tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79699572509749588212024-03-05T12:05:23.098+08:00Quanto Costa?(How much?)Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.comBlogger205125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-33363914841526661242011-05-04T23:04:00.002+08:002011-05-04T23:06:55.617+08:00i'm back for like 5 mins......just to say i'm going away again<br /><br />taking a vacation back to europe. bunch of cities i didn't manage to make it to in 2009. finally, a break!<br /><br />closed all my trades. performance is +16% ytd. not eye-popping, but at least it's not in the red!<br /><br />alright i'm outta here bye.Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-73962072169075664952011-02-05T12:51:00.003+08:002011-02-05T13:08:17.025+08:00who moved my money?so, i've been working for a coupla months now, and i'm sorta wondering where my money went.<br /><br />a soft estimate for a budget breakdown (post-CPF) looks something like:<br />18% - parents<br />29% - alcohol / hanging out (but mostly alcohol)<br />07% - daily F&B<br />03% - transport<br />14% - cash balance at month-end<br />-----<br />71%<br /><br />...<br /><br />I was trying to account for the remaining 30% or so, and then i realised i'm squirrelling away all the money into the markets. It's kinda like the silly creatures that bury acorns for the winter, who then forget they have pockets of goodies stashed away underground.<br /><br />then they die and someone else comes and sneaks all the good stuff away. whut the fack!<br /><br />...<br /><br />i also think that the alcohol attribution should be cut.Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-39975345489702262752011-02-01T20:12:00.003+08:002011-02-01T20:15:03.016+08:00Jan Fx PerformancePerformance (Equity) 2011/01: +6.9%<br />Performance (Cash) 2011/01: -9.8%Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-44319695370625939252011-01-23T18:52:00.002+08:002011-01-23T18:53:41.456+08:00God Bless SaturdayWe let it rock, and keep the drinks pourin'<br />We let it roll, until the early mornin'Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-80124986574751466142010-12-27T00:35:00.001+08:002010-12-27T00:36:15.303+08:00Lunchtimesare not for meeting friends. too short to have fun. and you spend so much time travelling just to meet up. meetup over a drink after work. better idea.Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-78366496461937248782010-12-26T02:51:00.001+08:002010-12-26T02:52:29.018+08:00merry xmas,but seeing how it could all fall apartDennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-83490479869677299582010-11-30T23:41:00.005+08:002010-12-01T06:12:04.606+08:00Trend FollowingThe one aspect of my life in which I have submitted to being part of the masses is trading. Trend-following is probably the simplest way there is to passively siphon off cash from some sucker's account into your own. Especially for dim and lazy people like myself.<br /><br />I'm sold. My deepest drawdown this year was about 50%. I don't know how I managed to claw it way back up to ground zero, before going on to turn a profit, but it happened. Thanks to the euro mess part I in July. Then QE2. Then euro mess part II over these few days.<br /><br />30-pip moves? Pffft. Get out of town. Let's go for serious 200, 300, 500 pip action.<br /><br />Btw my bloomberg terminal has been shopping-carted. By next week I'll have 4 screens in front of me force-feeding data into my brain at any minute of a trading day in the office.Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-14854139085339607672010-11-23T00:16:00.004+08:002010-11-23T00:19:40.471+08:00After-PartyOne of the best things to do after a party is sit around with everyone else from the night before and piece together a complete play-by-play of the events. Puttingthe entire messed up story together from beginning to end with multiple perspectives is the most hilarious thing. Surely, it also helps to have a camera.Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-16926062608570851612010-11-11T20:42:00.002+08:002010-11-11T20:45:29.580+08:00LifeTreat every moment as if it were your last.<br /><br />In the past weekend, I nearly died in a traffic accident that would have been entirely my fault.Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-51296588769301632042010-11-06T15:58:00.005+08:002010-11-06T16:07:56.236+08:00"They say I'm cocky...<em>... and I say what???<br />it ain't bragging motherfucker if you back it up!"</em><br />-Golden words of wisdom from Kid Rock.<br /><br />On a side note, I'm evolving into an asshole. I'm not sure if I can pinpoint when it began to happen. In fact I probably can't even say I am currently <em>evolving</em>, because I already <em>am</em> one. What I'm doing is simply <em>maturing</em> into a deeper asshole. The phase I'm undergoing can sorta be compared to a puberty of assholes.<br /><br />That makes me very happy. But also, time to halt this development.Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-88740171711569061472010-10-16T03:36:00.002+08:002010-10-16T03:40:08.650+08:00Means to an EndHow would you feel...<br />if you finally landed the job you wanted since way back in freshman year?<br /><br />Been getting away with too much luck all my life.Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-58699944442486825992010-10-14T00:18:00.002+08:002010-10-14T00:21:46.697+08:00Take Profit AUDUSD CrncyAUD/USD pair has been on steroids in the past few weeks. It's now flirting with the all time high, at resistance set in July 2008, at a level above 0.99 to the dollar. Well think about it, this basically means parity to the USD. I think sell la. Enough profit already.Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-41647951099811198572010-10-05T23:25:00.002+08:002010-10-05T23:27:06.354+08:00Pity the Fool...... Who isn't long on something right now!<br /><br />Welcome to the 4Q rally, fool!Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-67547427444415768692010-10-02T01:09:00.002+08:002010-10-02T01:12:50.289+08:00DrawdownsFrom a drawdown of 50% on my equity at the beginning of September, I managed to claw myself back up to square one by the end of the month. Phew! Longs on EUR/USD, AUD/USD and GBP/USD paid off. Shorted USD/CHF but this was stopped out with stop loss order (though while in the black, so no complaints).<br /><br />One exciting month.<br /><br />EUR/USD has busted 1.37. I dont know what to think anymore, but heuristic biases should be ignored; just follow the trend (though the gap from the MAs are widening like crazy).Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-9324059624251242702010-09-27T23:51:00.004+08:002010-09-28T00:03:52.654+08:00The 2010 Bull Run<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzW5I5TZtmLnU2qjqmLZH2nfiwjZKrd-e_8SAI2fwFAYCpMOfrjLCozsNMi16olySWucK18eYdFckj9MCBQAfG77tFWjZUijAqkS2yjS1mz67CTR-0rKMwnb8gBFI4xcvYVMCp7-3uPE/s1600/IMG_4492.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521622311688432482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzW5I5TZtmLnU2qjqmLZH2nfiwjZKrd-e_8SAI2fwFAYCpMOfrjLCozsNMi16olySWucK18eYdFckj9MCBQAfG77tFWjZUijAqkS2yjS1mz67CTR-0rKMwnb8gBFI4xcvYVMCp7-3uPE/s400/IMG_4492.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFhyZkdPH0sNl88ctopkwuJ4t1asmGVg4BNCcKFYrTNBrfZfSpfnwEJBPJflEPCbt3C2HI2ABlbflqOYVOINaa9yXJJkCoFMHwr5QGb8mBsIgcSU86xc4EJphmH36m12XXy0OJcNbw0w/s1600/IMG_4732.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521622013725286034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFhyZkdPH0sNl88ctopkwuJ4t1asmGVg4BNCcKFYrTNBrfZfSpfnwEJBPJflEPCbt3C2HI2ABlbflqOYVOINaa9yXJJkCoFMHwr5QGb8mBsIgcSU86xc4EJphmH36m12XXy0OJcNbw0w/s400/IMG_4732.JPG" border="0" /></a> Don't you think the fence in the Ferrari picture looks like Bloomberg auto-regression bands?</div>Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-4329317060918936622010-09-07T00:46:00.002+08:002010-09-07T00:58:17.896+08:00Supercar Saturday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Qtsf8bwhwYCdf02tby_xVTn88kAeYIlbmsiKYXSsB9VJJXI36LSxjYL9Pk4bQ5ke7n29AuaKt6URJPvEx5f9MDOJnMaGah2jRC66HRup2k6b9Gblzh-kdT6r_LFHBE5u4sRgj4kCKfI/s1600/IMG_3790.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513845842212715282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Qtsf8bwhwYCdf02tby_xVTn88kAeYIlbmsiKYXSsB9VJJXI36LSxjYL9Pk4bQ5ke7n29AuaKt6URJPvEx5f9MDOJnMaGah2jRC66HRup2k6b9Gblzh-kdT6r_LFHBE5u4sRgj4kCKfI/s400/IMG_3790.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fZ2NnxX56mka3wUbI2asSZLIpvBLYyykQdWRXfzgT8RsNKTVqsVHK7Bp6slzDAODEF9mPu-B7TcxHy7F3hh8D2ZBS9MOO8_2rnJ684mtYyLUud505KDW0iHsuV1-LAZrM0K1btekoJQ/s1600/IMG_3826.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513843704223735746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2fZ2NnxX56mka3wUbI2asSZLIpvBLYyykQdWRXfzgT8RsNKTVqsVHK7Bp6slzDAODEF9mPu-B7TcxHy7F3hh8D2ZBS9MOO8_2rnJ684mtYyLUud505KDW0iHsuV1-LAZrM0K1btekoJQ/s400/IMG_3826.JPG" border="0" /></a><em> What money is spent on...</em></div>Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-70036463402269408292010-08-29T02:03:00.003+08:002010-08-29T02:10:23.454+08:00Office Badge of HonourIt is disturbing to me that gout has become somewhat a badge of honour among the upper echelons in the office. It's the disease to have, if you must be afflicted with something.<br /><br />Because if you don't have gout, you haven't been eating and drinking finely enough.Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-28434983391894076092010-08-24T22:43:00.003+08:002010-08-24T22:46:57.548+08:00@#$%@^^%#%$???!??!?!?!?!I've been trading like a complete noob this past week!!!!!!!!!! I should be executed.Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-67423547758483497042010-08-19T00:20:00.001+08:002010-08-19T00:22:11.030+08:00Pimps & ...... World Head of Research & Equity Sales.<br /><br />W.h.o.r.e.s, get it?Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-36010076245609752972010-08-14T23:44:00.003+08:002010-08-14T23:49:42.865+08:00From a decade back...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-0f5DUdDwZ98Aqe8JxGkhP1zmPWjdKISSQRvL9_uAyAZWJoN-FcYW1rd26_u8agDJikLgF5GuH9vg0NJMdaufm1xaUbcKDyQPqFa6Xv44MWoeFxeg67ZDGYtib2hi5zE9aFJvvz310Y/s1600/me+and+shawn.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505292726667780978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-0f5DUdDwZ98Aqe8JxGkhP1zmPWjdKISSQRvL9_uAyAZWJoN-FcYW1rd26_u8agDJikLgF5GuH9vg0NJMdaufm1xaUbcKDyQPqFa6Xv44MWoeFxeg67ZDGYtib2hi5zE9aFJvvz310Y/s400/me+and+shawn.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3VwCRGrSHiI3ShuQWPhOXy8JXkD78mYq0Mh1Ol-g_91AJm3MB3Ig4rSl4ZtU4-8MYe__NIRl-KBD3Vih_JcNapDiw7c7H8eeKqFFg6pBb-mGUMzehN4NkZcfA8xLGZWLok9BbAXOo_0/s1600/IMG_2673.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505292398619347026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3VwCRGrSHiI3ShuQWPhOXy8JXkD78mYq0Mh1Ol-g_91AJm3MB3Ig4rSl4ZtU4-8MYe__NIRl-KBD3Vih_JcNapDiw7c7H8eeKqFFg6pBb-mGUMzehN4NkZcfA8xLGZWLok9BbAXOo_0/s400/IMG_2673.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />My pals Shawn and Yunfei, who came to visit me in Hong Kong. Long way since messing around in an all-boys school, yeah! <br /><div></div></div>Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-81517192973069458382010-08-10T18:15:00.000+08:002010-08-10T18:17:12.153+08:00Sigh, Singapore English<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVA5V7tkqD1K6JElCwvhzQlZz8xMe-y1uow5Sh3maYNzNbLy485BQ9k95YPNjXsy22Hx2B3mtuBDIH6I0JO32itzxsVpMKkLp49x8GdjXc6UwUfqvikjz2UVFUluH_ZhV6i0N6-KJnYEo/s1600/Force+to+be+reckon+with.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 193px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503723024016498306" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVA5V7tkqD1K6JElCwvhzQlZz8xMe-y1uow5Sh3maYNzNbLy485BQ9k95YPNjXsy22Hx2B3mtuBDIH6I0JO32itzxsVpMKkLp49x8GdjXc6UwUfqvikjz2UVFUluH_ZhV6i0N6-KJnYEo/s400/Force+to+be+reckon+with.bmp" /></a> <em>Bad grammar undermines credibility...</em><br /><br /></div>Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-25538708858791503232010-08-03T23:21:00.003+08:002010-08-03T23:25:38.862+08:00Hit it for all it's worth......Like it were a pinata.<br /><br />Been bashing at the EUR/USD and GBP/USD for 2 weeks now, flogging every last pip out of it. Kept whacking away each time it retraced. Musta made something like 600 pips from the EUR/USD.<br /><br />Now the EUR/USD and GBP/USD are ripe for a big pullback. I got my candies, I'm outta here. Turning to other risk currencies like AUD and NZD.Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-51294147541030734002010-08-02T01:46:00.001+08:002010-08-02T01:48:21.728+08:00Smooth Operator<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyVOkgvAy97ok_fXogyOq9S5sa60iSGrgcOa0H8jB0oAXZ98DcHlLyCT0ODqJX0nfGfBVvoYcSioWaQxV-R9UdkVhD9hpBQzCvPVU4kS6oefq29tuai6BWBWm3CSKZrh5Im-fN_PgPn8/s1600/char+and+i+grad.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500499354758376370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkyVOkgvAy97ok_fXogyOq9S5sa60iSGrgcOa0H8jB0oAXZ98DcHlLyCT0ODqJX0nfGfBVvoYcSioWaQxV-R9UdkVhD9hpBQzCvPVU4kS6oefq29tuai6BWBWm3CSKZrh5Im-fN_PgPn8/s400/char+and+i+grad.jpg" border="0" /></a><em> "Oh my god, your girlfriend looks like an actress!! Very stunning!!"</em><br /><br /></div>Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-48346442525658657582010-07-26T20:14:00.002+08:002010-07-26T20:17:37.527+08:00Convocate your HeadContrary to popular misuse, the verb <em>convocate</em> has nothing to do with the noun <em>convocation</em>, that refers to a university graduation ceremony. So stop saying it like a verb, such as in the context of "woohoo I convocated yesterday now I feel like my IQ is 200", because it clearly isn't.<br /><br />I'm going back to Singapore on Wednesday night!!!Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7969957250974958821.post-60015551988274286652010-07-25T03:25:00.005+08:002010-07-25T03:51:26.817+08:00All Summer LongWent and got a new camera today. The old one has served me well, but it's showing weakness. Someone told me people celebrate a first paycheck with a self-congratulatory gift (like a bag or a suit or a watch). I guess this is how I embark on the long and swirling path of consumerism--acquisitions, trade-ups, upgrades--that comes with disposable income.<br /><br />Next week I'm returning to Singapore to officially mark the end of my undergraduate days with a convocation ceremony. Back for a weekend that'll pass too quickly. However it'll be good to go back to school, for old times' sake. More photos (with my spanking new camera) with the gang.<br /><br />And then...<br />I have about 5 weeks left in Hong Kong. Quick, huh?<br /><br />I feel so on top of the news these days. Maybe it's just the job, maybe it's a line my boss said at the end of our last day in the orientation week back in the beginning of June.<br /><br />"I expect all of you to know the latest news. If I ask you what's going on and you can't tell me, I will <em><u>fuck</u></em> you."Dennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888207190870163800noreply@blogger.com0