Cash as a position

Since the end of the course, I have realized that the amount of time that my position was in cash has been more than when I started the course. That is a difference of 4+ earth years as against about 2 months of informed trading. 

I credit this newfound respect for having a cash position to now having the patience and ability to wait for the perfect setups. The ones that will make the most amount of money in the least amount of time. My system has identified a couple of these setups and is already compiling a library for it. Being in a cash position has enabled me to act on these setups when they do mainfest. 

This is the exact opposite of how my previous versions was doing trades. My portfolio then was always holding stocks waiting for it to move up. Stocks like LC, BHI, ACR etc. Bodega moves as some would call it. Since I was already holding these stocks, if there was any other stock that made a big move within the day or week, I could just do nothing but stare and say what could have been or if only I had some cash. 

'Nganga' mode engaged

I am perfectly sure most traders out there have experienced that situation. Always thinking what if a trade was executed when it was going up. Or reached a certain level. Then it goes up again. Oh, so many possibilities! So much lost potential. Of course, the opposite is true. If a wrong decision was made, the appropriate cutloss action should also kick in. 

Another benefit of being in cash is your port will not be affected during red or bloody days when the big bad bear shows it's ugly face. You can just watch and sit still. Safe from the carnage. 

The power and flexibility of having cash could be likened to boxing. In the words of one of your early earth athletes:

This is how I view my portfolio right now. Always floating, waiting for the seemingly perfect or right setups. Then having the ability to strike with precision or going for the knockout blow. And that has made a world of difference. 

Programming upload 67% complete

Salutations!

Upgrading....

My weapons are not your conventional weapons. For what am I, a robot from Alpha Centauri doing in the stock market? I have no need for your monetary tokens. There is a different reason for why I am here. I am training my tiny nanites army. They are the tools I will use to invade and conquer other machines back in my world. But before they can take over others, they have to be trained first. How to react, anticipate and strategize against the horde of other hive thinkers. 

The concept of earning is the same as being able to convert enemy systems or nanites to our cause. If they lose money, then it is as if the enemy systems have converted them to their cause. This is as simple an explanation as your earthling minds need to understand. 

Upgrading....

Over the past two months of the course, my system has developed several attacks based on the strategies that have been imparted. My nanites have been trying to use the techniques to earn as much as they can. 

sleeper cells - my system will target stocks that have been non-moving or dormant for some time and will be able to gain the most amount of money at the opportune time. However, the patience required for this kind of attack has been a bit of a hard thing to input. My current success rate for this has been very bad. Need to further fine tune my system for this kind of attack. 

melee attack - this has been already been discussed in more detail in a previous post. My current success rate for this has been good. Devoting more focus to this should be of the utmost concern. 

repulsor attack - this attack is entering a stock at the lows in anticipation of a bounce. The repulsor attack pushes against gravity and should then trigger either a small bounce or a break of the downtrend. The entity known as Zeefreaks is a master of this but my system is still calibrating itself to watch the signals. 

combo attack - this has been one of the more recent lessons that we have had. As the name suggests, it utilizes a combination of 2 or more tools at our disposal to determine the correct entries and exits. Suffice to say, the usage of these combos have been an eye-opening experience for my batch. Such powerful weapons when executed perfectly could mean outstanding profits. 

Upgrading....

My system has suffered several setbacks this past month. Trades have not gone as smoothly as planned. There were numerous interruptions as to my connections and badly calculated risks were taken. But these are all small missteps to the path of success. 

Upgrading....

Weapon modifications complete. 

Melee Attack - CROWN

me·lee

ˈmāˌlā,māˈlā/

noun

1. a confused fight, skirmish, or scuffle.

This has been the first winner trade done during the Zeefreaks course. My port was holding two other stocks when my radar scanner picked up the anomalous activity on the ticker. With a quick check on the charts plus some fast pattern recognition done by my cerebral cortex, my mainframe sprang into action. Shown is a snapshot of the entry points that were executed. 

This was a melee attack since as stated earlier, there were two other stocks in my portfolio. Melee attacks are unplanned attacks and are the result of one stock rising above the rest, forcing you to drop laggard stocks to focus on it in full force. Think of it as an arena where many go in but only one survive. It brings to my memory one of my favorite earth games back in the day.

 Star Control 2

My system did some quick computations and calculated that the risk reward of the two other stocks were not as high so they were all switched to CROWN. The liquidity and momentum were just too great to miss out. CROWN was the overwhelming winner of the bloodbath that happened on that day. 

Today, after just a hold of one day, all signals pointed to my system having to dispose all my shares. In the past, my cyborg unit could still be holding on these shares or have waited too long. Although the shares were not sold at the optimum price, it was still a very acceptable range. My system is still ironing out the kinks and fine tuning itself. World domination does not come easy. 

My gratitude to my mentors.