Going Out of Town

Yesterday I spent from 7:30 AM until like 5:00 PM working on the car trying to get it ready for a trip to Washington. It's going to probably be very cold and the car has been taking forever to warm up. Even after it's "warm", as soon as you start driving it the temp goes down.

I did some research and apparently the thermostat was bad. I changed that and the electronic coolant temp sensor as well.... To say the least, it was super difficult and I thought I wasn't going to be able to do it. The warmest it got yesterday was just below freezing, so I was really having a hard time outside. But I actually got the job done and now the heater puts out plenty of heat!

While I'm out I'll probably be taking a few news trades, this time on my laptop instead of my giant 4K monitor... I haven't traded on that thing in so long man... I hope I do well. I'll keep you posted, but this is probably the last update until then.

Giving Thanks

You know what, today is Thanksgiving day.

I woke up at about 3:30 this morning and continued my reading of Ryan Herron's awesome book "Trading Barefoot" that I had started yesterday. It made me realize that while I think about a lot of stuff, and I try to think logically and intelligently... I don't think very positively that often.

I would love to change that, because really, the thinking is where all the magic happens. It's what you think about that plants the seeds of your actions, and ultimately as many know, your actions construct habits that determine the course of your life. You are your thoughts.

I've held a cynical perspective for so long, and for valid reasons, but any perspective is only a partial truth. Yes, there are tons of things to be upset about and potentially afraid of, but I really would like to become a more positive person. I know I personally love it when I come across someone who has the right level of positivity.

On the contrary, it is super annoying to cross paths with someone who is just oozing this naive "Everything will always work out great" mentality. It's like a disease that clouds their mind from rational thought. Every super positive person I've ever met seemed to be running or hiding from something. They didn't seem to be advancing in life because they seemed to be trapped in a fairy tale. I've seen a few people go through life with the blinders on and really get hurt because they are so positive, they don't actually assess risk, and they don't really assess themselves genuinely either. I don't want to ever be that kind of positive. I've decided years ago, I just want to be a balanced person.

But today is a reminder that there is at least one kind of positive I can definitely be that will rarely, if ever, hinder me. I can be thankful for what I have. I have so much it's crazy. I am a wealthy, wealthy person, and it's likely that you are too. I have a home, food, love and health. I have things too, which distract me from other things, but when I look out at the poverty some are living in, those things are fluff really.

I was thinking the other night as I was sitting on the couch playing Fallout 4...

As I normally do when having a drink, I got extremely thoughtful about the absurdity that is this existence. I said "How crazy is it that we are living in this time, with all of this technology?! What we do now is completely removed from what we did 100,000 years ago, and even 200 years ago. It feels to me like we are riding the crest of a wave that has to crash relatively soon here, and I am playing a video game based one way it could all end." The irony was so beautiful to me and I had no one to share it with even though I was sitting next to someone who totally understood it. They simply were in a different state of mind at the time and that's alright. Things like that always grab my heart though. I watched myself feel immense amazement and gratitude that this has been my experience. I watched myself judge a little, in wonderment of how many people ever take the time to consider this, and perhaps how much happier and loving everyone would be if they did. I watched, as I always do, the silent thing (upon which all of this is founded) show up. It is behind every thought I think and feeling I feel. Like the ground under my feet for every step.

And I paused. Brain buzzing. Eyes fixed, but on nothing in particular. As silence  washed over me. Not a fear, or a sadness per se... a futility. The futility of it all took residence in me.

Thing is I'm fine with futility, except for (best I can tell) the curiosity of why. It is the futility, that all religions abolish (to the true believer), and in the absence of futility, comes purpose. And with purpose, comes the sense of progress. Long ago I had purpose because I had belief, but that is different now. I don't see how I could ever believe anything again.

As I sat there enveloped in it, in a sense shedding all identity, the most noticeable thing that remained was a lack of will to do anything anymore. Again to clarify, because it is important to note, this was not a sadness. I stopped automatically associating futility with sadness years ago. It wasn't the traditional human blight of "Oh no my life will end, I don't want to die, I have so much to live for!" But the fact was for me, and so often is, that seeing the end result automatically brings the response of "Well why play? Why lift another finger?"

I've spent many years now asking that question, and working on developing a purpose, or reason, or sense of progression. Basically answering that question with "Because you are here, and it is an option. If you can still watch movies you've seen before, and play video games you've beaten before, and love the hell out of them, this may as well be a movie or a game to you."

The real challenge has been to distract myself enough to stay in the game, because any perspective of "Outside the game" removes any sense of movement, and if you look at life, all it ever does is move and progress and change. That is the clearest message I get from existence: "Move. Forward." but for nothing more than to keep moving. It seems so pointless when you are pulled out of whatever immediate context you are so caught up in to consider the infinite plane. It makes all motion, stillness in comparison. So, for the last... I don't know 10 years of my life, I've had to put a lot of effort into juggling a perspective I'm likely never to lose, with a way of being that dives into a consciously meaningless game.

I've been working on living a contradiction.

Every now and then a knock on the door reminds me, every single time, "It will all end. And there is no set purpose to it, aside what you purpose it to be. But regardless of that purpose, it is illusion, as all things are."

So how do I become thankful in all of this? I make the choice to focus. That's the beauty of the brain, and thought, and habits. Even if it is all meaningless in the end, the brain still sees what you point it at. And if I'm going to play the game, all I have to do is develop the habit of keeping it focused on what I want it on.
It's not a denial of a deeper concept because I'm afraid of it, but a "Hey, if you're going to be here and do this, then let's do this."

If I'm going to play the game, would I rather play it as a happy thankful person, or a sad ungrateful person? The answer is obvious, but living the choice takes work.

My $KBIO Short

$KBIO popped up 50% this morning, probably a short squeeze. This is the kind of volatility I love trading. I took an initial small position short as it was channeling and not continuing higher.

You can see the channeling mid day, then a pop short. I missed holding for a really nice slide, but I re-entered.

I reshorted based on turning points in the last few days. Then it slid very quickly so I got out.

November 24th Update ($KBIO & Carbon)

Been too lazy to post trades taken the last few days, plus, I haven't been paper trading stocks much either, just closing a few. Still holding some trades, will post them when I close 'em.

The one reason I am posting today, (well, the one trading reason) is to mention $KBIO. It's a stock that wen't from under a dollar to over $45 on a few days. I was going to come to the charts looking to short it today, but I got caught up in trying to fix the car. Here is a chart of the massive crash that took place today while I was flushing out the radiator and cleaning the Throttle body and intake manifold of my car.

And here is the disgusting inside of my throttle body... GROSS!!!

 This is the back side of the throttle body. The orange part is where I wiped it off yesterday, but this is a clear view of the back of it... caked on Carbon man.... Oily as hell too.

And here it is after using CLR intake cleaner. It worked amazingly good.
By the way. The old radiator fluid was basically rust water. I filled it with shiny new neon green stuff. Love it. Just have to dispose of the bad stuff at some point. Never pour that stuff on the ground or dirt!!! Chemicals leech into the soil and deposit into water tables under the ground! Plus, animals can drink it (Because it smells and tastes sweet) and die.

Here are some other trades that have been closed out. Glad to post them, now I can get them the hell off my desktop.

OJ has been soaring higher since I got out of the position. If it comes back down to the 100's I'll get back in.

Found this comment on youtube and thought it was funny. The stupid is calling the internet stupid.

Closer look at Clichés: Judging a book by it's cover

I went to sleep last night with something critical on my mind.... It was a rare spark of compelling and cohesive thought, but I was too comfortable and too tired to get up and give birth to it like I should have... Instead I nodded off to have strange dreams about my late father taking me through the drive through of a McDonald's and nearly running us off the road on the way home. 

After I awoke and came to my computer this morning, as I sat down, the feeling came over my brain that something had been there. It's that feeling you get when you are talking about a specific point, get interrupted mid thought, and then try to remember what it was. It' right on the tip of your tongue like a mental itch you can't scratch and it just drives you nuts.

Thankfully I happened to put it out of my mind and ran my usual course of daily internet activities. I don't know why, but I searched for "Coffee is for closers", a great scene about...

Sorry, I have to pause for a moment and assess for myself what the hell that scene is actually about... 

It suppose it could be looked at pretty negatively if you used to be a failing salesman, but I like to view it in a motivational slant along the lines of "accepting responsibility for high personal achievement". 

Then I saw Ben Affleck's "I'm a millionaire" scene from Boiler Room next in the Que so I watched that as well. Not as awesome to me, but I still enjoyed it. 

Then I decided to Google "6 Harsh truths that will make you a better person" because it had popped in my head for some reason. I had read that article some time ago and I loved it. I'm not sure why, but I had been thinking about it for the last few weeks and was glad to finally re-read it. 

As I was nearing the end of the article, I was getting that brain itch again and suddenly it came to me. I had gone to sleep analyzing the old cliché about judging a book by it's cover. So let's investigate thoughts about that.

People don't like being judged by their looks. That's basically what that cliché is all about. It's definitely not "PC" to do so, but thankfully I don't care much about social non-sense like that. Treating people the way I would want to be treated works better for me. I'm responsible for my attitude, not someone else. 

So anyways, "Don't judge a book by it's cover".

I see a clear reason to agree with that, although I instantly realize that I judge actual books by their covers (and titles) all the time. Funny thing is, isn't that the point? If there happens to be a sexy half-dressed lady on the cover and the title reads "Playboy", I can be pretty sure there will be lots of airbrushed chests proudly displaying overly perky saline implants. (Not a fan, can you tell?) Although the running joke may be "Honey, I read it for the articles!", Adult magazines have long since developed those articles to I guess "rationalize" some of it's carnality away? 

But even so, I can't expect things to get too deep socially in a nude magazine versus a book titled "On Being and Nothingness". Anyone can notice that both books are displaying covers and titles that attempt to convey their contents, or at least allude to them. I think people attempt to do that too. In fact, I know they do. 

People generally wear business suits with an intent to display a sort of discipline, professionalism, or status. Priests wear robes to convey modesty and rank or devotion. The point being, that when someone gets dressed in the morning they are purposefully piecing together an image that they like and also want to portray to those that will be seeing them. But it goes both ways. Often, we can build an image to hide what we don't like about ourselves too. And as a self proclaimed professional "Book Reader", I've spent over half my life reading between the lines. 

In my opinion, books have it worse off than most people do in judging department. some books are so vaguely titled and presented that you just can't make an accurate assumption of what the point really is, thus you may be undermining the efforts of the author to judge that book by it's cover. However to play devils advocate here; perhaps the P.R. department is undermining the author with such loose identifiers. 

Part of the problem with looking at a books cover, is that if we can't tell what it's trying to be we may not have the energy to figure it out. Time is our greatest asset and the less of it we have the more carefully we tend to use it. Thankfully, with books we have the convenience of being able to at least categorize them relatively easily. Humans, not so much.  

Something occurred to me last night as I was staring at the back of my eyelids: Books aren't sentient beings with motives, and their contents have no real way of communicating what's on the inside. In the 6 harsh truths article I was reading today, a statement was made that probably happened to be the trigger to remembering this cliché running around in my head. 

"who you are inside" is the metaphorical dirt from which your fruit grows. But here's what everyone needs to know, and what many of you can't accept:

"You" are nothing but the fruit.

To put it as plainly as I can, Just as books with tits on the cover generally come with tits on the inside... A humans outside image, can easily and often does, paint a similar picture to what is buried in the soil inside them. We display our fruits in so many ways. Often unintentionally and unbeknown to us. 

I'm going to take a moment and really generalize here, but it's to make the clearest, broadest point I can. 

If you look like a gang-banger, (Meaning neck tattoos or facial tattoos and such) the odds favor that you will display behavior of that type.

If you are obese, the odds are higher that you eat more calories than you burn. 

And here in down town Salt Lake city, If you see two men in black and white suits riding bicycles around together, odds are more favorable that they are Mormon. 

If you see a car with a dirty mountain bike mounted to the top of it, odds favor that person being active and therefor reasonably fit.

I think there is a direct correlation to people's "Covers" and the "Titles" they adopt, to who they are on the inside. The issue is, as our society is so focused on political correctness there becomes this illusion that those two do not correlate, or at least you aren't supposed to make that correlation if it's a negative one. 

I've used peoples labels and covers to pre-judge them far more often than not, and it has served me well in avoiding people who have ended up displaying behaviors directly in line with their outward images. It's not to say that people who's fruits you find unappealing are Bad, and that's what I think this hyper-sensitivity has gotten so many people thinking... It's really simple: People don't like being not liked. But it is also a fact of life that not everyone is compatible and the more strict your standards, the less people will fit them.

It took me a very long time to throw away the concepts of "Better" and "worse", for the concepts of "Compatible" or "Incompatible". Those are two strikingly different ways to view human beings. One is about status and superiority, and the other one is about personality and compatibility. 

I can easily tell you what my standards are for people I want in my life. 

I prefer: People who are honest with themselves, honest with me, active and relatively fit, non-smoking, patient and loving people with (according to my values) a great sense of humor and common sense. Those are mostly arbitrary subjective values, but based on the idea of compatibility, anyone outside of that is neither a good or bad person to me. Just different. And being different is not only ok, it's the spice of life. It is the very contrast that exists by which to appreciate it's opposite. 

I've spent hours now and could spend many more, but all in all I think the phrase "Don't judge a book by it's cover" is actually based on the exception, not the rule. 

Peoples actions are indeed the fruit they bare, and their appearances can give us clues as to what kind of fruit they are likely to produce. I look at myself as a careful harvester of social fruit. I have very few plants around, but oh the fruit is sweet. 

Whoops

Just realized I have somehow deleted images on my Google account that were linked to the older posts in this blog... that's a bummer. Now, if I want to make things whole again I'll have to search the images by date of the post and see if I can figure out what the hell I was talking about. Some of the pics it seems aren't even on my computer anymore. Ugg...

On a side note, Scott Welsh has decided he does not want to work with me. It's a long story and I'll probably disclose it, but my hands are like icicles right now and it's hard to type.

Have a great weekend!

Taking Losers: An old post with relevant logic.

Taking losers... This was written from a short term trading perspective long ago. It assumes discretionary trading is taking place, but now, I would simply say: Back-test a plan and only trade it if it the data gives you a long term positive expectancy. Some of this logic would still apply, but a plan should be followed meticulously, otherwise the data is invalidated and so is your expectancy.  I don't think I ever posted it so here goes.



When you buy clothes for work, should you feel like it was a waste of money? No, because its that purchase that allows you to dress properly so you can perform your job and get paid.

When a business owner buys materials for their business, should they feel like it was money down the drain? Of course not. Without raw materials, a business cannot make products to sell and produce a profit.

So then why when trading, do we fear loss of capital so badly? It is because we fail to see that loss for what it truly is. It is a counter-intuitive principal that must be understood. When the entire purpose of trading is to make money, it feels completely against the point to lose money doesn't it?

You must come to understand that losing trades are an unavoidable cost of doing business. You must view the losing trade as the one and only way to make yourself available for the opportunity to make money in the long run.

As with any business, there is overhead and the less overhead a business has to pay out the more profitable that business can be. In trading the overhead of a losing trade is unavoidable. There is no magic way to never lose in trading, without doing something illegal.

In most businesses monthly rent must be paid to keep the opportunity to welcome customers... In trading, losses are like the rent. It is the risk you must take to attract the paying customers.

In the business of trading, you employ a method of your choosing to extract money from the market. Every method will experience both winning and losing trades, but the only way to have success with any one method is to make sure that over time your average dollars won outweighs your average dollars lost.

It sounds very simple, and it is, but how do you know that your method is able to do this? Back testing. Back testing is the process of using past market data to apply your methodology and obtain performance data.

Through a large sample size of trades you will then have the data to determine very specifically your winning percentage, losing percentage, average size winner and average size loser.

When you run those numbers you will then find what kind of performance your system is likely to experience in the future. Note that I said "Likely". The past is never guaranteed to repeat itself into the future exactly, so at best we have an insight as to how any particular method might perform. The more trades you produce through as many different market conditions you can test them through, the more accurate your data will be.

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As in any business we hope to make the most money possible as fast as possible, but what happens in the real world when an item is not selling? What is the market telling us?

"The price is too high" or "I don't agree with your valuation".

In the real world, if an item isn't selling (considering it is of quality) the price is lowered to entice sales so that a profit can still be made (
or as little loss as possible) rather than it sitting on shelves and making a total loss.

In trading, we have to listen to what the market is telling us very closely. When we set out to trade, we can often have a goal in mind of a certain percentage or dollar value we would like to see out of that trade. If we have taken some losses that day, the natural tendency can be to expect making it all back in the following trade so that our goal is met for the day/week.

We must keep in mind that the market is unaware of our goals, Unaware of our previous losses, and even if it were aware, would not care.

Just like the store owner who may have overpaid for a shipment of a certain item for any number of reasons, the market will only bear the price it is willing to bear. If the store owner must sell his product at a 10% premium than normal to make a profit, there is a likelihood that shoppers will not buy it at all! They are not concerned with the sellers cost, they are concerned with getting the best deal.

How does this apply to trading? When you are down a few bad trades and hoping to make it all back and then some on the next trade, the market might have other plans that don't consider your unfortunate position. You don't want to get caught holding on to a winning trade beyond what the market is willing to give you.

"How do I know what the market is willing to give me?"

The truth is You don't. At least not until after the fact. But, just as back testing can produce evidence of a particular future outcome (average winning trade size) you must realize that the market itself is a dynamic flowing picture of the present mind of consumers and very recent movements can indicate movements in the very near future. When a recent price hits a price level and starts to drop, that is immediate feedback that the collective mind thought that price was too high for the immediate moment.

Depending on which time frame you are going to trade from, the "immediate moment" can be gauged from other very recent moments, or moments from years ago... it all depends on where the collective focus is at. And by collective focus, I mean collective dollars, because in this business the money is what moves prices, not necessarily the most people.

So if you are an intra-day trader looking for a few pips, it is best for your targets to be based on movements within the realm of a normal day. Keep the dreams of hitting the home runs at bay, as they can cause you to miss out on the singles!

If you have taken two 5-pip losers, you now need 10 pips to get back to break even. Lets imagine that price most recently hit a high that was only 7 pips away and you are in a long trade now and You've just made up for the spread.

Does the market know you are down 10 pips?

No.

Does the most recent market picture tell you that price was "Too high" 7 pips higher than it is now?

Yes.

The most productive course of action might be to simply take your profit 6.5 to 7 pips from where it currently is and bank a profit when that price level is hit again. Now, depending on how significant that price level is, the market will have varying probabilities of reaction upon reaching that price point again.

One other option, if you feel that price could actually break that recent high, is to take profits from a portion of your position when the high is reached. If the market does break that high and continue higher, you will still be in the trade and can manage it further. If the market happens to turn from that high, you made some profit and could have protected your gains by moving your stop loss to your original entry price or perhaps a pip or two higher.

just as letting go of a loser immediately is important to do, there are situations when in a profit that you must exit quickly as well. Imagine you are just entered the trade... is the market retracing quickly against you? GET OUT! If you are in a profit it may be time to treat it as if you had just entered. The price action is the price action and the market is not aware nor does it care about your entry!

If you get in and it moves in your favor, stay in until it stops. if it reverses get out!

November 16th About Failure

I've been in a slump for awhile now. And being in a slump is like being in bed and being too damn tired to get out... But, once you for whatever reason (Who knows, maybe someone special is coming over) muster the will, that action changes your energy and you are out of bed and almost always glad you found the will to do it.

I came to this blog, and to the end of trucking with an idea in mind, that I would be some kind of day trader with a successful plan that was proven through back testing. Also, that I would be ferociously bodybuilding  every day and tracking my macros and shit... Well, one thing led to another and I just fell way way off the wagon.

Backtesting was a real bitch, but I managed to do that, and my results showed me that the profit of 2618 trading wasn't worth the time, but also, my forward testing kept having me miss trades because even on a 1HR chart, the best setups happened too fast and I was left out.

The gym was very difficult, but the eating right, preparing the food and then inputting it into a spreadsheet... that was horrendous. I was sleeping 10 hours a day, and still tired and unmotivated when I got to the computer to backtest.

What I've lacked this entire time was structure. And dammit... I want to make a go at simplifying my routine so I give myself a better chance of accomplishing something. What I have realized lately, is that I only do things diligently when I am truly passionate about them. The problem, or at least the case with me, is that my passions vary wildly and sporadically. The reality, is that I've never actually felt passionate about going to the gym, or eating or tracking it... It's always felt like a chore. But the reality is, when the going gets tough, the tough get going. That's what I have taped to my door and I see it every time I leave the house. But guess what... Tough, is difficult. Tough is doing shit when you don't have the passion for it, not when it's easy. On a side note, don't live by something that sounds good, live by it because it makes sense.

These are the affirmations that I have taped to the mirror in the bathroom... I used to say them every day and have them memorized. I don't think it did any good other than reasserting what my desires were every day, and somehow, guilting me into staying in line a bit more than I would have otherwise. But look at the bottom of that. "My circumstances do not alter my accountability". I've always tried to practice really thinking about things that come into my mind, especially if it's a cliché. And while that's not a cliché, because I idolized the person those words came from I allowed them to pass right by my critical thinking filter. "My circumstances do not alter my accountability." That sounds so noble and romantic doesn't it? But guess what, it's not reality. Just like instant love between two strangers in a Disney movie, there's more to it than that. I'd now venture to say that all accountability is at least in some way, but probably always circumstantial. I used to also have another saying under my other one on the door that said "The tougher the going, the faster the growing". Well, ideally yes, but realistically not so. Some times the going gets so tough, that the growing stops. I recently hurt my back at the gym. I bulged a disk a few days before Halloween and have been recovering ever since. I take responsibility for the injury. It was a combination of a little too much weight and a lot of bad form. The point is, that now the going has gotten even tougher and the only growing happening is my knowledge that going tougher, can be counter productive. And no, I wasn't so blind and dumb to think that I could just super-man it. I was adding what seemed to be a small amount of extra weight than I had just pretty easily lifted. You can't expect a guy with an injured back to go to the gym and stress that injury because of some goal, that's even more counter productive than the initial injury.

Don't get me wrong, I like the no excuses part of it all. If I'm lazy, which I have been, I will straight up say it. I haven't done what needs to be done to get the results that I wanted. Count me among the masses. At least I accept it all on my own. No one to blame but me. Resistance holds all of us back from our potential in different ways, and it is pushing through that resistance that separates people. I want to push through. I want to look back and say "I did it". I realized something today.

Most, if not all of the great accomplishments in my life, have been at the hands of a passionate me. I thought I was passionate about trading, but I think what may be more accurate about me and my life, is that I'm passionate about making the best decisions and actions, and also learning from the lessons I'm given through some of the worst decisions and actions. I imagined I could translate that into trading I guess, which, I can... but, it's not the smartest choice in my mind right now.

So what have I come to at this moment? That robotic trading is the best course of action for me. It frees up time, it makes money, it's there when I can't be. I still want to manually trade news releases, as I seem to do well when I follow my rules and I don't necessarily have a robot that will do that for me the way I like. I still want to practice stock trading, as I may find out there's something to that as well. Maybe, just maybe, what is building in me, is a small passion to follow through with body building in spite of my lack of passion for it.

So today. as soon as I post this blog, I am going to get shit straight and start over. I am not saying I will be successful, I don't want to be a hopeful bullshitter. I am saying, that I haven't accepted failure, because I'm not finished.

November 9th

Had such a beautiful day today. Sometimes magic happens and the unlikely is what you run into. Beautiful weather. Rain. Presence. One of those days I wish I could live in forever. Beautiful moments bring you back to places you needed to feel as a human being again. A very particular warmth inside. I cherish those rare occasions. I love them with the purest of love.

Thurs &Fri Update (Trading, accidents and power outages)

Busy day today. Had to replace the Hood and Front bumper on the Car. Accidentos Mi Amigos...

Needs some love and a wash and a paint...











These are the Stock trades I closed out on Thursday and Today.

Came to the charts today with the determination to trade, but to trade small, because I wanted to avoid being emotional. I did a good job of that. Trade size was $1,000 instead of the usual $5,000 or $10,000. I made back some losses and am no longer break even on this account again. It felt good to watch the market break down very smoothly but quickly, as my 15 pip trailing stop was just following it like a shadow. I think I want to start recording my trading again. I would have recorded today's but I was recording the Live Room with Akil Stokes from Trade Empowered.

Also, the other day we had a power failure. I don't recall mentioning that or not so if I did sorry. I bought a backup power supply on Amazon (APC BackUPS-550 to be exact) for around $55. The reason I went this this one is because the battery actually hooks up to your computer as well via usb and can shut your computer off when the power is getting low. I intend to test just how long the battery lasts soon. The software that comes with it measures and records all activity from power spikes to outtages and line noise. It's pretty awesome. Unfortunately, turning the computer back on is my job, but one step closer to covering my ass when I go live with a portfolio of Trading Robots!

Have a nice weekend!

*UPDATE*
The power supply only last 25 mins even with the monitor turned off... pretty lame, but at least it's something.

FUCK DAYLIGHT SAVINGS!!!

You know what? I am usually very flat emotionally when I'm in a trade... Whether I'm up or down I tend to respond the same which is calm... but today... FUCK TODAY.

I am so Goddamn pissed right now man, and it's all my fucking fault. My responsibility as a trader is to get the goddamn time that news events are releasing CORRECT. FUCK.....

I had GBP Rate trade written down in my calendar for 6:00am... and thanks to Daylight savings time happening AFTER I wrote that down... the trade was Actually at 5:00am... so I opened the charts to do my pre-release analysis and BAM.... the trade had already taken place and fired off 120+ pips straight down... Action I could have traded profitably....

But no. I had to fucking get there late. And even though my rules tell me not to trade after the release like that, I fucking was so pissed I went in to trade anyhow... Go figure just as I am bracketing a range price fucking starts whipsawing over and over AND OVER again... I just fucking hate that!

So now I'm fucking basically break even because I broke my rules and all that shit... fuck man... FUCKKK!!!

Here's a fucking picture. Fuck this shit. At least Non-Farm Payroll is tomorrow and I will fucking be there on time. Goddammit.

OUCH

Last Wed I went to the gym and ended up hurting my back a little.... It was healing very quickly thankfully.
Last night in the shower I was sitting down and went for a little stretch....

POP

My lower back instantly spasmed with excruciating pain. Now I have extreme discomfort at almost every movement. Sleeping was difficult last night, but at least it gave me enough rest to ride by bike down to my appointments today (in 34 degree drizzle) to get my implant exposed and capped. I just got home and all I can say is I'm glad that's over with. So now both my mouth and my back are hurting like a bitch... And I spent $1,600 today.

Going to try and rest as much as possible, and move as little as possible. Wish me luck...

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Tuesday update

This will probably be my last Stock trading update for a few days. It's a real pain to post this many charts and tag all the tickers... I'd rather just not do it.

Anyways, had some nice runners today. Still long some positions that are losing at the moment, but I am comfortable holding for a bit.

Also, Traded the AUDUSD Rate move last night, but came to the charts late thanks to the fact that I didn't update the clock on Forex Factory... Lost 1%. Nothing huge.