A couple of missions accomplished over the weekend. Firstly, I am reading the second half of “Trading in the zone“, though I have yet to finish the book, I am upgrading this book in to category 4 in my trading library. I will definitely read it again and again.
It is Christmas season again. Christmas in Singapore is an excuse for merchants to have sales. (When hear about Christmas, that means SHOPPING, not ‘Going to church’, got what I mean? 😉 )I grabbed
The Master Swing Trader: Tools and Techniques to Profit from Outstanding Short-Term Trading Opportunities
an audio book Lessons in Mastery
All these come with 20% discount from normal price.
Secondly. I have been lagging in journaling my stocks swing trades (Singapore stocks market though). I am not an active stocks trader (around 1 or 2 trades a week). I have set up a corner to keep track of my stocks trade at Gav is trading stocks.
btw, I think it is a good idea to watch the movie “Happy Feet“. It is entertaining. Funny, cute and some very cool songs.
Hope everybody had a nice Thanksgiving break.
Gav,
You remind me of myself about 20 years ago! I found your site via google because you had some links that matched my searches….
I just finished reading your almost-daily blog straight through from the end of August to today. I’m going to strongly suggest you do the same. What you have here is an absolutely wonderful “trading diary” and it has great value if you will read it in retrospect and learn from it. Part of its value is how you have been so open and honest about your failures. Keep it up! Most cannot even do that.
I would be interested to know what observations you would make about yourself as you re-read your own comments. Keep a notepad by your side as you read and make notes every time you see something that grabs your attention about “Gav”. (Objectify Gav).
But before you do that, let me suggest that you look at a daily chart of the spx for that same time period.
I know you’re serious about making money from trading, clearly more serious than many who try. I can “feel” from your posts that you don’t quite know how to make that happen.
So, do yourself a favor and turn off Tradestation, don’t look at the markets, don’t trade until you’ve read, day by day, going back to the end of August, or earlier. It will probably take and hour or more.
I’m very interested in knowing if you can do that without getting distracted! Notice what ideas catch your attention and want to get you off course from re-reading your own very valuable trading diary.
If you will do this and either post your comments on the blog or email me personally, I would like to see if we can jump-start your trading. It would be helpful for both of us.
I’m quite sure that the day will come when you will make this same effort for another, just so you know where I’m coming from.
-MagicT
Gav,
You remind me of myself about 20 years ago! I found your site via google because you had some links that matched my searches….
I just finished reading your almost-daily blog straight through from the end of August to today. I’m going to strongly suggest you do the same. What you have here is an absolutely wonderful “trading diary” and it has great value if you will read it in retrospect and learn from it. Part of its value is how you have been so open and honest about your failures. Keep it up! Most cannot even do that.
I would be interested to know what observations you would make about yourself as you re-read your own comments. Keep a notepad by your side as you read and make notes every time you see something that grabs your attention about “Gav”. (Objectify Gav).
But before you do that, let me suggest that you look at a daily chart of the spx for that same time period.
I know you’re serious about making money from trading, clearly more serious than many who try. I can “feel” from your posts that you don’t quite know how to make that happen.
So, do yourself a favor and turn off Tradestation, don’t look at the markets, don’t trade until you’ve read, day by day, going back to the end of August, or earlier. It will probably take and hour or more.
I’m very interested in knowing if you can do that without getting distracted! Notice what ideas catch your attention and want to get you off course from re-reading your own very valuable trading diary.
If you will do this and either post your comments on the blog or email me personally, I would like to see if we can jump-start your trading. It would be helpful for both of us.
I’m quite sure that the day will come when you will make this same effort for another, just so you know where I’m coming from.
-MagicT
MagicT,
Great comment! This is what I am looking for. Somebody points out my weakness and suggest a better way to improve.
I have dropped you an email.
Yes, I will go through all my journals now as you have suggested. I will update you once I am done.
Thanks!
Gav
MagicT,
Great comment! This is what I am looking for. Somebody points out my weakness and suggest a better way to improve.
I have dropped you an email.
Yes, I will go through all my journals now as you have suggested. I will update you once I am done.
Thanks!
Gav
Great, I got your email.
I’m interested in hearing what you have discovered about yourself and how it matches up to what I see.
-MagicT
Great, I got your email.
I’m interested in hearing what you have discovered about yourself and how it matches up to what I see.
-MagicT