A trader\'s money management system

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26 A TRADER’S MONEY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

TABLE 3.1 Table of Yin and Yang Opposites

YIN YANG

Weakness Strength

Downward Upward

Bear Market Bull Market

Passive Active

Moon Sun

Black White

Dark Light

Soft Hard

Cold Hot

Quiet Loud

Submissive Dominant

Even Odd

Inward Outward

Water Fire

Earth Heaven

Feminine Masculine

glorify your strengths. Instead, embrace them both and use them both to

enhance your trading performance. Just the introspective understanding of

your personal attributes will put you in a powerful position. This introspec-

tion will enable you to develop a strong yin and yang psychology where you

create a harmonious relationship between all of your perceived strengths

and weaknesses.

Trading and success in the financial markets is not merely about having

an exceptional approach or system that will give you anedge. Rather, it

is about having an exceptional understanding of yourself, along with the

system that will give you your edge. This exceptional understanding will

lead to attainingthe trader’s mindset.

YIN AND YANG PERCEPTIONS REVEALED

When you look at the list of yin and yang opposites in Table 3.1, you may

say to yourself at first glance, “the left column has allbadweaknesses and

right column has allgoodstrengths.” Herein lies the impact of your per-

ceptions. In reality there are no entirely good or bad traits, sometimes a

perceived weakness can turn into a unique asset. It is all in how you per-

ceive and approach the world.