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Small is the new big

Petri Redelinghuys 2 August 2016Latest, TraderPetri

One of the most important things in trading, if you ask me, is the ability to defend capital. Look, we are all in this trading game so that we can make some loot, that much I think we can all admit by now. We can’t make any loot though, if we have blown all our ...

Don’t fight the market

Petri Redelinghuys 19 July 2016Latest, TraderPetri

So alright, much to my dismay, I have to admit the world hasn’t ended. I’ve spent so much energy on trying to rationalise why the market needs to fall that I have almost forgotten why it can go up, and more importantly, why I shouldn’t really care what it does at all. “Don’t fight the ...

Finding the right space to trade

Petri Redelinghuys 7 June 2016Latest, TraderPetri

Many of the blog posts that I’ve written have focused on the mind set for trading or the emotional impact that trading can have on a person. However, there is another thing that I think is relatively important, that I’ve only touched on once: the environment in which we trade. I believe it can have ...

Waiting for confirmation

Petri Redelinghuys 24 May 2016Latest, TraderPetri

One of my bigger downfalls is that I have very little patience. I like to have the things that I want, instantly. I guess that is part of the human condition. Once you know you want something, you want it, what more is there to think about? Turns out, a lot really. Perhaps the product ...

Emotional trading

Petri Redelinghuys 10 May 2016Latest, TraderPetri

I find that I swing between phases of great, consistent trading and phases of, well, not so great and relatively inconsistent trading. I’ve realised that it has a lot to do with what is happening in my personal life and how these things spill over into my everyday mind set. When things are good (or ...

The traders mind set

Petri Redelinghuys 26 April 2016Latest, TraderPetri

Mind set. Something I have been thinking about a lot lately. It is said that what we believe, what we think about constantly, often becomes our reality. Thus if we spend our thoughts on the positive things that we want from life and ourselves, we are often rewarded by attaining these things in ways that ...

Visiting Wall Street

Petri Redelinghuys 29 March 2016Latest, TraderPetri

Wow… where do I start? New York is an amazing place. It has an energy that is impossible to explain. It is vast. It is unlike anything I had ever imagined. Let’s face it though, I am no tour guide and this blog is not about weird people on the subway brushing their hair in ...

Wrestling a bear market and visiting Wall Street

Petri Redelinghuys 15 March 2016Latest, TraderPetri

Trader Petri is off on an adventure this week, but the market waits for no man! In this slightly longer double whammy post, Petri cautions against revenge trading in a very volatile market, and talks about his upcoming Wall Street adventure. Wrestling a bear market I guess by now you’ve deducted that I am bearish, ...

Steering clear of emotional trading

Petri Redelinghuys 2 February 2016Latest, TraderPetri

I’ve been sitting in isolation and just trading for the last two days and man I tell you, there is some wild stuff going on out there! Everyone seems to be watching something or freaking out about nukes? (That’s got to be the weirdest one I’ve noticed.) Or China’s debt / ‘unknown crisis’ or some ...

Let go of past trading results

Petri Redelinghuys 19 January 2016Latest, TraderPetri

Every once in a while we are afforded the opportunity to start again. A chance to let go of all the things that hold us back, and to pursue a destiny of our choosing. A new year has begun and with it comes new opportunities. You may be of the view that the market will ...