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Discerners

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Hey,

We learn…

…to discern.

Primarily, what we’re looking out for…

…is a real deal…

…amidst noise.

To reiterate, we need to know the difference between noise and situations we must act upon.

The thing about noise is, …

…it’s messy.

It’s not difficult to recognize the stalky forest of noise.

However, sometimes, …

…one has trouble seeing the forest for the trees.

One needs to give noise space.

View it from a distance.

Hands-off.

For a while.

One will know it’s noise.

Situations requiring action are much clearer.

Mostly we pre-define them.

When our definition is hit, we get alerted.

Then we act.

We’ve taken any fear out of our action by mentally preparing ourselves by the time the action situation arrives.

Sometimes, situations develop very fast.

There’s been no pre-definition.

This is where we are tested.

Are we there to see the fast situation unfolding?

Mostly not.

The solution to this is to pre-empt lucrative scenarios and feed in good till triggered (GTT) orders.

These remain in the system for one year on some platforms.

If we’ve been lazy and haven’t fed in our GTTs, we need to recognize an unfolding situation.

Most have that capability.

Most are also afraid.

Can we quickly eliminate fear and act?

Those who can win big over a large sample size.

Fitting 2.0.2

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What’s the most basic definition of an investment?

Buy low.

Sell high.

And how does one define a (successful) trade?

Buy high.

Sell higher.

Or…

…sell low…

…and buy back lower. 

As one might see, the ideologies of investing and trading are diametrically opposite to each other.

So, how do we fit one with the other.

Though this might not seem so, it’s a tough one.

One’s success at this hangs on finer points.

Is it even necessary to fit one with the other?

Why should a long-term investor also trade?

Then, why should a trader invest for the long term?

Long-term investing is a very hands-off affair.

There are prolonged bouts of doing nothing. 

Hardly anyone can handle that, and just to satisfy one’s urge to do something, one ends up fiddling unnecessarily with one’s long-term portfolio.

Trading fits in precisely to do away with the urge to unnecessarily fiddle. 

Finer points?

Low quantum.

Tension level becomes low.

Trading then becomes fun. 

Clear the platform of any long-term underlyings. 

When we see our long-term portfolio on the same platform on which we trade, we get mightily confused.

It’s like a short-circuit. 

Avoid.

Trade on a separate platform. Invest on another. 

Now let’s address the second question.

Who should invest?

Everyone.

Even the trader.

Why?

Power of compounding, for starters. 

Actively chancing upon margin of safety, since one is in the game all the time – another big one…

…as a trader, sometimes one comes upon great entry rates, where one can hold the underlying for a long time.

That’s a huge opportunity, so one can go for it. 

Furthermore, trading involves recirculating liquidity. After the trade is closed, one lands up back with liquidity. One doesn’t maintain an asset in hand for a longish period. It might be a good idea to do so, just sheer for the sake of diversification.

Some do only like to trade. They enjoy the lightness.

Others like to only invest for the long-term. They are able to handle long bouts of no activity well.

Suit yourself.

Judge if you need a B-game.

Then fit it to your A-game.