LIFE ADVICE FROM DR. FLY

I wanted nothing more than to bet against Xmas, but it looks like I’ll be forced to fire up the old margin account and get long. I closed Friday’s session 25% long, 5% short, and a fuckload of cash. I know why I’m such a malcontent and have known for some time. However, I’m not stupid or naive and I have an acute awareness mechanism in me that permits a modicum of success.

Trading is a sport and is binary. You’re either winning or losing and the liars always get sorted out after a while. It’s unlike relationships, which are hard and filled with tragedy and  discontent. If you’re trading well and can do so consistently, you have a place to be and feel love for 10 hours a day, which is why it’s usually a hodgepodge of loners in a zone banking coin for no reason other than to win.

What will I do with the money once I make enough of it? No idea. Maybe I’ll waste it on something stupid to make me feeeeeeeel better. Or, maybe I’ll build an orbital space cannon (OSC) and use it to attack Earth.

If you think about the avocation of trading, it’s wholly stupid and inane. We spend inordinate hours away from life and people to execute transactions in order to increase the value of our digital paper money accounts, which are only worth anything because “they” say it is.

In the end, I’ll probably regret spending my life in front of a computer buying and selling numbers and letters for sport. Wisdom is only achieved after decades of mistakes and at the conclusion we know enough to impart said wisdom to younger one’s who then quickly dismiss us as old fuckers who’ve lost our minds. The way to get ahead fast is to learn the road traveled well by others instead of having to learn it slowly by yourself. But how many men allow themselves to cede their actions due to another? Very few. Most men that I know have peak wisdom from 15-35. After decades of trial and error do they realize how stupid they were and then they wished they had done it differently. But it’s already too late you absolute fucker. You’re stuck and barreling towards middle age, so you might as well fuck off.

There’s no point in this rant and you will not enjoy the conclusion if forced to write it.  But it’s never too late to show kindness and take responsibility for your actions and to show empathy. Your ego was and always will be the problem and it’s hard to lose it. But once you do, you’ll see things for what they truly are and you’ll make better decisions. But it still won’t make you happier. But you might trade better, so you’ll always have that to look forward to.