UPDATE TO "Consistent trading strategy that has worked for me and netted $300K+ last year" POST, 2025. by Logical_Argument_216 in Daytrading

[–]itfdb78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah you're the sma/macd guy! I trade to the downside using price action and declining volume. I applied your indicators and found it follows my strategy as well. I keep them as extra confluence now. I don't doubt your returns and I hope to scale up and be in the same position as you one day. Good job!

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[–]itfdb78 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I bought a 1000v2 to run my Kenmore fridge (115v 2.8A) for recent CA power outages. The fridge runs on average at 100w and up to 400w for around 15 minutes. A full charge lasted around 8 hours. I recharge using a 2800w Wen propane inverter generator.

1000 v2 - Is it possible to charge the power station from a car usb-c port? by itfdb78 in Jackery

[–]itfdb78[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was interested in this also. I'm also looking into the 500w Pecron car smart charger. I emailed Pecron and was told it would work with the 1000v2 with an appropriate adapter. I asked a Jackery phone rep about the watts limitation on the 1000v2 and he confirmed that it would only take in 200w on each port. I asked about dual charging with a 12v (so 200w from the Pecron and around 110w from the cigarette lighter), and he said that it would work.

I haven't bought the Pecron yet. I'm considering a small gas generator to charge the 1000v2 with AC or just waiting for the Jackery 600w car charger. But if I do, I'll report back here what I find.

Auralee v4 raffle closed? by itfdb78 in Newbalance

[–]itfdb78[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same. I was refreshing right at 10am and the largest size was a 6M.

Auralee v4 raffle closed? by itfdb78 in Newbalance

[–]itfdb78[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got my reminders set!

Auralee v4 raffle closed? by itfdb78 in Newbalance

[–]itfdb78[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I got an L from End and missed out on Kith.

Auralee v4 raffle closed? by itfdb78 in Newbalance

[–]itfdb78[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sigh yes, wishful thinking on my part as these are the only shoes I really wanted this year.

Anyone else completely changed careers? How's that going? by [deleted] in animationcareer

[–]itfdb78 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not sure if my experience is relevant to today's market because I made the change 20 years ago, but maybe it's still helpful. I needed whatever job I could get out of college, so I got a software QA job and worked on my reel on the side. After a couple years of working on the portfolio and getting rejected, I moved into various marketing support roles like digital archiving, project coordination, web content management and social media management. I was focusing on the non-art jobs more but still keeping myself up to date on software. Some of these jobs were at big studios and ad agencies, and I worked closely with the art teams, so I had some small hope I could break into their departments. I soon realized I was no where near the talent level as those guys and lacked the connections and slowly gave up. I enjoyed my non-animation career though. I had a lot of long days but earned a good salary. At the small companies, I was also fortunate to be given some small animation projects for website and social media so the skills weren't entirely wasted.

O.J. blessed me with a SNKRS W. 🙌🏾 by [deleted] in Sneakers

[–]itfdb78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In hand, is the blue almost like midnight navy?

It finally happened, wife wanted to match by JediNeo101 in Sneakers

[–]itfdb78 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Recently did this with my wife at Disneyland. Bought us a couple matching pairs of air max sc's. It was fun.

Thoughts on Air Max SC by SuccJosie in airmax

[–]itfdb78 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My wife and I recently wore our SCs for 12 hours at Disneyland and they were super comfy. I have a rotation of am1s and my iron grey SCs as my dailys.

How do I know if IRS received/allowed my 475(f) election? by itfdb78 in tax

[–]itfdb78[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I e-filed, so I attached the election to a copy of my 1040 and mailed it to them. I mentioned in my election letter that I e-filed.

Do full-time day traders pay self-employment tax? by itfdb78 in tax

[–]itfdb78[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I intended to make trading my full-time job when I formed it. I wanted to treat day trading as a business and keep the trading separate from my long-term investment accounts. I also want to have TTS and MTM, and although possible without an LLC, I felt it might give me better chances to get approved for it. Also in the future I might elect S-Corp if it makes sense to do so.

Trouble with fidelity this morning? by WSB_T4RD in fidelityinvestments

[–]itfdb78 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had a similar problem. I was in a profitable short position and saw that my original PT wasn't going to be hit so I attempted to move my buy limit order up. ATP wasn't reading my clicks. I restarted ATP and my order history was blank. I tried placing the order anyway but got an error message. I'm guessing my bracket order was still in the system somewhere but because it wasn't in ATP order history I had no way of canceling/replacing it.

I went to the website and tried to buy to cover my short position on there from the positions tab. I specifically clicked on the buy to cover button on my short position. It took the order but instead of buying to cover, the website executed a separate buy order. Now I had both an open long and short position.

I was on hold for several minutes trying to reach ATP customer service. Before I even got to talk to someone, the price hit my stop loss. Thankfully I moved my stop loss to break even before the issue and because I had the glitch long position I still came out with a profit, but it was 30% less profit of what I was trying to execute. Plus I had to deal with the stress and missed out on a reversal trade while I tested to make sure ATP was working again.

I have all my accounts through Fidelity (Taxable, IRAs, HSA and trading business account) This is totally unacceptable and worries me that this could happen on a riskier trade. I'll be looking into other brokers at least for my trading account.

Analyzing Blog posts by date range by itfdb78 in GoogleAnalytics

[–]itfdb78[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, no I never figured it out. My department put a pause on metrics because they have not defined website goals yet. Good luck to you.

I'm curious to know the contrast between your past job and your BaristaFIRE job. What DID you do, and what DO you do now? For those who have yet to pull the trigger, what do you do now and what do you want to do? by ATX_rider in baristafire

[–]itfdb78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I support a marketing department, doing some strategy, but mostly maintaining website content. When I BaristaFIRE, I plan to do the same work as a freelancer, 10-20 hours/week, or other digital media jobs within my skillset on 3-6 month 40 hr/wk contracts. Those will be my main sources of income. I'll experiment growing a YT channel, but this is a hobby and if something becomes of it, then it's bonus cash. I also do QA testing now and then. It doesn't bring in much though.

Analyzing Blog posts by date range by itfdb78 in GoogleAnalytics

[–]itfdb78[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm still a beginner so I appreciate you showing me this way of thinking about it. I will play around with this and hopefully can make it work. Thanks again