Blind risk is the calling card of laziness: the irrational hope, something for nothing, the cold twist of fate, winning the lottery, etc. Blind risk is the pointless gamble, the emotional decision, or the sucker play. The man who embraces blind risk never wins in the long run. TV 18 Media stocks have been in… Read More »
When a trade goes against us, it is tempting to find some external source to blame. Identifying a scapegoat may make us feel better in the short term, but we lose the benefit of examining our own decisions and looking for flaws in our thought process. One analogy is plane crashes. Whenever there is a… Read More »
Trading is one business that can give you highs and lows pretty quickly. It is in these highs and lows, traders make stupid mistakes like getting overcautious in lows and throwing all caution to winds in highs. A trader should never get carried away or bogged down by success and failure. Remember, trading is a… Read More »
Greed leads to disaster in another way. A speculator has started in to buy at the inception of a bull movement. He makes money. The more he makes, the more avaricious he becomes as the market moves forward. His confidence in himself increases until he develops a mental state known in the vernacular as “big… Read More »