Michael Melissinos
@mmelissinos
Trend-Following. Founder of Melissinos Trading. Blog at https://mikemelissinos.substack.com/
"Here is my audited track record and performance statistics. Please let me know if you have any questions." Let the work, not the words do the talking.
You have 60 secs to increase someone's trust in your ability to manage money. What do you say?
The Yanks were close to trading Mariano Rivera for a shortstop in 1996 bc the front office thought Jeter, a rookie then, wasn’t ready then. How fragile it can all be. youtu.be/caTzpxlWgbY?si…
Dealing with market whipsaws is enough to keep a trend-trader busy. Responding to the discomfort with more complexity of rules usually introduces you to more whipsaws in correlation, system parameter performance, confidence in these, etc. I prefer simple and sustainable.
I’ve seen them up close in Peru. It’s bonkers how they did this. And yet they thought the Spanish were gods when they arrived and gave away all of their gold.
These polygonal megalithic blocks of Cusco, Peru and Boğazkale, Turkey are nearly identical in form and engineering. Multi angled, seamless, interlocking stonework with knobs, curves, and tight precision all done without mortar, with tech we still can't replicate cleanly today.…
You are looking at the first ever image of another multi-planet solar system.
Corner of a hand-stitched sail from the 1800s. Every warship had a sailmaker who played a vital role in making and maintaining the huge number of sails required to power the ship in all weathers. #Ageofsail #RoyalNavy #Tallships
Heavy weights, real food and sleep. If you were wondering how I look so good at 40 (41 tomorrow), this is largely how I do it.
A friend just raised money for a new company. At lunch, an older man told him: “The business is simple, and it’s simple enough that your biggest risk is getting caught up in all the nonsense you think you need to be doing to please your investors, but don’t actually matter.”
Sitting down on a windy day at the beach, I needed a solution to keep the lid of my espresso cup from blowing away. Whaddya know…there was a scrap of sticky paper right on the edge of the table. I believe when you have a positive attitude, “coincidences” like this happen.
Seeing opportunity is one thing. Seizing it is another matter entirely, and it often depends on you resolving some of your deep-rooted issues.
It's the little things
Travelers no longer have to remove their shoes to get through the regular line at TSA security checkpoints at airports, per CBS
26-year-old Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan saved 165 lives during the Texas flash floods. A former KPMG accountant, he coordinated Blackhawks and MH-65s to reach survivors and get them to safety.
After a week with family and friends, this resonates a whole lot more.
To get the fruit you need to go through winter, and the occasional drought. open.spotify.com/episode/0hPOAR…
The best hockey game I’ve ever watched
🇺🇸Never Forget! Happy 4th🇺🇸
She understood human nature on a very deep level. Many of events in the book repeat themselves time and time again.
one-third completed. it’s insane. it doesn’t even feel like reading a novel, it’s today’s reality. ayn’s characters are real especially the antagonists