We would never put on a trade if we didn’t think it would not be successful, isn’t it? So, every trade begins with an expectation of success and therefore profits. Think like this often enough and then you will soon convince yourself that you are actually owed success. In life outside the markets, it many...
One of the biggest reasons for lack of success in the market is the mismatch between what we want to achieve and what we are doing in the market. And here, I mean the method that is employed by people in their attempt to trade or invest in the market. Let’s pause to examine some...
There is an oft-repeated cliché that is used and it is Time in the Markets. Usually used in the context of making an argument against technical trading and timing of the market, the argument is presented for remaining in the market for long periods of time because it is difficult to know when the market...
There are so many examples from life about how to succeed. Almost all of them have one thing in common- conditioning of behaviour. Read the books of great achievers and you will find this common thread. For the markets, a good series to read would be the Wizards series of author Jack Schwaeger. Like many...
There are so many ways to succeed in the market but it is amazing that we still manage to find failure! Perhaps people are not looking or searching enough for the ways to succeed or perhaps they are being unmindful of the routes to failure. A simple few pointers to succeeding drawn from the experience...
Game designer Jane McGonigal once said, “I’ve learned an important trick: to develop foresight, you need to practice hindsight.” When I read that line, I was so impressed with how relevant it is for market analysis. The market is throbbing with life today. When trading ends today, the entire throbbing action, changing from minute to...
Most of the time in the markets, we never know what is the right answer right now. Will this buy work out? Is this the right time to sell or buy? Should I continue to hold or bail out? Is this much profit enough? Can I risk some more? These and many such questions are...
None of us have any say on when and where we are born. But those two aspects determine, considerably, how our lives shape out. My father was born around 1918 or so. Imagine that time- World War 1 was afoot and India firmly under the Brits. By the time he was of some use to...
There are so many Questions with no answers to be dealt with. We keep reading so much contradictory stuff all around that it becomes really difficult to know what is true and what is not anymore! If one set of data says something is good, there is another set of data saying that it is...
One of the clichés of the market is to buy during dips or corrections. This advice is handed out freely and widely because it makes eminent sense. After all, if we buy at a cheaper price, it is better, right? As, in the long run, cost of acquisition makes a good difference to the ultimate...
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