*snicker* I WARNED you it was coming! But did you listen to me, no no, you no, it's just a harmless little Ho...I ALWAYS say...(Will you shut up! *CHARGE!*)
I don't look at that. My peak to trough variance is something like 5-6%, but that's PTT. High water to max DD.
That's insanely good stability! 6% high water to max DD variability? You could start a hedge fund and get so many buyers of it! Look at all the suckers Cathie Woods brings in, and she has some serious issues with the PTT but they still flock to her like moths to a flame.
Now, as I get older and come to grips with some issues I came to the realization that I truly don't give a fuck. Once I came to grips with mortality my trading improved profoundly. I have a paternal history of ALS. I am asymptomatic and it seems to impact my family in their late 60s. I have a decade or two of good years or perhaps I will dodge that bullet. It's why I experiment with heavy water (D2O) and other exotic therapeutics. I don't have it. I am at risk. Anyway, I have passed on what I know to my two oldest so that they can take over if/when the time comes. They have been doing DD and will be buying a shell fund and implementing my best stuff with their spin on it. I've funded them with half of our net liq. No tears for me. I am fine. I am at near PB on all of my lifts so no deterioration. I have been teaching because I'd hate for whatever skills I have to leave with me.
Hey Dest, I think you have organize a sabatical / training getaway in the past. Do you still do that? Also, you mention sharing your skills with your kids... what age did you find they were ready?
I had a 40% day last year on > 6K index flies. My biggest day this year was 14%, but it's been harder with the Ukraine situation. My arb-trading hitting massive HRs relies on a nominal skew figure and we're on the cusp of it here.