Published in August 18th, 2009
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20602085&sid=absrmPiGtk2w
Kapur Uses ‘Demi-Ashton Ratio’ to Target Equity Gains
Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) — Ajay Kapur, chief global strategist at Mirae Asset Securities Co., talks with Bloomberg’s Bernard Lo in Hong Kong about his use of demography to target equity gains. Ray Barros, chief executive officer of Ray Barros Trading Group, also speaks from […]
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Published in August 17th, 2009
BarroMetrics Views: Common Trading Mistakes
First off apologies for missing Thursday and Friday last week. I was down with the flu and, Ms Ana Wang who usually fills in. underwent minor surgery. As a result there was no one to write the blogs.
Now to today’s blog…..
In the past week, I had news of my good friend […]
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Published in August 12th, 2009
BarroMetrics Views: Selecting Brokers
As we recede from the brink, at least for the moment, traders begin to forget the risks associated with our game. Trading is difficult enough without losing money because a broker has not complied with regulatory legislation.
The greatest area of concern for me is the FX industry. There is no system of […]
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Published in August 11th, 2009
BarroMetrics Views: A Process for Risk Management
This week, after one of the webinars I held, I received an e-mail from an attendee. He had blown so much of his account in two trades, that he felt distraught and afraid to trade.
I gave him some advice for the immediate future but I told him […]
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Published in August 10th, 2009
BarroMetrics Views: Deep Practice
The heart of The Talent Code is Deep Practice. As Figure 1 shows, it has three main elements:
Chunking Up and Down
Repetition and
‘Feeling It’.
The ‘chunking process’ seeks to provide a context for the skill. We first take an overall view of the new lesson; then we break it down into it’s component parts; […]
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Published in August 7th, 2009
BarroMetrics Views: A Quiet Revolution in Learning Theory II
Today we’ll look at the ‘Ignition’ Process of Daniel Coyle’s theory.
Another name for ‘ignition’ could be ‘initial and long-motivation’. There are two sources for this element:
That brought by the student and
That brought by the coach.
The student brings to the table the initial drive and the persistence and […]
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Published in August 6th, 2009
BarroMetrics Views: A Quiet Revolution in Learning Theory
As traders we have , or at least, ought to have a fascination with learning theory. We are after all in a game where ‘constant and never-ending improvement’ (CANI) is the watchword. Since 2006 a quiet revolution has been in progress. It started with Anders Ericsson’s works. […]
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Published in August 5th, 2009
BarroMetrics Views: Self-Awareness
I come from a family where we were taught to:
Accept and be aware of our feelings and
Articulate them in the appropriate way and context.
Today neurology is providing evidence that this homespun wisdom has a basis in reality. The conclusion I draw from the learning is rather than to seek to trade unemotionally, we […]
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Published in August 4th, 2009
BarroMetrics Views: Beyond Trading Rules
Imagine this: You are on your feet giving it your all in a presentation to over 100 attendees. Your message is: to succeed in trading you have to go beyond a trading strategy. The talk appears to have gone well, there is that buzz at the end that tells you that […]
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Published in August 2nd, 2009
Hi All
Attaching some materials to show the preview especially for those who have not attended and wish to do so for the next one.
Anna Wang
“Habits of Success” Webinar - The Foundation for Profitability
(Aug 29~30 + Sep 5~6, 2009)
To know more about this annual event, join our free, content rich, preview webinar on August 3 […]
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