Trial And Error And A Little Success

Note: I posted this several days ago, but I think it got lost in Bloggerland during their off-line trouble last week because it just showed up in my archives as a draft.

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Yesterday got a little worse for me health wise by the end of the day. I developed one of those head-splitting headaches that I've come to know over the last few years. This one felt like an electric drill in my eye socket. It dampened my spirits and made it really tough to keep a positive attitude.

After some trial and error, I figured out that I responded best to small doses of liquid zeolite (one drop every 15 minutes) and a unique garlic preparation known as stabilized allicin, which contains a lot of sulphur compounds in a form that my body seems to like. Heavy metals such as mercury love to bind to sulphur. Zeolite is amazing stuff and has an affinity for heavy metals and even radiation. It was used extensively and to great effect by the Russians after Chernobyl. They even added it to candy bars and gave them away to children to protect them from radiation damage.

Trial and error is something we all need to learn when it comes to detecting what works (and what doesn't) for us. We're all unique. And you need a pretty diverse tool kit of remedies to try, too. I'll share some of mine in a future post.

Trial and error is also key for trading. You have to be willing to step up to bat and strike out a few times before you hit one. For example the other day I was in no shape to trade and couldn't take the heat. I stuck out twice and gave up, only to see the market go my way the next day -- straight down.

This morning when I woke up, I felt pretty good. No more headache, but best of all, the feeling of "emotional lightness" had returned. It wasn't as vivid as the other day, but it was just enough to let me know that it wasn't a fluke. So that was very gratifying. It also gave me a much needed emotional boost after yesterday.

I had to spend some time this morning with customer service at one of my online brokers. Had to uninstall/reinstall the trading software and download a bunch of other software updates. Now I'm up and running on my Macbook Pro which is a much different feel than my PC laptop, but still making money so it's not too bad.

There was positive divergence at the low this morning on the S&P which meant the downtrend was showing signs of exhaustion. Even though I'm still aware that 1312.62 is wide open, I took a shot and I bought some SPY calls near the lows. Then I scaled out of some when I heard hail falling on the tin roof of the bungalow I'm renting here in Austin. CNBC keeps getting interrupted by dire thunderstorm warnings. I sat outside and watched the rain pouring straight down, and it felt so electric to sit there on the porch in the lukewarm air filled with mist.

I just don't want any golf ball-sized hail. That's all I ask.