Category Archives: Learn

Because I was told I CAN

By | June 2, 2017 5:04 pm

By Jan Graham About 6 months ago, I joined a gym. Every morning, there is one personal trainer there that works out at the same time that my little group does our workout. He does his “routine” with such a quiet determination that he makes it all look very easy; although I know all too… Read More »

The importance of doing “No Trade”

By | June 1, 2017 5:05 pm

Australian cricketer-turned-commentator Dean Jones, in an interview for Wisden, observed that two-thirds of Sachin Tendulkar’s game is based around defence. Most of the shots in any Sachin century, he says, are based on forward defence, back-foot defence and letting the ball go. As any coach would vouch, letting the ball go is possibly as important… Read More »

How I Deal with Trading Losses

By | May 29, 2017 4:41 pm

One of the fundamental principals of trading stocks, or anything for that matter, is; you never play with money you cannot afford to lose. You should not be trading money needed daily expenses. The reason for this is, no matter how sound a system or piece of advice may sound, trades often go against you. Trading money you can… Read More »

Using INVERSION to be a better Trader ?

By | May 27, 2017 6:08 pm

The ancient Stoic philosophers like Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus regularly conducted an exercise known as a premeditatio malorum, which translates to a “premeditation of evils.” The goal of this exercise was to envision the negative things that could happen in life. For example, the Stoics would imagine what it would be like to lose their job… Read More »

Lesson a TRADER can learn from ANT

By | May 12, 2017 5:51 pm

All of us tend to look up to big people for lessons on how to get better. We are keen to learn the secrets of their success. But we forget that sometimes the biggest lessons in life come from the smallest folks around us. Take ants for instance. Would you believe those small creatures can… Read More »