Hello fellas, back.
Today I was walking in the hallway and i met this former roommate of mine... the "idiot with the radio", for those who've read my earlier journals. We've been roommates for a year, before Vito the Chimp.
He's a labor union representative, and I told him about my problem and that they want to move me, and he said, why don't you let me help you? I did. Now I am part of his union, and if they mess with me, the union will kick their asses. All jokes aside, let's hope it works and I don't get moved. Of course now i feel like I've crossed the rubicon, and made enemies with the management - but hey, they were already my enemies, because they're idiots. Never had any problems with previous managements. The die is cast.
This reminds me of the scene with the labor union leader of Once Upon A Time In America, Jim O'Donnell (played by treat williams)...
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA / Dawno temu w Ameryce - Trailer (1984) [360p] - YouTube
Couldn't find the video, but this above is better than nothing.
The way the union got me convinced is simple: I cannot bear the thought that, because I had the guts to stand up to my boss to defend my work, I am now being moved to another office. If he's the idiot, why do i have to move? He's certainly the idiot. There are no doubts about it. So I am not ok with moving out of the office, because an idiot became the boss of the office. He's going to have to move out. I am going to make an effort to outlast this idiot. I am ****ing pissed off that 1) it's not enough that i work, 2) it's not enough that i bother no one, 3) it's not enough that i don't kiss up for promotions... I also am expected to lie about what it means to work conscientiously and pretend that my boss isn't destroying all the work we've done up to the moment before he came. No sir, this time I am going to stand up to them. Not that much. But I will show a little bit of resistance. I am not going to let them suffocate me, choke me to death quietly, because that's what they're doing. All nice and smiling, while they're taking steps to move me out of there.
Now let's look at the battlefield again (i've looked before to make sure no trades had been missed):
Still a bad week, I mean: yet another bad week. Capital now at about 9300.
The trades are still very open though. A lot can happen.
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ouch!
Capital at 8k now, with big losses from all over the place:
I'm gonna run the account into the ground if necessary, but i'll stick to my systems.
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ouch!
my account keeps losing altitude and it's only 2000 dollars away from crashing. Now we're at 7500 dollars of capital. Pretty soon I won't be able to trade the present combination of systems.
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ouch!
capital now at 7200
let's try to keep calm
capital is now at 7100
hey, i did not gamble this time - zero gambling
6800
trouble!
margin call, among the other things
can't do anything but pray
I guess i can't get lucky twice: last time starting with 4000 of capital worked all right - not this time
drawdown at work, drawdown with trading
hey, it could be worse, it could be raining
It Could Be Worse - YouTube
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ouch
6700
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ouch, they closed my NG trade
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capital at 7000 again - breathing
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u know what? i am incurring a drawdown both at work and at home with trading, but in both cases my conscience is clean and this is what matters. At work my duty is to work, and i've been doing it, so I can stand up to the boss for my rights. And my right is to not be moved away from my department, just because an idiot boss was assigned to my office.
At home, with trading, there's no trade union that can save me from the markets or defend my rights or the rights of my automated systems. But there's dignity in losing after doing hard work and following the right method. More dignity than in winning by doing the wrong things.
My conscience is clean in both cases. I feel ok.