Thursday, October 22, 2009


Thomas Edison was asked how he was able to accomplish so much with his time. He said, "It's simple. You and I both have eighteen hours a day in which to do as we choose. You spend the eighteen hours doing a number of unrelated things. I spend it doing just one thing, and some of my work is bound to amount to something."

If you want to be successful in any field, there is one rule to observe: concentrate your efforts. Get one thing in your mind. Learn to ignore all the distractions and temptations along the way. Then, put all the power you have into forward motion.

If you've read Ralph Waldo Emerson, you'll know that he wrote two essays that apply to success, one titled "Power" and the other titled "Wealth". The main theme in each is concentration. Emerson said, "Stop all miscellaneous activities. Do away with distractions, other duties, property cares, chores, errands, diverting talents and flatteries-all are impossible." And he said elsewhere, "The one prudence in life is concentration. The one evil is dissipation."

Can you concentrate on one goal when you aren't quite sure what that goal is? Can you move forward firmly and decisively on one road without constantly looking elsewhere to see what's going on? People who know how to concentrate put all their effort into their projects, continually improving their ability to succeed.

Dissipation is the opposite. A person who dissipates is like an archer who tries to shoot several arrows at once: the arrows move with dissipated force and rarely ever hit the target (unless you're Robin Hood, maybe). People who dissipate jump from one thing to another, neither improving their abilities nor moving forward toward success.

How does this apply to trading? This can apply several ways. The most obvious is if you quit your job to trade, then find that trading might not be for you, so then you move onto something else and beyond. Perhaps your efforts in trading were not concentrated. How about continually trying to find the "holy grail"? We heard this term used so often, but surprisingly, many traders are still looking for it! Stop moving from one thing to another and concentrate your efforts in improving your core skills.

Let's take the case of two brain surgeons with equal prospects of success. One puts all his efforts into his work and all of his money into a relatively safe investment to ensure longer-term financial success. The other doctor tries to play the stock market and practice medicine on the side (or vice versa). Ultimately, the second doctor's practice suffers when the market goes up and his money when it's going down (provided that he's just another retail loser). How would you like to have brain surgery performed on you by a doctor who had just lost $100,000 in the stock market?

The point is, trying to diversify too widely will always detract from your success."Where you believe the treasure is, there will your heart be also." That is an immutable law. Can you then be a success if your heart is in three different places - or five or a dozen? No, of course not. I am having this struggle right now as I am juggling so many things at once such as my course work, fund, real estate, internet stuff like iBC and Stocktwits, and much more.

Whatever you choose to spend your time on, spend it well. Whatever your goals are, make sure they are unified. Only a person who specializes becomes truly successful these days. Word?


Carlos Júlio said...

Let me send you my 2 cents.
SPX 500 - Monthly - " Follow Trend "
I use some indicators that I created, but I like to follow the traditional indicators.
Important to follow market and follow trend.
Follow the trend is have the opportunity to make money more easily. And that's what all the trades want.
This chart is one of my preferred to see the long term.
With a week over a monthly closing, we have only 50% of bullish signal.
For a bull market I need to see:
1 - Close > Moving Average;
2 - RTS Indicator -> Black line > yellow zone.

SPX - Road Map " Bullish Scenario" - Weekly Update

**************** Advise ********************
Build short positions > 1080
Fisrt Target [1005,1020] 70%
Secound Target [975,980] 30%
Indicator didn`t follow price.
Testing this week again trend Medium vs Long Term.
Market Losing Momentum.
Possible bearish divergence but need confirmation.
Nice weekend for all

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