Sign in Subscribe
Documenting financial (mis)adventures with more confidence than competence!

Featured articles

The Arithmetic of Survival: "One Path" and the Geometry of Wealth

The Arithmetic of Survival: "One Path" and the Geometry of Wealth

2025 - A Year in the Trenches

2025 - A Year in the Trenches

This Option Strategy almost always beats a SPY or QQQ Buy-and-Hold

This Option Strategy almost always beats a SPY or QQQ Buy-and-Hold

This Option Strategy Made You >2.5x Buy-and-Hold in AAPL

This Option Strategy Made You >2.5x Buy-and-Hold in AAPL

Latest

16
May
A sunset. Picture credit - me!

Day 111

Foolish Trader Journal, Day 111. A 4.5% return over the entire options portfolio in one week. That's a theoretical 239% annualized return! And I never used more than 30% of my buying power. Insane!
10 min read
09
May
Picture of a basketball going into a net with bright blue sky as background.

Day 110

Foolish Trader Journal, Day 110. Its looking great as I crossed $2K in realized gains.
5 min read
02
May
Mt Hood in the distance, PDX, 2022. Picture Credit - Me!

Day 109

Foolish Trader Journal, Day 109. SPX for the win!
7 min read
25
Apr
Too many Balloons - At the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco.

Day 108

Foolish Trader Journal, Day 108. A $445 week!
8 min read
19
Apr
Tulip Festival, Woodburn, Oregon. Picture Credit: Me!

Day 107

Foolish Trader Journal, Day 107. A rising tide lifts all boats. I am now flirting with profitability for the year.
8 min read
12
Apr
Day 106

Day 106

Foolish Trader Journal, Day 106.
5 min read
05
Apr
Cherry Blossoms - Portland, March 2026

Day 105

Foolish Trader Journal, Day 105. When you are in the moment, the market makes no sense, yet we must keep moving!
5 min read
28
Mar
Portland Steel Bridge - Governor Tom McCall Waterfront Park (Picture Credit: Me!)

Day 104

Foolish Trader Journal, Day 104.
4 min read
22
Mar
A conceptual photojournalistic image features a stone-carved inscription "AMOR FATI," set against a massive, fracturing granite cliff.

The Arithmetic of Survival: "One Path" and the Geometry of Wealth

I thought this was a great time to revisit one of the most influential books I read, "Safe Haven - Investing for Financial Storms" by Mark Spitznagel. Here is a short essay.
8 min read
07
Mar
The Last Bit of Snow This Year. Timberline Lodge, Mt Hood, Oregon. Picture Credit - Me! Feb 15, 2026.

Day 103

Foolish Trader Journal, Day 103.
3 min read