It helps me to visualize why am I actively Invest or Trade. "What the mind can conceive and believe it can achieve" - Napoleon Hill Common saying: Money Is Not Yours Until You Spend It. (or someone else will spend it for you) And I said: Profit Is Not Yours Until You Realize It. (or Mr. Market may take it back unexpectedly) Take a good look at the components of a Portfolio: Mathematically, LHS (Left Hand Side) = RHS (Right Hand Side) LHS = Current Value of All the Stocks in our Portfolio + Available Cash left for investing or trading. RHS = Total Investing Capital + Realized P/L + Unrealized P/L Our Job in Investing is to grow this Money Tree (Portfolio) as fast as possible and then pluck the Money Fruits and store it away safely in the House. Read more...
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This is the Symbolic Picture of Growing Money Tree in My Profile -