Daily Journal · Q2 2026

rotating the SPCE profits into TOPS and BATL

By James · Thursday, June 4, 2026 · covering June 4 – 5, 2026 · ~2 min read

#TOPS #BATL #micro-caps #rotation #journal

+$0 realized this session · running total since April below

Two quiet sessions of buying, no realized profit or loss — but worth logging, because this is the moment my behaviour changed.

The buys

On June 4 I bought 1,000 shares of TOPS at $1.03. On June 5 I added 300 more TOPS at $0.92 and opened 1,000 shares of BATL at $1.32. Cheap names, small dollar amounts, nothing reckless in isolation.

The part I'd flag in hindsight

I'd just made about $3,500 on a position I held for six weeks without touching it. My immediate response was not to do more of that. It was to redeploy into two new low-priced names within seventy-two hours, and from here my trade count climbs steeply — from three trades in eight days back in April to dozens per session by mid-June.

A big win makes you feel like you've figured something out. What it actually does is hand you more capital and more confidence at exactly the moment those two things are most dangerous together.

Running total unchanged at +$3,523. Both positions still open going into the following week.

Disclaimer: This is a personal trading journal documenting my own trades and opinions. It is not financial or investment advice, and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Day trading, swing trading, and micro-cap stocks carry a high risk of loss, and most active traders lose money. Figures are reconstructed from my brokerage statement on an average-cost basis, net of fees. See the full disclaimer.