Funnymentals

There are two schools of thought in the stock market. The fundamentalists vs the technicians. In the past, my cyborg unit used to try it's hand in dabbling in fundamentals. 

It would wait or hope for corporate disclosures, earnings reports, news of acquisitions and buyouts. Even speculate on backdoor operations. All in the hope of catching the next big move. 

How it felt before while waiting for those disclosures 

Well, it was all a spectacular fail. Why? Because even if there were disclosures and others that did come out, my cyborg unit couldn't make heads or tails on what it all meant or how it would impact a stock's prices. I mean honestly, how many people out there really understand how all the computations or news will affect a stock? 

Would it be a sell on news? 

Buy on news? 

Or no reaction?

Just like playing heads or tails. 

I'm not saying that these do not work. There are people out there who make money being fundamentalists. Kudos to them! Unfortunately, I am not one of those people. So I switched tactics and learned how to be a technician. From one of the best. 

So after having been trained in the ZF system, the results were tremendous. Just being focused on the chart would tell you if there was accumulation being done or if a big move was imminent. How to set your own target prices or trail stops and more importantly, setting and following cutlosses.

Nowadays, whenever I see, hear or read about people trying broker analysis or stay up late to watch how the US index performs or even some who look at the prices of commodities like gold/nickel/silver etc or those who keep hoping for earnings disclosure, I can't help but feel that I made the right choice. Because why should I use up important energy and resources in monitoring too many things that are beyond my control? Looking and worrying about all those external forces each and every day could lead to analysis paralysis. 

So now I just stick to the charts. Sometimes it's the simple things that are the best. IT certainly helps this robot to power down peacefully at night. 

Running of the bulls

This has been stewing in my processors for quite some time now and my circuits just keep going haywire everytime I read this certain guru say that we are in a bull run. WHAT BULL RUN!?! Maybe for a few certain stocks but definitely not the index as a whole. 

Such irresponsible comments could bring newbies to more losses, debt or even make them think that the stock market is not for them. 

So take heed and scrutinize the people that you follow on social media very carefully. Maybe you were expecting this bull run:

When in fact, THIS is the bull run that you will encounter. 

 GAME

SET

 MATCH

Of Half Truths and Faceless Men

"Valar Dohaeris". All men must serve. Faceless Men most of all." ―"Jaqen H'ghar"

In the series, Game of Thrones, there is a small sect of people who worship the many faced god. These people are known as the Faceless Men. They are assassins of the highest caliber who are able to change their faces at any time.

Just like the Faceless Men, the personalities in the tribe come from a wide spectrum of real people. From all over the world. Again, similar to the Faceless Men assassins, we have been taught to be able to strike at a stock with precision and without mercy. 

Now, is it important to know who we are behind the troll/mask? Would it make a difference? Should it make a difference? 

NO

We believe that only the results matter. Who we are should not even be in the computation.

Being anonymous could be seen as a representation of shedding our past stock market personas and mistakes and taking up a new face that we can present to the world. A world that will judge us by how we trade. Not by our profession before we started trading. We may have been chefs, programmers, analysts, OFWs, seamen, doctors, marketers etc. And again, it should not make a difference. 

This is the lie that some people have perfected. They will flash some credential of coming from a prestigious school or profession. Some will claim to be rubbing elbows with the rich and famous. Or even knowing the owners of a stock. They will say that the only way to getting rich is to know someone who is rich. In a way, they are right. But this is just a half truth.

Yes, you could get away on tips and so-called 'instincts' but what happens when the tips go away? If the people who you relied on to give recommendations or picks just stopped giving them? What if that hot stock pick was really just a scam? Or if that mentor was actually just a rotten fraud who could only give a half baked understanding of a more complex trading system?

Burn baby burn

Then like moths drawn to a flame, their followers will follow blindly until they get burned. For what they are preaching is not something that is sustainable. It is all just lies. 

Which brings me back to the power of our anonymity. We will not blind you with our prestigious degree or school. Our only way to convince you of what we are preaching is our results. Judge us not by who we are. But by what we can do. 

Just some trades the last 2 months

If a chef, doctor, marketer could do this, why can't you? Look around you, we could even be hiding in plain sight.