This is an old archive from Summer Camp 2023, where I reflected on the tumultuous days of late summer 2008. I found myself not just a witness to history, but a participant in its unfolding drama. The markets were a wild storm—unpredictable and unforgiving in equal measure. In moments like that, I wasn’t merely a macro trader but an actor on a vast global stage, each colossal move rippling through time, each decision I made a thread in the complex tapestry that caused mayhem from my gut to my brain.