Ali Darvish

Sorry this is late, I took a nap at 7pm and woke up at 3.  I know it’s a horrible excuse, but here’s my first blog:

I think I’m original, but it’s what I think of myself.  The reality is that I’m not that different than most of the people I know.  Thoughts always differ from reality, since the mind is incapable of understanding reality as it is; so the mind makes its own model of reality based on past experience.  I’m very eccentric, I read old novels for fun (but I forget about them and leave most of them unfinished) , dislike small-talk, space out constantly, dislike working for other people, introverted but I like being around people I know , very impatient, don’t watch sports, and change my mind constantly.  I have been trading stocks and stock options for about 16 months; Have I been doing well? No, but I’m confident that I will in the near-future.  It’s something that my mind could comprehend with ease since I love the systematic chaos in the markets.  But don’t be fooled, I’m not very smart in other areas.  There are certain people who aren’t meant to speculate, including intelligent people, just look up Long Term Capital Management.  I think this stuff is very interesting, but that’s just me.  My opinion on education constantly changes, but for the most part it’s important.

Even though I understand how important education is I still make the same mistakes as I did in high school.  I’m still handing in late assignments, e.g., this simple blog assignment.  My sleep cycle has not changed from the summer; I used to sleep at around 4 am and wake up around 3 pm.  Also I tend to space out during class, which is not a good thing since I miss important little details about assignments and due dates.  So these three things are the things I need to work on since I know that college is going to be a bit more challenging than high school.  The work load is the only thing I think that separates my college experience from high school, and I think and hope my first year of college will make me a bit more wiser as a trader and individual.