Feels like there's this unwritten rule that you never, ever admit to a losing month. Are we all just faking it, or am I the only one who struggles?

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Down on every account i own :)

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No idea but I’ll give it to you straight.

Over the past 38 months, there were 15 where I lost - a net positive overall but I’d be lying through my teeth if I acted like everything was gravy all of the time…

We ALL have losing months.

I had consistent wins for almost a year, got cocky and 2021 dip wiped me.

I’ve posted my losses plenty of times before.

I'm likely about to post a losing month. I'm strange in that I track trailing 12 months, trailing 3 months and trailing 4 weeks. Since Monday and Friday behavior is very different than T-Th. I find I learn more investigating trailing 4 weeks.

I just calculated my trailing 4 weeks and trailing 12 months.

Option account:
T4W - DOWN 14.9%
TTM - UP 46.78%

Overall:
T4W - DOWN 5.1%
TTM - UP 28.43%

SPY - UP 24.39

So, I tolerate a lot of option account volatility to increase overall returns. While 4% over the market doesn't seem like a lot, this was hugely affected by ASML, CAT, MPC earnings this 4 week period. I'm confident in CAT and ASML, re-evaluating MPC.

Doing the review on a rolling 4 week basis helps me focus on the misses and huge wins to force allocation reviews.

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