Here are some of the things I've been thinking about: The two areas in trading that separate the men from the boys (so to speak) are: 1.) The ability to divide environmental perceptions in half and process them separately. First I ask myself what I am feeling and in doing…
All this suggests that emotions are key information providers when deciding under uncertainty. They make us tuned to our environment. Actually, in some contexts of fast and intuitive decision-making in the face of unstable (high vol) conditions, one expects that the stronger the emotional uncertainty signals of the day-trader, the higher the performance.
Reading your work, applying it, monitoring myself, writing down my feelings, is really paying off. I am trading less, and making more money. This week and last week have been incredible.
WSJ Weekend: "Fund Fraud Hits Big Names". New York Times Sunday Business: Schiller talks confidence and beliefs and Ben Stein talks fear. Madoff's investors "felt confident" in his long-time consistent returns. Yet every article indicates there were multiple red flags. No investment fees? Not even a 1% management fee when…
The WSJ's Intelligent Investor ... The weekend edition of the WSJ included Zweig's column on fighting the herd mentality. In many ways it is good article... but it does what all articles and commentary seem to do... in the end it says "get rational". The problem with this is when…
