Trading the Market Blog

Fall Back, Spring Forward

Calvin Watts, 2 Dec 2024

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I Think, Therefore I Act

Calvin Watts, 4 Dec 2024

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Playing the Field

Calvin Watts, 6 Dec 2024

The explore-exploit trade-off describes the challenge of balancing the search for new strategies (exploration) and using proven methods (exploitation).The explore-exploit trade-off is like courting. E

Mind Over Martyr

Calvin Watts, 9 Dec 2024

Stoicism dominates philosophical discussions on self-improvement. It prioritises discipline, resilience, and enduring setbacks. It advises to stay calm under pressure and avoid emotional reactions to

Punts and Recreation

Calvin Watts, 11 Dec 2024

As a sports trader, discipline is your bread and balsamic vinegar. The edge you maintain over the market relies on planning, icy analysis, and adherence to a tested strategy. But let's be honest, for

Suck it and See

Calvin Watts, 13 Dec 2024

Our senses play an important role in how we use the data taken from what we see, hear, smell, taste, tug, squeeze, tickle, scratch and chafe. There are two types of sensing: introverted (Si) and extro

On Thin Ice

Calvin Watts, 16 Dec 2024

We fall for it annually. Christmas, that magical time, often turns out to be anything but. The reality is dark mornings, defrosting the car, mandatory merriment, and queues in the big Tesco that stret