I’ve been thinking about the structural changes in the financial industry. I really think the markets have had a huge shift in the past 5-6 years just like there was a shift from trading floors to electronic trading in the late ’90s – early 2000s, which changed the way people participated in the markets. It […]
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2024 might be my biggest learning year yet
Happy new year! Another year is over. It was my 8th trading year since I got back to the markets in 2017. As time goes by, it becomes harder to learn much new about the markets in theory, but experiencing all the theoretical knowledge gained over the years by putting my money at risk is […]
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Tune out the noise
I went through a meditation course and took notes of my progress for several weeks in 2019, which taught me to look at myself, my actions and feelings from aside as a separate person. It made me aware of so many emotional states I was experiencing while making trading decisions or placing orders. When I […]
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There’s more to life than trading
I’m enjoying this view while writing these lines here… I like trading because it’s challenging, intellectually educative and offers great opportunities to make money. Of course, it can also be stressful and lose money. But that’s the fun of it! It’s a highly competitive field, where the strongest survive and thrive. Don’t be mislead by […]
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Price makes news, not the other way around
The US stock market has been in a drawdown for almost 2 years since the start of 2022, when it made the last all-time high. There’s still a lot of interest in the markets among the general public, which shows people still have a lot of savings from the money supply bubble created by central […]