Tag Archives: Foreign exchange markets

Work it!

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

My second grade daughter is very astute, though she does not really know it. Her school week was on a different schedule since Monday, for what is termed ‘independent study week’ (ISW), when upper schoolers get to study independently for … Continue reading →

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Trader’s Friday Fun

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

We should all understand that foreign exchange trading is not a get-rich-quick activity: money will not fall from the sky into our laps. It’s not a game, but a business. It’s hard, but, literally could be a rewarding part of life’s … Continue reading →

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Friday 13th, full moons, and trading heebee-jeebees

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

A respected professional trader makes a point of alerting people that trading is a hard way to make a living. I have no hesitation in agreeing with him. I will expand on this in a future post. I am not … Continue reading →

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Guidance systems

Posted on March 19, 2011 by

We are often reluctant to admit that we need guidance. After all, many of us were raised to develop a large degree of self-reliance; to be able to ‘leave the nest and fly on our own’. Learning to be independent … Continue reading →

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So glad it’s Friday

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

Fridays are rarely the free days that the name suggests. Today, I was in a position to finish trading early. This is something that I had said I would try to do on a regular basis, but markets don’t seem … Continue reading →

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What makes it tick?

Posted on February 26, 2011 by

As I mentioned earlier this week when I wrote ‘Making connections’, I would get back to some of the conversation topics that struck me from being with a group of traders the past weekend. It is perhaps fitting to try … Continue reading →

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When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers

Posted on September 29, 2010 by

They say in parts of Africa that when two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers. Well, for much of the past two years, the grass has suffered as the two elephants, the US and China, have been having … Continue reading →

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