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    What’s it like to realize you’re good at something?

    July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 Pete

    2009, I remember waking up in 4am to run 2 miles a day before hours of pre-market research before trading. I was 20. Everyone else

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    Trading Ethos

    July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Pete

    What is your trading ethos? Your trading ethos is a set of beliefs and principles. For some traders, it centers around a trait like patience

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    Grievances

    March 25, 2021July 20, 2021 Pete

    There was this trader named Tony at my old firm, back in 2011. He was an accomplished veteran trader and considered one of the core

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    What does resilience feel like?

    January 10, 2021July 20, 2021 Pete

    In 2020, I traded every single day of the year.  Not a single day off. That’s the first time I ever have done that, for

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    The Yips

    December 25, 2020July 11, 2021 Pete

    I started watching sports around 1996. Magic Johnson came out of retirement. Michael Jordan won his first title since his own un-retirement. Brett Favre won

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    Writing More // Social Aspect of Trading

    December 20, 2020July 11, 2021 Pete

    I have been doing some reflection on why I don’t write more. I think about what this blog could have become if I committed to

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    False Inspiration

    July 3, 2020July 11, 2021 Pete

    I am currently reading the Jim Simons book, “The Man Who Solved the Markets”. It’s very good, I suggest you check it out. There’s this

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    The CETC Situation: A Short Seller’s Nightmare

    March 23, 2019July 11, 2021 Pete

    Looks like I am in another unusual situation that is costing me money. I seem to have a knack for finding myself in these spots.

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    Confession: I am a fraud

    February 23, 2019July 11, 2021 Pete

    I have a confession to make. I am a fraud. People talk to me.  Professional traders. Aspiring traders. Hobbyist traders. People just kinda sorta interested in trading.

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    This is what you get when you act like assholes.

    January 12, 2019July 11, 2021 Pete

    You ever been in a sorta-hostile situation where someone was throwing shade in a public setting but not quite crossing the line, so you couldn’t

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