Pedma

I have respect for every profession.
can't remember one I have no respect for.
even OF "cOnTeNt CrEaToRs" I have some respect.
I can not find in me to respect TV commentators & analysts.
men with absolute no risk nagging about their betters.
absolute grift of a profession.

tbh I've never been much of a fan of setting price ranges on the hip-3 markets for closed sessions. especially not the ranges set here that defined by the formula.
I understand that it's a safety mechanism for manipulation. but if that's the case, why not put bounds in everything then? isn't there a bunch stuff that gets out of whack from spot prices due to pure manipulation? obviously that is not something I'd want to do.
over the weekend we saw a bunch of people trying to allocate to contracts which were already bound restricted but that considering global events volatility was warranted.
id

this is what I use llms for when I'm working out. passing my ideas through them and asking how likely it is for me to end up in jail if I build them.

generic slop grifters will get arbed away in an age you can literally just ask any question to a LLM.
people that actually live on the edge of discovery, practical focused, will continue to thrive as that type of risk taking will come at a premium.
build accordingly.

you want to make it in that one cycle, punt, gamble, because subconsciously you know that, even if you don't want to admit, you probably can't make it if you tried to.
or you are afraid of that ineptitude to be revealed if you actually tried.

shopping for cars but attaching how much PnL could be made for that price.

producing so much you don't really have time to think deeply about stuff you're producing. I think there needs to be made time for both, especially in what we do. time to think about all the tradeoffs, risks, edge cases, and time to execute and build.

this last year I got to experience the biggest reinforcement of the idea to fafo and stop worrying and overthinking so much. figure it out on the job. just do the thing. ignore the noise from those that just comment from the sidelines. just do it.
cliche yeh I know but still...

doing 2025-eoy personal accounting. at least won't ever be able to say I didn't give it my all. a bit of a degen year on the risk side.
net worth at peak, but all of it in business+trading accounts. looking forward to de-risk eventually, but for now, the grind continues.

good friends & family make your life much more enjoyable.
money is great, and making it your responsibility to provide gives you meaning.
but at the end of the day, money ain't the goal, or shouldn't.
people you care about being taken care of, that's the goal.
happy sunday.

have a fun filled afternoon taking care of long over due backoffice stuff. dread that so much but gotta sink at least a day or so every month on that. this time will try to automate it with AI as much as I can though.

have a fun filled afternoon taking care of long over due backoffice stuff. dread that so much but gotta sink at least a day or so every month on that. hope that to be soon automated by AI.