Investor invited me to golf course, while in washroom, an older gent comes in, takes off a Richard Millie while washing his face and proceeds to the toilets. He left it on the sink. Had to stand there, not cause I was admiring it, but so that it doesn't get lost and I be blamed
"...name of the company is Twiga foods. A cutting edge agrotech company out of Kenya awaiting imminent government subsidies and a 300 million shilling grant. It's upside is infinite with no downside in sight. Our analyst indicates that a mere $1000 during IPO could return $10000"
I'm almost throwing in the towel!!! How do y'all survive as entrepreneurs in this God forsaken country? Si Kanjo, si watu wa health, si makarao, si KRA, si watu wa liquor, si watu wa Music Copyright, si watu wa tourism, si watu wa catering... Maze I'm tired!!!!
A kill Switch is very important as your company grows. One day, investors will kick you out of your own company, when that day comes, be a man and burn it all to the ground.
The 10,000 hour rule. To get good at a certain skill, you need to put in at least 8 hours a day for roughly 10 years. But there's a loop around this for the truly talented. Not everyone shows up 8 hours every single day(not even me) but if you put in 12 hours for 4 years...
Day 69: Lost my house, wife and kids. My family says am delusional, but I will make it all back. Bitcoin is at capitulation, we're about to tilt and start pumping. I'll make it all back.
If you want to be good at something, first stick to the basics. Sounds so simple, but it isn't. Want to learn about Macroeconomics, then read Adam Smith first, want to learn about mental models, then study Nassim Taleb. So simple yet so hard.
Sometime this year, I watched an interview of a FTMO trader with an impressive $500k profit split, but his win rate was less than 35% meaning for every 100 trades, he lost 65 trades. But how did he achieve that? By using a sane RRR plan.
This book, by the late
@PaulKalanithi
moved me to tears. I struggled reading the last chapter that the wife wrote, I was weeping, then I slept.
I slept for 8 hours straight, last time I slept so peacefully was at the bossom of my mother, eons back.
I 100% recommend this book!!!
I was humbled last week, talked trading with a real hedgie guy working at wallstreet, walked him through my trading strategy and he called it 'cute'😂😂... learning data is where the secret's at!!! Glad am on the right path.
It's the hate that's keeping me awake, nothing else, let's try and leverage AI and ML(later on) to try and build something constructive for beginner traders, let's see if we can do it in < 24 hours
I went from an all time high of 88Kg to a low of 58Kg in a year... the trick? Crypto!! Not only do you lose your weight, but also money, sleep & girlfriend.
"...and I'm better now than I was when you saw that 19 yo trader...I'm experienced now, professionally, accounts been blown, psychology's been broken, I done something new for this craft, I'm bad... all of you champs are gone bow when I make it."
I think, one of the most blissful moments after a trader has found his/her zen is some sort of complete dissociation from their mentor or rather trading idol.
This is a whole journey on its own, making a name for yourself based on your returns and what not.
"Traders have been brainwashed to think that old strategies are obsolete and nonsensical. Do they not realize that new strategies are derived from the old,"
*sniffles, tears in his eyes*
"It's appalling when SMC boys call classical chartists retarded, do they not see..." *Cries*
Kongo Gumi was a Japanese family owned construction company formed in the year 578 AD and collapsed in Jan 2006 (1,428 years later). What exactly contributed to the fall of the longest surviving family owned company?
Be open minded here. Yes, Benin built the grandest man made structure, then what? Most of the Great wall built during the Ming dynasty has disappeared too. Resilience of a nation lays not in its history, but how it has coped up with the changing times.
As we celebrate the life of a scholar, Prof. Magoha, I'm deeply troubled by how abrupt life ends. All the knowledge he possessed, the thousand and one books he read, the accolades he had, in a few months, they'll be for nothing. So, what really is the essence of living?
Nairobi has shown me things😂😂😂 nice dudes will always finish last, being a gentleman doesn't pay,😂😂😂 am proof. The day I started being a bad boy, they started treating me like a man. Young king,pita na wote, no mercy for that gender.
Last time I traded silver, was a week like this one, a year ago. I remember that day vividly cause it changed my life. We were having lunch with someone special, pale Trattoria's... that morning, after an analysis, I placed buy limits on silver, price had been consolidating
😂😂 huyo lightskin diva hajui what he charges people a fee for, in the name of "mentorship", I do it for free, transparently.
Anyway, acha nisubscribe, alas, no Mpesa, ser, I will freely help you integrate Mpesa payment option to your ka-app, no charges
I mean, if my girl's law firm made her walk for more than 100m instead of paying for Uber, I'd start my own law firm just to make sure she never has to suffer again, but that's just me.
cc
@MaryamAmar8
I got a Halal trading account with Pepperstone 😂😂😂😭😭😭... no commissions, tighter spreads, ohhh yeah, this feels good. If one of y'all snitches on me...
I dislike how empowerment of the girl child has turned to a rebellion of undermining the boy child. So many initiatives that only target girls, when my company starts growing, I will ONLY employ MEN on a long term contractual basis.
Trust me on this, once a month, save up, even 1500 bob, walk to a high end restaurant, don't even order food, order a drink, whiskey, martini, whatever, then sit and observe the ways of the elites. Maybe you'll start viewing life differently.
So, this day, not very long ago, I say I'm taking a break from trading to focus on regaining me purpose in life.
Behind the scenes, I had been learning how to build a fullstack app, and I'd gotten pretty damn good, I was implementing a clone of "Robbin's cup"
Lessons I've learnt from my grandfather:
1. A man should never raise their voice.
2. One should always treat people how they would like to be treated.
3. Be a man of integrity
4. Always keep your word.
5. Be kind to everyone.
6. Never let a woman pay for the bill.
7. Family first
so 12 hours 6 days a week = 72
72hrs/week = 288hours/month
288hrs/month = 3456hours/year
3456hours/year = 10368hours after 3 years.
A consistent person goes further than a hard worker.
If the plan was to open up a fund or a shop, I'd go for the best traders, top of the pile, you and I know a few.
But when the plan is to find a way 1st to visualize 'the pile', you go for traders who are hungry enough to see the growth of a genuine trading community.
#TradersKE
A few months back, I got into a relationship with this lady(IG baddies)...one day, we got into a fight, and she told me,
"for someone who bought Bitcoin at 64k, boy do you talk a lot"
That was our first and last fight.
Riddle me this:
Your on a leveraged account, say 1:8, your trading a $1000 account, you enter a trade and price moves 5% against you, what's your current equity??
#TradersKE
Watching a lecture of Anton Kreil. He's talking about the market making business in finance and the tectonic shift that occured in the last 15 years. He's acknowledged and confirmed that the algos control the market and human presence in the MM has greatly changed.
"There will always be an abundance of pretty girls, but never of wealthy men. Forget about the girls for now, focus on creating wealth my boy..."
I'm gonna miss that old jamaa.
If you know anyone or any place that is offering tender bids for marine works&logistics, general contractor, coal and clinker supply, hit me up. Some projects with my prints include:
- Dongo Kundu Bypass
- Wache(Mkupe) Bridge
- SGR expressway
- Likoni Floating Bridge
This is the most garbage Ad I've ever come across in my short history(4yrs) of trading. It's giving betting vibes!!! Who allowed this????????? Who created this?????????? The whole marketing team at Scope needs to be whipped in public.
First quarter of the year coming to a wrap and this has to be the top tweet thus far😂😂😂... Not that the former CJ can't be wrong but the sheer audacity!!!
This is one of the few or rather many reasons why I've distanced myself from ICT methods. I think the toxicity came in around 2021 and it has become unbearable.
The ethos of trading in all its forms has always been profitability regardless of the technique/strategy used.
The markets are about perception.
I am an ICT trader.
Do I accept other ways of trading? Yes, of course I do... there are better traders than me trading "retail" concepts.
I'm tired of seeing ICT students running around other communities saying stuff like...
"You're not
You're a first time currency trader? Right? You probably finished watching a couple videos on TA, probably BTMM, Steve Mauri? You're gonna be convinced of that for a month then you stumble upon ICT and talk about Order Blocks and Fair Value Gaps for a year...
Kidogo sana I start calling myself fintech founder, just tell me which providers African tech bros use and I'll build something... amazing what you can find in the internet for free
If you can, read as many books as you can.
Normally, wisdom progresses on with years, but through reading the right books, you could have the wisdom of a 40 yo in your 20's. Just read. Start slow and progress...
Wait wait, the competition isn't happening, aaaahhhhh dang it!!!!
Fren is sad, as a beginner trader,
#TradersKE
is home. This too shall pass
Let me continue live trading...
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Woke up to good news, Scope has taken down the Ads. I feel good, thank you frens who retweeted, they should hence rethink their marketing strategy, I envision an Ad where they use the width of the Rift Valley to show the difference in spreads between other brokers and them.
My Uber driver is a CFA guys... he hated corporate life, hence chose to do his own thing. The only reason I know this is cause he eavesdropped on my call and heard me recommend selling oil futures!!
You clearly been hanging out with the wrong crew
You got ZERO value in trading or Markets to provide and you get followers only cause you post a cheap drunkard lfestyle.
6yrs on X you say? with nothing but 0 results/empty minded Simp magnet
Btw I've only been active 7 months🥲
Good news frens, I started using Upwork towards the end of last year. Was lucky enough to get a data mining gig yesterday and was just paid $100 for a day's worth of work. Buying $5 breakfast for one of you frens. Send Mpesa number... N/B - Only true frens can DM
LOL, you know what day it is??😂😂
Took a nap, now coffee and then I go out for lunch in a few, had a dream with my late grandfather in it, he said he didn't fight for the independence of this country just to see his grandson choose peace😂😂
45k/month to be your financial analyst?😂😂 kaa mugorokaga??? If I can take $10 to a $100 on a monthly basis, si that means I can take $100 - $1000 without breaking a sweat?? 2 times what you are offering me and I don't even leave the house.
Hearing someone much older and significantly accomplished by all life's metrics tell you, "I wish I had your mindset when I was younger" will make your day a whole lot better, cause it made mine.
Hang around a barber shop long enough, sooner or later, you gonna get a haricut. Hang around the charts long enough, sooner or later, you lose all your money. Follow me for more motivational quotes.
I had a unit called ACS 101 in my freshman year. Basically, fundamentals of Actuarial Science. My lec, was a hard realist, one Friday, he asked us a question.
"How many insurance companies are there in Kenya?" No one knew "52 - 56? How many are you in this class? 60?" 1/n
Anytime I'm spending money and people ask me what i do for a living, I tell them I'm a trust fund baby or my old man has lots of shekels. I gave up trying to explain how I trade for a living,
This why I never want to associate with any type of Twitter circle:
- Tech Twitter = Toxic
- Motor Twitter = Extra toxic
- Finance Twitter = Toxic fraudulent MF.
- Shitposting Twitter - Good guys!!
Application of NFTs is surreal, sad that most people are only looking at the surface, look underneath the hood.
E.g if NFTs were implemented in place of physical title deeds, a whole ministry somewhere will layoff 3/4 of its staff, a win in my book. The future is beautiful.
I know I'll most likely be ostaricized for this, but most, if not 90% of Kenyan trading brokers, really never have your best interests at heart. All they want is to make a quick buck out of you, hence you see them push this garbage Ads at you. Don't fall for their charms.