Why do I Trade? Part 2: The Best Business

I was chatting with Mr CS Ong the other day and he mentioned that Trading is the Best Business. And I am inclined to agree. Trading should be viewed and conducted in a businesslike manner. But unlike conventional businesses, there is nothing one could just pack the bags and leave should one decides to. And once the skill is mastered, one could trade in any market. You need not be at a fixed location as like what a conventional business would require you to. And as Mr Lsb mentioned in the original post of Why Bother to Trade?, unlike conventional businesses, there is no need to manage assets and other people, etc.

And business, as we know, is somewhat synonymous to freedom. Mr Kiyosaki of Rich Dad and Poor Dad fame, has an interesting audio (Freedom or Security) which you could hear to demonstrate the point of freedom.
Somewhere in the 14th minute, the excerpt is as follows:

People who tries to find security are actually selling their freedom down the tube. Because the people that found this country, who fought the revolutionary war did not fight for job security. They fought for the right to be free. And freedom is a very, very high state...
How in the world can you say you have freedom when somebody tells you when you can eat lunch? How in the world can you say you have freedom when somebody tells you when you go to work and when you get off work? How in the world can you say you have freedom when somebody tells you when somebody have the right to fire you because they need to downsize?
when somebody has the right to tell you how much you can make? That is not what we fought for. Too many people has sold their freedom...

Of which, I am sure Mr Zewt would be inclined to agree with Mr Kiyosaki with his numerous postings on Modern Slavery.


And the key point as earlier mentioned was the mastery of trading.

When I first traded, I was mostly breaking even. There was not much gain nor loss at end of each month. Couple of hundreds gain this month only to lose a couple of hundreds in the next month. Then, I began to see the light. Somehow, they all began to fit and come together. I began to make money.

I felt like a money making machine for quite some time. I began to make the same amount that I was earning from my full time job. Then, it grew to twice the amount, thrice and on the peak of it, was five times more what my full time job was paying me. I was churning out an ROI of more than 20% per month. Yes, per month. No doubt, it was still a small capital base but the feeling was great. My trading funds just grew and grew.

You could feel the euphoria, when you finally found your own holy grail - a method that works for yourself. A method which promises you financial freedom. Finally, I see the promises of the treasures of the seven seas is realizing before me.

But then, our story has yet to end. I shall continue in the next article. Stay tuned. Hey, you! Yes you! Don't play with the remote. Haha. :)
(Marcus, yes, I m keeping the suspense alive :P)

~ to be continued...

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