Category Archives: Learn

Why Is Trading So Hard?

By | February 28, 2014 6:50 pm

At one point or another, everyone who has interactions with the market asks oneself, “Why is trading so hard?” There are legitimate reasons why trading should be difficult: markets are highly random; whatever edge we can find is eroded by competition from smart, well-capitalized traders; some traders work within various constraints; and markets are subject… Read More »

The importance of doing “No Trade”

By | February 21, 2014 5:57 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 »

Things that Great Traders have Declared Independence From

By | February 5, 2014 4:29 pm

“The goal of a successful/Great trader is to make the best trades. Money is secondary.” Great traders do not have to be right about any one trade, their success is based on winning more than they lose on a large amount of trades. Great traders do not need trade ideas from other traders, they trade… Read More »