Everything 235
Stocks Go Down. $NVDA Goes Up! Here's the 235 Story
Running uphill takes more time (trading days) and more effort (watts).
The Financial Fitness Machine (FFM) is designed around a construct of the first three prime numbers 2, 3, and 5.
It's fall 2023. I'm on a treadmill during the trading day looking at my portfolio.
nVIDIA has been rising substantially all year.
At that moment, $NVDA was up 235% year-to-date!
A glance at the treadmill dashboard showed I was walking at 10.0 degrees of incline.
I had never tried higher, so I ticked-up the incline...15, ...20, ...25!!!
It was manageable, but brisk at the 3.0mph pace.
Math brain kicked in and down-ticked to 23.5 degrees.
The logic being each 10% up for NVDA was 1.0 degree of incline.
I looked over at my friend on a nearby treadmill to say "I'm doing the nVIDIA!"
He saw I was smiling and talking so took his AirPods off.
I repeated that I was doing the nVIDIA workout at 23.5 degrees.
He laughed and asked why I was going so slow!
2.0 miles per hour was my pace, so I checked my watts on the dashboard.
I was fluctuating near 170-175 watts.
I took the dare to go faster at 23.5 degrees while watching watts.
2.1, 2.2, 2.3mph and I got over 200 watts.
I was able to briefly go above the 3.0mph, but a little less speed led to this.
2.5mph, 23.5 degrees generating 235watts!
Try it at 2:35pmCT
The rest of the story involves the creation of Financial Fitness
Hence, you can now FEEL a stock's volatility
This is only the beginning of the story. Let's talk watts!
Resistance & RPM
If most can ride a stationary bike one mile in 5 minutes 32 seconds, most cyclists can do it in 3min25sec. So, whether you can do a mile in 3min, are you up for trying to achieve a 2min35sec mile? :)
Stocks are like workout segments not just in the number of time "blocks", but in discrete goals / accomplishments in each. At the SWE, these are measured in peak/avg watts for each block, which also has it's own duration to reach each goal. The result is, you FEEL LIKE the stock as measured by your BPM.
Incline & MPH
All treadmills go up 10 degrees of incline, and your stock doubles in 10 months, you have an easy to mimic 10 minute workout rising 1.0degree each min of a 10 minute workout.
If yours treadmill rises to 25 degrees, your stock chart can have a peak of 250% peak. If 235%, you will see the future at 23.5 degrees.
But, at what MPH should you run and for what duration?
The FFM algorithm uses a 2/3/5 construct to determine 235-532 peak watts (and 22-55 avg) for chART segments.
