In hibernation

It's been a while since I posted anything of note. Since it was a bear market, some time in suspended animation was much appreciated. To recharge. To decompress. To reassess and realign myself with my goals and priorities.

I highly suggest it for everyone. 

Not everything is about the grind. Taking time off to invest in yourself is PRICELESS.

Now for some updates. It's been some time so here is a bunch of them:

- The Investacup has come and gone and my final rank was at 215th. Missed out on a lot of my milestones but the good thing was my knowledge and experience trading downtrends has increased exponentially. My main goal for the competition was to have a venue to trade downtrending stocks to see if that strategy is viable in the long run. In conclusion, yes, there are numerous opportunities for downtrending plays but the risk still outweighs the reward for me. Uptrends will always have a special place in the heart of this robot.

- 2018 has come and gone and it has been the most profitable of my trading career. Sure, I gave back some gains during the last quarter but that was inevitable due to the general sentiment at that time. The thing that saved me was the mindset of protecting the profits that I already gained, managing risk and allocations. That combination went a long, long way in preventing me from squandering all my gains. So again, 2018 was a BANNER year.

- Decreased social media presence. This has been by design. There has also been a proliferation of others who have taken the mantle and continued the time honored tradition of posting snapshots and provocative quotes and other wise words. But rest assured, I'm still here trading in the sidelines as seen below. 

- Lastly, I'm currently coming up with a personal project that is fun to do. Not entirely sure what the public reaction would be. Hopefully it's something that clicks with others as well. Tentative release of it should be sometime 2nd half of 2019. Here's a sneak peek.