tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post9045021354717420845..comments2024-03-28T12:38:11.434+08:00Comments on Singapore Man of Leisure: Wow! Your baby sooo small!Singapore Man of Leisurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13774067113884418001noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-76714388048515443622013-12-03T19:27:29.185+08:002013-12-03T19:27:29.185+08:00Now now.
Be nice to the young.
I see it's mo...Now now.<br /><br />Be nice to the young.<br /><br />I see it's more a generational gap thing than anything else.<br /><br />The young nowadays are better than us in one way - they are more entrepreneurial; more willing to take risks.<br /><br />Opposite the showroom I work during weekends, there a shop that's operated by a twenty something - selling handphone and iPad accessories. <br /><br />Now that's cool!<br /><br />Singapore Man of Leisurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774067113884418001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-19173927455849740082013-12-03T15:41:06.980+08:002013-12-03T15:41:06.980+08:00Ya, we all grown up in very difficult time(aka cou...Ya, we all grown up in very difficult time(aka country was very poor time) And normal family at least have minimum 5 to 7 siblings. Some even more then a football team with reserves of 3 or 4 excluding the parents. No joke.<br />So how can the children of today compare? 1-3 in a family. And we are so much richer now<br />The children of our time were mostly all left to their own devices.<br />But by hook or by crook most of us all somehow survive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-81872351141723807482013-12-03T11:37:57.840+08:002013-12-03T11:37:57.840+08:00children have their own life i agree, but everyone...children have their own life i agree, but everyone is different, a lot of children are weak nowadays and they do depends on their parent longer than compare to our generation.<br /><br />some, seems more handicap than others (ya we are all handicap ok) and have to depends on their parent throughout their lives.coconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479603768240288905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-85052216398136083412013-12-03T11:22:51.273+08:002013-12-03T11:22:51.273+08:00coconut,
Sometime people worry too much.
When I ...coconut,<br /><br />Sometime people worry too much.<br /><br />When I go, I go. I don''t look back.<br /><br />1st - women are stronger than men (they let us think we know more about money than them)<br /><br />2nd - children have their own lives to live. If I have to depend on my parents to survive when they're gone; bad parenting.Singapore Man of Leisurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774067113884418001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-77116086290781367642013-12-03T10:58:03.214+08:002013-12-03T10:58:03.214+08:00got newer post already? LC la!got newer post already? LC la!coconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479603768240288905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-89237845441083887462013-12-03T10:54:34.921+08:002013-12-03T10:54:34.921+08:00and i cannot elustrate enough what i mean "ma...and i cannot elustrate enough what i mean "mad" about trading, can't use inspire or passion anymore!<br /><br />there is a test, if there is market open for trading anywhere around the world, is your mind thinking about trading (market) or some other things like shopping?!<br /><br />if you are thinking of something else other than trading, you are not mad enough!coconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479603768240288905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-6069919971278484882013-12-03T10:47:24.314+08:002013-12-03T10:47:24.314+08:00but ofcos if one is mad about trading and have the...but ofcos if one is mad about trading and have the element of a good trader, he can learn much faster by learning from the more experience one, to cut shorter the learning curve so to speak.<br /><br />but again, the good element of trading has to be there first. its a born thing, cannot be teach.coconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479603768240288905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-43385491339922374042013-12-03T10:38:19.984+08:002013-12-03T10:38:19.984+08:00there is an interesting topic on the net - Can you...there is an interesting topic on the net - Can your active investing (trading) skills be transferred to family members?<br /><br />my wife er forget it!<br /><br />i have 2 kids around 20 yo and still schooling, one in science and another music. they both show keen interest in what i do, probably they know its a nice way of making money. ofcos how i wish they can do what i am doing. how i wish i can teach them what i do for a living.<br /><br />but sadly no, not now and most likely not in the future. investment and especially trading skill, cannot be transfer from one person to another. no way!coconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479603768240288905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-16995631159275192842013-12-02T18:48:02.081+08:002013-12-02T18:48:02.081+08:00And FYI coconut,
Ha! Ha!
I beg your pardon, i am a...And FYI coconut,<br />Ha! Ha!<br />I beg your pardon, i am also a "Chapalang" investor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-69208737789222778882013-12-02T18:07:28.255+08:002013-12-02T18:07:28.255+08:00YES!
Absolute returns must be in the black YTD. If...YES!<br />Absolute returns must be in the black YTD. If not oh dear who is going to keep on sponsoring me with $$$?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-85017500897347948512013-12-02T16:47:08.141+08:002013-12-02T16:47:08.141+08:00coconut,
Your're a decathlon!coconut,<br /><br />Your're a decathlon!Singapore Man of Leisurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774067113884418001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-23316092782625710232013-12-02T16:41:07.879+08:002013-12-02T16:41:07.879+08:00i'm a... haha can't remember the name of i...i'm a... haha can't remember the name of it, the one that compete many events in olympic? something like 10 events...including 100,200m, high jump, long jump, disc throwing etc...<br /><br />i call myself all rounded trader, practicing hard on my long distance running!coconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479603768240288905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-16652438477436728342013-12-02T16:18:24.527+08:002013-12-02T16:18:24.527+08:00coconut,
How not to like such childlike honesty f...coconut,<br /><br />How not to like such childlike honesty from you ;)<br /><br />Don't disturb you now. 4 O' clock closing now. Go back to work. Don't skive!<br /><br />I middle distance runner; I don't play opening and closing.Singapore Man of Leisurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774067113884418001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-24146433689979969502013-12-02T15:55:40.971+08:002013-12-02T15:55:40.971+08:00no man, most of my trading now is in CFD accounts,...no man, most of my trading now is in CFD accounts, very little in my cash account with my brother.<br /><br />i still use once in a while though, feel bad of cutting him off haha.<br /><br />yes you are right, real performance should based on % vs capital. in this aspect, mine pretty low though. becos mine is a margin account, if i based on that, wow! its like 70% over 1 1/2 years, i want i want haha.<br /><br />my real performance over my capital is less than 8%! but i'm in very safe hand.coconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479603768240288905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-9743766430636400302013-12-02T15:32:20.195+08:002013-12-02T15:32:20.195+08:00Now that's trading with real money!
Not micke...Now that's trading with real money!<br /><br />Not mickey mouse I made 2000% in 2 weeks... Yah, show me how you buy anything in percentages....<br /><br />Envy your brother. If I remisier, I would love to have client like you! <br /><br />Trade, baby trade!Singapore Man of Leisurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774067113884418001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-42943701340306848342013-12-02T15:20:43.101+08:002013-12-02T15:20:43.101+08:00coconut,
Traders are sprint short distance runner...coconut,<br /><br />Traders are sprint short distance runners while investors are long distance runners.<br /><br />Each run their own race; capitalising on their born physical attributes that gave them an edge over others. <br /><br />Good athletes know its best to train against better opponents; but when it comes to real races, it better to compete with weaker athletes ;)<br /><br />Traders have their George Soros; investors have their Warren Buffet.<br /><br />Both win by taking the opposite side of weaker hands.Singapore Man of Leisurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774067113884418001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-56003955721828480652013-12-02T15:13:18.764+08:002013-12-02T15:13:18.764+08:00so technically speaking, i'm still in the red,...so technically speaking, i'm still in the red, or in drawdown phase.coconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479603768240288905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-48299706576014848372013-12-02T15:09:13.452+08:002013-12-02T15:09:13.452+08:00oh i mean on average return over a long period of ...oh i mean on average return over a long period of time, many years.<br /><br />right now i do monitor my performance since april last year. not a single losing month (good ah). but 3 months, december 2012, jan 2013 and last month, i almost break even.<br /><br />profit total $300k there about, almost cover half of what i lost in 2011.coconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479603768240288905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-80442051785402983462013-12-02T14:55:05.915+08:002013-12-02T14:55:05.915+08:00"a good investor, one who consistently have r..."a good investor, one who consistently have returns year after year,"<br />Unquote:-<br />i think whether Trader or Investor, it's very hard to have returns year after year. i guess WB cannot do it too; especially for investor. But UTD must have absolute return for all the years invested.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-11130836003376380232013-12-02T14:39:39.414+08:002013-12-02T14:39:39.414+08:00i wonder did you guys see the contrast between tra...i wonder did you guys see the contrast between traders and investor?<br /><br />a good investor, one who consistently have returns year after year, they hardly trades at all, not that they don't trade ofcos.<br /><br />and a good trader, i refer to those who can make a living out of it and have a decent returns over their capital, hardly invest at all. ofcos there are times where investor want to trade and the trader want to invest, but these are exceptional times.<br /><br />so what is left behind are those in the middle, who's not too sure which way they are going or what role they are playing and they very often play both whichever comes easy.coconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479603768240288905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-91003620566567611452013-12-02T14:01:17.351+08:002013-12-02T14:01:17.351+08:00today market is better, slightly haha.
yes man, c...today market is better, slightly haha.<br /><br />yes man, children are born with many of our survival instinct still intact, then they were teach the art of survival in our society, art my foot! what we learn (mostly) is the crap of survival, totally distroying most of our little survival instinct we left.<br /><br />as a society, if we bound together no doubt we are strong, but as individual we are very weak indeed. and getting weaker!<br /><br />trading is an individual "game", with the king of mind set we brought up with, no chance at all.coconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479603768240288905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-54827428374571032052013-12-02T13:52:47.512+08:002013-12-02T13:52:47.512+08:00Hi coconut,
Ha! Ha!
i agree.
After almost coming ...Hi coconut,<br />Ha! Ha!<br />i agree. <br />After almost coming to 3 decades in the market, i also tend to tune my mind frequency to the market in almost everything i do. So i don't have an easier time relating to people too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-17709291856821120322013-12-02T09:13:23.518+08:002013-12-02T09:13:23.518+08:001) temperament,
I pian jia pian jia; can survive ...1) temperament,<br /><br />I pian jia pian jia; can survive happy oredi!<br /><br /><br />2) coconut,<br /><br />See? temperament understands your england!<br /><br />We all have a hard time interacting with people.<br /><br />"Normal" people like us are different as in we know how to wear masks...<br /><br />At hawker centres when PAP MP comes, people shake hands (both hands some more!) and smile. MP leaves, the same wayang people will revert back to talk loud loud PAP kenna sia!<br /><br />Children says what they feel with no sugar coating. Sigh... I don't want to grow up!<br /><br />Shit! Now you are making me feel bad about myself.... I need a hug....<br />Singapore Man of Leisurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774067113884418001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-39793342330769695672013-12-02T08:35:16.108+08:002013-12-02T08:35:16.108+08:00ya, guess no one is talking nonsense, thats includ...ya, guess no one is talking nonsense, thats includes me haha.<br /><br />is either we talk in human (applies to human only) terms or trading terms (applies to universal). i seems to like the later. and my mind is always tune in the later frequency and you can immagin i had a hard time interacting with people.<br />coconuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479603768240288905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897513886211197509.post-63379236238506578742013-11-29T21:28:12.231+08:002013-11-29T21:28:12.231+08:00Ha! Ha!
SMOL, you are being modest. You are doing ...Ha! Ha!<br />SMOL, you are being modest. You are doing quite well too.<br /><br />i think or i guess coconut is trying to tell us to stay alive or survive in the market, we have to have more animal instinct than human intelligence. If base on human logic alone (aka intelligence), we all die lone time ago. <br />Or put it another way, all highly intelligent people will be in the market and no where else in the world. <br />coconut if i am talking nuts then call me that "old toaddy coconut" lol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com