July 2011
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
6h 39m
English
Chapter 26
Trading the Dream
If dreams are the gallant steeds upon which traders triumphantly enter the Kingdom of Market Success, then fantasies are the shimmering illusions set in their path to defeat them. It is vital for traders to know the difference.
Fantasy is an important part of childhood. Do you remember how, as a child, you wanted to be a cowboy or, perhaps, a super hero? You rode around the house on your broomstick pony, only to be disillusioned by your older brother telling you to sweep the floor. Perhaps, you wore that cape made out of an old towel, knowing that you could leap tall buildings at a single bound, only to find yourself with a broken arm when you jumped out of your first-story window. Now, all grown up, you have a new fantasy to be a commodity trader and to reap all the rewards and adulations that come from being successful, only to find that you have lost your bank account along with the fantasy.
