12:19 am PST. I made it safely back home!! Yay! I feel so happy to see my children. A mother feels lost without her kids, at least for me. I wanted to write more about WEC and my experience there. Now safely back at home, I have to say I really had a fantastic time. I always learn so much from Martin Armstrong and from all the people I meet there. A little more than 300 people attended the conference.

Martin has such an amazing perspective on how he approaches the market. He is exceptionally thorough when he looks at a trade and I am just so impressed with how much work he has put into gathering price points on a variety of different trading instruments going far back in time. Marty, you are just pure genius. Everyone wanted to talk with Marty at the cocktail party. It was understandable that his staff had to cut people off after a few minutes of conversation so he could move onto the next person and do photos.

Erwin definitely proved one of the highlights of the entire weekend. I basically stood next to him for what must have been more than an hour at the cocktail party peppering him with questions and listening to his answers from fellow attendees. Erwin was so helpful, very experienced, and very nice to answer all my questions, regardless of how basic.

I met so many interesting people from all over the world. I met a gold trader and another commodities-cocoa trader both from Malaysia. I met a former hedge fund manager from China, and a fourth-time WEC attendee from Japan. I also met an investor from South Africa who basically gave me a trading-psychoanalysis session, which was very interesting! Assis, you ought think about doing that professionally.

Also there, I saw a few faces from WEC 2015 Princeton, which was such a pleasant surprise. So great to see people from then. You travel half way around the world and it always feels nice to see familiar people to catch up with. And I met some folks from the SF-Bay Area too! Nice.

Interesting tid-bit, I learned that Ashley Warren also never went to college. He started trading right out of high school after he got his start with a bunch of rugby (I hope I have the sport right) mates who also traded professionally and gave him his start on the trading floors in Britain. He then, as most people know, went onto to become a market maker, before joining PEI.

Here is the dessert table. I went 100% raw vegan before the conference, also eliminating all sugar from my diet. LOLOL! I sorely missed out on all the delicious array of things to eat from the desserts, to the caramelized meats, the noodle dishes, and almost nearly everything except the vegetables and fruit.

Our group’s view in the lobby of the Intercontinental Hotel Friday evening where a dozen of us met up to chat. This is our view. None of us are actually in the picture. We could see the Symphony of Lights show from our couch.

Martin Armstrong discussing the arrays on Sunday afternoon.

I gave Marty several books as a gift. I have a little bit of a soft spot in my heart for the wrongfully imprisoned. I was not sure whether he would accept them. I do hope he enjoys the books and makes good use of them.

Martin Armstrong and me at the cocktail party. I hold a glass of seltzer water.