$Tesla(TSLA.US)$Invesco QQQ Trust(QQQ.US)$NVIDIA(NVDA.US)

Review:

Today was a loss, wrong moves + got persuaded

It was a good setup initially, bought a Tesla call at the open, but when selling at 2.5+, I accidentally clicked on the stock itself. I was watching two screens at the same time and got confused. I didn’t even own Tesla stock but sold it, then had to cover the position. The stock dropped but I still made a $6 profit… but the call dropped a lot due to slow execution, costing me $500-600 in potential gains.

Later, I chased a QQQ call because it opened negative, and I was bullish on the Nasdaq today. The market was up too. After selling around 10 AM, I was about to take a break and go smoke, but my wife said to buy two more calls. I hesitated, thinking it was unwise, but she argued I’d been winning lately—already up $700+ today—so it seemed easy. I thought about it and bought Tesla and QQQ calls, only to get trapped: one lost $500+, the other $1000+. I bought Tesla because it usually rises 1-2% at the open, and I was bullish on the Nasdaq, but I bought at the peak. Normally, I’d wait and buy later. Totally irrational.

Getting persuaded makes you lose yourself. Just yesterday, I said I’d stay disciplined and strict, or else losing money becomes too easy.

Being trapped killed my mood to buy Amazon as planned. Today, I saw news about Amazon’s full hosting and other updates, which I think will impact cross-border e-commerce, PDD overseas, and TikTok. I expected a rally but missed it. PDD also tanked today.

Finally, in the last three minutes, I rushed into 20 QQQ calls—another mistake. At 3:59:50 PM, I panicked and sold at 1.6, forgetting trading ends at 4:15. Right after selling, it shot up to $2+ (circled in the chart), costing me $800.

QQQ calls are great; Nvidia’s aren’t cost-effective. With the same money, QQQ earns way more.

Today could’ve been a $2000-3000 win, but I ended up $800 in the red. Gotta stick to my own rhythm—trading recklessly is just gambling.