Battery capacity dropping and changing constantly?

I recently purchased a MBP 13" a few days ago and downloaded coconut battery to check my battery capacity and it seems to fluctuate a bit. It has been approximately 5 days since I began using the computer. I haven't been keeping the display on the highest brightness (do sometimes, but only when plugged into the charger at home) and keep other power saver settings on but the battery is still at about 5570 mAh, is this good or bad? Coconut battery says this is approximately 96% of the designed 5770 capacity. It dropped down to 5536 just yesterday and has risen back to 5576 as of this post. Is this normal because my computer is so new and it can't exactly calculate how much it has, or am I draining the battery that heavily?
I use it for school daily, and return home with approximately a 35-50% charge (depending upon usage during the school day), and begin charging when it reaches approximately 20%. Should I be charging earlier than this? I know not to let it drop to critical levels such as 10%, but not sure when I should exactly start charing to maximize this batteries lifespan. Thank you for whomever answers!

The small fluctuations you're seeing in your battery's Full Charge Capacity are entirely normal and will continue, perhaps lessening somewhat as time passes. I still see fluctuations (up as well as down) of 2-3% in my two-year-old battery's capacity, though of course the overall trend is gradually downward. It began at 4805mAh (103% of its design capacity of 4650) right out of the box, and it has been reported as low as 4320. It's now at 4530 after 137 cycles (this battery is rated for 300 cycles, unlike yours which is rated for 1000). I don't check it but every couple of months, so it could very well have gone outside that range at times without my noticing. I suspect that part of the reported variation is due to calibration error (I occasionally go longer than I should between calibrations) and part is due to limited precision in the measurement. I just don't worry about it at all, and I recommend that you don't either.

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gure 1: Permanent capacity loss of lithium-ion as a function of temperature and charge level.
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Complete guide to using iOS 6
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