The benefit of routine studying occurs over months and years. My progress:
Jan - Aug 2022:
946 trades; 59.6% wr; 2.08 profit factor.
Jan - Aug 2023:
790 trades; 61.5% wr; 3.37 profit factor.
Result: On track for 2-3x my 2022 pnl in an arguably tougher small cap market.
Let me
I just re-uploaded my end of year recap + my top 7 pieces of advice for brand new traders on Reddit. Please give it an upvote or comment. I will be responding to them all evening.
RDDT + $22,733
PR trade and day by 2x.
Finally caught a big swing shoutout
@csc187
and
@alanfishing1
for hodl'ing this with me.
Previous IPO's tell the whole story...
+ $5,011 today.
No charts today just wanted to show how I "traded" for 9 hours total, but 90% of my profit came from 4 scalps that lasted a few minutes.
In reality I was on and off the desk all day patiently waiting for my optimal setups.
$HOLO $BETS $CCTG $MLGO $SXTC $SYRA
Wrapping up the week a day early for travel.
$SMSI +$7k chase off of GLMD para action was my best trade of the week.
15.82 profit factor this week. Cheers!
34 day green streak came to an end today, but I am more upset that I got emotional on $OMH.
I track "emotional days" and focus on decreasing the frequency of these days. That way 1 bad day, like today, is still part of a large progression of improved trading. Nobody is perfect.
PR scalp week: + $45,468
Hotter market for continuations this week. I was able to get some wins on names that normally would not offer a trade.
$STEC from Tuesday was a thin, midday pump that would normally fail, but the market cycle carried it to one new high before it died.
Trading consistently from scalping has changed my life these past few years, but recently I have been feeling increasingly stagnant and complacent.
Time to start putting real risk behind my ideas and learning to stomach bigger swings.
Already started into my first bigger idea,
How many side hustles did you try before finding trading?
Here were mine...
2014: Snow shovel driveways 1 winter +$100
2015-2017: Thrifter for Ebay Reselling +$2,500
2017-2018: Give soccer lessons +$200
2017-2018: Fortnite 1v1 wagers + $500
2018-2019: Dropshipping -$200 *fail*
10/2 KXIN + $5,373
I was small red most of the day but KXIN's late day reclaim and volume caught my attention.
Also, I just created an Instagram account under the same handle 'kycefn'
If you are interested in seeing more of my personal life give me a follow over there.
Cheers
+ $10,775 on the week.
$VIEW Tue/Wed I joined trend since daily was going straight up.
As the indexes continue to squeeze higher I anticipate a few more strong weeks in small caps.
Cheers HAGW.
The number of posts I saw today attacking RoaringKitty was honestly startling.
If you think RoaringKitty is even remotely close to “manipulating markets” by taking a trade and posting it publicly…
Then you are a fucking idiot who deserves to live in an authoritarian society.
The BEST decision you can make as an entrepreneur is to surround yourself with people who have the same goals.
You are lucky if you have someone like this in your personal life, most don’t.
Join internet communities, reach out to people, ask questions, and add value.
If you
5/5 + $2,644
Ending the week + $14,104. a new PR.
$MINM and mainly $NBTX are the most brutally rigged stocks I have ever seen.
I am taking a break from posting for the next week or two as I take care of some personal matters.
Cheers. hagw $SVFD
4/6 + $893.
New best week + $11,661.
Liquidity was a lot more present these past few days and cycle feels fully neutral now (from weak). Cheers! Enjoy the 3 day weekend. $GFAI $IFRX $SECO
Exactly 1 year since I started actively posting on Twitter.
Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has followed and interacted w my posts this past year.
I highly recommend becoming active in a community. Networking is a powerful way to improve your skills.
9/25 + $4,263.
Today was super rewarding after 13 days in a row of conservative trading. Patience is working for me this month. Cheers. $BPTS $VACC $RNAZ
5/1 + $4,207.
$QH super high fomo ticker ripped off open then got chased all day.
Deadly day for shorts and chase longs. No shame in sizing down until more comfortable action. Cheers.
$CXAI $GNS $NNOX $SNTG
If you are like me, you probably experienced record FOMO this week.
It is important to remember that social media is a highlight reel, and while your feed is full of winning posts, there are far more traders suffering in silence.
Only 43% of Kinfo traders turned a profit in
6/23 + $2,520; + $9,069 on the week.
Solid bounce back after last weeks struggle.
$VCIG held for HOD then watched it rip to 11. $UCAR very messy executions but final trade captured good range.
Have a great weekend! $NUWE $OCEA $MEDS $GRNQ
+ $10,198 on the week! (7/31 - 8/4)
$YELL and $TUP were 2 great multi day runners this week which provided plenty of liquidity each day.
August momentum is off to a good start. HAGW $IDAI $AHI $AMPE $RAD $ELIQ
Just uploaded a new article on proper study habits to speed up a trader's path to profitability.
I discuss neural plasticity and how to use your brains biology to become profitable faster.
Any likes/upvotes and retweets are greatly appreciated!
Decided I am not going to be sharing daily pnl or prints anymore. (may share monthly + end of year) The Market has taught me a valuable lesson in how a 10month period of consistent edge can literally disappear overnight. I have lots to study, and adaptations to make. Good luck.
Regardless of your moral opinion on these guys, this is objectively the correct decision by the court.
As traders we should NEVER be held liable for the financial choices of OTHER people.
This is a win for self accountability and preservation of freedom.
Macro talk:
Small caps were starting to get hot in February/March of this year when IWM was staging a multi year breakout in expectation of rate cuts beginning this year. (pricing in the future)
However, March’s higher than expected CPI data has renewed stagflation/inflation
10/16 + $4,508
$MNTS and $TPST big shift in sentiment seeing these have sustained multi day volume.
$SECO and $OPGN got sympathy hits off TPST but I missed the chase on both.
What a start to the week. Cheers!
9/5 + $3,867.
Due to fewer amount of trades in August, one of my adjustments was to pick my moments to hold longer. Worked well today, will see about the rest of the month. $CLRB $VERB $GDC $NVOS $CGC
4/12 + 2,663. Super gratifying recovery day after a mistake on $BNRG put me -2.4k to start the day.
$CYTO and $GFAI scalped the range throughout most of the day.
Stayed calm and patient after morning mistake and added small wins to damage control and eventually get green.
5/13: + $6,647.
$KOSS: Sympathy long off GME parabolic.
$GME: I did well being patient on the parabolic move and ended up getting lucky with the top tick starter.
My advice for red days.
Take a break and come back later to review. Your brain will see it from a fresh, unbiased perspective.
Figure out what your mistakes were and stay focused on not repeating them tomorrow.
Size down if you feel the potential to be emotional the following
4/4 + $3,319. $BFRG was pretty confident it was gonna fade but figured it would pop shorts a couple times so was on it for scalps.
$CDLX tons of games provided solid opps.
$NFTG $SECO nice moves just did not catch them.
Month starting off HOT w these movers🤑
5/26 + $4,033.
Pic 1: My red day on Monday about 10 losing trades in a row but never sized up and kept damage manageable.
Pic 2+3: $LFCR from Tuesday and $ELEV from today. My 2 best tickers from the week.
Pic 4: Weekly PnL.
I will continue posting just more intermittently. HAGW
5/2 + 3,127
$VERB some of my first ever sympathy trading off off $MINM insane run.
The rest of my trades were small chop either way but net green.
If there are any shorts left when this mania is over there should be some stellar fades. Cheers $QH $SECO $TIRX $UK $CJJD $HOUR
A fun read on my take of US economic history/inflation.
Income 1974: $26,509
House 1974: $37,200
Income 2021: $37,522
House 2021: $423,600
1.4 years salary in 1974 bought a house.
11.28 years salary in 2021 buys a house.
The only way to hedge inflation is own
2/3 + $1,923. Putting me at + $8,756 on the week. $HSCS morning scalps not my typical setup but bidders under .40 kept absorbing for small pops back above. $BBAI got greedy and overtraded the backside. $RSLS gave back big unrealized holding for 18 breakout at vwap. $BGXX $SOUN
October: +$13,253. As a whole, October has had the second least amount of gappers this year with just a couple more than September and 1/3 or 1/2 as many as the Summer and Spring months. I am treading water/taking base hits until the market shows me it is time to get aggressive.
8/14 + $80.
1/3 of my last 30 days have been flat or red.
Thankfully, I have limited my emotional mistakes to almost 0.
Risk management + patience IS outperformance during periods of less edge.
Crossed 2,000 followers today so wanted to say thank you all for being part of my trading journey.
The jokes, conversations, and shared experiences we all have keep me sane and motivated.
I hope you all have benefitted in some way from my posts and mini articles.
Cheers🤑
Weekly Recap: + $8,910.
Mon: +2,179
Tue: +767
Wed: + 2,342
Thu: + 3,465
Fri: + 155.
Took the week off from posting and checking twitter as much.
I am going live on Spaces right now to briefly recap and answer any questions. $MGRX $BBBY $PTPI $VYNE $CNSP $ALLR $DRMA $CFRX
4/25 + $3,094.
$PTPI thin name but gave 20-30 cent moves very easily because of the spread.
$CNTG $INAB $AGFY morning scalps.
3 more days to finish the month strong. Cheers.
If you have never felt that sick feeling of disappointing someone because you are too consumed with your own goals, then you may never experienced the intoxication of winning.
4/24 + $3,197. Great start to the week on a brutally rigged ticker $INAB.
$ACON tight halt bands was too hard to read for me.
$TMPO $BBBY wallet pads. Cheers!
7/17 + $2,626.
Took 3x -$500 cuts in between my green trades on $GP today. Any of which could have become -1k or -2k+ quickly.
I am green most days because I can lose many times in a day without letting it effect my trading or spiral into a big loss.
Cheers. $NKLA $PMN $PWM
1/30 + $3,677. $BBAI multiday chart had key level around 2.90 once it went r/g and consolidated around 2.90 I had thesis for continuation. I really pushed size and piked the first trade selling way too early. Executed far better on the second trade. $HSCS scalps off 2. $GNS $BZFD
+ $9,968 on the week.
$POL chopped a bit before catching the long for +2.5k.
Lots of range and volume this week both directions.
Merry Christmas, enjoy the weekend!
@JaguarAnalytics
6 trillion in fresh M2 liquidity since 2020…
Matters.
That’s the same amount as 2011-2020 so 9 years worth in 2-3 years.
The music will stop eventually but we could see a bid all the way through summer before anyone cares.
2 trill in RRP still needs a permanent home. 🤷♂️
Was on my first podcast.
We chat about how I got into trading and my decision to leave college and go full time as well as the habits and choices I made along the way that helped me make it.
Watch in 1.25-1.5x speed is best imo.
+ $4,199 short on SMCI.
Basic short thesis anticipated continuation from Friday's semi sector weakness.
Had $NVDA open too but it reclaim immediately so focused $SMCI.
Key was patience on entry allowed me wait for good r/r entry off the mini bounce before flush.
4/14 + $3,276 $MRAI was able to scalp it nicely when it was gearing up for NHOD move, but it got heavy so I did not hold.
$PTPI insane mover 600% in one day guess that's pure FOMO. $CNSP $CXAI $SAI
Finishing the week + $9,417.
5/6 - 5/10 + $5,985.
Had a few opportunities this week that I got a bit greedy on example $SGD below.
4 trades on this ticker was up roughly $5k and risked it all on the final trade for new highs and ended barely green on the ticker when I got rugged.
Cheers hagw!
3/30 + $3,027. $PYXS and $PALI missed the frontside moves this morning but caught some scalps when they kept holding.
Feels to me like bank names are finally "dying" off and liquidity is coming back like it was pre $SIVB meltdown.
That's the hope atleast! $VHC $VKTX $SCYX
July trades so far + $8,966. Holiday week was slow for me, and this week I had to bring in some midcap trades on $CVNA to supplement a couple days.
I am feeling cash preservation mode. Here are my 3 best trades of the month. $GRRR $ARBB
7/21 + $680. For the week: + $4,001.
Struggled a bit this week for various reasons, but I still made a profit and re-fixed some issues.
I am ready to push the gas should opportunities I am comfortable with arise next week. Cheers! HAGW $DWAC $GFAI $SIRI $PWM $XXII
3/23 - $1,775. Partial failed setup, and partial poor trading on my part. Looking like I will have my first red week this year. Have some things to review and reinforce. Cheers.🫡
TSLA short net: + $7,610.
I was up 15k on Wednesday on the short, but I held it back to net +900 expecting a deeper fade.
Today I was quicker to cover when 243's kept bid refreshing.
I wanted an SMCI NVDA style fade, but the short was just not quality enough so onto the next.
2/9 + $3,287. Hit the size hard today on $GSUN. Volume at open and daily rejections gave me suspicion this could trap some shorts today before fading more. Ended up only soft clearing but was able to scalp the levels.
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