I'm back in black!
It's the end of another month for me, on my weird time system that I won't bother explaining again.
And this week's rise across pretty much all my holdings has pushed the balance back into the positive, for the first time in ages.
Woohoo!
Only 650 years to go, at this rate! 🤓
Here are this week's figures:

And those are without the $100+ of DASH sitting on Cointiply until I decide whether I need some of it for one of my ongoing projects.
In detail:
- Trading up 4.85% ($164.78)
- Banking up 4.24% ($429.65)
- Overall up 4.39% ($594.43)
I'm really pleased with that, as you can imagine. 😁
I also realised that regulation seems to be accelerating in most places, so I took the time this week to move my banked ETH, BTC and SOL off MEXC. I'll miss out on the small percentage earnings, but those coins are now safely in self-custody. I left my trading funds, the '26 Picks and a bit of XAUT on there.
But it's the end of the month that's the big news...
Remember how I dropped Copy Trading because I was sick of them getting caught with their pants down by every surge and dip?
Look at how that turned out:
- Trading up 31.17%
- Banking up 36.64%
- Overall up 35.22%
I thought that the huge gain might be because of moving funds - that always messes with the percentages, and removing an entire category exaggerates the change - but the overall number is based on the same total amount.
So that's all me (and the markets).
Just under $4,000 in a month. 😮
Chuffed.
As you can imagine, the tracking's very happy, too.

Now, I'm not (quite) daft enough to think this will continue, but I am really pleased that dropping CT has had a positive effect (on my anxiety, too).
It's looking better than it did. A lot better.
'26 Picks
The Picks all had a good week, too, without exception.
Everything popped up by about 5% except DOGE, which only managed a small bump.

It ain't exactly alt-season, but it's nice to see them gently sidling in the right direction.
And I even remembered to stop checking PUMP.
How was your week? How is September looking? Do you think we might finally be through the worst of the year?