I woke up at 8am and watched the markets open. The heater in my room doesn’t work well and I was freezing.

I sit through some classes. During the lectures I am getting the quotes on the INDU and SPY. Things are looking ok.

Dr. Steenbarger had a good post. The culmulative tick is nice to look at. I have a lot of respect for him after reading Enhancing Trader Peformance.

Lately I’ve been taking the approach of trading more of less. The general idea is that you’re better off trading 1 contract 10 times in a day instead of 10 contracts 1 time a day.

I later went to a Starbucks and decided to just spend some time there. I’m just sitting on a couch, reading the paper, enjoying my coffee. Apparently Starbucks hasn’t switched to free Wi-Fi yet, so I send some angry, profanity laden emails to T-Mobile about their over priced internet. $6 for one day of internet?! As I look out the window I see a police car pull up and a cop comes in and heads to register. Nothing usual, a friend of mine used to work at Starbucks and they would give free coffee to police sometimes. After reading some more of my paper I realize the empty cop car is still parked outside. It’s also running, has its headlights on, and wide shield wipers going to clear away the snow.

Maybe the cop is just taking a bit longer. I read another article and then go to get some more coffee. The cop is leaning against the counter having a friendly conversation with one of the baristas. After sitting back down and having my coffee I start to get annoyed. It’s been about an hour now that this cop’s car has just been sitting outside wasting gas for no reason.

I feel Daniel Loeb-ish, but shit like that pisses me off.

On the bright side, maybe someone’s superior will get a letter and a photo of a license plate

On a trading note, buying some Intel puts tomorrow looks nice.