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TLC Weekly Update February 14, 2020

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I am busy working with my team to port the trading strategies from my training courses to support NinjaTrader. To my horror, we’ve found significant discrepancies among the data which in turn making the performance results not consistent. I will write more about this on DaytradingBias after we have completed our investigation.

I did not know that there has been no complete explanation explaining how planes can stay in the air. Interesting read for those interested in science and engineering stuff.

The coronavirus outbreak has serious implication to the global economy. At this point we do not have enough information to understand its full impact yet. One thing I know for sure is that retail stores and restaurants are in terrible shape everywhere where the virus has landed. The damage is done and it will show in first quarter economic data worldwide.

Earlier this week I uploaded a new video to Youtube to mock those people who brag about their day trading. From time to time, my readers will send me links to these videos and ask what I think about them, whether they are legit, etc. It is really a mindset issue – I think I explained very well in my Smarter Way to Trade series but who wants to be told that “they are not the chosen one”?

Just like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy Valentine’s Day!

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TLC Weekly Update February 7, 2020

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Another totally messed up week with scheduling issues, stuck in traffic thanks to crazy weather here and heat to my place stopped working. Sometimes technologies really test our nerve. Looking at the bright side though, I managed to finish reading another book when my internet was fucked up all evening …

Yes, plain old printed books still rock!

I was working hard to come up with all kinds of ideas for my teaching videos on trading. I ended up with like 20 ideas, each I wrote like 10 pages of script and stopped. It is hard indeed to create something that is both educational and functional. Serious, if I go too negative, people walkaway without learning the lessons they need. If I go real gun ho and downplaying the difficulties of trading, people gets too excited and forget about the main points. Striking a balance is not easy.

I was a good lecturer way back then. I was a good mentor to hundreds if not more pro traders working for firms. But this goal of helping the retail traders is super challenging. How to disrupt people from fantasizing trading as something more than what it is? It is fun taking on a challenge like this.

For some interesting reason, I have to retell how I first get started in trading to quite a number of people this week. Maybe people need to know me better so that they are not that intimidated. I am sure I have written about this way back when somewhere. Maybe it is time to do it once more in one of my new article series for easy reference.

So many random thoughts this week. Next week should be better, I hope.

Have a great weekend all!

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TLC Weekly Update January 31, 2020

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Completed my second webinar yesterday. The explanation webinar is really long overdue but I just couldn’t do it over past 2 years. So here it is, my introduction webinar about my Real-Time Commentaries service and my approach to discretionary day trading Emini.

It took several rewrites until yesterday before I am satisfied with the presentation. It is something I know will help a lot of traders, no matter they subscribe to my service or not. Hence I make it available for free!

I came across this story posted by Tim Ferriss. Trust me, just read it.

Nassim is doing it again, interesting read about tail events and the relationship with strength training. Not that I totally agree with him, but his examples on things not related to body fitness are good reminder of the importance of paying attention to tail events when building anything that is expected to be used rigorously in the real world.

I should finally have time to wrap up the reorganization of my office. That means it is time for me to decide if I will show up in my videos. Maybe time to find an acting coach?

Until next time, have a nice weekend all!

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TLC Weekly Update January 17, 2020

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Temperature is back down to –15C here in Toronto. Nature is reminding us that winter is not over yet …

Read about this drink from Ancient Rome, anyone tried that?

Falling into Grace by Adyashanti is a book that I read several years ago thanks to a good friend trying to help me out. It is a modern take on the mental issues we all face as human. Interesting, my brother just recommended the book to me lately. My brother consumed the book in audio form. Well, thanks for his reminder and I will have my son read it soon.

I was talking to my friend last week about philanthropic work that we plan to do in coming years. During the conversation I mentioned that medical research funding has often been misplaced due to the classic bias of committing more funding to those who had some kind of contribution or breakthrough in the past. My friend pointed out Albert Einstein is a prime example of this issue. Well, here is an article about Eintsein and I will let you decide if Einstein is really the genius everyone thinks.

Good news for all of you waiting for the NinjaTrader version of the day trading strategies offered in Trading Success Blueprint and Emini S&P Day Trading Course. My programmer told me the core part of the code is done. I will get a chance to see it working in real-time next week. If all goes well, we will have the complete set of strategies ready for download by February. Thank you to all of you who waited patiently for this!

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DaytradingBias Under Attack Part 2

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Well, the attacks by bots on my site DaytradingBias.com has not stopped since I last reported that back in early December.

We’ve tried so many things but the sheer number of bots trying to take the site out is just too much to handle.

Luckily, one of the experts figured out a way to stop these attacks with a completely different approach like around 3 am this morning.

We’ve got that implemented and so far the result is better than everything we have seen before.

The site is now back to its top speed even when these bots are trying to take it down.

Amazing!

During this crisis, some of the new members who signed up in December were so frustrated with the problem that they choose to cancel the service. It was sad to see that happening. Maybe that’s the objective of these bots after all, rendering DaytradingBias not accessible.

I think we have finally turned the tide.

And DaytradingBias still stands.

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TLC Weekly Update January 3, 2020

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Good to be recovering from my sickness. One benefit from being ill is that I lose all the weight gained during the trip. So no need to figure out how to reduce those weight anymore. Just that getting a six-pack this year will still be quite far fetched … I am still hopeful!

Came across this article on using the mental technique of speaking to yourself in the third person can make you wiser. Well, it is exactly what I advocate for a long time to help traders improve their decision making ability. This technique is not something new as the article pointed out that even Julius Caesar used the method to improve his thought process.

Talking about New Year resolution – I have many projects that are yet to be completed. Given last year’s momentum, I am sure I can get quite a number of them wrapped up this year. The ones that I wanted to get done this year (in no particular order):

1. Courseware on Market Breadth Based Day Trading Strategies

2. At least 6 webinars / video lessons for DaytradingBias and the training courses

3. Release of my day trading strategies for gold future, bond future, etc.

4. Release of 2nd edition of Special Theory of Price Discovery

#4 holds very special meaning for me because having the 2nd edition released this year would be the 10th anniversary of the initial release of the first edition. I have the edited version of first edition on hand and I have already wrote like 50% more. I still feel like I have not put enough explanation there to help traders seeing the financial markets in my way, which is drastically different from the norm out there.

Very happy that I get to play these mini puzzles with my son last night. I picked up these puzzles while I was checking out the bookstores in Hong Kong. I cannot find them on Amazon though.

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It used to be me who finish the puzzle in no time. Now he beats me hands down. I blame it on my presbyopia!

Happy New Year!

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TLC Weekly Update December 20, 2019

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I read this article about the earlier days of Tekken, the famous arcade game created by Namco. Very interesting how things were done back in the days. I don’t think you will see that in any game development companies nowadays.

Meetings still pile on everyday and more people asking to meet up for discussion of their concerns from immigrating to Canada, to alternative investments that generate reasonable return with relatively low risk. Seriously, we can’t blame people for seeking better return – with the current zero interest rate environment, keeping money in the bank hurts.

Good news for my premium members – several new breadth models are now in beta and will be introduced shortly. I need to catch up with the documentation though.

I am returning to Toronto early next week. Hopefully when I arrive the weather will be reasonably good. It is not fun to brave a snowstorm after a long flight.

Have a great weekend everyone!

And Happy Holidays!

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TLC Weekly Update December 13, 2019

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I finally uploaded the first video lesson for DaytradingBias youtube channel. Let me know whether you like it. All inputs are welcome.

I am typing this update in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The weather here is pretty hot. I am hoping to explore some investment ideas here before leaving early next week.

I came across this article while waiting for my flight. If you live in North America, you need to know about this dangerous mushroom. Check it out.

I was asked very often by traders and investors alike about this US-China deal. Well, no deal is good enough. That’s all I can say. How can the stock market be 15-20% higher from a time that there were no trade conflict at all to the current state of getting a partial deal is good enough?

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DaytradingBias Under Attack

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Over the past few days DaytradingBias was under elevated attacks by bots from multiple countries.

It is a new form of attack that we have not seen.

The site was brought down several times but the bots failed to hack into our site.

The site is now restored and we will see how things go tonight.

My team has added security measures to guard against this type of attack.

Sorry for the inconvenience to all of our members.

p.s. I posted this here in my blog so that, just in case, daytradingbias getting offline again, that many of you can still get the notice.

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TLC Weekly Update December 6, 2019

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I came across this article on The Sugar Conspiracy telling us the sad story of how the modern nutrition science being all wrong thanks to power struggle and manipulation of data. I especially feel the sadness of how the scientist, John Yudkin, being persecuted by the mobs.

Someone shared this video of the Tonight Show having Gary V on wine tasting. Shortest intro on the subject that is fun to watch too. Since this is the season of drinking, maybe you want to learn a few tricks to show off to your friends.

I just posted a new article to the Defensive Money Management series on position sizing. It is the result of a lengthy conversation with some aspiring traders. As I mentioned last time, there is a very serious disconnect of correct trading concepts and the active trading crowd in Hong Kong. This new article focuses on explaining how to grow your trading business in a way that is sustainable.

I am travelling over the next few days to explore some investment opportunities. Hence the need to post early again this week. Will write about my experience after I go back to Hong Kong.

Have a great weekend everyone!