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amg's market charts and blather
The entry before this was from November! Why the gap?
Late July we started a remodel of the basement. Actually, completion of prior work that had not been finished. Everything came together just before Thanksgiving. But the second week of December, the city sewer backed-up and completely flooded the basement, which is actually at street level as the house is on a small rise. Good grief! The contractors came in and tore out everything, absolutely everything. What to say of the many personal effects that could not be salvaged and had to be thrown away as bio-hazard. Two months later, and much upsetting of routines and place, the repair of the remodelling is complete.
The first time around, the discomfort was of our own choosing, so to speak. A flood is an outside disruption, and the element of the sewer only served to escalate the level of discomfort. Naturally we were able to accomodate for the work, but it did put a crimp into the day to day routines so necessary to this business of trading.
I heard a quote from the now 80-year old Norman Mailer, a novelist of the old and fine literary cloth. When asked what advice he'd give to an aspiring novelist, he said to
always have the discipline to do a good job on a bad day
This is also apt for traders, aspiring or otherwise. The last few months have been quite trying and created not only a physical flood in my home but managed to flood my psyche with all manner of emotional trials and tests. There were more than a few "bad days" and Mr. Mailer's reminder is one I wished I'd recited each day. Trading is so much more than having a tool box full of techniques, an escape route for each trade, a bank roll, and desire or natural talent. It is also having the maturity to bring to each day discipline to overcome distractions, unexpected reactions, and the randomness of life, and the market, in general. I thank the Great Spirit and my teachers for lighting my way.
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moon phases |
At last, over the rim
of the waiting earth
the moon lifted with
slow majesty
till it swung clear of the horizon and rode off,
free of moorings
- Kenneth Grahame,
The Wind in the Willows
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