On The Importance of Sitzfleisch: Or, What It Takes.

Do You Have The Gritty Skill That Defined Last Week?

Across the AXIA trading desks.
Sunday 2nd – Sunday 9th February 2025.
London, England, and Limassol, Cyprus.

You’re in a peculiar airport terminal waiting for your delayed flight. Being the most unlucky trader in the world, both announcer and airline are playing a perverse game with you and other most unlucky traders in the world pacing in front of the boarding gate, looking at the plane from the window or slouching in metal chairs.

But! At any time, day or night, the aeroplane will suddenly commence boarding. This leaves mere moments to get through the gate before it shuts. Did you risk a brief toilet break or doze off? Better luck next time! No refunds. Buy another ticket tomorrow; please fly again.

Those who caught the flight… well… the powers that be who run the airport for their connecting flight have whimsical moods too…

You must continue this the next day and the next day, regardless of your success in catching the plane. This is what the environment demands. You can’t lie down wit…