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[GomezYFY @YfyGomez]

My goodness me
SOX is having its 2nd worst 1 day % sell off EVER at -12.25%
The only time it was greater was the infamous March 16th 2020 Covid dump at -15.89%

[GomezYFY @YfyGomez]

@aymeric70 @yourfavorito Aymeric you def Equity Vol chap

[GomezYFY @YfyGomez]

@OddStats
SPX currently has a 3 day sequence:
Friday = Outside day down
Monday = Inside day down
Today = Outside day up
Occurrences :3 in 16,305 since January 1962—0.0184%, approximately once every 5,435 sessions or 22 years.

[GomezYFY @YfyGomez]

@DiMartinoBooth It's just 1 week returns. Fighting history if you trade steeper. I'd wait for 5% area 2s

[GomezYFY @YfyGomez]

*USYC1030*
5 consecutive weeks flatter.
18 occurrences in 20 yrs.
100 % next week is flatter.
6 weeks flatter.
9 occurrences in 20 yrs.
100 % next week flatter

No mean reversion, pure momentum.

[GomezYFY @YfyGomez]

TSY CURVE observations
CONCLUSION: do NOT fade latter part of curve flattening.
*USYC5Y30*
5 consecutive weeks flatter. 17 occurrences in 20 yrs.
59 % next week is flatter.
6 weeks flatter.
9 occurrences in 20 yrs. 89 % next week STEEPER
Momentum halt-ONLY in a non hiking regime

[GomezYFY @YfyGomez]

32/32

But gratitude does not require blindness, and kindness does not require weakness.

I don’t have the luxury of either in today’s world.

Neither do you.

Never forget.

[GomezYFY @YfyGomez]

31/32

I married the girl who thought she would never see me again. We are happy and have two sons.

Kevin works with me again Ian is still my dangerous brother.

I remain profoundly grateful that I was more fortunate than those who never came home.

[GomezYFY @YfyGomez]

30/32

Be thankful for what you have. Don’t allow mere words to destroy you. Develop resilience and character—for your own sake.

Charity and kindness are wonderful qualities when accompanied by judgment and courage.

Be kind, but do not be weak.

[GomezYFY @YfyGomez]

29/32

Kevin lost his brother. My best man, Ian, lost his sister-in-law.

Those were not their choices.

The attacks were the choice of 19 radicalized Islamist terrorists and the people who planned and supported their operation.

[GomezYFY @YfyGomez]

28/32

A total of 2,977 innocent people were killed:

• 2,753 in New York
• 184 at the Pentagon and aboard Flight 77
• 40 aboard Flight 93
Among those killed in New York were 412 emergency workers who ran toward danger.

[GomezYFY @YfyGomez]

27/32

Is that because it’s the 25th anniversary?

No. It’s because I fear New York has forgotten. Society has become soft, entitled and consumed by complaints about the consequences of its own choices.

The victims of September 11 had no choice.

[GomezYFY @YfyGomez]

26/32

I had my knife-training class this morning. It was aggressive and therapeutic—much like writing this.

Mario, the training dummy, had a different face in my mind today.

I felt angry, sad and more emotional than I have in a decade.

[GomezYFY @YfyGomez]

25/32

I called my girlfriend and asked her to stay with Jessica and Tequila. She did.

Four days later, we arrived at the office near the Chicago Board of Trade.

The first words out of KD’s mouth were:

“Mark…no I won't..”

[GomezYFY @YfyGomez]

24/32

So much for “take as much time as you need.”

I gave Lindsay a carefully worded crude and angry message for KD. I made her write it down and repeat it back. I didn’t want there to be any misunderstanding.

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23/32

My first call was to my family in the UK. Then I called my girlfriend.

A few hours later, the phone rang again. It was Lindsay, KD’s wonderfully deadpan PA:

“Mark, rent a car and go to Chicago with the team. NOW.”

[GomezYFY @YfyGomez]

22/32

At about 5 a.m., the phone rang. It was my boss, KD.

I gave him as much information about the staff as I had.

“Glad you’re safe. Take as much time as you need—but we need to enact the disaster-recovery procedures,” he barked.

[GomezYFY @YfyGomez]

21/32

Waiting at home were my two dogs, Jessica and Tequila—one a Labrador, the other a “lab experiment.”

That night, they gave me purpose.

My girlfriend was watching the news and feared the worst.

[GomezYFY @YfyGomez]

20/32

It took until around 10 p.m. to get home. The only route I found off Manhattan was the Circle Line.

I lived on the New Jersey side, in an apartment overlooking what had been the beautiful New York skyline. Phone lines were still down.

[GomezYFY @YfyGomez]

19/32

Using Rob’s landline, I called a client who was also a friend from high school.

He told me:

“The tower came down.”

Even after everything we had seen, those words were almost impossible to comprehend.