don't call it a comeback

so we failed at the consistent blogging thing, but kevo's south america trip and svenja's garden blog got me back in the vicinity of the blogger site again. "we" obviously means you failed by not reading the posts i didn't write. thanks for letting me down.

every thing i said here still applies, but maybe it'll be easier if i focus on the espresso fixation and the overgrowth of potted plants i'm taking care of.

that's ludacris!

http://2dopeboyz.com/2008/07/26/ludacris-politics-obama-is-here/

very funny.

human porcupine

is it weird that i just got a splinter in my finger while playing with my beard? is it weird that the first thing i did was write a blog post about it?

never was a mother so proud

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5764886.html

you are now free to move about the country

priming the fuel pump, lock tumblers turning, tear down that wall, i see the light, land ho! or maybe ding.

don't get your hopes up because the land may be a mirage, in which case mutiny would ensue and that's never good. or maybe the sailor in the crow's nest has ridiculously good eyes and the land is still a million miles away, in which case mutiny still might ensue unless the boat picks up speed. or maybe the sailor in the crow's nest is an idiot and is looking at the moon, in which case that sailor would be thrown overboard allowing a tiny bit more time before mutiny would ensue. in any case, there is a good possibility we should know if mutiny will ensue after a few more days time.

i like ding best. i'll tell you later.

elitetrader journal

as a supplement to this blog i started a journal here at the trading site elitetrader. when my account transfer from scottrade to thinkorswim completes i'll be back up and running and hopefully use both of these to detail my trades. i think it will be helpful to review my action at the end of each trading day.

maybe i'll stick most trading talk on the journal and free up the blog for other things.

first steps towards organizization

i'm putting off development of a complete trading plan until i finish "high probability trading," but i know what some important parts of the initial phase will be. figured i'd jot them down while i'm thinking about it.

--i'll be moving my focus to trading (scalping) mainly e-mini s&p 500 futures contracts
--from now until i reach and can maintain a higher capital level (maybe $50,000) while regularly making withdrawals for living expenses i will only trade one (1) contract at a time in order to limit my risk and potential losses.
--as a further means of limiting losses i will always (ALWAYS) use stops at a maximum of ten points, but preferably five if conditions allow.
--contracts will not be held overnight until i reach a higher level of market proficiency.
--i will review my plan weekly (or more) to ensure my adherence to it, and review it with more diligence as profitability becomes a reality so as to avoid becoming lax due to success's arrogance.

from here i will refine and add more; hopefully keeping it concise enough to read quickly yet thorough enough to keep me in check.

i've not been sleeping and also feeling some sort of sick lately, thus i haven't been doing much of anything. hopefully this garbage goes away soon because it's driving me nuts.