Essence of Trading Volume 1
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About this ebook
Essence of trading refers to the roots, the key ingredients, and the spirit that one needs to be successful with trading. I started writing the Essence series from the inception of my website / blog DaytradingBias.com. It is a collection of my thoughts on the important aspects of trading.
Trading is not just the means to make a profit. As a trader risking your own money also means a unique perspective in things all around us. That makes us somewhat different from the rest of the crowd.
Volume 1 is the collection of articles in the series since the beginning until the end of year 2013.
Lawrence Chan
I am a trader and researcher in financial technologies for well over 20 years.My research in market breadth analysis is incorporated into the trading platform NeoTicker from TickQuest Inc. I currently hold the position of chief software designer of NeoTicker at TickQuest.I have numerous articles and trading models published in trading related magazines like Futures, Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities, etc.I have started a long term project to summarize my research results and have them organized and published.
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Essence of Trading Volume 1 - Lawrence Chan
Essence of Trading Volume 1
By Lawrence Chan
First Edition, December 2013
Copyright © 2013 by Lawrence Chan
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Also by Lawrence Chan, available now at DaytradingBias.com and soon at eBook retailers everywhere:
5 Minute a Week Winning Strategies
5 Things You Must Know To Beat The Stock Market
Special Theory of Price Discovery
Market Bias Detective: S&P 500 Daytrading Time Map Vols. 1 & 2
Market Bias Detective: Forex Daytrading Time Map Vol. 1
Know Your Odds Before You Trade
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Disclaimer
Limit of Liability / Disclaimer of Warranty: While the author and the publisher have used their best efforts in preparing this book, they make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this book and specifically disclaim any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. No warranty may be created or extended by sales representatives or written sales materials. The advice and strategies contained herein may not be suitable for your situation. You should consult with a professional where appropriate. Neither the publisher nor author shall be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damages, including but not limited to special, incidental, consequential, or other damages.
CFTC RULE 4.41 – HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, SINCE THE TRADES HAVE NOT BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER-OR-OVER COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFIT OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Identity
Modern Financial Economics Is Just Alchemy In Disguise
Day Trading (or Trading) May Not Be Your Best Career Choice
What You Want Isn’t What You Need
Psychology
Trading Is Easier Than Most People Think
Only Man-made Roads are Straight and Smooth
Don’t Blame The Politicians
How I Kicked A Bad Habit
Emotional Imbalance Can Impact Your Trading Decisions (and Profitability)
Hunt As A Human
Cognition
Importance of Critical Thinking And Why It Is Not Enough (Part 1)
Importance of Critical Thinking And Why It Is Not Enough (Part 2)
The Three Pillars of Critical Thinking (Part 1)
The Three Pillars of Critical Thinking (Part 2)
The Three Pillars of Critical Thinking (Part 3)
The Three Pillars of Critical Thinking (Part 4)
Price
Why We Love Picking Tops and Bottoms (Part 1)
Why We Love Picking Tops and Bottoms (Part 2)
Price Goes Up And Down
Time
Value Of Time
Don’t Forget Your Trading Goals
Make Trading Worth Your Time
Applying The Concept of Refactoring To Trading
About Lawrence Chan
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Introduction
Essence of trading refers to the roots, the key ingredients, and the spirit that one needs to be successful with trading. I started writing the Essence series from the inception of my website / blog DaytradingBias.com. It is a collection of my thoughts on the important aspects of trading.
Trading is not just the means to make a profit. As a trader risking your own money also means a unique perspective in things all around us. That makes us somewhat different from the rest of the crowd.
Volume 1 is the collection of articles in the series since the beginning until the end of year 2013. Since I am not someone who can focus on a single subject for prolonged period of time, the articles are scattered across many topics. I have organized them into several topics to make it easier to follow my train of thoughts.
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Modern Financial Economics Is Just Alchemy In Disguise
Economics Is Social Science
Many people confuse economics as a science like physics or medical science. Economics is part of social science. It is not the kind of science that can produce precise projection or accurate forecast . In this sense, most of the theories you have come to hear about in economics have no practical value in trading. If cars are made by economists with their economic theories, the cars will explode and burn the moment you drive them, even though the car never moved.
Financial Economics takes the nonsense one step further. As all human with any common sense know, the price of anything that is determined through market mechanism is controlled by the buyers and sellers. They can do whatever they want but their actions are mainly goal driven. The goal for any normal participant in a market is to make money. Yet economists assume price movement in our markets to be random without even checking if reality matches their assumption at all. When the most fundamental component in the study of financial economics, price movement, is not even properly examined at all, how can anyone