A Setback, Bounceback, and Milestone in the Gutter

It’s been a while since I’ve posted on trading so I thought I would make a post on my recent trading progress. Back in May, I had my biggest trading setback ever.  In fact, I started the first week of the month down over $13,000 for the month (although still up on the year).  It was due to a combination of things.  First, I had taken an aggressive long-term short position in CHBT, which was not a part of my core trading strategies.  Yes, I knew the company was a fraud, and I like to short frauds, but shorting a ...Continue Reading...

Thank You For Helping Me Support Kiteboard 4 Cancer

I want to thank any of my readers who made a donation to Kiteboard 4 Cancer.  I ended up having a bad kite accident (we call them “kitemares”) so I only made it 1.5 hours through the endurance race.  Fortunately I wasn’t hurt but I did have to spend my afternoon untangling a mess of lines.  But it was still a great weekend and we were very successful in raising over $41,000 for a good cause. Before my kitemare, somebody did grab a cool picture of me with a helicopter flying overhead. I apologize to anyone who has emailed me ...Continue Reading...