We headed lower today ahead of the so called "stress tests". The Dow lost 102 points on good volume. Advance/declines were almost 2 to 1 negative. It was a one day reversal as we opened higher and closed lower. I'm still going to consider the OEX puts if we test the recent highs on lighter volume. But it might be too late. Employment report tomorrow. Gold was up another $6 but sold off in the aftermarket. The XAU lost 1 3/4. NEM and ABX were flat, while GG gained 7/8. All the gold shares were much higher early. Volume picked up a bit. I dumped the GG calls for a 70% gain. It should have been more but I can't complain too much since they were dead a week ago. The earnings were good and if the market hadn't been so weak I'm pretty sure GG would have done better. I still like the gold shares here and might try another trade before expiration. Mentally I'm pretty tired, did not sleep enough and was up early. I should have been better prepared mentally for the trade. It's always easy to see the mistakes looking back. I entered the trade too early and exited today too late. Not usually a winning combination. The power going down at the office halfway through the trading day didn't help things either. So on to tomorrow and I'll have to come up with something from here.