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Jan 22
Why You Sometimes Take Trades You Didn’t Want To Take
So often I hear from my traders that they saw a trade setting up let’s say to the short side. They even alerted their trading buddies about that opportunity or posted on the forum that there is a great short setup. Yet suddenly they find themselves going long on that great short trade and it …
Dec 07
Are our trading decisions impacted by subliminal messages?
I have been a fan of Derren Brown for a number of years now. His skill of ‘playing’ with the human mind and the subconscious are just fascinating to me. This clip about subliminal advertising and how he is able to manipulate those guy’s thinking patterns makes me wonder in how far traders are at …
Dec 07
Ego vs Mathematics
Many traders focus on having as many winning trades as possible. But it actually doesn’t matter how many winning trades a trader produces, all it comes down to is the bottom-line of are the accumulated profits per period bigger than the total losses? So even if a trader generates 99% little losses but then 1% large profits …
Nov 13
Will Smith Shares His Secrets To Success..
Will Smith is always a classic, so here is a great youtube clip to remind us to always follow our dreams and goals..