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Greed is the Flip Side of Fear- Anirudh Sethi

Most people, I accept, would concur that childishness isn’t the reason for a solid, supportable society. Who of us needs a family where everybody pays a special mind to themselves, a club where individuals are attempting to sabotage our status or even a business where we should consistently watch our back. Individuals need and need to confide in each other. We need others to acknowledge what we need to state, to giggle at our jokes, to be concerned when we let them know of a mishap or sickness. At the point when we appear at a gathering, we need everybody to be glad to see us. To live in any case in a disconnected, defensive state is a bitterness.

 

To take a model, our lawful framework is of the “ill-disposed” sort, where we employ attorneys to guard our inclinations. In the court, truth is ever challenged. The proof is chosen and deselected. As disputants, our solitary desire is to be decided in a positive light. We are there to win.

 

Is our political framework very different? Constituent legislative issues, as an ongoing President put it, is no “round of bean-sack.” Most of us have come to acknowledge the possibility that government officials are going to slight each other. Decisions are events for crazy cases, inert gloats, and contemptible ambushes. Mud is tossed. Some of it sticks. When chosen, our side must indict its own point of view. Helping out the foe, in any event, tuning in to them genuinely, is taboo.

 

Our instruction framework comparatively prizes independence. We all are there to get our own degrees and push ahead with our own lives. Evaluations are an individual issue; papers and tests should communicate that. Gathering study, mentoring, and so forth are acknowledged; so are joint introductions. Yet, on the most significant occasions, it is the person’s abilities and information both probably exclusive issues that are estimated. (more…)

Oil – Aramco says repairs to Saudi plant could take many months rather than weeks

DJ with the report on a more pessimistic outlook for repair time compared to what the market was led to believe last week.

Oil traders might like to take note, should be a bullish input (compared to otherwise)

Weekend HK press – China questions whether to continue trade talks with the US

An opinion piece from an account associated with State media Economic Daily newspaper expressed pessimism about whether trade talks with the United States should continue

This in response to US President Trump’s new tariffs on China
  • It said Trump’s latest threats as “destructive”
  • “The US has again stepped back from their promises for two reasons: to pressure China into fulfilling [America’s] expectations in the deal, and to attain someone’s political aims by meddling in the Sino-US trade talks”
  • via South China Morning Post
Negatives build for  China proxy trades (such as AUD)
An opinion piece from an account associated with State media  Economic Daily newspaper expressed pessimism about whether trade talks with the United States should continue 

SELF DISCIPLINE

Developing Self-Discipline is something that you can start doing right NOW. It doesn’t take vigorous special forces training, nor does it require being related to the almighty samurai bloodline. Instead it requires willdevotion and regular action.

  1. Start by cultivating a desire. Do that by understanding the incredible benefits of such an achievement. The majority of human endeavors fail because humans themselves quit; they quit because their mind and emotion subdues their will and discipline. Such a trait shall make you unstoppable.
  2. Use what is coined by NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) as an Incantation. Stand up and energetically state that you shall achieve this regardless of anything, it’s crucial to incorporate physical movements as well. This molds a stronger message in your mind due to the incorporation of emotion and physicality. Repeat this daily.
  3. Analyze yourself; know where your discipline falls short and is mostly likely to fail. Is it exercising, or facing fears, or maintaining dietary habits?  This will create the targets which you shall work upon. Fast results will come from major concentrated action and not from minimal diffused efforts.
  4. Start, initiate your pursuit by working directly on the weaknesses that keep you away from being self-disciplined. Start small and gradually proceed to making big chances. Day by day incorporate more change but avoid overloading yourself.
  5. Once you have tackled one weakness proceed to the other. The conquest for self-discipline is a never-ending one. Acquiring it requires a constant stream of action, otherwise it shall simply leak from your possession.

OPTIMISTIC & PESSIMISM in Trading

PESSIMISM 

Pessimism is defined as a tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable or take the gloomiest possible view.  Obviously, the successful trader is not pessimistic. If so, then he would never trade in the first place or if he did, he would only trade short; a “permabear” if you will.  A purely pessimistic trader would also doubt his edge, doubt any market direction, only trade after the move has happened, cut his winners short while allowing his losers to run, overtrade, under invest, etc etc.  In other words, a purely pessimistic trader would break all the rules.

OPTIMISM

Optimism is defined as the inclination to anticipate the best possible outcome while believing that most situations work out in the end for the best.  The unsuccessful trader, especially the beginning trader, is optimistic about getting rich in the stock market.  No matter what every trade will eventually make money he reasons.  The optimistic trader also loads up on a “sure thing”, seeks to justify every trade via confirmation bias, adds to losers, brags about winners while hiding losers, refuses to develop as a trader, etc etc. Just as with pessimism, the optimistic trader breaks the rules.

Optimism for Traders

  • When good things happens to an optimist, he says it’s permanent, pervasive, and personal. When a bad thing happens to an optimist, she says it’s temporary, specific, and not personal.
  • Because the optimistic trader looks with bright enthusiasm towards the future, she is able to be realistic about what has happened in the past and is happening in the present. A pessimistic trader who has limiting doubts about his future trading, may be unwilling to admit what has happened or is actually occurring.
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