Some mornings, I get impatient. I grind the beans. Heat the machine. Pull the shot. Too fast. The crema’s thin. The taste is flat. I drink it anyway, but I know I rushed it. Espresso doesn’t like to be rushed. The machine needs time to heat. The pressure needs to build. The extraction needs to […]
Coffee Thoughts – Clean Charts, Clear Mind
Ever walked into a messy kitchen first thing in the morning? Plates everywhere. Spills on the counter. Half a cup of cold coffee from yesterday. That’s how most trading charts look. Overloaded. Cluttered. Confusing. I used to stack indicators like I was building a sandwich — RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands, moving averages from five different […]
The Only Trading Tools I Actually Use (And Why Less Is More)
That One Knife in the Drawer Every kitchen has it. The one knife you reach for every single time. It’s not the flashiest. It doesn’t have a fancy Japanese name. But it works. It’s sharp, it fits your hand, and you trust it. Mine lives in the second slot from the left. I’ve tried others […]
Coffee Thoughts – The Problem is You, Not the System
I’ve lost count of how many systems I’ve tested. Breakouts, pullbacks, trend following, mean reversion. You name it. Every time something didn’t work, I blamed the system.“This doesn’t suit the pair I trade.”“It’s not made for Asian session.”“Maybe I need a different indicator.” Sound familiar? Eventually, I ran out of systems to blame — and […]
Cleaning My Charts Like Cleaning My Kitchen
It’s Sunday afternoon. I’m not trading, but I’m doing something just as important. I’m cleaning the kitchen. The counter’s a mess. Crumbs under the toaster. A drip trail of coffee from this morning. A few dishes that “look clean enough” until you hold them up to the light. So I wipe. I rinse. I reset […]
Coffee Thoughts – Trading Alone Doesn’t Mean Trading in Isolation
I trade alone. I’ve always preferred it that way. Just me, the chart, and my rules. But here’s the thing I had to learn the hard way — trading alone doesn’t mean isolating yourself from the world. In the early years, I went full monk mode. No forums. No chats. Just grind and suffer in […]
