Patience is bitter but it's fruit is sweet (Aristotle).

A lot of times the solutions to many of our problems when trying to profit from the financial markets has a lot to do with organizing and re...

The availability and accessibility of public financial information ranging from news, financial details to price charts reflects the market ...

When we discuss about financial gains (profits), we are ONLY interested in HOW TO GAIN and HOW MUCH. The worst advice one can get is the WIN...

The actual meaning of "market doing what" is a common phrase that market participants wants to know which direction is the price t...

 

We all go through the cyclical process between anxiety to being calm. We will face this emotional phases and panic as well when we are in a ...

The common words used in ALL chart analysis text materials (aka Technical Analysis) is the word DIVERGENCE. It is simply used to describe bo...

Human are driven by emotion making both RATIONAL and IRRATIONAL decision with and without facts/data. Irrespective whether it is financial m...

A system can be implemented easily with good Risk Reward ratio and has to be able to fit into UP and DOWN trend (excluding side way). This s...

  "The world is not going to adapt to you. You're going to have to adapt to the world." Check out our liveblog for full covera...

Golf is a game where the score depends the person in the mirror (yourself). It does not require any counter party to play. It is an individu...

The most interesting part about the market is that IT DOES NOT SAY ANYTHING. All it does is to move and glide along the path of least resist...

 

How we perceive the performance of the stock market has been developed from our education system and upbringing. Talk to anyone what and how...

 

Life is full of distractions that we cannot avoid completely but we can learn to manage them and to focus on the key things we want to achie...

 

I walked through the path alone with hope of the future after 1994 crash in KLSE. In the list of "priorities" to do, the obvious r...

Many people who have "experienced" MARKET will describe market like how the blind people feel and elephant. My experience with mar...

The cycle of "life" is about the start (germination).. growth ... mature ... decay ... end.  If one wants to remain in the cycle, ...

Simple 2 words but subjective interpretations Is it financial accounting knowledge? Is it market in-depth knowledge (whatever that means)? o...

 

What is trend reversal? I define it as the existing or current trend direction has changed.  Example.  Price is moving UP directional and th...

Assuming one has a decent good knowledge of the financial markets and simple reliable accurate system, this does not mean one is ready to ma...

All creations on earth have their own physical characteristics. Even cycle has it's own characteristics. The anatomy within the "gr...

After baptized with fire and losses in 1994, I started on my journey in search of "truth". My first exposure charting was 1994 and...

Too much emphasis in the media and talking head about forecasting irrespective whether they come from the "fundamental analysts" o...

https://www.straitstimes.com/business/hedge-fund-stars-who-got-china-wrong-are-paying-a-big-price https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies...

The strength of USD against major currencies defies the academic premise of what value is all about. As simple as a chart can be; it is very...

The biggest problem and challenge any market participants is NOT the lack of knowledge but rather the lack of SIMPLE systematic analytical m...

To the well-seasoned market surfers, this is like a very simple rule of thumb. To the beginner, what does this entails? Let us put a few thi...

Financial markets allow us to either blindly follow others recommendations/advice freely and the outcome can either be positive or negative ...

Recently I took my second short trip to China namely the Shanghai delta belt - Hangzhou versus my first trip to Shandong sometime last year....

Many times and I mean too many times I lost count reminding myself that all the blunders, mistakes errors when "trading" the trend...

The longer I "trade" the market, the more I am convinced the power and reliability of the non-intraday time frames when it comes t...

If one put the nearest explanation about the financial markets... the theory and the applications, I can only put it that WE don't learn...

Over the last few golf games, I have played at different golf clubs. Each golf course will have its own characteristics much like different ...

 A few days I manage to link up with a long lost friend from my Uni days who major in Finance during our MBA time. So we talked about A to Z...

Between myself and market is ME. It is not about other people when one decides to dwell in the market. Human by nature are busy body and wan...

All of us will be asking is the price is high and expensive or low and cheap? The school has taught us to make comparison. The finance accou...

Reflection of the whole philosophy behind each and every actions in the market has made me to realize that for too long many people think th...

Any attempt to reach the ultimate state is no easy path and definitely not a smooth sailing journey. This journey involves not only patience...

Over time, we see the Gregorian Calendar years come and go.We measure our performance on a year to year in general and our life expectancy ...

Market is "alive" with either human or auto-trade software executing orders. Human by nature swing between emotional decision maki...

One of the game I enjoy is Golfing. In many ways both golfing and trading/investing share many common traits. In anything that I do, my moti...

Above is historical records of the 2y, 10y and 30y that I manage to download and plot them on my antique charting software from 1990s. It is...

If there is one biggest thing I learn and believe in life, it is the POWER PERCEPTION aka BELIEF. Everything being equal, perception will ul...

There so many ways an methods to solving  the financial markets puzzle. It is like when you are given the final answer say 100. The examinat...

There are many characters in the market. If you listen to the media, we get to see all sorts of opinions coming out. Now who is right and wh...

Unlike many other ventures, market is a UNIQUE creature that behaves on it own ignoring what WE has to say or what we think. In general, we ...

It is interesting to make a self-assessment of our journey. Why are attempts to be consistently profitable in the market is elusive and yo-y...

One of the most intriguing puzzle of my journey is about WHAT am I trying to achieve? This will ultimately decide what time frame I will cho...