Imagine you are thrown into a jungle and have to survive for 30 days.
You have a guide book that describes the native plants, telling you which ones are poisonous, and which ones are edible or have medicinal properties.
After a few […]
Trading is a deeply personal activity.
Like painting or singing, it’s not something most people would want to do in public.
Why?
Because these activities are focused on the training process – where mistakes are often made.
As non-professionals, any time we paint, sing, […]
A few weeks ago I was speaking with a new acquaintance who, upon finding out that I’m a Forex trader, started bragging about a friend who turned $20,000 into $2,000,000 by selling the Yen in 2014.
Almost immediately, my bullsh*t meter […]
A complainer is someone well equipped with reasons to justify his inaction to an unsatisfactory situation.
Often, you’ll hear a complainer say: “If only I had X, I’d achieve Y!”
Complainers are unwilling to work on a problem until the stars are […]
I was introduced to Forex trading back in 2005, and it took a LONG time before I truly understood what I was doing.
Many years later, I settled on a trading approach that worked well enough to pay the bills.
That was […]
Most games are played in a controlled environment.
The rules, opportunities and threats are fixed, and known to all players.
In a poker game for example, we know in advance that there are 52 cards in the deck, divided into 4 suits […]
Below you see 6 boxes on the left, and 6 boxes on the right:
The contents of the boxes to the left have something in common.
The contents of the boxes to the right also […]
Sometimes I make a good trading call, and get complimented on my trading “skill”.
It’s flattering of course, but the truth is that it isn’t so much about skill, as it is about experience.
If you get punched in the face every […]
Whenever I start thinking in certain patterns, my trading performance plummets.
This has been such a regular occurrence that I have an acronym for it: DIED.
It stands for Desperate, Impatient, Egocentric, Daring.
When I’m desperate, I think:
Throughout our lives, we’re constantly told to be “true to yourself”.
This is the kind of advice everyone likes to hear, because it makes us feel good. No one likes to be told to be less of ourselves.
Unfortunately, this is also […]