UPDATE
BROS, it's time for an update
i have been trading since sunday daily starting at 6pm
i typically go to about 11pm, sometimes 12am
so far i've traded for 3 days and ended with a +0.66% gain from 7 trades taken
however, i risked 0.50% on these trades instead of 1.00%, this was due to a miscalculation on my part
my intention is to risk 1.00% per trade so my gain would be actually 1.32% for these 3 days
that's a very good gain that i am satisfied with
my next steps are to continue trading as i have been, on a daily schedule
my trading week ends on thursday night, so i have 2 more days left
at the same time, i am continuing to deposit more funds into my trading account
since it takes 6 days for deposits to clear, it is kind of awkward for me to keep track of my trades for the week
i'm making sure to track it properly in excel to determine the percentage gain or loss for the week
for example, if i deposit $100 today then half of it is available upfront to trade with, and the other half is available in about 3-6 days
i want to keep depositing funds and test with varying account balances, to get more comfortable with this strategy
my current account balance is around $30, i'm looking to increase that to $100 in the near future
after that, i would like to increase to $2,000 probably, run a test on that for at least a week or two, see if i can maintain profit when working with a higher balance
then from there probably will test out $5,000
as i continue these tests i can build a track record of profitable results. at that point, i would feel comfortable to deploy my full capital into my account
then i would just trade as i have been and not keep track of the week by week progress. my focus at that point would be to keep track of my profit per month/quarter, and as long as my profits are increasing, i would be satisfied with my current operations
so yes, this is an overview of my current direction
it wil take time to go through all this testing, but it must be done
until next time folks