went to the costco, wasn't as crowded as i thought it would be, needed blueberries, picked up some other stuff as well. only got 18 pounds of yogurt but it still raised eyebrows. had a little fun driving fast too.

today was the new moon, hadn't kept up but that explains a lot, knew we were waning but wasn't sure where on the cycle we were, tomorrow we start waxing again, that might have something to do with today's events as well. feeling a lot better about my trade now that i've gotten through my big earnings dates, and we probably don't flash crash. i could be using a lot more margin debt, but it's probably good i don't, too many mistakes could become costly and every bad trade weighs on the mind, my biggest loss this year could have turned into a $3000 gain if i'd just been patient, and i'm going to try to do that here, make a big return, maybe not that big though. fortunately i'm doing very well on the trading, added 2% to my portfolio in the last 3 months, gives me a lot more options when i have more cash too, was able to scoop a lot of ssl near the lows, bought a lot of wkey and laes this year too. unfortunately down on this trade, so account is cash negative at the moment, no options, but when i get out of it or grind back into positive territory i'll just add to etfs, have a very aggressive portfolio as it is and the market is high, buying qus and xt at the moment, xt is pretty risky but it's 50% international which i think can continue to perform even if the us market runs out of steam, which i don't expect but that's the thing, they always do things when they're least expected.