20: You might not be addicted to trading. You might be addicted to simulating progress.

21: The market does not owe you entertainment

The trades you take when nothing is happening are mostly the trades you regret

20: You might not be addicted to trading. You might be addicted to simulating progress.

A short essay about a category error, which is a fancy way of saying you might be doing the wrong job.

19: The pigeon, the profit target, and the stretched rubber band.

A short essay about why traders fuss with their orders, which is, I'm sorry to report, mostly for our own benefit.

18: Press the edge. Plan in reverse. Answer the phone.

A short essay about sizing up winners, working backwards from specific dates, and the quiet rule that makes either one worth doing at all.

17: When you find an edge, your job is not to get cute.

A short essay about how traders spend years looking for something that works and then, having found it, become oddly embarrassed to keep doing it.