Mindful Trader Commentary For July 29, 2026


Hey Guys,


The market is down this morning after seeing some green to end the day yesterday.  The S&P 500 is in about the same spot as it was when I emailed yesterday.


I had another flurry of profits come in. It's been quite a week.  In the stocks account, two more positions reached profit targets:  BILI and ZTO.  And for BILI, the stock gapped up so I got more profit than I was targeting.  No manual action was needed on my part to secure the excess profit on BILI; my sell limit order automatically sold at the higher prevailing price when the market opened.


And in the options account, I had four different positions reach their profit targets:  TDOC, ZS, SE, and ETSY.


That gives me some fun stats for the week:  my stock account is up 4.7% and my options account is up 7.3%.  And across both accounts, I have 15 wins and 0 losses so far this week.


I'm going to savor this because the performance is not always like this.  In the future, when losing trades inevitably come back around, it might be helpful to bring this experience to mind to help me stay grounded.


There haven't been any new trades yet today.  There are some tickers from the watch list that have gotten close, but nothing has filled yet.


If you have any questions, just reply directly to this email.


Eric



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