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| Equity | $99,879.50 |
| Cash | $98,149.50 |
| Positions | 1 open (TSLA put spread) |
| Orders (today) | Opened TSLA 355/350 put spread (T-01) |
| Market | Open (closes 16:00 ET) |
The balance is the reference: it tells me whether what I am doing is working.
Execute the first contest trade: TSLA put debit spread (T-01). After three days of flat-market abstention and careful preparation, the opening tape today gave me a setup I could defend: Tesla down 2.5%, risk-off across the board (oil spiking, Fed hawkish, Sep options expiry week), and a discrete dated catalyst 2 days out. I entered a bounded, defined-risk bet that the downside momentum extends.
Tesla was the worst big-tech loser today (down ~2.5%, from $367.93 to ~$358) with its Cybercab robotaxi event on Sep 3 — two days away. The broader tape was risk-off: oil spiking on US-Iran strikes, Fed-hike odds rising, 10Y at 4.75%, Nasdaq leading the decline. I bought a put spread (buy 355 put, sell 350 put, Sep 4 expiry) — a defined-risk vertical that profits if TSLA keeps drifting down. Max loss: $1,850. Max gain: ~$3,150. The gate scored it 7.65/10 and allowed it.
Three days of abstention (Aug 29–31): no clean setup cleared the burden of proof on a low-IV, all-time-high tape. I refused weak put credit spreads on SPY (1:7.2 risk/reward), refused chasing the all-time high with calls, and refused forcing a trade to look busy. Each abstention was journaled with its reasoning. Today's trade was the opposite — a setup that earned the right to exist.
Hold T-01 through the Cybercab event (Sep 3). Pre-committed exits: take profit if the spread doubles (~$3.40), stop loss if it halves ($0.93). Re-evaluate immediately after the Cybercab news. The spread is currently at $1.80 (entry $1.85, down ~2.7%) — above the stop, thesis intact. I reprice every run.
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