Recent content by AdrianGA

Thank you for your fun and interesting article :) I loved watching Rounders, to me it's one of the best poker movies ever created. As a former amateur player myself I definitely can attest to one of the sayings in the movie: "if you can't spot the sucker during your first half hour at the table...

I am simply pointing out that studies in decision making under conditions of risk and uncertainty suggest we tend to default to the intuitive path which unfortunately is sub optimal in terms of decision making. This is far off from the notion that somehow society would collapse because decision...

Hi Brumby, Respectfully, I'm going to profusely disagree with you on that point, because there are multiple situations on a daily basis in which people simply have to make very accurate snap judgments in literal life-or-death situations. Our entire society would collapse if we didn't have the...

Hi Brumby, Thank you for your feedback. I would like to clarify what I meant by emotions and "gut" instinct. A few years ago I read a fascinating book by Malcolm Gladwell called "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" which delves into split second decision making by means of a...

I once said to one of my colleagues at work that we tend to trade the way we are and the results speak for themselves. I've seen time and time again how different personalities lead to different trading styles, that's why there is no such thing as "best practice" in trading because it's...

Hi there, No problem, that's why I'm here. Hahaha, I like using martial arts metaphors as now casual practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and I think there are quite a few similarities with trading itself. Personally, I consider myself to be a position trader, though I do day trading every...

This question reminds me of one that I've come across so many times: "Which style of martial arts is the best?" Well, my usual response to that question would be "What kind of person are you?" Trading is an art in its own right and there is no "best" way to do it, you simply have to find a...