Readers who follow my blog will know that I’m a huge weirdo. For example, I used to be obsessed over trading books. I’d spend hours in the “investing” section at Kinokuniya and Borders devouring mountains and mountains of books. (Fact: When Borders closed, I ran out into the rain, turned my head to the sky and yelled, “Why, cruel world? Why?!!!”).
While I have dozens of trading books on my Kindle (damn you Amazon and your “buy-with-one click” button!), check out the ridiculous number of trading and finance books I have on just one of my shelves at home:
But about 2-3 years ago, I stopped reading trading books altogether. Why? Because after years of testing and research, I discovered that the vast majority of us (myself included) will never succeed at trading.
I was on the MRT last week and eavesdropping a group of 20-something executives ......