AverageJoesTrades $3,000 Robinhood Journal

Long 12 shares JDST @ 68.30

 

Sold 12 shares JDST @ 68.50 this morning - small gain.

 

This account has been flailing lately - I think this is due to the historically low ^VIX price.

My current holdings are:

47 Shares of UVXY @ a cost of $10.70: -$50.04 unrealized loss
23 Shares of XIV @ a cost of $81.46: +$40.63 unrealized gain
79 Shares of VXX @ a cost of $12.69: +$2.76 unrealized gain

Account is sitting @ $3,428.25 currently.

This account utilizes some "high flyer" algorithms (3 to be exact) that trade volatility. There is obviously some conflict as it is long volatility in 2 of the 3 and inverse in the other 1. I will continue trading these strategies as they historically have ridiculous gains, but large drawdowns.

 

Sold VXX this morning @ $12.22 - loss of $36.91

Bought 11 shares of SSO @ $91.29

 

UVXY underwent a 1 for 4 reverse split - I now have 11 shares

 

still holding UVXY/SSO/XIV

 

Robinhood was super slow this morning, but I closed out my SSO position @ 93.33 and bought 91 shares of VXX @ 11.33

 

Sold 91 shares of VXX @ 11.20 and bought 11 shares of SSO @ 92.96.

Still holding 11 shares of UVXY (after the reverse split) and 23 shares of XIV

 

sold 11 shares of SSO @ 93.44 - small gain

bought 94 shares of VXX @ 11.01

This algorithm is whipsawing due to the extremely low volatility

 

Sold 94 shares of VXX @ 11.01 - wash, thanks to no commissions!
Bought 11 shares of SSO @ 93.60

 

sold 11 shares of SSO @ 92.88 - small loss
bought 90 shares of VXX @ 11.38

 

sold 90 shares of VXX @ 11.15
bought 11 shares of SSO @ 93.32

Still holding XIV and UVXY

 

Should have some more time to keep up with my trades in the New Year with a new job.

I'm long 32 shares of CC from 30.90 on 1/7/2019
I'm long 21 shares of KO from 47.15 on 1/11/2019

 

closed CC this morning @ 33.07
just opened 36 shares of SPXS @ 27.89
Still holding KO for now

 

A little early on the SPXS, but I think we start to see a pullback here.

Looking to close KO once it is back to breakeven.

 

Obviously not a Robinhood trade, but I just opened 1 short contract on @ES from 2662.75 on a 15 minute chart

 

closed @ES short @ 2645.25 - $872.5 gain overnight

 

opened 10 SPY $256 Puts @ 1.43 going into the close.
sold short 230 shares of SPXL @ 37.65 in another account.
will be on the lookout tonight for any @ES short scalps

 

late to this, but opened 6 calls of VXXB (since VXX is expiring at the end of January - for those that are not aware) 42.5 Feb 1 @ .90 this morning. Just sold half for 100% gain. Still holding SPXL short (in another account) and my 10 SPY puts - they are only up about 17%.