mathjak's daytrading adventures

[mathjak107]

Damn gold is looking attractive

[Don]

With communism just around the corner starting on 1/20, I believe that cash may be king for a while.

[mathjak107]

Ultimately every party needs to do what is right for us or their political careers will be decimated

[yankees60]

Yes ... I am waiting for them to put me on their home care program they have

This is your last update to us. What is the current update?

Thanks

[mathjak107]

Both home ...barely touching oxygen, up and around and on the mend .....we are mobile now through out the day getting up and doing whatever we have to ......tomorrow I will attempt one flight of stairs in our building ...at rest I feel great ....up and doing things I feel fine but breathing is not near normal yet at all . But every day is gaining back more and more capacity.

Thanks for asking

[barrett]

I was about to inquire about your health as well but, alas, Vinny is quicker than I (a result of playing with taller basketball players?).

Good to hear that you and your wife are making progress, mathjak. It must feel good to be home!

[yankees60]

Both home ...barely touching oxygen, up and around and on the mend .....we are mobile now through out the day getting up and doing whatever we have to ......tomorrow I will attempt one flight of stairs in our building ...at rest I feel great ....up and doing things I feel fine but breathing is not near normal yet at all . But every day is gaining back more and more capacity.

Thanks for asking

Just reading about all you went through had definitely affected me....making me far more cautious than I had been...

[mathjak107]

This virus hits everyone differently as it multiplies and tests our defenses ...it can be very good at what it does in many of us ....

It has such crazy outcomes from death to no symptoms to permanent damage in those who who survive ..it loves to attack lung tissue and either cause issues itself or forces your own immune system most of the time to cause collateral damage that is the hardest and longest to recover from .

Our damage we are undoing is the damage our own immune system did as the fight left airways inflamed and mucus covered.

I feel very good now , I don’t know if my wife is ready but today I will take the elevator to the basement and try the stairs , at least to the first floor walking but .

I am fully mobile now all over the apartment and out of bed and off oxygen...amen

[barrett]

Gosh, what a saga you've been through with your wife. I feel the same as Vinny... that your experience with the virus has made me more cautious. Hope you both continue to improve and that you can eventually get back close to 100%.

[mathjak107]

Thanks very much

[Cortopassi]

mj,

Glad you are doing better!

I am curious, what was your position on Covid before getting it and has it changed the view you had?

[Don]

Mathjak, what were your early symptoms and what would you recommend that a person do if experiencing those symptoms?

[mathjak107]

The day the symptoms started I was jogging that morning running 3 miles ....late afternoon I had a tickle in my throat ..

I had a little tiny bit of not even a cough but more like you would do with a drip ..I didn’t even think about it .

Next day 101.4 ....felt crappy but not bad , wife and I were playing scrabble .....

Then I felt not so good 3rd day ..still fever , no appetite, the no sleeping started ...every time you doze off the body jolted me with a little adrenaline walking me up . Went to get tested and positive.

That went on for 8-9 days ..no sleep at all .

Day 10 holy shit .....oxygen levels were in the 80’s around 3am ....I was unstable standing ....my wife called an ambulance ...the virus generally regroups day 10 to 14 and attacks with a vengeance ..

I was admitted and released 14 days later ....home now , no oxygen needed although they provided us with oxygen generators .they make oxygen out of the air .

I am up and around , no bed all day and try to move and groove all day long .

Lung capacity is improving daily .

My wife is just a tad behind me ..tomorrow is day 29 from first symptoms for me ...I was treated with remdesivir infusions and steroids for weeks.

Mind you when my wife and I were tested my wife showed negative, I showed positive...having symptoms she went for another test elsewhere a week later and negative .

These are the tests where they roll a q-tip in a nostril not the swab that feels like it’s going to your brain .

When she went to the hospital they only use the long stick swab not the nostril one ..bingo she showed positive...the hospital said the tests being done can be inaccurate compared to the long swab .

How scary is it that after two negatives she would have just gone about thinking all’s well

[mathjak107]

In retrospect I should have gotten to an emergency room way sooner ......the earlier they start the remdesivir the better it may be for you but no guarantee...we kept talking to our doctor and he felt we were fine .

But the virus was multiplying and every day adding something else in to the mix ...then around day 10 it is like it leveled off ...okay not so bad .

The hospital said most show up there days 10-14 when it regroups and does a full head on attack like nothing prior

[Don]

Thank you. I'm glad you're feeling better. I have cancer, so I'm doubly worried. I'm 64, in NYC and can't seem to get a vaccine shot.

[mathjak107]

Best of luck , stay safe

[GT]

The day the symptoms started I was jogging that morning running 3 miles ....late afternoon I had a tickle in my throat ..

I had a little tiny bit of not even a cough but more like you would do with a drip ..I didn’t even think about it .

Next day 101.4 ....felt crappy but not bad , wife and I were playing scrabble .....

Then I felt not so good 3rd day ..still fever , no appetite, the no sleeping started ...every time you doze off the body jolted me with a little adrenaline walking me up . Went to get tested and positive.

That went on for 8-9 days ..no sleep at all .

Day 10 holy shit .....oxygen levels were in the 80’s around 3am ....I was unstable standing ....my wife called an ambulance ...the virus generally regroups day 10 to 14 and attacks with a vengeance ..

I was admitted and released 14 days later ....home now , no oxygen needed although they provided us with oxygen generators .they make oxygen out of the air .

I am up and around , no bed all day and try to move and groove all day long .

Lung capacity is improving daily .

My wife is just a tad behind me ..tomorrow is day 29 from first symptoms for me ...I was treated with remdesivir infusions and steroids for weeks.

Mind you when my wife and I were tested my wife showed negative, I showed positive...having symptoms she went for another test elsewhere a week later and negative .

These are the tests where they roll a q-tip in a nostril not the swab that feels like it’s going to your brain .

When she went to the hospital they only use the long stick swab not the nostril one ..bingo she showed positive...the hospital said the tests being done can be inaccurate compared to the long swab .

How scary is it that after two negatives she would have just gone about thinking all’s well

wow - glad you are feeling better - sounds worse then I would like to admit.

[mathjak107]

Added a piece of the gold position back

SPDR GOLD TR GOLD SHS
Print Order
Close Popup
Order Number 10J00XQ2
Status Filled at $172.34
Symbol GLD
Description SPDR GOLD TR GOLD SHS
Action Buy
Quantity 290 Shares
Route
FDLM
Order Type Market
Time in Force Day
Conditions None
Trade Type Cash
Market Session Standard
Order Date 01/19/2021, 02:38:55 PM ET

[mathjak107]

Took profits in gold today

[amdda01]

Was that 6% drop in GBTC too irresistable?

[mathjak107]

Actually it was ha ha ha. I didn’t buy much

[dualstow]

Not daytrading, but a mathjak question:

Are you a landlord in NYC? Are the tenants paying rent?
Or is that too personal?

[mathjak107]

No longer own any real estate ....we sold the last two apartments in 2019 and officially closed the LLC THIS YEAR .

The best thing e ver would have been if our tenants did not pay the rent ...because they were coop but had original rent stabilized tenants who did not buy in the 1980’s the only way to eventually get them out is if they didn’t pay the rent

[mathjak107]

Just added gold back , 1317 Gld and 633 shares gbtc a Bitcoin proxy .

No Tlt yet but I may add just 10% of the position ....I think the inflation fears have more to go

[mathjak107]

Dup