Daily Journal · Q2 2026

one more DAIC round trip, -$50

By James · Friday, June 26, 2026 · ~2 min read
#DAIC #redday #overtrading #lessons
-$50 realized this session · running total since April below

A -$50 day, and I include it mainly because of what it represents rather than what it cost.

DAIC, again

I bought 1,000 shares at $1.70 and sold them at $1.65 across six prints in the same session. Fifty dollars gone.

That's my fourth losing trade in DAIC in a row. The ledger on this one ticker: +$1,897 on June 10, then -$30, -$93, -$178 and -$50 across the following two and a half weeks. I gave back roughly $350 of a $1,900 win chasing the memory of the day it worked. Read: the single day two decisions made $2,206 →

One spectacular trade in a ticker doesn't make it “my” stock. It makes it the stock I'm most likely to overtrade — because I've got a vivid memory of it paying me.

Running total: +$4,790. Read: what 890 trades looked like once I reconstructed the statement →

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Analysis
The quarter that actually worked: April–June 2026

My first quarter of trading, reconstructed from the statement: +$4,323 across 91 trades. Two… +$4,323

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.