My philosophy has always been pretty simple: do what inspires you and do what you love.
I’m 62 years old, and one of my biggest fears is becoming one of those old guys who has no idea how to use technology. So I make a point of staying curious, learning new things, and trying to stay ahead of the curve.
For me, that includes trading.
I trade maybe two hours a week. My goal isn’t to spend more time staring at charts. It’s to make those two hours count so I have more time to travel, write, code, and enjoy life.
And I’m actually doing it.
This year, I bought and paid off a car. I’ve spent six months living in Mexico, and I’m currently in Canada visiting family. We’re already planning our next few months back in Mexico. After that, who knows? We haven’t even thrown a dart at the map yet to see where the next adventure will take us.
I am pretty religious about documenting my trades and have a spreadsheet I enter trades individually. I wanted to be able to automate this process better.
I didn’t like the software that was available, and I certainly wasn’t interested in paying $80 a month for something that didn’t work the way I trade. So I built my own that automatically imports my trades—with AI.
And this is where things get really interesting.
I find it funny when younger people assume the technology they’re using is somehow brand new. It really isn’t. AI has been around for decades. I learned to code in high school before many were a gleam in their parent’s eyes. What has changed is the enormous amount of money being invested in it and, more importantly, how accessible it has become to everyone.
You don’t have to be a programmer anymore to build something useful. You can have an idea, explain what you want, experiment, screw things up, fix them, and keep improving.
And to my engineer friends who bitch about AI or don’t understand it as a tool: you’re behind the curve. Many people who refuse to adapt are eventually going to find themselves out of work.
Adapt or die.
That’s what vibe coding is all about—and at 62, I think it’s pretty damn cool.
My trading journal helps me analyze my trades, understand what’s working and what isn’t, and hopefully become a better trader.
And yes, the numbers are real and the trades are real.
But ultimately, this isn’t really about trading.
It’s about using technology to create more freedom.
Make more moola in less time. Spend less time doing things you have to do and more time doing the things you want to do.
Do what inspires you. Learn something new. Build something. Travel. Write. Code. Whatever keeps you curious.
Because getting older isn’t the problem.
Stopping learning is.