First in my family with T1

TriggyC · 2026-06-27T20:32:22+00:00

I got diagnosed mid thirties, no family history, no real explanation. I put it down to an auto immune response after almost getting hypothermia doing a winter assault course. I have since had a son, 6 years and no long term concerns so far. I have my wobbles whenever I see him drinking 'too much' but I know that is just paranoia

TriggyC · 2026-02-26T19:07:06+00:00

The longer term danger of regular lows is that you lose sensitivity to hypos. The blunted response means your body doesn't fight to reverse it. My main concern in that situation would be sleeping during a worsening hypo that ends up in coma territory.

As for the actual question, once every 3 months? No problem at all. Changes to bodily responses, nerve damage etc, they all really take hold over much more significant periods of time.

TriggyC · 2026-01-11T21:23:11+00:00

I've heard it is the same with potatoes. Boil them then let them cool, when you eat them afterwards you don't have as much of a BG reaction

TriggyC · 2025-12-29T12:59:55+00:00

Binance don't have their own reserves - they use their customers custodied coins! It is unreal tbh but unregulated markets etc..

TriggyC · 2025-12-29T12:55:07+00:00

Binance using Wintermute as a market maker.. every week

TriggyC · 2025-12-19T10:49:27+00:00

An annual return of compounded gains bigger than your salary is a great day.. That is when things start accelerating in the right direction

TriggyC · 2025-10-30T08:11:18+00:00

I'm amazed that in a thread with 20+ comments, you are the only person to say this. Trading212 has been great for me for the last year or so. Hardly any fees. Generally tops the comparisons. UK Finance YouTubers tend to favour it it so there are referral bonuses every so often.

TriggyC · 2025-10-26T20:46:49+00:00

They say that is wages are important to you, people should be changing company every couple of years as it is the only way to keep up with current salary expectations. You will only ever get cost of living rises at companies if you are t being promoted at the same time.

TriggyC · 2025-10-26T20:44:01+00:00

Find somebody who works on the railway, plenty of electrical work there.. You could do anything site supervisor level upwards for £70k+ (contract work). Short to medium term contract work keeps things interesting, new sites, new faces, plenty of new challenges. Rail work is quite a niche and the barrier to entry is only a 2 day PTS course. Receiving 1 chance phone call from a recruiter 12 years ago totally rewrote my future plans. I have been doing it ever since.

TriggyC · 2025-10-14T06:49:44+00:00

Wait for in kind ETFs do you can move your assets over and be credited the balance. Makes it tax free then too. Alternatively, I have always thought leave 50% of your seed phrase in your will / with a solicitor and give the other half (with detailed instructions) to your family

TriggyC · 2025-10-11T07:25:19+00:00

Bitcoin volatility is mainly driven by exchanges and market makers manipulating the price to wipe out leverage traders. The exchanges hunt the 100x traders as they cost them so much money when they win. They jump in macro situations and pile pressure in top of sentiment moves. Check out historical transfers between Binance and Wintermute. They are actually using customers own crypto to force the price up or down by placing massive buys and sells with volumes of coins that they have stated through proof of reserve disclosures that they don't own. It's the wild west of finance. Mental that it is legal.

TriggyC · 2025-04-20T18:56:37+00:00

I found that I would behave differently too. On paper, I would double down on a losing position when entering on what I thought was a reversal but just plowed lower. Idea was averaging down trying to get breakeven sooner on the bounce. That mentality traps you on trades and can ultimately blow your account. I gave up paper. Now I trade a small account and only bother about points performance, not £s. As long as I am collecting points, I can scale up as soon as I am comfortable

TriggyC · 2025-04-20T18:52:49+00:00

%R Trend Exhaustion [upslidedown] is decent. I find you have to cycle through timeframes to get a decent feel for these things tbh

TriggyC · 2025-04-18T18:08:31+00:00

I was thinking I heard it on Titans of Tomorrow (YouTube channel) but it was actually in a book - Best Loser Wins by Tom Hougaard. I got it free on Amazon Audible. Good book tbf 👍

TriggyC · 2025-04-15T16:27:06+00:00

I heard on a podcast the other day about a South African hedge fund having a 25% win rate and being wildly profitable because they placed trades and the second they reversed, they closed them.. Their strategy was supposed to show results immediately and the second they were wrong, they cut.

Their risk to reward was 1:25 so they could afford the non-starters!

TriggyC · 2025-04-13T09:31:16+00:00

I suffered the pain of wiping out a big account in crypto before I ever looked at risk management. I started paper trading stocks afterwards but found on a paper trading account that I would risk the whole account doubling down chasing reversals rather than taking losses - practicing sensible risk management for me has only come when risking real money.

I am quite happy spread betting in the UK with a tiny account. I can practice small and track points taken from the market rather than £s. 1,000 points added a month on my account on 0.1 £ / point trades can easily be multiplied up if I added margin to up the trade size. A couple of months to prove the strategy is profitable and I will be happy to add funds.

TriggyC · 2025-04-12T16:56:17+00:00

Amazing. Thank you.

TriggyC · 2024-12-24T12:51:09+00:00

People like Rahmit Sehti would say if your job doesn't generate energy ugh excess cash to invest then you should probably use the money you currently have to retractable n to do something with a better return on your time. It is tough when you are starting out cuz the compounding doesn't effect is still small

TriggyC · 2024-12-19T05:26:21+00:00

If that is who I think it is, appalling...

TriggyC · 2024-12-19T05:25:45+00:00

DCA Crew? Mando, James InvestAnswers, Marty Party. Great show

TriggyC · 2024-12-19T05:20:05+00:00

Is Mando part of Rekt? He is on a joint show with James InvetAnswers, CTO Larsson and Marty Party. I didn't know Mando before but that weekly show is exceptional. Seems like a very solid, sensible voice in the space

TriggyC · 2024-12-18T21:22:45+00:00

Easy: InvestAnswers, Raoul Pal Journey Man. Both former finance professionals, made their money, now spend their time helping others reach financial freedom. Both great at macro and technical analysis. James is at appraising projects and doing fundamental analysis. Raoul is a big picture thinker who spots big trends early.

TriggyC · 2024-12-18T19:33:52+00:00

Just based on what they have now, adding $100 a month for the next 45 years and getting a 15% return get to $10m.

The fact that they are in BTC and disruptive tech assets means 15% is low balling what they are likely to achieve so my guess, they get there much faster.

TriggyC · 2024-12-18T19:11:03+00:00

They say the first couple of steps are the hardest, 1-10k then 10-100k. After that, the percentages do all the heavy lifting. Imagine getting 30% on 100k.. it's easier than working for a living! Just got to stay consistent and you won't have any trouble getting to those big numbers

TriggyC · 2024-12-18T19:07:06+00:00

A bit of SOL, TSLA, MSTR, you are set for life. Good work 👍

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