*I'm writing this from Cusco, Peru as I'm traveling 

After my big run from June, July, August which basically made the year for me, I decided to pull my profits out (left roughly 30k in IB to start over with). The profits were around $45k. I noticed towards the end of my run that I was not the same as a trader, because I knew the 45k I amassed was enough to fix all of my problems. I started to trade differently and it was not working in the first couple weeks of September. I decided to stop trading and fix the problems with the cash and come back stronger without these problems. These were the problems!:

1. My nose was broken for a long time since like 17 years old, multiple breaks from sports and a fight. Beverly Hills surgeon was $9k.

2. My teeth were completely shifted and busted. I found a dentist in Cali, Colombia to fix them with 24 porcelain veneers for $7.2k. I also could use that to start traveling to S. America.

3. Get 8 cavities filled. 1 root canal. Been having this problem for a while and put it off. Got it all done for $300 in Peru.

4. Porcelain crown after root canal - $300 in Peru.

5. Travel until January 15 as that celebrates 1 year completely sober from alcohol (I was a pretty big alcoholic in the past which limited my trading growth early on)

6. Travel to see architecture current and past marvels as it was a promise to myself after completing my masters in architecture (before trading) every 10 years at minimum. This was a big insecurity of mine that I was not able to do until now that I have some money from trading. 

I really believe you have to take care of things that are in your head before you start trading on a daily basis. I know for myself, I started to get profitable when I was able to just focus on trading and nothing else. The time when I solved my living situation, personal finances, girlfriend problems, family problems, credit issues, and finally getting completely sober and healthy, that's when I really jumped to being profitable. 

I noticed again I had the same type of problem, but this time it was the next level of stuff in my life which included the stuff I listed. 

As I'm writing this, I just finished completing a lifelong goal of mine since the 3rd grade, which was to visit Machu Picchu. Man, it was awesome! I was the only one there at 6am-9am and got some incredible pictures/videos. You can check them out in my Instagram: visual.acoustics

So far, the past month, I've traveled to Colombia where I fixed my teeth, Peru where I've been to Lima and now Cusco. I'm looking to go to Brazil when I finish the rest of my dental here. After Rio, Sao Paulo and Brasilia I plan to go to Mexico for a couple weeks and finally to Puerto Rico to check out Sang Luccis offices for future trading since I plan on moving there. Traveling in Latin America is super cheap btw! My main expenses were the veneers in Colombia. I'm able to spend less money and enjoy more than being in Los Angeles with the whole pandemic shit show they have going on there. I wouldn't have been able to do all of this without trading profits. 

I've only had two long term short setups for GWHP and RAFA which are two pink sheet pumps with only 1% fee on IB. They are small positions and so far up around $1k combined. Low stress swing shorts that are pump and dumps. 

I'm looking to switch everything to Cobra when I get back in late Jan. Now with my personal life more in order and my travel bug taken care of, I can see myself growing more as a trader with lots of success. 

Some pics of me during my travel and dental tourism all with trading profits: