Author: Lawrence Chan

Last day for year 2021 also happened to be a Friday today. What a year the world went through.

I took time to reflect on what happened this year and am very grateful that I made good progress in building my proprietary trading firm. So much was done and so many doors are opened thanks to hard work by my team. One area that deserves more of my attention is my health as I tend to eat whatever most convenient when I am extremely focus on hard problems. Yep, that means instant noodle and other fast food.

Need to figure out a way to stop doing that …

This is a great video interviewing a former Fed trader. It is a long video packed with information and it will give you an idea what the Fed may do next.

A drunk Magnus helped a friend to trash the opponent in seconds. I feel sorry for the guy on the opposite side who must be wondering what the hell happened …

Although the US stock markets are printing new all time high over the past few months, Turkey, however, has been facing a disastrously collapse of its currency and stock market. Understanding what happened to Turkey financial system matters because it is what may unfold to other insolvent countries that are facing hyperinflation like Turkey in coming years.

For me, this weekend is the same as other ones as we have lockdown restrictions here so no big parties and no gatherings beyond a few friends. I choose to finish more work thanks to some sudden surge in inspirations I got over the past few nights. It will be a quiet and peaceful night for me to countdown by myself to year 2022.

I wish everyone a very happy, healthy and prosperous new year!

Today is Christmas Eve. Stock markets are closed. What to do with the extra time on hand? I’ve decided to cook a turkey and share it with friends.

This is a book I just ordered. Someone recommended the book to me saying that the information exposed by the book should help everyone in the world to wake up and ask some serious questions. If you have children, it is your obligation to know what the governments are doing to make your kids sick.

Here is a great story on how one can build a successful business from scratch without expensive education or big budget. For my young readers, it is an inspiration for you to take actions and really take control of your future. The world no longer reward those with just an undergrad degree a decent salary. You must look out for yourself or things can get real bad before you know it.

Veritasium has a new video that does a great job explaining the difference between analog and digital computers with a very interesting story about a computer that I’ve never heard of.

Merry Christmas!

Last option expiration of the year ended with extreme wild swings all day. I thought only Tesla can trade like penny stocks. And now other major index components are going crazy like Tesla. Even the indices themselves are no longer stable. This is not normal and surely not the best time to engage the markets …

Don’t know why I bumped into this article but it is interesting to read and the video is quite funny. A form of escape movement to fight idiocy of our governments and crazy political groups.

Here is a video about classic math vs. Wolfram Alpha. If I were the teacher I would not know what to say too.

Talking about idiocy, that reminds me of the peter principle. Think about all those politicians who are holding onto their seats for many terms AND that they are appointed to lead specific committees and departments of the governments worldwide for which they have no expertise in. And then there are those department heads in the government who are stuck at their positions forever. How can governments function properly at all when Peter Principle working in full force?

Last two weeks of the year is time for us to reflect on what we have accomplished this year and what can we do to improve our lives in the coming year. I will try to do that myself and hopefully come up with a new set of interesting challenges.

Have a great weekend all!

What an interesting week that S&P managed to erase the panic selloff since US Thanksgiving close, yet not able to clear that level until last 15 minutes before Friday close. Three days of serious attempt to take out that close but no cigar. Given normal circumstances, the Christmas rally will levitate towards the all-time-high with little to no effort. But are we in normal situation this year?

What about covid scare, geopolitical tensions and Fed tightening?

All these governments coming out right on cue telling their citizens that this winter there will be disaster level of covid cases and paddle everyone to take another jab just in case. Well, I guess that will work on quite a large number of people because the fear and anxiety build up among many people due to the fearmongering has trained so many people to believe that covid is a deadly disease with mortality rate north of 50%. Yes, there are still people believing in that …

Lately I find Google search becoming extremely unreliable. I may find an article about the covid situation and next thing I know I can’t find it anymore. Unless I know exactly which site I was visiting, I can’t find the same page anymore on Google. Of course, these are the articles telling the truth about vaccine injuries, etc. that we need to concern about. Sometimes one has to wonder if Google has a team of people and AI bots that constantly scrubbing their search results just like what the novel 1984 describes.

Magnus Carlsen has successfully defended his World Chess Champion title in classical chess today. Given he is still so young at 31 years old, one has to wonder if he will continue to dominate the classical chess scene for a long long time … sad story for the rest of the top players in the world.

A new machine made for suicide will be available soon in Switzerland. Up to now, for people who choose to end their lives by choice need help from other people which leads to complex legal and technical issues surrounding the operation. With this machine, the final moment of a person is fully controlled by the person which is one step further in ensuring those who assisted the act are not legally liable. But this story reminds me of an old episode of Futurama. Can’t help it!

For those of you aspiring traders, here is a very good podcast from Dr. Huberman on fear and traumas. Trading losses and the circumstances that lead to the losses often traumatize the trader and program them into bad trading behaviours. Understanding how to handle fear and traumas based on science can help you forge a better trading career.

Can’t believe that we are within 3 weeks from 2022. Although I am working around the clock yet more work pile on everyday. The good news is that we are making good progress with our projects. I am optimistic more than ever that we are on track to accomplish our goals in 2022.

First time in over a year than we have seen a pullback from all-time-high of almost 5%. None of the retail “traders” or “investors” who opened their brokerage accounts during this covid crisis have seen any kind of correction at all. How are they going to response? Would they keep buying? Is the illusive market bubble burst is finally here?

I have no answer to that because I only day trade the indices. I don’t care where it is heading after market close. Better sleep, better health.

For crypto players, the Bitcoin and Ethereum divergence is a real concern. If in a few short weeks BTC fails to catch up with the new leaders in crypto, it can signal a much more serious correction in store for the crypto space as a whole.

For those of you considering to get vaccinated for covid or really any kind of disease, watch this video so that you know what to do to make sure you are getting your vaccine injection done correctly. I am sure many people are injured by their vaccination against covid already due to this single mistake made by the authorities.

There is no way to reverse the damage at this point but then why aren’t governments worldwide admitting to this deadly mistake so that there is no further harm done to the people? So far the Canadian government of all levels have not changed their protocol as if they don’t know they are hurting people … I am not disappointed though because I know for sure they don’t care if people are badly hurt or killed.

Here is a funny video to poke fun at one of these useless governments. One thing I don’t agree with the video though is that vaccination has always been the wrong solution to any pandemic throughout human history. Frontline treatment that reduces the severity of the symptoms or simply taking care of the patients has always been the best way.

For all those fans from overseas who think USA is the place of freedom and opportunities, watch this video to learn the truth. If you are really longing for a better life and future for your family, rule out USA and majority of the Western countries as the destination. Do you really believe those places that do not treat their own people well will somehow treat you better?

Solar eclipse later on tonight. If you are interested in checking it out, here is the information you need. This will be a full eclipse but it is only visible at several regions including Australia, New Zealand, South America and South Africa. The best viewing place being Antarctica and I don’t think any of you will be in there area tonight.

It used to be the case that during holiday season everything slows down for traders. Trading smaller size, catch up on bookkeeping, etc. was the norm. This year, however, I have big plans for the coming year. So much work has piled up with no time to spare. It will be an interesting year end for me.

Have a great weekend all!

Another option expiration Friday. Another new all-time-high for Nasdaq 100 and S&P500. It is not a surprise because we know hyperinflation is here. But when will the world accept this reality?

Saw this news that Austria is going to lockdown next week and also go for mandatory vaccination by next year. I have couple of Austrian friends over there. This is another prime example of a country refuses to provide real treatments for their citizens. How hard is it to admit that you can pretty much prevent any form of serious covid cases using prohylaxis treatment and inform the citizens to do that?

Obviously I do not understand why all these crazy politicians and their so called medical experts choose to kill their people instead of protecting them. I am just too dumb to see what’s the endgame they are planning with such immoral decisions.

The real science is all there and has been published since almost a year ago. Just that WHO and other official medical bodies never made the information available to the mass public. To make the situation worse, MSM and major online platforms are blocking these information from being known. The other day when I was talking to a friend, he has no idea that you can protect yourself from covid or serious covid issues by simply being more healthy.

Even this doctor who is quite respected by the vaccination proponents has admitted there could be ways to help. And if you think FDA’s actions of forbidding existing drugs from being “repurposed” to treat another illness is correct, watch this video and it will blow you away.

So what kind of world are we living in, really?

Maybe we are indeed living in a lie. If your background is more in line with “basic” scientific thinking, what Donald Hoffman said in the video makes no sense. But what if I tells you that in more advanced physics, with our most basic model of the universe, it takes at least 10 dimensions to describe it?

Then you have to question yourself how does the reality looks like in those other dimensions?

What if our consciousness exists in one or more of those dimensions instead of the 4 dimensions we experience everyday?

Well, that will put science in line with the wisdoms from the ancient spiritual leaders …

Here is an interesting topic that can have very significant economic and societal impact in the near future. I never thought of potash as something that plays such important role in the world. This is an eye opener that helps me think deeply on what the consequences will be in coming few years.

This is yet another busy week coming to an end. With so much work piled up, my guess is that I have to utilize the Christmas holidays to catch up. What a nice way to spend the holidays …

Have a great weekend all!

All time high magic continues to dazzle everyone in the market. No one knows how long this will last and how much further the markets can push. Some market veterans and bearish gurus keep calling for a crash for months now yet the stock markets are proving them wrong. Maybe they should remember that Fed is printing money non-stop 7/24 everyday at lightspeed … until that changes, welcome to hyperinflation.

There are so many idiot TV talking heads trying to talk down the impact of the hyperinflation we are dealing with now. Just spend some time walking inside a Walmart and ask people how things are getting more expensive. You will get all the answers you need. Many items are now at least 40-50% more expensive than 6 months ago. Since wages do not catch up with these price hikes, the impact is huge on many people here in North America.

The other day I watched a video about how all modern humans have the same ancestors some point in the distant past due to the fact that the DNA changes and Mitochondrial DNA inheritance properties allow us to “guess” accurately. But I recall that is not true and found the video to prove it. Based on my rough calculation, we can all throw out the bullshit theory that is in place for more than a decade. As usual though, established academia will destroy anyone who raise the question.

Ben Greenfield on butter vs. other oil products. Well, there is a movement going on for some time now since Jordan Peterson’s diet was a hot topic. The movement is about going for clean keto diet eating only beef, lamb, butter and eggs. What I learned from some of my friends is that they are “healed” from decades of ailments and chronic medical issues without any other changes to their lifestyle. It is quite amazing.

One interesting thing just happened in Europe that many of you may not be aware of. Due to the potential energy crisis this coming winter in many European countries, plans are put in place to shut down all the EV charging stations. So if you have a Tesla or whatever, your car is as good as a metal brick if the power grids there get into serious trouble. If you must drive this winter, have a backup plan.

After the “server crisis” was over, I can finally focus on my work in developing new auto trading models. My focus now switches to automate my forex trading strategies. Coding up on Emini S&P and Nasdaq 100 for so long over the past two years really gets boring. Nice to have a change working on other markets now.

Have a great weekend all!