Trading

"That's an odd pairing" might be your first thought - after all what does Bhagavad Geeta have to do with trading?!   Well, whether or not most traders in India have ever read the Bhagavad Geeta, I am willing to bet a fair amount of money, that most of them will have heard this particular shloka (or rather half the shloka) from the Bhagavad Geeta -  "Karmanevadhikaraste Maphaleshukadachana" Most would also loosely know its meaning as "put your focus on the karma, not on the re

In trading, emotions are often painted as villains. We’re told they cloud judgment, trigger mistakes, and sabotage performance. Partly understandable because we humans make the worst of errors when we are emotional! But here’s my take: emotions aren’t the problem. Think of the sharpest knife in the world. If you cut yourself, do you blame the knife for being sharp? Or consider plutonium: it can destroy millions in a bomb, or power millions through clean energy. The material i

Yeah, this is a spin on the famous phrase "It's not about the car, it's about the driver" . And it's equally true. Two traders can use the exact same strategy and end up with dramatically different results. So while your strategy is of course important, so you are. After all, who executes the strategy? You! Plenty of “market gurus” will tell you that automation or algo trading takes the human element out. If that were true, quant traders would set up a strategy once, then sip