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Win or lose, everybody gets what they want out of the market. Some people seem to like to lose, so they win by losing money – Ed Seykota A very simple statement yet so deep is the philosophy behind it. Its amazing that I did not understand the depth of the statement when I went about showcasing why certain strategies...
Trading is not just a risky business to be in with a survivor rate of less than 5% but a expensive one as well. Most traders are engaged with the markets on a full time basis which means that they cannot earn a living elsewhere. Of course, a lot of guys do trade from their office, but most of them...
Trend following is a methodology with a simple concept. Keeps (Buy) stocks that are going up, Exit (Sell) stocks that are going down. The tendency to sell winners too early and ride losers too long is referred to as the ‘disposition effect’. But, why despite tons of evidence do we continue to do the same mistake? The reason I feel...
Depending on how you use it, Twitter can be Good / Bad or Ugly. For me, it has been an interesting minefield of information on a variety of subjects that hold my interest. One of things I keep stumbling about is when a guy says, ABC share has returned 5X returns in Y years. A secondary thing I keep hearing...
A lot of things in life are based on the concept of following the right process which ensures or is said to ensure the right outcome. Study hard parents say so that you can get into the best college – a direct relationship being there between marks scored and the fact that a high score shall get one into a...
The arrival of Social Media (Groups / Forums / Twitter / FB / Whatsapp among others) have proved to be a boon to the ordinary investor / trader. The impact it has on my own career is pretty significant and something that I cherish especially since I started my career before the advent (in the way it is today) of...
One of the ways to beat down a strategy is to apply it wrongly and claim since the results does not match expectations, the strategy has to be wrong. Technical Analysis has its faults and there is no denying that. But claiming that those who use technical analysis as the tool of choice tend to have their performances drag down...
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