Anyone trade their personal account actively? How successful have you been?

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Great question - are you even allowed to pick stocks in IBD though? Not in my shop

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Yes. Up 33% YTD.

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ETFs only.

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Levered ETFs; there's a range of options to bet for/against sectors and geos with amplified returns. Avoids the equity trading restrictions imposed at most banks.

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We are allowed to trade individual securities with 30 day holding period

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DO NOT TRADE LEVERED ETFS. As someone who used to trade for a levered etf company, the compounding will kill you so will carry on vol etfs. Want leverage trade futs.

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How are you trading in a personal account? By the time we get the required approvals to buy/sell, my interest in an individual equity has probably waned.

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@Moelis1: don't ask don't tell or you guys allowed trading individual securities without holding periods?

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What puts are you buying for late October? Apple at 223, AMD at 32?

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If I wasn’t fresh outta liquidity, I’d be looking into some ^VIX puts with a week or 2 til expiry. Lack of volume makes a little hard to trade but it moves so much quicker than UVXY

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was gonna just day trade, but forgot to sell my options before market closed. fml…

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Stock traders just woke up this morning and remembered we’re in a slowing economy with a tightening Fed policy?

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Stretch in the morning and before bed

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