Recent content by Rogue Trader

Upon inspection, the coin was indeed a fair one. It wasn't the absence of memory or apparent random nature that gave the beguiling coin its edge though. It was the belief of the outcome by those choosing to flip it.

A trader seeing and defending patterns amongst randomness is like a child finding faces within the clouds. Both so clear, it is the evanescence of perception that sees to the permanence of deception.

If a trader were to believe that he could comprehend the market by conceptual reasoning, logic, or duplication of method, would he not possess a tenable position of the mind and hold this preference in higher regard than those of the market’s activity, regardless of the consequences...

Market: "You expected me to fool you, didn't you?" Trader: "Yes." Market: "But I didn't, did I?" Trader: "No." Market: "But you expected me to, didn't you?" Trader: "Yes." Market: "So I fooled you, didn't I?" Trader: "??????????.........."

The degree to which a trader can make money is merely a consequence of how well he has learned to lose it. If you ever want to know what level of trader you are, take notice of "How do I act when I lose money?" The answer will not be found in knowing that trading is about making money. The...

The last thing that a fish notices is the water in which it swims.

With a very short memory.

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Here's a link to free real-time commentary of the e-mini's. The Virtual Pit

There are two perspectives from which a trader can position themselves. The “Shorter Perspective” is seeing the market as it relates to oneself. The “Longer Perspective” is seeing the market as it relates to itself. The degree by which a trader can detach them self from...

Reality is where you find it. The trader's esoteric reality is the perception of others introspection. The autistic observer's reality is firmly believing in what they know the least about and trying to convince you of the same.

All that I ever wanted, and most regrettably all that I never received as a new trader were taught to me by the lessons I received in "Patience". The problem was not in knowing what I wanted. The problem was in wanting it now. The conflict was not in understanding what...

Trusting, thereby putting a trader into a position of being vulnerable, often leads to distrust. Not as a result of the market’s actions, but rather as a result of the trader’s perception of the markets he is trading. Trading from the perspective of trusting yourself is a beginning. But how...