Mindful Trader Commentary For August 19, 2025


Hey Guys,


The market has been really quiet so far this week. Yesterday, the S&P 500 had a range of just 18 points. That's the smallest range it's had a single day all year. And today, the market opened in the same price range.


My CMS stock position reached its time limit, so I manually closed it at the opening bell. It came in with a loss.


I haven't taken on any new trades yet today, but I picked up two more stock trades yesterday. One was for WPC, and the other was another helping of ETR. I already had a stock position for ETR, so I now have two positions. I treat each position independently, meaning that each trade has its own unique exit criteria. So even though those two trades are for the same ticker, I treat them like they're completely separate trades that have nothing to do with each other.


I have very limited buying power in my stocks account right now, so only certain trades from the watch list would even fit into my portfolio even if they did reach the target entry price. For the options account, I have a buy limit order in for the LVS options shown on the watch list. We'll see if those get filled later today.


If you have any questions or feedback, I'd love to hear from you.


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