Recent content by Jea Yu

Very few films capture the essence of life as a day trader. The pressure of walking the tightrope between profitability and looming losses is rarely captured in mainstream films. While movies such as "Wall Street" and "Boiler Room" glamorize the lifestyle of accumulating wealth by any means...

While traders constantly search for new and improved methods on their quest for the "holy grail" trading system, they often overlook the most significant element that dictates their success. This inherent element is pacing. Proper pacing means you flow with the market. When the market is running...

This is the second part of Jea's article entitled Trading on Borrowed Time. The first part is available here. Most day traders are going to blow out their accounts, they just don’t know it yet. The same applies to almost every new trader entering the game. They are all on borrowed time, a...

Have you heard the one about the poor guy who ends up lost in a minefield? Having no clue what to do, he prays, covers his eyes and walks a straight line. Miraculously, he survives. Brimming with confidence, he is convinced that if it happens again, he will employ the same technique to survive...