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One month in the books, and I'm up 18% on my...
One month in the books, and I'm up 18% on my investments year to date :) How's everyone else's investments doing?
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Jan 31, 2020
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One month in the books, and I'm up 18% on my investments year to date :) How's everyone else's investments doing?
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Jan 31, 2020
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Retirement accounts up around 3% (includes contributions), or were this morning anyway
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Jan 31, 2020
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overtop
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vegetation
I would be surprised if your returns included contributions.
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Jan 31, 2020
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vegetation
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? I use a spread sheet. Jan 31 balance vs Dec 31.
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Feb 1, 2020
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toniatonic
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I'm flat in an MPT portfolio. And the market is negative, which begs the question, what are you guys uncertain in?
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Feb 1, 2020
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vegetation
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toniatonic
I'm not uncertain in anything other than @
overtop's
point. Our accounts are up for the year, but that includes contributions.
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Feb 1, 2020
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toniatonic
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Ah, ok, well, keep up the good work in getting those contributions going. I'd be super interested in seeing how that gold butterfly has fared since 1 Jan
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Feb 1, 2020
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spencer8887
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toniatonic
what's an MPT portfolio?
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Feb 1, 2020
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azarria94051
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spencer8887
MPT portfolio
https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-...66539
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Feb 2, 2020
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spencer8887
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Ah yes, this is how I manage my portfolio. Didn’t realize there was an official name for it
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Jan 31, 2020
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brezin
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Up 2. 7% since Jan 1. Wah wah.
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Jan 31, 2020
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spencer8887
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brezin
hey that’s still great for a monthly return!
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Jan 31, 2020
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brezin
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True! I’m pretty new to investing so sometimes I forget some of the finer details.
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Jan 31, 2020
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spencer8887
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When you’re new, any gain higher than a savings account yield is a win! And they don’t even pay 2. 7% ANNUAL interest right now, let alone 2. 7% in a month
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Jan 31, 2020
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Yeah ha I forgot that APY is per year, not per month
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Feb 1, 2020
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spencer8887
what is in your portfolio?
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Feb 2, 2020
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spencer8887
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azarria94051
I use alternative investing strategies to buy and sell stocks, mainly Options trading, to do high probability trades that produce income and get paid for lower pricing to buy stocks and higher pricing to sell stocks. Such as this example from my simulated portfolio last year:
https://youtu.be/SuCS978lpC0
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Feb 2, 2020
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spencer8887
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This is the current allocation in my real money portfolio:
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Feb 2, 2020
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azarria94051
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spencer8887
options = got it
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Feb 2, 2020
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spencer8887
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azarria94051
Options, Stocks, and Futures But I’m siloed with Options right now because they’re the only asset class that can take advantage of expanded volatility like we are experiencing currently.
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Feb 2, 2020
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spencer8887
Do you use technicals and if so, which ones? thanks
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Feb 2, 2020
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yes absolutely. The biggest technicals I use are major Support and Resistance. That’s what I use for setting levels on my neutral-market income trades. And then chart patterns around the major Support and Resistance levels to gauge short term directional movement for growth trades.
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