Hey Guys,
It's been an active morning.
I picked up a couple of stock positions, NUE and MS. My NUE position went down right away. My MS position shuffled for a bit and then went up.
In my extra options account, I picked up three positions today. I bought the options for NUE and MS and I also picked up some options for ABB.
The only position that's been closed so far today was CNC, which hit its time limit. I took a loss on that one.
My portfolio overall is down this morning from where it was in the back half of last week. It feels a little strange after so much recent success . I had a 17-3 win/loss record over the last three weeks on my stock trades. But even during that stretch, there were periods where my positions were down, and as always, I just stick to the plan and give my trades the space to run their course.
I owned NXPI as of the end of the day Friday and over the weekend, and I therefore qualified for the dividend. I don't need to take any action to get the dividend. Just by owning the stock, I automatically will be credited for the dividend. The actual disbursement of the dividend won't be for weeks though.