Raul3’s 2014 Recap

This was my first full year writing for iBankCoin. This accomplishment stands like a statue on Monument Boulevard, bringing glory to the family of Raul for 10,000 generations. Before assuming an officer position, I was navigating the seas on my own, via flowpirate.com. It floats on like a ghost ship to this day because I tend to buy time when it comes to business endeavors.

At the start the second quarter, I abandoned my post as a corporate accountant after a five year sentence. May the grey-cube lifestyle never again capture my soul, mates.

In Vegas I met the iBankCoin crew and loyalists for the first time. It was an epic experience. From private dining rooms at the finest restaurants to drinking Coronas at a slot machine with Pyromonoxide taking auction theory, it was one hell of a ride. Plus presenters who were intent on slashing years of my learning curve. It was a real-life taste of what this site is all about, coin banking with class and consistency.

I returned home to the unexpected news that former trading comrade ChessNwine had gone rogue and was now a for-hire mercenary. There was nearly a mutiny but everyone stepped up and turned tragedy into opportunity. This is the essence of business, politics, and modern society.

Trading has been mixed. I managed to turn some consistent ideas into system over in the Nasdaq electronic pits. Option trading has been a game of two steps forward, three steps back, but the math still makes sense. I will continue to engage the market in this manner with about 5% of my risk capital.

Real swing trading (multi-month) has produced some monster wins. The losers were contained and I live to fight for better profits next year.

I deal in marquee names, the darlings, and well, the darlings have been a pain in the ass unlike grandpa and his stinky trouser stocks which made a mint. But once you run a streak in hot stocks you will know what crack smoke tastes like. Then you will be hooked, like me, in search of your next egregious surge in variable income.

Finally, I was bestowed the honor of manning the Weekly Strategy Session. I took it back to its roots, a written report that serves as a reference map as we navigate each week. It has always been an essential tool in my trading. Now that I own it, it is even more valuable. I lay out a hypothesis, I see how the market behaves in relation to my analogue, and trade accordingly.

It reminds me of one of my favorite trading lesions—Say what you’re going to do, do it, and track how well you did it. Put another way—actions speak louder than words. Said even more directly—put your money where your mouth is.

In summary, it has been a lean year, a year of survival and perseverance, and it has put any survivors in a position to out maneuver the markets in the upcoming year. Ride with me.

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