Trade Shaman
Who said you can’t leverage markets, grow assets, and invest in interesting companies while grounding down the transformative and enlightening energies of Earth’s destiny?
Who said you can’t leverage markets, grow assets, and invest in interesting companies while grounding down the transformative and enlightening energies of Earth’s destiny?
Some people believe that the stock market is an evil, soulless place where kings are made, the meek lose their money, and companies pimp themselves out to BlackRock and ‘market forces’, whatever those are. Well, we’ll tell you. It’s fear and greed. Two of the most fascinating emotions and energetic signatures that govern the planet as a whole. So what better place to play than in this microcosm of a sandbox where you can make money while having fun watching other people potentially lose theirs?
There’s nothing wrong with being successful and paying your bills with the energy fruit (monetary currency) that is availed by your somewhat misdiagnosed ‘sensitivities’. These skills and discipline, curiosity, and range of knowledge and research can be tuned to generate positive cash-flow and a successful portfolio of companies in which you invest over the short, mid or long term, depending on your investment horizon, and when you plan to ascend to another plane where money doesn’t even exist!
You're going to have to make your own financial decisions, and reap the consequences. There are far fewer resentments that way, compared with blaming both yourself and someone else for taking their bad advice and trying to get them to think and decide your life for you.
Many investors act surprised or frustrated when they gamble away their family's money because someone told them a tip on a 'sure thing', which ended up going the other way, and they got spooked and sold it at a loss. Please read the rest of the principles and be honest with yourself about playing with fire and lightning!
This is the most ancient and coveted secret wisdom of trading, passed down through generations of Shamans over time immemorial, and often figured out by school children on the yard during lunch break while trading candybars and snacks. Drug dealers also have this one mastered, but you may face the fire here. Be warned.
Believe it or not, it's not rocket science. It's called reading and looking at financials and charts to examine the behaviors of a company and the market reactions accordingly. Surprisingly, researching and watching news reports after poor equity performance over time reveals obvious triggers and patterns that were there all along for the observant ones who passed up on the lemon of a stock, and didn't just read that sensational Motley Fool headline.
Money is cold. Very cold. But the warmth and satisfaction of good financial decision-making can be enjoyed when the dealing's done, and not like an immature amateur when you're still at the table in the middle of the action. Poker faces, people. This is warfare on an energetic scale, and there is a loser for every winner, so don't let your judgement be clouded by your emotions or the manipulations of others'.
A monk once told me, many things. Then I took 25 years to actually listen. Sure, it's a process and it's practice, so make sure you're practicing the appropriate mechanisms and lessons every day that you engage in this game. By losing some and winning some, is the only way you will probably learn, so don't beat yourself up too much. Just be sure to learn from the mistakes of judgement you definitely will make, and don't repeat the same ones!
Use a no-fee platform.
Buy in your local currency.
Otherwise, subtle gains and losses will all result in losses, leveraged to the benefit of those providing the currency exchange and fintech platform services. You don't work for them, so stop paying them your profits and amplifying your losses! If you need to trade outside your market, establish accounts in those markets and fund foreign currencies when it makes sense to trade forex. That's another story.
Whatever you think about your particular skills, magical abilities to read the future, take advantage of volatility, or otherwise time the market, you will likely be wrong. Do not set out to be a day trader. Diversify in high yield stable equities and set realistic expectations on returns. Only then will you potentially learn the painful lesson about acting compulsively, and then hopefully you will come back to your senses. During this trip of consciousness and growth, may you be blessed with some pleasant short-term gains that you capitalize upon. This does not a day trader make, it is merely a chicken counting exercise for the higher level magi.
As soon as you speak, the Universe may set you in your place. Humility is the name of the game. Never tell others how good you are unless you are required to for fund disclosure or capital gains taxation reasons. Don't blame, assign unreasonable attributes to the opinions of others, put people on pedestals, value 'information' for more than it's worth, or expect anything but a wild ride that teaches you ultimately about your Jungian traumas and soul family connections to the hero's journey of ego decimation. Don't think for a second money won't teach you about yourself. Just have courage and let your true self teach you about money and its transmutation into your Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA).
There is nothing more responsible than bringing home the bread, avoiding a subsequent downturn, and evading the forces of FOMO when an asset is up more than you hoped for. Whether you have a family or not, you must think as though you do, and solidify potential energy into real cash. Then rinse and repeat or adjust your risk profile with the winnings, as you may decide. This is the Shamanic advantage over riding the emotional rollercoaster and letting the system get you down. It is full of experts who are not themselves millionaires, so what does that tell you? Listen to your heart and soul, follow the light path, and enjoy the money while it lasts.