Ben Gfrorer

I learned to love writing when my grandma and I would write fan fiction with her help as a child (I was pretty young, my mom moved away when I was 3-4.)

My interest include the I Ching, stock trading, fitness, web & app design, business/marketing, art, travel & women. I have practiced the I Ching on & off for over a decade, making accurate predictions for a streak of about 53/54 before a string of false predictions (or predictions that I interpreted different.) My most significant predictions include Donald Trump winning the presidency when he was still in a crowded primary, correctly ruling out a string of lottery numbers (not enough days between drawings to select the numbers by myself), picking underdog winners in NBA games (attempting to pick the March Madness derailed my streak, I know nothing about most college basketball teams; but did predict a notable underdog win for Yale.) My worst failure was predicting "Fame & Glory" for Alan Grayson (losing my $300 bet with 50-1 odds.)

For Fitness, I got my arms up to 20.5" (solid, but by no means contest condition) at age 21 (19.5" at age 18, but injuries and layoffs delayed growth.) From 23-26, I lost as much as 80 lbs; though I quickly regained 20 lbs of solid muscle when I started a squat program that brought me to 20 reps of 405lbs before I got injured. I am currently working to lose weight, regain flexibility in the knee's. After that, I plan to rebuild my arms (which are decent when pumped, but the previous measurements were with no pumping necessary) and get a tan.

I studied the stock market since 1999, I've only seen a few markets I liked since then. In 2010, the market looked great and then looked like crap when I decided to get out at break even. I missed 2003-2005 because I had my head stuck in the ground and was focused on starting a business. 2006 was a 3 month stretch where the market was going well, it was a compatible market for me and I was up 50%. The best market for my style of trading that I have experienced was the summer of 2000, when others like Richard Dennis lost their shirts. I picked (5) doubles, (3) triples and (2) 5-baggers that summer, if I had known options; it would have been even more dramatic. This was one after another, if I hadn't been a minor who's mom wouldn't let me get an account I would have been rich.

Art, Travel & Women are all favorites; I don't get as much of these as I'd like.