Back to annual review after 8 years, hopefully for real this time with the goods and the bads of 2018:
- Trading: overall a good year but it could have been better
- CFDs (Forex & Commodities) account - UPnL: 5%
- Crypto futures account - RPnL: 440% (aka 4.4x), UPnL: 180% (aka 1.8x)
- Bitcoin options account - UPnL: 2%
- Crypto: the come back and I am “all in” this time
- finally understanding the underlying tech/math/cryptography
- invested in coins that I love (Bitcoin, Monero, etc) and plan to HODL
- lots of study/courses and research
- Technology: a bit of slow down
- security research study, pen-testing and forensics analysis
- kick off cryptos-ruby project and bitmex-api, deribit-api REST-API libraries
- Sports: set back due to multiple injuries :(
- Running - still recovering after an ankle injury in Sep
- Walking - did a lot of walking and listen to 10 audio books and lots of podcasts
- Snowboarding - carving is getting better and better but had a shoulder injury and I still feel a bit of pain
- Swimming - paused swimming in summer due to shoulder injury, hope to resume soon
- Travel: mostly business travel
- Ukraine - winter snowboarding vacation
- India - spent 6 weeks in Delhi to do knowledge transfer and a few days in Goa
- USA - 3 weeks in Conshohocken with business matters
- Business: new horizons
- Zuppler - stepping down and unwinding responsibilities/work
- getting ready to start my next gig with all the pros and cons
C ya in 2020.