Blog Archive: November 2022
An ex-pat living in Georgia since 2011, I trade stocks, take photographs, work out at the gym, and many more. Here I write about travel, finance, and other things that might interest me.
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How To hedge Ethereum with short selling Perpetual Futures on Ethereum
In this article, I'm going to share how to hedge Ethereum coins with short-selling Ethereum perpetual contracts. One of my favorite investing techniques is investing with covered calls, originally I mastered this trading strategy with stocks, like buying 100 shares, selling covered calls, pocketing the premium - depending on the price at the options expiry, letting your shares get assigned or roll forwards. Over the years I have mastered…
Shaori Reservoir
Shaori Reservoir is an artificial lake located in the region of Racha, Georgia - some 170 km northwest of the capital Tbilisi. I first visited it in mid-October 2022, during our first trip to Racha The Shaori reservoir stretches from the southwest to the northeast, its length is 7.1 kilometers, the greatest width is 2.7 kilometers. The greatest depth is 14.5 meters, the average depth is 9.8 meters, the area is 9.2 km². The volume of water is…
Top 14 Best Selling Laptops December 2022
Just like in the previous months Apple with its MacBook Air models with M2 chips are among the best-selling laptops in Decemer 2022 Followed by Lenovo, ASUS, Acer, and HP. Laptops for everyday computer needs, as well as gaming laptops under $1,000, are among the top-selling laptop models. Keep reading to learn more. A quick note: This article contains affiliate links to Amazon.com, by clicking on links on this page and by making a purchase…
Sikvaruli Waterfall in Racha
The Sikvaruli waterfall (Waterfall of love) is located in Racha, near the town of Ambrolauri, Georgia The waterfall flows on the mossy rocky massive and creates marvelous sight. Waterflow is located across the Rioni River. We discovered this place by a chance - when our Rachan driver Levan, showed this place as one of the top sights around Ambrolauri. Indeed the waterfall is quite impressive and looks double interesting because of the many…
Won Another Online Auction - Plot of Land in Saldus (EUR 4.82/m2)
On November 24, 2022, I helped to win an online auction for a real estate property in Saldus, Latvia This auction was held online at the E-izsoles platform. And unlike most of the other bids, this was one of the easiest bids, We were just two bidders, the second bidder had entered the bid a few days earlier and probably forgot to bid today, as my bid was just the second highest. In the past I've bought already one apartment using this platform…
How to buy Straddle Options on Crypto (Ethereum & Bitcoin)
Lately, I have been trading 1 DTE options with Ethereum on the Deribit platform. In the past, I have traded quite a lot of Bitcoin and Solana coins (until the November 2022 Crypto Crash) Unlike stock options, trading crypto options might get more complicated, a lot more complicated and I wouldn't actually recommend them if you are a novice. My biggest learning curve so far has been the fact that crypto options are settled in crypto itself.…
Sakhluka Rachashi, Cozy Cabin in Racha / Agara
Sakhluka Rachashi cabin house is located in Agara in the Racha region of Georgia. We booked this place on Airbnb for about a 2-night stay in mid-October 2022, during our Racha trip. In total, we paid about $300 for our stay here. As this time we were traveling without a car, we arrived here from Sadmeli Winery near Ambroulauri, after a short trip around Racha, by a driver I hired in Ambrolauri. We had a little nice cabin house, with two…
Top 20 Best Selling DELL Laptops in 2023
Dell is known as a reliable business laptop brand, pioneering the latest tech, touchscreen, FULL HD, and high-bandwidth RAM. Nowadays Dell builds not only laptops for business use, but also gaming laptops, Chromebooks, and of course simpler but still powerful everyday-use machines. In this article, I've listed Dell laptop models (both traditional and Chromebooks) which are among the top 20 sellers / most popular laptops on Amazon.com in 2023…
Terramatris - Crypto investment & trading in Georgia
For the past several years I've been actively involved in the crypto sphere - building mining rigs, flipping altcoins, buying low - selling high (sometimes vice versa), trading crypto derivatives, exploring smart contracts, launching tokens, and now considering launching Tbilisi real estate as NFT on the blockchain. For most of the time I've been sharing my notes on my blog, the one you are currently reading, but lately, I feel I want to take…
Securing first under construction real estate investment in Tbilisi - Planning to SELL as NFT
On November 17, 2022, together with a partner from Canada, we secured our first co-investment in Georgia - a 47m2 apartment under construction in Tbilisi. Looking to put it on blockchain next. Exploring NFT. Long story short, back in April 2022, while vacationing in Batumi, I come up with an idea - investing in booming Batumi real estate by attracting crypto investments. Original idea was to issue a crypto token, raise the funds, purchase the…
Latest Stock Buy: Bought 2 AMZN shares at $89.47
On November 8, 2022, we bought an additional 2 shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock, paying $89.47 per share for our Partnership Fund. We are now holding 10 shares of AMZN in our Partnership Fund portfolio Using dollar-cost averaging our average cost per AMZN share is $112.13 90 shares to go once we will be able to start selling covered calls and generate extra income from AMZN. We are looking to get there by April / May 2023 If we had 100…
Nikortsminda Cathedral
Nikortsminda Cathedral is a Georgian Orthodox Church, located in Nikortsminda, Racha region of Georgia. I first discovered this beautiful cathedral in mid-October 2022, during our first trip to the region of Racha. It is said, that Nikortsminda was built in 1010–1014 during the reign of Bagrat III of Georgia and was repaired in 1534 by the King Bagrat III of Imereti. Three-storied bell tower next to the cathedral was built in the second half…
Top 20 Best Selling Lenovo Laptops in 2023
Over the years Lenovo has proved itself as a reliable business, everyday use, and even a gaming laptop. Besides its Chromebook series - Lenovo is known for the ThinkPad, IdeaPad, Yoga, and Flex line of notebook computers. In this article, I've listed Lenovo laptop models (both traditional and Chromebooks) which are among the top 20 sellers / most popular laptops on Amazon.com in 2023. Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links to…
14 Things to Do in Latgale
In this article, I will share some notes and points of interest from our latest trip to Latgale at the start of August 2022. to celebrate my 37th birthday. Our trip actually started a few days earlier on the other side of Latvia. Since this Summer we own a little summer house near Liepāja. Also, we have an apartment near Kuldīga, and back in that Summer, we had a flat in Riga. We started from Jēči with a stop at Pape, Vilgāle, and an overnight…
CryptoCrash November 2023
When I first noticed hashtag #cryptocrash on Twitter on November 8, 2022, I was lightly entertained. At that moment I was holding just some small bits with Bitcoin and Solana on Coinbase and Deribit trading platforms. But things slowly turned out of control and by November 9, 2022, it was already clear what the heck is going on - turned out the cryptocurrency trading company FTX was busted. As we learned during the crash - Binance backed out of…