Growing a small trading account is a journey of resilience, and today’s SPY trading session was a challenging one, marked by a 15% gain amidst multiple losses due to choppiness and emotional struggles. Every trading session, even a rough one, offers valuable lessons, and this post aims to share my experience transparently to help you grow your small account. My goal is to provide actionable insights from today’s battle with position size, market volatility, and fear, using my trades as a real-world example. Economic News: U.S. Initial Jobless Claims and PPI Update Today, the U.S. initial jobless claims for the week ending June 7, 2025, rose to 248,000, unchanged from the previous week’s revised figure, indicating a stable labor market despite economic uncertainties. The Producer Price Index (PPI) for May 2025, released yesterday, increased by 0.1% month-over-month, below the expected 0.2%, and rose 2.0% year-over-year, suggesting mild producer inflation that may have ...
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