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SUN TZU’S ART OF WAR AND THE ART OF TRADING

This post will begin a new category specifically focused on the military principles of SUN TZU and their relevance for contemporary traders.  My goal is for you to find my interpretation of this 2500 year old military treatise as beneficial to your trading success as I have.

If you trade and study the market for a living as I do, or have a desire to do so,  I suggest you read SUN TZU’S ART OF WAR.  You can read the complete text here:

SUN TZU ON THE ART OF WAR: THE OLDEST MILITARY TREATISE IN THE WORLD

WHY SUN TZU?

Anyone who has attempted to trade the markets, and by markets I mean any number of financial instruments from oil futures, forex, equities, options, etc., has found out in short order how difficult trading can be. In fact, I would venture to say that trading is one of the most difficult endeavors any of us could ever attempt to master. It is estimated that only about ten percent of those who attempt to trade for a living ever succeed. The ten percent who do eventually succeed will most likely tell us that they lost a few fortunes along the way. It is hard emotionally, mentally, and physically. Only the strongest will survive on this battlefield and is the very reason we need the principles of Sun Tzu to help us along the way. 

Now you know the reason for my site’s motto:

TRADING IS WAR. PREPARE YOUR WEAPONS. (more…)