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4 thoughts on “Are you in a Drowdown? Here is what to do!”

  1. At first look the main elements pointed are logical and common sense but in the reality of daily trenches that every trader faces is the adaptability of both risk mgmt and strategy that will make or brake. Let’s face it, trading is not about survival, just read any disclaimer related to trading….”Only trade with funds that you can afford to loose”, “Past performance is not guarantee of future results”. Both statements addresses any risk mgmt and strategy implementation. Remembering the trader that a worst case scenario is always present whatever his security measures or high performant setup.

    We are in the financial instruments trading field to make money, huge amounts of it, not a wage complement, exactly because the risk stakes are abnormally higher than any other business ventures, so our goals are proportional to the risk and stress embedded.

    No risk mgmt will save as from the risk of ruin as retail traders, all the academic and institutional studies published since 1986 are unanimous about it. The only known and verified exceptions relied on the right strategy at the right time applied with full commitment of funds. From Richard Dennis to George Soros, the pattern is always the same and let’s not talk about luck assincronous distribution…Leave this to Taleb’s work on the subject of convexity applied to financial markets.

    This to say that the strategy at the right time is by far the most important factor to the retail trader to make or brake. Unfortunately very rarely it will be possible to the trader to have the two for a repeatable period of time. Is exactly the opposite for Renascence Technologies for example, since its inception Jim Simons, accordingly to his own words, concentrate in the developments of high performant strategies using higher maths and physics to the point that his unmatched success turn the funds closed to any investors….So, they do not sell any service to the financial industry, they just trade their own capital. That’s what we can call an edge…

    In conclusion, the video is a good, honest and fair proposition to anyone that experienced a serious drawdown but have no illusion, if you embraced this activity to make serious money you will face several drawdowns and if the Gods permits for a certain period and if you have a really good strategy, you will see several digits in your account. Then most certainly you will take a long vacation just as Michael Burry did after the glorious big short week of 2008 and dedicated yourself to philanthropy….But if you are here to complement your salary or have another income stream, please try the sell side of this industry instead, from educational services to affiliated programs you will find a low risk, high predictable source of income and prevent white hairs…

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