In an ironic twist, I often fantasize about spending my days writing, yet I have a hard time doing this blog on a regular basis. That often helps abate my fomo and gets me back to my main objectives for the year. I’m still focused on my health and building up my trading operation, even …
Back to Isabela
It’s been a good few weeks here in Puerto Rico. I finally built enough confidence in my stock trading algorithms; confident that they will run automated and make essentially no mistakes, and confident that they will earn expected value. The markets have coincidentally been behaving oddly since I got things running, but I made money …
Work, Work, Work (plus some fun)
Welcome back everyone, I’m finishing my procrastination for the weekend and getting to my blog now. My Sunday morning today was like the past 7 days, grinding away on different trading ideas I have, but fortunately my girlfriend suggested we go paddle-boarding in the lagoon near us, and I spent some time in the ocean …
Busy Weeks of Research
It feels good to get a blog post out after the past two weeks. Imagine you’re at the airport in Detroit, Michigan, and your final destination is a small town in New Zealand. You have multiple connections, several days of traveling, and the necessity of dealing with Covid regulations in every country that you enter …
Mini Post Extra Pics
I got back a few days ago from a mid-week trip to Isabela here in Puerto Rico. My girlfriend and I stayed at one of the best hotels I’ve ever been to, The Royal Isabela. The food was so-so, the service was decent, but the serenity of the property, the rooms, and the private beach …
Basic Week
Good afternoon from Puerto Rico. We've had a streak of amazing weather, and today is beautiful again. I remember when I first moved to Los Angeles from Chicago and thought that winter couldn’t be any better. Being able to comfortably go for a night swim or lounge outside without a jacket in the winter here …
Back to Work
Another solid week here in PR. I was all excited to blog about it yesterday (Sunday) morning, but I went paddleboarding, had a great coffee, started reading, and then it was evening. I’m currently in the middle of my normal “workday”, but getting this out felt more important than my immediate research. When reflecting on …
Happy New Year!
It’s Sunday here in Puerto Rico, and I’m finishing out the last few hours of a great week. For the first time since I can remember, I gave myself permission this past week to take a “vacation” from trading research. I still check my crypto trading twice a day to make sure it’s going smoothly, …
Merry Christmas + Mega Update
(Disclaimer: super long post where I explain my new focus and purpose of the blog) A few weeks ago I came to the conclusion that I should write a final blog post saying my goodbyes to the blog, keep it up for a week, and then take my blog down. I’ve hardly written anything over …
Back From a Little Hiatus
When I admitted that my blog production would be a bit more intermittent, I didn’t realize that it could turn into a months long break between posts. For a while I didn’t feel like I had anything to report, or I had something that felt pressing when I thought of blogging, but eventually I just …
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