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The road to success is a bumpy road
I have a dream; one my girl and I share, and one that has taken us to a new place where life is simpler and more peaceful, where we have fewer things, warmer weather, and access to great education for our children, with a fundamental focus on...
Work that is meaningless versus meaningful leisure
Time is the most valuable thing we really have or own (also discussed in this post), and we even seem to have a cultural and societal agreement hereon, which materialises in sayings like "time flies", "life is short", "the children grow so fast" or "our children are...
Digital nomads, escaping corporate enslavement
Modern day enslavement Let's create something of perceived value, which for the sake of simplicity, we'll call X that we can buy things with, sell things for - and in the situation that we are able to accumulate enough of it, we can lend it to others for more X. Due...
Degrowth versus stagnation
I recently stumbled upon the term Degrowth, and felt inclined to look further into it. Especially since I could sense that the term was positively charged, and thereby by definiton in opposition to the prevailing view on growth as something positively progressive.The...
Trade the markets like a child, playfully, curiously and enjoy the process
Recently I have re-read German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's "Thus spoke Zarathustra" - and I have nodded and smiled, and even laughed on several occasions. What a book! What a celebration of living to the fullest, and of living courageously. In the book...
Process oriented trading, finding your motivation
Trading and why we do it Trading the financial markets is a profession desired by huge numbers of people. In order to better understand why people want it so badly and how people often motivate themselves to pursue it, let's have a look at the field of hypnotherapy....
5 myths about cryptocurrencies debunked
There is much talk about cryptocurrencies these days, more notably Bitcoin. Bitcoin was the major disrupter, and many have seen the light of day since then. While many still fail to fully understand cryptocurrencies and their purpose, myths and misunderstandings...
Trading psychology, how it affects your trading
Trading psychology is a fascinating topic Danger is real, fear is not. Avoid danger, confront fear. Despite the reality of the previous statement, most people allow their fears to limit what they do and who they become by reigniting feelings of fear, typically...
Automating supply and demand trading
Over the past few years I have found that the best way to improve the quality of Pipnotic's discretionary trading software was to create an algorithmic trader that used the signals provided by the tools to place trades, at least this way it would be possible to...