Published in January 31st, 2012
BarroeMetrics Views: US Presidential Elections
While the election does not of itself affect a trading position, the election of President who was also a Leader is something the world desperately needs. But that prospect seems now a remote possibility.
(And before my US readers deluge my e-mail box, let me say this: in the Asian crisis, US […]
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Published in January 5th, 2012
BarroMetrics Views; The Rule of Law
Two items in HK’s SCMP (the equivalent of the WSJ (US) or Sydney Morning Herald).
The first quoted Bloomberg’s ‘Breaching the Public Trust’. To quote:
“Laws that were set up to punish bad guys got waived within days of announcemnts that offenders had been brought down” It went on to quote the […]
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Published in November 28th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: The Effort for Success
“The sucker play is always the same.. to make easy money. Greed, vanity, and laziness..(his) hope of gaining more keeps him from taking profits when he should;(his hope) of losing less….keeps him from taking a relatively small loss.” (Jess Livermore, “Reminiscences of a Stock Operator“)
This year I started a new […]
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Published in November 17th, 2011
Today, I am attaching a great article by Dr. Janice Dorn (http://www.thetradingdoctor.com/).
With the markets poised on a knife’s edge, it’s worth keeping Janice’s words in mind…..
….. I don’t know what it’s like in the US, but the desire for instant success is rampant in Singapore (if the ads in the daily papers are anything […]
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Published in November 7th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: A Need For Thought
We have just completed the 4-week live session for the Barros Swing seminar.
All in all, I think it will prove to be a winner - by that I mean we will see traders who will join the elite 10% to 20% who make money consistently. One thing I did note […]
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Published in October 18th, 2011
BarrosMetrics Views: Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin is autistic. This has not prevented her from achieving a highly successful life - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Grandin
So how did she achieve so much? In her own words:
I no longer use actual physical doors or gates to symbolize each transition in my life. When I reread years of diary entries while […]
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Published in October 17th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: CANI
In Awaken The Giant, Anthony Robbins coined the word: “CANI” - constant and never ending improvement.
I received a couple of e-mails that prompted me to revisit the idea. I said I’d answer the e-mails on my blog.
The thrust of the e-mails were twofold:
If your methods make money, why are you teaching them
Since you […]
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Published in September 6th, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: NFA and FXCM
A friend just sent me this news item:
FXCM is being fined $2 million by the NFA and they must also provide refunds for slippage orders going back to 2008.
The link to NFA’s case: http://www.nfa.futures.org/basicnet/Case.aspx?entityid=0308179&case=11BCC00016&contrib=NFA
Here’s a summary of the NFA decision.
COMPLAINT:
On August 12, 2011, NFA issued a […]
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Published in September 5th, 2011
Hi Folks
A post to warn you to be careful about Fulcrum Trader (http://www.fulcrumtrader.com/)
At one stage, he was advertising a 3-month personal coaching program, scheduled to meet twice a week. I took it up.
After about a month, Christopher Koozekanani (fulcrum trader) started to regularly miss the agreed Monday or Friday meetings. H explained that a family […]
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Published in September 1st, 2011
BarroMetrics Views: Success and The Trader III
“Know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em,
Know when to walk away, and know when to run.” (The Gambler, Kenny Rodgers)
Learning this was one of the most difficult lessons I had to learn. Only know with the discoveries in neurology do I understand why. Our subconscious mind […]
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