As another example that might help to illustrate this point, let's look at what happens when an addict goes to an intervention: When an addict...
Fear and anxiety are caused by the lack of a plan, and lack of preparation. I am sure that you prepared yourself for dealing with circumstances...
Well, first of all, let me be clear here: While I have done this little exercise a few times myself, the truth is that I never had to struggle...
That's another good point... poker and trading are very related, in that both require a lot of patience and emotional self-awareness, as well as...
Thanks... one more thing I will add, for those that are trying to learn how to do control themselves properly: Take a look at Tiger Woods. The...
You are missing one key thing that you need to be a successful trader. I wrote about it in another thread, but I'll state it here again. What...
Yes, and this is what I have been saying since the beginning. Some people have actually been defending GS as an honest model of free enterprise,...
Well, like most people I have read a lot of books... some were crap, some were just too basic and simple, and some contained a nugget of...
If you really have been at this for a long time and still aren't capable of doing it, then maybe trading is not for you. The idea that somehow you...
I don't disagree with the notion that western society affords people the ability to rise above their station through hard work and talent, and...
I never said that Goldman would have gone down if AIG went down, I said if the government hadn't stepped in and shored up the whole system after...
I don't think that the "just trade" mantra means that you necessarily support GS or what they are doing. It's just that it is completely...
The only way you can - by reading the chart. :) Well, most seconds anyways. It is useful to know that the game is rigged and to be able to...
I agree. Books and other educational resources are great for teaching you general trading principles and you do need to learn that stuff, but your...
You're not getting it. There is no "government", and no "Goldman Sachs". They are two halves of the SAME entity. Goldman Sachs and other firms...
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