July month end wrap up

July was a much slower month for trading that June. This wasn't because there were fewer trading opportunities, instead two specific issues limited my trading. First, I started adding long positions after the strong move in late June. This left me unable to trade any shorts during the entire month due to the non-hedging rules that were put into place. Second, with vacation and moving to a new broker I did not want to have any more exposure in the account than necessary so did not add new long positions after mid-month. Ending up with a profit is still nice. August could also be a very slow month as I believe many traders around the world, especially in Europe take holiday around this time. I will still follow my trading plan but will wait until my funds are deposited at the new broker before opening any more trades.