I Have No Memory

Largest intraday point drop for Dow in history from CNBC.

Today’s 1,600-point plunge marks its biggest one-day point drop, ever.

In percentage terms, Monday’s nearly 1,600-point drop during trading hours was a 6.2 percent decline. The biggest previous intraday point drop was Aug. 24, 2015, when the Dow fell 1,089 points.

No point drop has ever been recorded that even comes close to what happened today.

I sold MSFT, AAPL, NFLX and BABA. Captured $40k in gains.

I bought VIX multiple times today in $50k increments, and was able to make $10,152 by trading between $10.52 and $14.22. In retrospect I should have bought $200k increments. After hours it was up to $17, I could have easily made more than I lost today.

After-hours my total loss for the day was $125k.

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I spent the afternoon with Sarah & Mateo and then met Adam at Park & Rec to play ping pong for a few hours. We both got crushed by a 70-something lady who apparently plays a few times a week.

I wanted to introduce Adam Schiller to Rachael McDaniel because I thought that they’d have a lot in common; so today we went for a hike on Cowles Mountain in San Diego. The weather said it was 74 but it felt more like 84 on the mountain. We were going to run up, and down, but after the first 1/4 mile of running up, we all decided to just hike it, and then run down. Rach & Adam had quite a bit to talk about, as they both do a lot of similar things (meditation, retreats, spirituality etc.) so I’m glad that I was able to make that connection for them.

After our hike we decided to go watch the sunset in Mission Beach. I wanted to introduce a bunch of my friends to each other so I invited Adam, Rachael, Will Lampe, and Erik Pearl. We got a great seat right on the boardwalk and had a great time. Everyone was able to meet each other, exchange numbers, find things in common, and become friends. Will might be buying Erik’s furniture and taking over his lease, which helps Erik get rid of his furniture, and helps Will get a new property for his business. I finally got to meet Erik’s girlfriend Leah as well.

Rachael, Adam, and Rach’s cousin and I went out in North Park after Mission Beach. Adam and I went to my favorite taco shop; City Taco, and then we went to an awesome whiskey bar called Seven Grand.

Fun day! Now I have to start packing and organizing everything for Hawaii…leaving San Diego in 4 days!

Chad called me yesterday and said “I can’t believe how bad your luck is, and it just got even worse. Someone ran into your car today”. So sick of this crap. 6 years of constant, expensive, exhausting bad luck no matter how positive I am and no matter how good I am at rolling with the punches; it never ends!!