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Self-Attribution Bias – Don’t Confuse Brains With a Bull Market!

Self- attribution bias (or self-serving attributional bias) refers to the tendency of individuals to ascribe their successes to innate aspects, such as talent or foresight, while more often blaming failures on outside influences, such as bad…

Simple chart-reading can tell you all you need to know

Leonardo Da Vinci once said that simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Let's take a moment to ponder that. This applies to research analysis as well. When you hear people talking about some sophisticated trading system or some flashy indicators…
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Representativeness Bias – The Dangers of a Small Sample Size

In order to derive meaning from life experiences, people have developed an innate propensity for classifying objects and thoughts. When they confront a new phenomenon that is inconsistent with any of their preconstructed classifications, they…

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Free Trading Seminar | Trading for a Living @ STI Auditorium

A big thanks to those who came down last Saturday, and for making this such an awesome event! Also a big thanks to CMC Markets for sponsoring the event, and to all the guest speakers and helpers who helped complete this great experience. It is another milestone for Synapse Trading, having grown from a simple […]

Mega-Event with CMC Markets: Economic Outlook & Trading for a Living

Last Saturday, I completed the final run of “The Art of Market Timing” seminar, and it was a great session. A big thanks to those who were willing to take time off from their Saturday morning, and I’m sure you did not regret it. To those who signed up for the June training program, I […]

Free Trading Workshop | The Art of Market Timing

In the stock market (and all other markets), the difference between a winning trade and a losing trade is the timing. You could be correct on the direction of a stock, but if you neglect the timing, you will either be entering too early (and subsequently be stopped out at a loss before you see […]

Straits Times Index – How I Predicted the Breakout

On Monday night (around 4am on Tuesday), while I was doing some income trades on the forex markets, I took quick look at the STI Index and saw that the BBs were starting to load up on longs, based on the analysis of their behavior. This allowed me to predict the breakout with confidence, and […]

Trading Class | Mentoring Program – The Fast Growing Traders Network

Last month, in March, we completed the long-awaited run of our mentoring program, adding another up-and-coming batch of successful traders into our Traders Network. A hearty congratulations to this new batch of traders, now that you have learnt the skills and secrets of professional traders and behavioral analysis, you are ready to tackle the markets, […]

Free Trading Workshop | NTU Sharing Session – Trading as a Career

On Wednesday, we had a sharing session at NTU (Nanyang Technological University) in collaboration with the NBS Investment Banking Club, to share with undergraduates the career path of a trader. This was a great session, as I could tell many were genuinely interested, and I am happy to share my experiences with them, and lead them towards the correct […]

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