Tag: trading
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Day 439 of 1000: Exploring Tactical Asset Allocation for my IRA
Formulating a plan for managing my IRA account according to tactical allocation rules.
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Day 413 of 1000: Running My Own Capital
Advice from X about living off the PnL of my portfolio. And upcoming risks for the U.S. stock market in the second half of the year.
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Day 411 of 1000: Living My Mountain Gma Lifestyle
Further outlining a vision for my life that supports daily activities, decluttering, money management, and more.
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Day 385 of 1000: Getting in the Flow
The word “temperance” derives from the Latin verb “temperare” which means “to mix in proper proportions.” Finding the right mix for my life.
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Day 380 of 1000: The Emotions of Trading
As I’m learning to trade I’m feeling strong emotions like hope, fear, and misery. But I’m realizing that calm equanimity is what I need to cultivate.
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Day 379 of 1000: Responding to Losses in Trading
Tom Hougaard says that how you feel about failure will define your life trajectory. How trading helps develop your ability to respond to losses.
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Day 376 of 1000: Forget Your Mistakes and Move On
In trading, as in life, it’s helpful to live in the present. Thinking about mistakes of the past puckers your attention and keeps you from succeeding now.
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Day 363 of 1000: Making Magic
Today is a week for making magic, ordinary kinds of magic, magic in hosting a graduation, magic in getting immersed in a great novel, magic in creating a trading plan for all seasons and markets.
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Day 361 of 1000: Imagining a Grand Narrative of Transforming through Grief
How I came to trading through grief after divorce, and why looking at it as a good story helps me cope.
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Day 357 of 1000: Using a Donchian Channel for asset Entry and Exit
The Donchian channel is a relatively simple indicator that can help you decide when to enter and exit trades. A brief review of its use.
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Day 339 of 1000: Aspirational and Non-Aspirational Transformation
Some transformations involve Callard-style aspirational proleptic reasoning, and some just unfold.
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Day 312 of 1000: Aspiring to Be Someone Different
Philosophers Agnes Callard and L.A. Paul write of personal transformation. How it applies to my reinvention.
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DAy 296 of 1000: Writing about Investing
I’m early in my journey of figuring out who I am as a trader. It’s so idiosyncratic and personal that I don’t want to write about it.
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Day 293 of 1000: Surgery Week Arrives
As I approach major surgery and its aftermath at the same time I’m learning to trade, pondering the Hermit and his wisdom.
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Day 291 of 1000: What I Want to Do
It feels almost wrong to be able to spend my days investing and trading. But that’s what I want to do.