Everyone knows the main thing that draws people to the markets is the promise of mega returns. Particularly when the banks are offering us next to nothing for our savings, there comes a point where we think there must be a better option – and what better option is there, than to manage our money …
Tag Archive: trading
Nov 22
Next Step on The Road To Incredibleness – FOCUS
Hi! I’m Jess. I’m a Trader, and you subscribe to my blog because, well, you just do. I thought I’d better re-introduce myself because you’ve likely forgotten exactly who I am. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? As you used to know but have probably forgotten, I’m on my way to becoming a trader worthy …
Nov 05
4 Things I am Doing Right Now To Become A Kick-Ass Trader
You may have noticed it’s been a bit quiet around here, so let me reassure you that I’ve not, in fact, ditched my life and run off to join the Kalahari bushmen. Although a simple life that involves a great deal of sitting about in the desert does at times seem rather appealing, it’s not …
Oct 24
Hanging Tough. Just Like in the 80′s.
I’m going through a ‘patch’. A great bit soggy quagmire might be a little more accurate, actually. I don’t really like writing that. I’m normally a very capable, unemotional, get-the-job-done kind of girl, (and fun – don’t forget fun, because all that sounds horribly boring and secretary-like) and I’m really not really one to sook …
Sep 07
How do You Know When Enough is Enough?
I could never be a nurse. It’s not that I can’t deal with blood or anything like that, it’s just that mangled limbs aren’t really my thing. Watching someone having their spleen removed doesn’t really ring my bells either. I’m also not very keen on cleaning up ‘accidents’, or jabbing people with needles – although …
Sep 03
The Impact Of Fear
Fear is probably one of the most crippling emotions a trader can have. It has the ability to over-ride our in-built fight or flight reflex, and paralyse us like a deer in the headlights. This frozen, paralysed state is probably the most harmful state a trader can find themselves in, because rather than panicking out …
Aug 31
Why The Grass Isn’t Greener
Some people are a little bit mental. I mean, I’m sure they’re lovely and everything, but just raving mad. In a nice way. I met a trader on Twitter yesterday who was trading FX and the US markets, which of course is very un-crazy and really rather normal. What I found slightly nutso was that …
Aug 28
How Do I Loathe Thy Career? Let Me Count The Ways…
Some days it feels like you have a sign pinned to your back that says “Kick Me!” And then under that, another sign that says “I Ran Over Your Puppy (and it was fun!)” I had that yesterday. Clean out of nowhere, I was happily chatting to this cunning chap who ended up subjecting me …
Aug 23
My Top 10 Favourite Self-Destructive Trading Thoughts
Finally – after weeks of hand cramps, crossed eyes and other nerd-induced unattractiveness, my testing is complete. I’ve finally finished manually testing the FX 1H method I developed, and on Monday I started trading it live. I really enjoyed testing it – the method made sense to me, gave me clear entries and exits with …
Aug 21
Ask, And It Shall Be Given
I had quite a revealing morning, this morning. Of course, I didn’t realise it at the time, because I was 85% asleep. My husband, Jim, is a bit of a freak. He sets his alarm at 5.30 am every week morning and religiously gets up to do some sort of exercise. And as …
My name is Jess. I’m an Aussie girl (or maybe I’m a woman – I’m not sure where the cut-off is). I’m a Mum to my daughter and two sons, a wife to my one husband, and a friend to anyone who knocks on the door – particularly if they come bearing red wine. Or any kind of wine, really. More >>
