I always feel that life is like a K-line, with ups and downs, and the important thing is to find support at key positions. And you are the most perfect golden section point in my life.
As a quantitative trader, I am used to speaking with data. The first time I met you was at the annual meeting of the exchange, and I was sharing the market quantitative model on the stage. The PPT was full of complex technical indicators, and the audience was drowsy. Only you, sitting in the third row, took notes seriously.
After the meeting, you came to ask me a question about trend prediction. To my surprise, you are not a traditional financial practitioner, but a marine biologist. “I am studying the migration patterns of whales,” you said, “and found that their behavior patterns and market trends have amazing similarities.”
From that day on, my trading terminal has a special window dedicated to discussing various whims with you. You told me how whales form support and resistance levels when migrating, and I explained the game theory of Bitcoin miners to you. Our conversation always jumps between professional terms and whims, but it is inexplicably harmonious.
It was the bull market of 2023, and everyone was looking forward to a new peak. But you said: “Don’t be too complacent, the market is like the ocean, and there are often undercurrents when the surface is calm.” Sure enough, three months later, a sudden adjustment caught many people off guard.
I remember that night, I stared at the sharp decline on the screen, and my palms were sweating. You sent me a video: a group of humpback whales were swimming in the storm. “Look, they don’t change direction because of the huge waves,” you said, “because they know that the other side of the storm is a good time to forage.”
You always have such magic that can transform the coldest data into vivid pictures. I began to learn to see the market from your perspective: shorts are no longer just a position, but like hunters lurking in the deep sea; longs are not just a direction, but like salmon swimming upstream, persistently moving towards their goals.
Our first official date was at the aquarium. You took me to the deep sea exhibition area, pointed to a group of glowing jellyfish and said: “Did you find it? Their movement trajectory is like the typical wave theory.” I smiled and said: “It seems that I have to change the name of Elliott Wave Theory to Jellyfish Theory.”
Last summer, we went diving together in the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. In the silent underwater world, looking at the colorful corals and fish, I suddenly understood what you have been telling me: the market, or life, is far richer than numbers.
A few days ago, I received a special gift: a photo of sperm whales you took at the research center. On the back of the photo it says: “They hold Bitcoin in the deep sea, and when they jump up, it is the best selling point.” I couldn’t help laughing. This is probably the most romantic technical analysis in the world.
Recently, I am developing a new trading algorithm inspired by the marine ecosystem. This time it is no longer just a cold mathematical model, but an attempt to understand the rhythm of life behind the market. You said this might be a groundbreaking research, but I know that the real innovation is not the algorithm itself, but that you taught me to see the world from a new perspective.
I began to understand that the best trading strategy is not simply buying and selling, but learning to swim freely in the ocean currents of the market like marine life. As you said: “In the ocean, the most important thing is not to predict the direction of the waves, but to learn to dance with the waves.”
Yesterday, you asked me why I chose the path of quantitative trading. I said that it might be because I like the feeling of finding patterns in the ocean of data. You smiled and said: “So, we are in the same line of work?”
Yes, we are both seekers of the laws of life. It’s just that you find mathematics in the ocean, and I see life in the data.
Now, I still stare at the trading screen every day, but the marine life you showed me always appears in front of my eyes: persistent whales, smart dolphins, calm turtles… This gives the boring numbers a soul, and also adds awe and insight to my trading decisions.
If Bitcoin taught me how to store value, then you taught me how to store life. In this digital world, you are my most precious physical asset and the optimal solution that I have confirmed countless times after backtesting.
Perhaps this is the most perfect quantitative model of destiny: in the vast sea of ​​people, find the person who makes your life more than just a string of numbers.
Dear, thank you for letting me understand that some benefits cannot be measured by ROI.
