The Beer Money Capitalist

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

At the Opening Bell...

Symbol Qty Asset Price Cost Mkt Value
VXXB 9 Equity 43.11 486.00 407.43

TOTAL VALUE: 864.89

Sitting things out until later this week.

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

At the Opening Bell...

Symbol Qty Asset Price Cost Mkt Value
CASH 1357.84

TOTAL VALUE: 1357.84

Sitting things out until later this week.

At the Closing Bell...

Symbol Qty Asset Price Cost Mkt Value
VXXB 9 Equity 41.29 486.00 371.61

CASH 871.84

TOTAL VALUE: 1243.45

Monday, February 5, 2018

At the Opening Bell...

Symbol Qty Asset Price Cost Mkt Value
FB 4 Equity 187.77 769.76 751.60

CASH 614.81

TOTAL VALUE: 1366.41

It seems that over the weekend, FB gapped down, skipping right past my Stop Limit order.

Mondays. Am I right?

At the Closing Bell...

Symbol Qty Asset Price Cost Mkt Value

CASH 1357.84

TOTAL VALUE: 1357.84

Friday, February 2, 2018

At the Opening Bell...

Symbol Qty Asset Price Cost Mkt Value
FB 4 Equity 192.10 769.76 768.60

CASH 614.81

TOTAL VALUE: 1383.41

At the Closing Bell...

Symbol Qty Asset Price Cost Mkt Value

FB 4 Equity 190.05 769.76 760.40

CASH 614.81

TOTAL VALUE: 1375.79

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

At the Opening Bell...

Symbol Qty Asset Price Cost Mkt Value
ADVM 30 Equity 8.25 247.50 247.50
VIIX 39 ETF 12.65 502.71 493.35
VXX 16 ETF 30.70 491.52 491.20

CASH 228.40

TOTAL VALUE: 1460.45

Man! You go to bed thinking things didn't turn out too bad. But, you wake up and things look a lot different. C'est la vie, right? Right now, losses (as calculated from $1500) are at 2.64% -- still recoverable.

At the Closing Bell...

Symbol Qty Asset Price Cost Mkt Value
A 7 Equity 73.43 517.71 514.01

CASH 888.96

TOTAL VALUE: 1402.97

So. Much. Blood.

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

At the Opening Bell...

Symbol Qty Asset Price Cost Mkt Value
NFLX 2 Equity 277.20 503.31 554.60
MCD 3 Equity 176.80 530.76 529.50

CASH 418.73

TOTAL VALUE: 1502.83

Today looks to be a rough ride. I set my stop limits using 0.5% rather than the 1% I've been using. I had a pretty good run with Netflix so there's no need to be greedy. As for McDonald's, its just hasn't done much and -- though it was up yesterday -- it's back to middling-to-poor this morning.

On the bright side, VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN (VIIX) is moving up and looks to be a good place to park my money for the week. My positioning spreadsheet says 40 shares ought to do it.

A Quick Morning Update

Indeed, things looked quite bloody in the first 30 minutes and despite my rule about not making any trades the first 2 hours of the day, I switched my stop limit orders to limit orders and sold both Netflix and McDonald's. By the time they sold (it took a minute or two) and factoring in the commission fees, I was down $50.

However, I also had two candidates ready to take their place:

VIIX -- VelocityShares VIX Short Term ETN
VXX -- Barclays Bank PLC iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN

My reasoning was today, tomorrow, and maybe the rest of the week might be bumpy so a volatility fund should do pretty good. I picked a handful, reviewed their stats, and selected these two.

Within 20 minutes of purchasing these, I had made back my $50, was in the black, and moving upward. We'll see how this pans out for me over the next few days.

At the Closing Bell...

Symbol Qty Asset Price Cost Mkt Value
VIIX 39 ETF 12.89 502.71 503.49
VXX 16 ETF 30.52 491.52 488.64

CASH 482.83

TOTAL VALUE: 1474.96

Yikes. But, it couldn't been much, much worse. Today, portfolio down $46.19 (3.04%). If we take out the commissions (4 * $6.95 = $27.80) then we'd have ended up down only 1.8% or $27.87. But, we can't so we won't.

Monday, January 29, 2018

At the Opening Bell...

Symbol Qty Asset Price Cost Mkt Value
NFLX 2 Equity 273.60 503.31 547.58
MCD 3 Equity 178.60 530.76 535.80

CASH 418.73

TOTAL VALUE: 1502.11

At the Closing Bell...

Symbol Qty Asset Price Cost Mkt Value

NFLX 2 Equity 285.01 503.31 568.90

MCD 3 Equity 178.47 530.76 534.30

CASH 418.73

TOTAL VALUE: 1521.93

For the day, up $18.65 (1.24%).