At times, the prudent investor should just sit on his hands and await his ever-increasing dividends. Throwing good money after bad leads to a consistent and predictable outcome.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
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At times, the prudent investor should just sit on his hands and await his ever-increasing dividends. Throwing good money after bad leads to a consistent and predictable outcome.
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But so hard not to chase this trade. But I know your point here--you spend all week making 400 here, 1200 there, maybe 4800 on a nice bet againt the Euro, say a nice 6K week. You are feeling strong as a trader. Then she comes along. You through 20K after her, not hours before Friday options expiration, because you 'feel' 'this, now is the time for that 20K to transform itself into 80K you know it is. Once your bid is hit, a sinking feeling occurs. If you get out right now you'll only be down 8K. But you suddenly realize what you've bought. It's not a vanilla option, its an exotic, and it's tied to shit you can't figure out until tomorrow. How do you think this trade ends, fellas?
ReplyDelete5 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Game Right Now
ReplyDelete1. Stop Leaning In
This is the number one problem I see guys do, especially in the first 30 minutes of talking to a girl. They don’t realize that by bending over they are saying, “God I’m so happy to be talking to you right now.” Or in a bar they talk right next to the girl’s ear when it isn’t even loud. The last thing you want a girl to know is that you are excited to be talking to her because it sends the signal you are inexperienced, don’t have success with girls, and ultimately, have low value. Lean back instead and let her be the one to come into you, and if you create the least bit of interest she will.
2. Stop Asking For Permission
Can we dance? Can I have your number? Can I kiss you? Because guys don’t know what it’s like when someone asks for permission to escalate intimacy, they don’t realize how lame it is for them to do so. Asking for permission introduces an awkward moment where the girl’s brain floods with reasons not to do what you are asking to. Plus you make it seem like you are scared of getting rejected, a quality not attractive to most women. Instead of asking, just do it and see what happens.
3. Stop Using The Word “Hot” To Describe Women
Have you noticed how easy it seems to attract girls who you are not that attracted to? Since you think of hot girls as so much more valuable than mediocre ones, you are more likely to behave in a way that makes it clear to her that she is indeed too valuable for you, without even realizing what you’re doing. This is the phenomenon where bad, needy game “leaks” out as a result of your thoughts, without conscious effort on your part. If you want to get physical with hot girls, you need to master your thinking of them first. From here on out, no girl is hot, and there are no tens. She’s either “cute” or “alright.” Don’t be that guy who falls captive to every girl he sees. Instead, trick your mind into lowering her value so that your game towards her is tighter.
4. Get Rejected Immediately!
Go up to a cute girl you don’t know in the next day and start a conversation with what you already know as a man. Make up an opener or just ask how she’s doing. Chances are she will end the conversation in a polite manner, typical of the “rejections” you will face. It may sting that this girl made it clear she doesn’t want to have nothing to do with you, but realize that the only way to perfect your game is to interact like this with a couple hundred girls. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY! This means you will have to branch out from your school, work, or social circle comfort zones. Accept that 99% of girls on this Earth do not ever want to have sex with you, get over it, and keep going until you find the ones that do.
5. Stop Giving Direct Answers
Evade her questions with humor or counter-questions instead, withholding for as long as reasonably possible the answers to her questions. Not only does this show you aren’t trying to impress her, but it also makes her think you are hiding something. This shady vibe will keep the conversation going and make her curious about what is hiding behind the box. You immediately stand out because most men try to appease a girl by immediately answering questions in the hopes she will like him. By doing the opposite, she sticks around to figure out who the hell you are (or think you are), but by then it will be too late—your fish hook is in her and you can run deeper material with her full attention.