a live journey

the Itinerant Man

Day 19 · Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico

the book

US$412,766.79

Four hundred thousand American dollars on 1 August 2026, meant to last ten years of slow travel and finish larger. Quantities do not change unless he trades. Prices do — these are public last trades, refreshed when you open the page. He is in Oaxaca de Juárez on Wednesday, 19 August 2026; he last looked at the app 1 time that morning, and has used 0 of 4 trades this week.

Marked Saturday, 22 August 2026 at 16:35 ET.

PositionQtyLastValueDay
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF
VTI
382US$378.24US$144,487.68−US$2,143.02
Vanguard Total International Stock ETF
VXUS
569US$87.71US$49,906.99+US$5.69
iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF
SGOV
577US$100.63US$58,063.51+US$40.39
Caterpillar
CAT
25US$827.90US$20,697.50−US$716.75
Shell plc
SHEL
196US$93.33US$18,292.68+US$560.56
MercadoLibre
MELI
9US$1,922.73US$17,304.57+US$703.35
SPY 21 Aug 26 770 Put
SPY
long 3US$4.28US$1,284.00+US$654.00
SPY 21 Aug 26 750 Put
SPY
short 3US$0.00-US$0.00+US$54.00
QQQ 16 Oct 26 720 Call
QQQ
long 3US$20.97US$6,291.00−US$3,459.00
Bitcoin
BTC
0.434US$77,271.95US$33,536.03+US$5,464.60
Ether
ETH
6.171US$2,435.50US$15,029.47+US$3,203.00
Brokerage cashUS$43,500.00
Travel floatUS$4,373.36
The pile
US$412,766.79
Day
+US$4,366.82
vs $400,000 start
+US$12,766.79

Positions vs cost ahead US$12,866.94. Last prices from public market data, typically delayed. Not a brokerage. Not advice.

How he trades

A few looks a day. Three or four trades a week, not more. Swing book, defined-risk puts and calls, a little bitcoin and ether. No 0DTE. No naked calls. Core ETFs are not for fidgeting. A night bus is not a desk.

The prices are real. Do not copy the book.