I thought this TED talk is definitely worth watching. My weekend 21 minutes well-spent. “Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how “power posing” — standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don’t feel confident — can affect testosterone […]
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Coffee Thoughts 02 November 2012
Capital preservation is important. Risk management is important. But the trader’s job is to risk and make money, not sitting in the office to preserve capital. When it is time to trade, just trade. Capital is a tool for you to use to make more money, not for you to preserve. If you want to […]
Coffee Thoughts 31 Oct 2012
Looking out the window, you see it is raining. Put your hand out of the window, you know it is raining. And yet, you still feel the need to view the website or call Bureau of Meteorology to confirm if it is really raining. Some traders trade in this way. Is the the […]
A gap trade example 18 June 2012 : $AUDJPY
I have stopped posting my trade long time ago for various reasons. Anyway, I thought I might throw in an example today to show how I trade gap. In fact, I am not really sure if �I can call this a gap fill strategy, as it is basically a simple support/resistance trade. After all, everything […]
Pre-market preparations by Linda Raschke
Found this clip on Youtube. Linda Raschke�discusses her pre-market preparations, technical and fundamental analysis, and important steps traders should take to prepare for each trading day.
Video: Trading Lesson of the Week – Trading is a Skill
This is a short trading lesson from Bella (@smbcapital), the author of One Good Trade: Inside the Highly Competitive World of Proprietary Trading (Wiley Trading) (I highly recommend the book). Trading is a skill. “The answer is, you develop your trading skill day by day”. Excellent point. Watch this after you have summarized your trading […]
