Pedma

looking at the final output of a massive project that I am about to begin is usually the wrong way to go about it.
it will feel like too big of a mountain to climb and I'll procrastinate on it, longer than I should.
break it down to small chunks, and do a bit of progress each day.
in a few weeks, that mountain top that seemed to far away, starts to become much more visible, if you just do it 1 step at a time.

one interesting thing about FAFO'ing my way into things is that I am forced to think about solutions to problems just by observing behavior of my own allocations.
yeh sure maybe I can read it in a book, but idk, it's not the same. I can read the theory, but not grasp the full intuition behind it unless I am experiencing it practically.
"oh this has too much turnover, maybe doing xyz should work better, oh right this guy already wrote about it in his book."
at least for me, I get bored out of theoretical hypothesis too fast, maybe to my detriment but that's just how it is. even when I started l

people stressing and making predictions about the AI era, what the job market will look like, if they'll have a job, if money is relevant, bla bla bla.
stressed out their minds about nothing.
bruv, when was the last prediction you made that panned out?
focus on your job.

omg using is so crap.
I forgot how bad it was.

pedma's capital AUM growing aggressively over the last month.
still about half I can scale.
forward testing new infra in prod.

one good thing of the constant rage bait on this platform.
eventually you kinda become immune to it.
people can rage bait you on your face on the street, and you don't even blink.

cringe tweet of the day:
I don't appreciate enough times, how good and unusual it is being able to work on stuff that it's deeply engaging and interesting to me every day.
I worked a decent amount of time on jobs I didn't care for, and always felt a subcounscious feeling of stress or urgency, despite making good money for my age and my country.
idk what that was, but I always felt it, regardless of the job.
ever since I started doing my own thing full-time, even if not always making more than I was at my job, that feeling dissipated.
I feel truly grateful and fulfilled by being able to do that

just found out a new model I deployed that is using alternative data, was taking data from an outdated sqlite database after I migrated everything to postgre db.
note to self: if you're not going to issue strict controls, always eliminate db's that are not being used in folder.

daily reminder to self to keep iterating on new features/alphas (don't know the distinction) and not get complacent.
maximize doing PnL tasks , minimize non-pnl tasks.
tomorrow add to the time tracker this two buckets and start drifting towards the desired time allocations.

there's a scene in GOT I really like.
he says something along the lines:
"I fought, I lost, now I rest."
it always gives me this sense of peace, thinking about it, idk why.
sometimes you fail at stuff, but you tried.
how much worse would be, wondering what could've been.

so I have a strategy with quite high turnover that I know can be fixed.
I kinda winged it when I deployed, had a few heuristics and shipped.
> good to farm points
> bad for transaction costs
I guess question is, points value > cost of turnover?
decisions...

Looking for recommendations:
Accountants in Portugal who can handle a small trading and services business. Ideally a company comfortable with crypto.
Planning to transition in 2026.
DMs open

everyone making fun of Jake Paul and I get it at some level, why people would want to see him fail.
but I respect him for stepping in that ring with that man.
real easy to make fun and laugh from a couch.

"One sign that you're suited for some kind of work is when you like even the parts that other people find tedious or frightening."

if you trade independently, you must be always confronting your shortfalls.
a never ending pursuit of your flaws and not allow yourself to fall into the trap of throwing it under a rung bc it's uncomfortable.
what are you doing to change, to be better, who's advising you?

In light of the current "retail trader can't make money" debate, I'm seriously considering, that in 2026, each month, I publish how much money I made.
From the dumbest , most uneducated retail trader you will find.
Me.