Review: 03-07-2017

Bittrex Account Value: 2.4BTC. Withdrew 0.2BTC from here.

Poloniex Account Value: 1.24BTC.

PnL since last review: -1.49BTC.

Most of this comes from taking a big chunky stop on a nasty down move that never bounced. I definitely held it slightly too long though. It is slightly comforting to look at it now, and see that it's down even further.

Big takeaway is with the slight slowdown in the alt space I need to be careful that I am buying washes and/or dips within the framework of the upmove. Because the froth is coming out, the opportunity is somewhat gone to scalp against a downtrend.

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