"Trading Education" Posts
Adam Carroll: When Money Isn’t Real, The $10000 Experiment
By Lawrence
This is a good video that can help explaining why transition from sim trading to trading with real money takes some planning and efforts to smooth out the process. My advice – treat sim trading as seriously as you can similar to what pilots do while in training with their flight simulators. This will make […]
Tim Ferriss: The 4-Hour Body
By Lawrence
A very interesting video by Tim Ferriss about his book The 4-Hour Body at Google Talk. If the book title has not stirred interest in you, the subtitle may – an uncommon guide to rapid fat-loss, incredible sex and becoming superhuman. If you are interested in what Mr. Ferriss did to improve his physique, you […]
Sandrine Thuret: You Can Grow New Brain Cells. Here’s How
By Lawrence
Trading puts a lot of stress on our brains. Stress hurts our brains. This talk sums up the latest understanding in neuroscience on how to keep our brains healthy. In short, to stay smart one needs to exercise, rest well, eat well and active learning. The extra part about sex … well, I will let […]
Emanuel Derman: There’s Enough Math in Finance Already. What’s Missing is Imagination.
By Lawrence
Mr. Derman delivers a good point in this short video without using math jargons. All these mathematics being used nowadays by the financial institutions are really glamorous excuses to either get clients to deploy their money so that the financial institutions can make money from the transactions, or, to place bets hoping the counter-parties are […]
Julia Rucklidge: The Surprisingly Dramatic Role of Nutrition in Mental Health
By Lawrence
Understand the proper role of drugs in treating mental health – they do help but they are interventional tools only. It is better to focus on better nutrition for not only treating mental health issues but also keeping our minds in peak form for work performance. Many people think that trading is just a matter […]
Money Is Just Money, They Are Not Evil
By Lawrence
Interesting conversation with some friends earlier this week who somehow have this perception that some money is evil. In particular, money made from investing, trading and even making a loan to others for interest is bad money. Very glad to hear the different point of view from them. It may be a surprise to many […]
Eduardo Briceno: The Power of Belief – Mindset and Success
By Lawrence
This video tells us the importance of keeping a growth mindset. As traders, we have the responsibility to keep an open mind and adapt to the environment. With a growth mindset, we can stay on top of our game much better with less stress. For those of us with kids, this video reminds us how […]
ASAP Science: Are You Consuming Your Coffee Correctly?
By Lawrence
Second instalment of video on how to drink coffee effectively. You can find the first one here.
Volatility Is Back and Question About Home Run
By Lawrence
As I explained weeks ago, volatility would be back. And here we are, the volatility index (VIX) has printed a new high for the year today. People were laughing back then questioning my sanity. It does not prove me right and that they are wrong. Instead, it simply shows human ignorance is everywhere. As a […]
Emini Nasdaq Channel Breakdown Target Aug 20, 2015
End-of-day Update: The original upside target from Jun 8 (top purple highlight) was tagged at channel mid and we’ve got 2nd channel break since. Channel break from channel mid usual starts a more serious down trend. The downside target is where the previous resistance trend line should be. This points to below 4300, where the […]